Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Before & After

From Eagle Street.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Day Starter: Drip

June 3, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art 

From McGuinness Boulevard.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Day Ender: Kent Street

June 2, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

It would appear the residents of 119 Kent Street— or at least the younger ones, anyway— are taking this whole skull business in stride.

Miss Heather

Greenpoint Street Art du Jour: Leave Your Mark

June 2, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art 

From Commercial Street.

Miss Heather

Spotted At 984 Manhattan Avenue: WPIX

Today yours truly decided to take it easy and knock around the Garden Spot. You can imagine my surprise when I spied a television crew on Manhattan Avenue between Huron Street and India Street. It was Greg Mocker from Channel 11, and yes, he was interviewing people regarding the “beeping” fliers yours truly wrote about yesterday. For shits and giggles I decided to hang around and watch him at work. Hilarity ensued. (TEASER: Those of you who are fans of our Community Board’s Public Safety Chair— and you know who you are—  will be pleased to know he makes a cameo appearance at the very end!)

Here’s the deal, folks:

1. Aside from flat-out lying to a chap he was interviewing about the provenance of the story he was “reporting” I find it rather sad that this is the kind of “new item” that apparently merits the professional media’s attention nowadays. There a lot of great stories to be found in Greenpoint. This is not one of them. So much for the media being the “watch dogs” for the people.

2. Those of you who live in the area know (as I do) that the gentleman he is interviewing is not normal. He is very nice, to be certain but I do not know if he is merely learning disabled, has a speech impediment or is struggling with addiction (as many people hereabouts are)— or all of the above. For this reason I find it utterly reprehensible that Mr. Mocker would consider subjecting this man to media attention (and therefore ridicule). This chap cannot help being what god made him. Therefore, it would seem to me that the responsibility falls on Mr. Mocker— as a human being— not to exploit this gentleman’s shortcomings. But this seems to be what he was up to and as such he is putting a “face” on this community that is not only highly inaccurate, but quite frankly also insulting. We come in all shapes and stripes here.

UPDATE, 10:24 p.m.: I have word from my buddy Kevin over at Forgotten-NY that yours truly was given props (albeit as “thatgreenpointblog”) from Mr. Mocker himself! In addition our Public Safety Chair makes a rather amusing appearance. See for yourself:

As you can imagine I am very pleased by these developments. However:

1. I doubt I would have been credited had the above exchange not taken place.

2. I would be really, truly grateful if Mr. Mocker would cover more substantive issues in my community moving forward. And believe you there are plenty of those to be found!

Miss Heather

Spotted At 1059 Manhattan Avenue: Something Neat!

June 2, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

I stumbled upon this rather nifty item today while knocking around the Garden Spot. Those of you who have the opportunity really should go by and see it for yourselves! Otherwise does anyone reading this know who is responsible for this? If so please share via comments or email at: missheather (at) thatgreenpointblog (dot) com. Thanks!

Miss Heather

From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: New York’s Strongest

Sanitation Worker, Upper East Side, NYC

Taken by AF.oto.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Street Art du Jour: Ai Wei Wei

June 2, 2011 ·
Filed under: 10012, Manhattan, New York City, Street Art 

These, the latest works by Lol Von Shan hail from SoHo and come courtesy of a chap named Adam Brendan. Thanks for passing them along!

Miss Heather

From The New York Shitty Inbox: Kite Day Cometh!

June 2, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11211, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn 

This item was brought to my attention by my buddy Phil DePaolo. He writes:

A personal note. Events like this are vital to supplement cuts in funding to P.S 132. It is also a visually stunning event. Its also a great opportunity to meet many parents from all over the City who are very angry with the proposed cuts to our schools…

This upcoming Saturday, June 5, starting at noon the P.T.A. of PS 132 will be hosting Kite Day on the premises of CitiStorage. Having attended this event in the past (albeit at McCarren Park) I can attest that it is wonderful way to enjoy a sunny summer afternoon. And hey, you’ll be supporting a great cause: north Brooklyn’s youth. Check it out!

Kite Day
June 5, 2011 starting at Noon
CitiStorage
5 North 11 Street
Brooklyn, New York 11211

To get you in the mood, follows are some highlights from Kite Day in 2009. Enjoy!

Miss Heather

From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Dupont Street

June 2, 2011 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

Taken by njeyn.

Miss Heather

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