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From The New York Shitty Inbox: A Dolphin Swims In Newtown Creek?
Filed under: 11101, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Newtown Creek
Yes, I too found this unbelievable but here it is.
A woman by the name of Ann Fraioli, a teacher at The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, took the above photograph (which I have taken the liberty of cropping*) today, March 3, 2010. She writes:
We were down at Newtown Creek this morning checking out a site for an upcoming Harbor Class cycle. We spotted a dorsal fin in the distance. Sure enough, it was a dolphin making its way up the Creek. We got to see it from about 15 feet away! We tried to get him to turn around, but alas he was headed up the Creek into the muck. Hopefully, he’ll think better of it all and turn around…
Christine Murray (who I would like to thank for forwarding this material to me) opines:
Is this a sign that the end of the world is approaching?
I wouldn’t rule it out. All I’m saying is I have had THIS stuck in my head all afternoon!
Miss Heather
UPDATE, 10:55 p.m.: here are some pix courtesy of Laura Hofmann to give you an idea of what our flippered friend was frolicking in.
Yummy.
*You can see Ms. Frailioli’s original uncropped photo in full size by clicking here.
Long Island City Photos Du Jour: The Geo Coffeemobile
I admit it: I have featured this on New York Shitty before. However, this is the first time I have been able to see the “Geo Coffee Stand” up close and personal.
As far as yours truly is concerned this is the American Dream.
Magnificent!
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Photos Du Jour: The Magic Word
Bushwick, Brooklyn 11237
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11206
Greenpoint, Brooklyn 11222
Long Island City, Queens 11101
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Starter: Sh*t In The Box
Filed under: 11101, Bum Shit, Dung of the Day, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens
Yesterday I took a sojourn somewhere I have never ventured before: the wilderness of the Long Island City/Ravenswood waterfront around the 59th Street Bridge. It is not an area one would consider attractive.
At least not in a conventional sense of the word. Given the previous you can imagine my surprise when I encountered a hotel at the intersection of Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South: the Ravel whose web site purports it be “Long Island City’s First Luxury Boutique Hotel”. This may very well be the case, I wouldn’t know. But I can tell you I found its proximity to the Queensbridge Houses of particular interest. Curiously enough the folks at Ravel do not make mention of this on their web site. So it goes.
Long Island City is full of surprises. I certainly learned this yesterday. First it is a “luxury boutique hotel” across from a housing project, then it was this on 44th Street: a construction site for yet another hotel.
But this is not the only thing going on here. Which brings me to the item indicated by the above arrow. It is a box.
A very, very special box…
or to use Long Island City parlance (to bastardize Black Adder):
The very latest in front-wall, fresh-air orifices appointed with an imported wide-capacity corrugated repository.
Miss Heather
Long Island City Photos Du Jour: Off Roadin’
Over the years I have developed a pet theory about motorists. It goes as follows: the bigger the vehicle, the more inept and/or assholic the driver. Today on the streets of Long Island City (sort of— as you will see) this theory received some pretty compelling supporting evidence.
I know what you’re thinking:
What is this SUV doing on the sidewalk?
I asked myself this very same question once I collected myself after hustling to get out its way. I can kick myself for not filming this incident— but then again, I was caught off guard. You see, I stubbornly espouse the peculiar notion that sidewalks are for pedestrians. Obviously this is not the case; they’re also for SUVs to indulge in a little urban off roadin’. Silly me.
I have since given this whole affair some thought and cannot stop from asking myself:
How the hell did this guy manage to get on the sidewalk?
As you can see the berth of passage at 46 Road is too narrow to provide passage.
This leaves me to draw no other conclusion than he (or she) must have driven on that sidewalk as well. Delightful. The coup de grace to the previous bit mindfuckery came a mere five minutes later on Purves Street.
I have no idea what this is about.
Miss Heather
P.S.: If my new four by four friend is reading this I would like you to know I have photo of your license plate. ASSHOLE.
New York Shitty Day Starter: The Glorious G
Filed under: 11101, 11211, 11222, Brooklyn, Crosstown Local, Culture War, Long Island City, Queens, Street Art
A cleric contemplates the G in despair. I shot this in Long Island City, Queens. Jackson Avenue to be precise. I walked there. Care to guess how I got home?
Miss Heather
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