Just In Time For Easter!

March 22, 2008 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

Porky Pooper

I found this item at The Garden yesterday as I was doing a little grocery shopping. For the paltry asking price of $3.99 I couldn’t resist picking one up for Mr. Heather.

Instructions

He can’t open it until tomorrow (after the Easter bunny gives it to him), so in the meantime he’ll have to be content with savoring its rather amusing instructions. Why not be your own bunny, outlay four bucks and get a pooper of your own? Greenpoint can never have enough poop!

The Garden
921 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222

Those of you who prefer bovines over swine will be pleased as punch to know they also have cow poopers! You can find them by the deli section.

Miss Heather

Sign-Making Tip From Bed-Stuy

March 22, 2008 ·
Filed under: Bed-Stuy 

No parkin

Always make sure you have plenty of spray paint.

Miss Heather

The Kosciuszko Bridge

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

Kbridge

I am certain a number of my fellow Greenpointers are relieved to learn that yesterday the State Siting Board unanimously voted against TGE’s proposal to build a power plant at Bushwick Inlet. What might have fallen under your radar, however, is the Kosciuszko Bridge was denied landmarking and its days are numbered. I cannot honestly say I am surprised by this development, but nonetheless I do feel a sense of loss. In honor of this much-maligned bridge I have pulled an article from the September 23, 1940 edition of New York Times about its naming. Here it is.

9/23/1940 NYT

Once this bridge is rendered into so much scrap metal its legacy will live on in the minds of many a movie enthusiast. Anyone familiar with the movie The Godfather will know exactly what I am talking about*.

Miss Heather

*This movie also features another ghost of Greenpoint’s past. Care to guess what it is? Click here for the reveal.

Fedders Friday: Jefferson Street Revisited

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Fedders Friday 

It had been awhile since I checked in on one of my favorite pieces of Feddertecture: 100 Jefferson Street. Wishing to gauge the progress of this study in stucco I walked by there recently. I am pleased to report it is coming along quite nicely.

100 Jefferson

The fence is down…

100 Jefferson 2

and with its departure has come graffiti.

Pare at 100 Jefferson

Lots of graffiti. I wonder if the developer hired someone to do this so these luxury town homes would have that built-in “urban” feel? If anyone out there has the last name “Pare” today is your lucky day. Your dream home awaits.

100 Jefferson Back

Not only is this building appointed with Fedders boxes in the front, but it also sports a plentiful number of them in the back —along with some inspired use of aluminum siding. Magnificent!

100 Jefferson Detail

All for your air-conditioned comfort. One can never have too many Fedders.

Miss Heather

P.S.: Per a new New York Shitty commenter, Ali:

Pare el desplazamiento = looks like displacement…

Here is Halden’s (AKA: Brooklyn11211) take:

Pare el desplazamiento means stop displacement (parar is “to stop” – I’ll take Ali’s word that desplazamiento means “displacement”).

Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Clifford Place

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

Tree

Welcome to the Garden Spot of the Universe.

Miss Heather

Great Moments In Real Estate Rhetoric: Irving Avenue

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Bushwick 

Magazine Like House

Granted the house in question is located in Queens, but the above advertisement was located in Bushwick. Exactly what kind of “magazine-like house” is this realtor pushing? Golf Digest? Field & Stream? Soldier of Fortune? Playboy?!?

If it is the latter most the Mister and I are packing up our bunnies and moving to Queens!

Miss Heather

Presenting Gentrification Bingo!

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Greenpoint Magic, Long Island City, Williamsburg 

First off I want to thank everyone out there for their generous submissions. I received some real doozies from a number of you. As promised earlier this week here is the first draft of Gentrification Bingo for your Friday afternoon entertainment. Enjoy!

Bingo Draft NYS

I will be dedicating next week to generating three more cards so as create a set of four. In the meantime keep those submissions coming folks:

missheather (at) newyorkshitty (dot) com

Happy playing!

Miss Heather

Bed Stuy Photo du Jour: A Word Meaning Female Dog

March 20, 2008 ·
Filed under: Bed-Stuy 

Bitch

From Macon Street.

Miss Heather

Williamsburg Photo du Jour: K.K.K.

March 20, 2008 ·
Filed under: Williamsburg 

KKK

From Bedford Avenue.

Miss Heather

“East Williamsburg” Photo du Jour: Stagg Street

March 20, 2008 ·
Filed under: Bushwick, Williamsburg 

Change

The force of change in north Brooklyn is currency.

Miss Heather

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