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Crosstown Local Photos Du Jour: Waiting
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
When I took the above shot I accidentally bumped into a young woman. After apologizing I explained:
Whenever they suspend G train service I like to take pictures of all the happy people waiting for the shuttle bus.
She laughed. And I added:
It’s like something from the Great Depression. These people look like they want to shove the barrel in their mouths and pull the trigger.
She replied:
You should email that to the MTA.
Perhaps I will?
Miss Heather
Crosstown Local Photo Du Jour: Self Portrait At India Street
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
Taken August 16, 2010.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: In The Zone
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
This marketing campaign (as spotted on the Crosstown Local) is pretty much spot on— except it isn’t the ridership of the G train that stinks: it’s the train itself. Those of you reading this who have ever gotten a fruitful snootful of the Nassau Avenue station (especially the Norman Avenue entrance) know all too well what I am talking about.
Miss Heather
Crosstown Local Photo Du Jour: Intimation of Gentrification
From the Church Avenue bound platform of the G train at Greenpoint Avenue.
Miss Heather
Crosstown Local Photo Du Jour: Precious Bodily Fluids
This hails from the Union Avenue entrance of the G and L trains at Metropolitan Avenue. I am going to go out on a limb here and surmise this missive has fallen on deaf ears. I mean, if one has chosen to live in Williamsburg or Greenpoint, well, I think what you know what I am getting at. This might explain my community’s predilection for vodka, though.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: G Train Buzz
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
I have received no less than two emails from my fellow citizens shocked and awed by what appears to be some semblance of maintenance at the Greenpoint Avenue stop of the Crosstown Local.
Cat (who took the photograph gracing the beginning of this post) writes in an email entitled “Subway improvement?!” :
Saw this happening on the Queens bound platform of the greenpoint station this morning. Im fairly certain you posted a pic of it a while back. Perhaps the shitty, dilapidated mosaic will get a makeover?
John (who took the above photograph) opines:
Hell freezes over and they fix the signage at the Greenpoint ave G stop!
Indeed. Although I will sort of miss the “repair” job they did by placing cement in the missing tile work and employing appears to be a Sharpie marker to fill in the black spaces. One simply does not see that kind of ingenuity every day. Unless of course he (or she) happens to ride the Crosstown Local!
Miss Heather
A New York Shitty Public Service Announcement: Hear Ye, G Trainers!
See this seat? It is located at the second bench on the Queens-bound platform of Crosstown Local at Metropolitan Avenue. Whatever you do, dear readers, do NOT sit in it. Why, you ask? Very simple. I was sitting next to this guy a short time ago. The operative word in the previous sentence is WAS. You see, I casually glanced over my shoulder to see this gent pull a full three inch long globber of snot out of his nose. Revolted— yet mesmerized— I could not turn away. It was like silly string. Or that magicians’ handkerchief trick. I had to know how it ended. And sure enough, I found out.
Not wanting to sully his slacks he wiped it smack dab on the seat next to his leg. Amusingly enough, after he divested both nostrils of unwanted “material” this chap whipped out a napkin to wipe off his hands and his iPhone. No need to muck up his game of Tetris due to “sticky fingers”, I suppose.*
Miss Heather
*Yes, after this rather disgusting public display of personal hygiene (?) he played Tetris.
New York Shitty Day Starter: Absolut Greenpoint
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Culture War, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
From the Greenpoint Avenue stop of the Crosstown Local.
Miss Heather
Crosstown Local Photo Du Jour: The Expendables
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
As far as subway poster mash-ups go this one is not terribly elegant. However, I found Mickey Rourke being reassigned top billing compelling.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: $3.00 With Shuttle Pass!
If what Rowan5 found last weekend is any indication, our local establishments (in this case the Macri Park Bar) have found the Crosstown Local’s most recent series of service suspensions to be an excellent business opportunity!
Miss Heather
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