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Winter Wonderland: Caption This
Filed under: 11222, Advanced Life Forms, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
If you want to see something interesting, head to the western terminus of Java Street. That is where you will find the following.
Anyone care to take a whack at naming this phenomenon? Here’s a couple to get the ball rolling:
The Java Street Drinking Forest
and this, from the mind of a man named Larry:
The Greenpoint Homeless Xmas Tree Intake Center
All submissions can be made via comments or email at: missheather (at) thatgreenpointblog (dot) com.
Miss Heather
P.S.: Wise cracks about the dearth of park space here— or the Parks Department in general— are especially encouraged.
New York Shitty Street Seating Du Jour: McGuinness Boulevard
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Furniture
Taken January 7, 2011.
Miss Heather
LAST GASP: The Falafel Is Coming Back!
Jay Lombard (who took the above photograph) writes:
849 Manhattan Ave will be serving up Turkish food once this new place opens. Let’s hope they fare better than the last guys who tried this location.
Does this mean yours truly will not have to schlep to Nassau Avenue for a bowl of lentil soup? I can only hope so. No disrespect intended to Kestane Kebab (their soup is quite tasty) but it’s damned cold outside!
Seven Hill Cafe
Opening Date: To be determined
849 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Miss Heather
The Word On The Street: Special Pulaski Bridge Edition
Filed under: 11101, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Newtown Creek
Taken January 6, 2011.
Miss Heather
LAST GASP: We Did It!!!
Okay, he isn’t out yet— but I have gotten word from a few ladies in the know that tonight or tomorrow Pablo Airaldi will be free! More details/commentary to follow. Quite frankly right now I am too excited/weepy to collect my thoughts! As I understand it (and this is using laywoman’s terms: I am a Notary Public, NOT a lawyer), Pablo’s plea of “no contest”/”guilty” in Indiana was overturned. No crime = no reason for deportation. This has been brought to the attention of the Immigration court judge presiding over his case, Justice Abrams, and he has signed papers for Pablo’s release!
UPDATE, January 6, 2011: I have word that Pablo is back home at the Chicken Hut. Which of course, is where he should be!
In closing I would like to give BIG props to the men and women who rallied to Pablo’s defense (you know who you are). Your tenacity and dedication is proof positive that people can and do make a difference. I am proud to call each and every one of you neighbors!
Miss Heather
The Word On The Street: Hell’s Bells
Filed under: 11211, 11222, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, The Word On The Street
From Vandervoort Avenue.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Photo Du Jour: Seasons Greetings From Morgan Avenue
Filed under: 11211, 11222, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
The above image goes out to the Department of Sanitation and the Department of Transportation— who, in their Solomon-like wisdom— decided building a snow fort on Vandervoort Avenue was a sterling idea. The end result was not only obstructed truck traffic from Beadel Street to Maspeth Avenue, but also a clusterfuck of Biblical proportions on Morgan Avenue. NOTE: the following photographs and video footage were shot today at 1:00 p.m.
You can read more about this fiasco at the New York Daily News.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Skid Row
Filed under: 11222, Bum Shit, Dung of the Day, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Other Shit
Of this delightful item (which is located on a snow bank at Clay Street and Manhattan Avenue) Alicia writes:
Seriously G-point?!
Miss Heather
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