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Mildly Disturbing Image Of The Day
Filed under: Williamsburg
After checking out the Kite Fest yesterday the Mister and I found ourselves a bit peckish. To this end we headed over to San Loco to feast on cheap taco goodness. Follows is the sight that awaited us at the intersection of Driggs Avenue and North 4th Street.
There are a number of things wrong with this picture. Can you find them?
If you guessed “clown bouncing a rubber ball off the sidewalk” you are only half correct.
If you guessed “clown bouncing a rubber ball off the sidewalk behind an empty DEP container” you win the grand prize! Sure, the container clearly reads “non haz” and “empty” but to focus on such minutiae is too miss the point. And that point is as follows:
Why the hell is this container sitting on the sidewalk at North 4th Street and Driggs Avenue?
Is it waiting for a refill? Has this container been placed here so people can drive up and dispose of their “non hazardous” spills quickly and conveniently? Inquiring minds want to know!
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Video du Jour: The Dogfly
This little guy (or would that be girl?) was one of the many neat things I saw at the McCarren Park Kite Festival yesterday afternoon. Click here, check out my Flickr set and see the rest for yourself!
Miss Heather
Way To Go MGM Demo!
(Or Would That Be MMG Design?) Yes, it would appear that Marie Grasso has earned yet another Stop Work Order in our fine borough!
On May 2, 2008 I wrote:
This is 186 Green Street. Or should that be this was 186 Green Street?* Note the new name for her business: MGM Demolition. This ploy is elegant in its simplicity: instead of addressing her firm’s less than professional conduct, just change the name of the firm and hope no one notices. Brilliant! Anyone care to place bets as to when this site will get hit with its first Stop Work Order?
Miss Heather writes May 18, 2008: if anyone out there bet ten days (after May 2) for 186 Green Street to get a Stop Work Order, you win!!!
And everyone else loses.
Marie Grasso has accrued quite a collection of Stop Work Orders. They do not seem to change her firm’s behavior. She continues to shill her services and developers still see fit to hire her. When will this stop?
Miss Heather
Brooklyn Photo du Jour: Chasing Development
Filed under: Area 51
From Carroll Street in Park Slope.
Miss Heather
In Other News…
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
It would appear that the reports of the death of Shanghai Lee have been greatly exaggerated. As I learned earlier this week they have simply relocated to 157 Franklin Street. They did a lovely job renovating the space, but I am more interested to learn what the food is like. Anyone?
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Pay Phone du Jour: Graham Avenue
Filed under: Williamsburg
While appearing to be in working order, I felt this pay phone (which is located in front of Phoebe’s in Williamsburg) was well worth passing along.
Who couldn’t help but crack a smile using a phone that look likes this. And let’s face facts, if you’re using a public pay phone the news you have to relay is probably not good.
Miss Heather
TODAY: Go Fly A Kite!
Just a quick reminder that today is the Williamsburg Kite Festival. Why not enjoy today’s lovely weather by heading to McCarren Park and flying a kite?
Miss Heather
95 Clay Street Is Ready To Rent!
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Yesterday evening I received the following compelling comment regarding this post. Gary Floyd writes:
So I responded to an ad off CL for 95 Clay Street, listing 3 bedrooms for $1750 (should’ve know something was up right there) without knowing about the naughty history. This was two weeks ago, and me and my roommates spent the last two weeks trying to give the owner a check and all our application forms, thinking what a great deal it we were about to get. Then Friday, we finally found out the truth: the building is illegal, the ownership is unknown, there is no management company and the owner is a psycho. Inside, the apartments are nice and new, but after the broker found out about the shady dealings, he said he should definitely withdraw our application. So be warned: nothing in Greenpoint will ever cost below $2000 for a three bed, unless it’s a tainted dumpster.
Let this be a warning to anyone out there who is shopping for an apartment be it in Greenpoint or elsewhere. If the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. While hardly fool-proof here are a few suggestions as to how to make a more informed decision when shopping for an apartment.
- After viewing the apartment, Google the address and read what comes up.
- ALWAYS check the records on HPD and the Department of Buildings. All buildings will have violations but if you see something like this, buyer beware!
- Ask around. Talk to a neighbor or current tenant of the property in question. They are an invaluable source of information not only about any possible maintenance issues the apartment might have, but also the neighborhood in general.
Happy hunting!
Miss Heather
TODAY: Poetry At East Coast Aliens
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Today from 3:00 through 8:00 p.m. East Coast Aliens will be hosting their third poetry event in partnership with Typo Magazine, Goose Up! Here’s the 411 per Typo’s press release:
Cannibal, Harp & Altar, Saltgrass, and Tight are pleased to announce Goose Up!, a poetry reading at East Coast Aliens. The 18 readers at Goose Up! represent the scope of four innovative independent literary journals of emerging prominence.
Headliners include Sarah Gridley (Weather Eye Open, University of California Press), Matthew Rohrer (Rise Up, Wave Books), Chris Martin (American Music, Copper Canyon), Shanxing Wang (Mad Science in Imperial City, Futurepoem Books), Timothy Liu (For Dust Thou Art, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry), Rebecca Wolff (founder/editor of Fence & Fence Books), and Kate Greenstreet (case sensitive, Ahsahta Press). The reading will also feature poets with profound underground followings, such as John Coletti (co-editor of Open 24 Hours Press, editor of The Poetry Project Newsletter), Ana Bozicevic (Document, Octopus Books), Jess Mynes (editor of Fewer and Further Press), Joanna Sondheim (The Fit, Sona Books), and Frank Sherlock (Daybook of Perversities & Main Events, Cy Gist Press), as well as a selection of breakthrough poets Cate Peebles, Christopher Rizzo, Shannon Jonas, Jennifer Kronovet, Katy Henriksen, and Mark Lamoureux. Intermissions will feature music by The Hadacol.
East Coast Aliens
216 Franklin Street
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Doors open at 2:30 p.m. and the recommended price admission is $6.00 per person.
Miss Heather
P.S.: Tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. East Coast Aliens will be featuring the Fritz Lang film, M. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. and the price of admission us $6.00. Here’s a fact I learned about this film via IMDb:
The extras playing the members of the criminal gang were real life delinquents: before the end of the filming 24 of them were put into jail.
Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Sluts, Butts & Mutts
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Yo! This churlish yet professionally-executed missive hails (as most great moments of Greenpointiness do) from McGuinness Boulevard and comes courtesy of Laura Hofmann. Great find, Laura!
Miss Heather
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