Greenpoint
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New York Shitty Photos du Jour: Boner Appetit!
Union Avenue
North 10 Street
Taken December 22nd & 24th 2011.
The Word On The Street: From Meserole Avenue With Love
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, The Word On The Street
Taken December 24, 2011.
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: Nicky, Vanessa & Alice
Chris Arnade (who took the above photograph) writes:
Nicky, from Baltimore, is now homeless and a heroin addict. She was standing on the same busy street corner as her two friends Vanessa and Mary Alice, waiting for the guys buying liquor on the way home from work.
Prostitution gets the attention, but most of these women are driven by their addiction. I have found almost every one of the heroin addicts to be thoughtful, empathetic, and too trusting, holding huge emotional pain they are looking to numb.
Nicky, when asked how she wanted to be described said, “don’t judge me till you get to know me! That holds for all of us girls out here.”
Greenpoint Street Art du Jour: Framed
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art
From Meserole Avenue.
From The New York Shitty Inbox: What’s That Noise?
A person we’ll call “J” writes (last night at 7:54 p.m.):
Is it my imagination or has somebody been piledriving at night over the past week(s)? Can’t tell where its coming from but it is not far.
If you too have been hearing such sounds, fellow Greenpointers, is it NOT your imagination. It IS a pile-drvier. Here’s what the Community Liaison for the Newtown Creek Monitoring Committee, Christine Holowacz, has to say on the matter:
In the last week or so, you may have noticed a loud banging noise during the evening hours in Greenpoint. The Newtown Creek Monitoring Committee (NCMC) was very recently informed that a contractor has and will be driving piles at the plant between the hours of 6 pm and 11 pm until December 31, 2011 (emphasis mine, Ed. Note.).
The Contractor received the permit variance without NCMC’s knowledge. Had NCMC been aware of the plan to pile drive we would have alerted you sooner and asked the contractor not to pile drive during these two holiday weeks.
Those of you who have been bothered by this activity be advised you are to call 311, file a noise complaint noting the location is the Newtown Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant and forward your complaint number to Ms. Holowacz via email at: nc.mc (at) verizon (dot) net.
Happy Holidays!
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