Greenpoint Photos du Jour: Vito Rises

It would appear our Community Board Chair’s run against Lincoln Restler for 50th District Democratic Male Leader has not gone unnoticed by some mischievous soul. Sadly (but not surprisingly) the flier gracing the corner of Green Street and Manhattan Avenue (as seen above) has since been removed.

No worries, someone has seen fit to carpet bomb the bejeezus out of West Street with them!

Go see for yourself, they’re a HOOT!

UPDATE, April 17th, 2012: This person has been VERY busy indeed!

Greenpoint Avenue between West and Franklin Street.

India Street between Franklin and West Street.

India at West Street.

Along the India Street Mural.

Entrance to the India Street Pier.

 

From The New York Shitty Inbox: Scat Attack At McGolrick Park?

I should have curbed my dogA person we’ll call “S” writes:

Miss Heather,

About a month or so ago, my girlfriend & I were walking our puppy on Driggs Avenue after visiting the McGolrick Dog Run. It’s pretty normal to see other people walking their dogs and to allow them to sniff each other and so forth. On this occasion however, a young woman with her small poodle was walking by and even though our dog was a safe distance and on a leash, this woman quickly stood between her and her dog and said very forcibly, “Stay away from my dog!” I laughed a little because I was kind of shocked by her random behavior and she immediately started yelling at us about how wrong it was for us not to rescue a shelter dog. We were just kind of startled and walked away, basically wondering WTF? A few days later, I was walking our dog and this girl and her dog were coming in the other direction and she just started yelling at me to “keep my fucking ugly ass dog away from her dog”. I never allowed my dog to come within touching distance of her dog and so I kind of giggled out of frustration and a bit of amusement that this stranger wants to pick a fight with me every time we pass. I’m pretty sure that she lives on the same block as me. So a week passes and I see her again and she makes these very awkward angry, silent mouth gestures at me and I couldn’t help saying, “Lady, you’re a nut”.

And then this morning, at 7am in McGolrick Park we are once again passing each other with our dogs and even though my dog is at least three feet away from her dog, she’s starts yelling to “Get your fucking dog away from my dog…” and the same rant about not rescuing a shelter dog.  I told her to “Fuck off” and she picked up her dogs diarrhea with aplastic bag and tried to throw it at my dog. He got hit with the bag, but fortunately not with the shit. There were other dog owners nearby that seemed pretty dumbfounded by the whole interaction and demanded that she clean up the shit that was now all over the park’s walk way. She also said that she has filed a complaint with 311 every time that my dog has gotten too close to her dog and these complaints will add up to my dog getting put down. I’m not laughing anymore. This woman is making my blood boil. I continued on our walk and after about 15 minutes, she walks towards me and says, “Have a great day!” I respond with, “If you ever throw shit at me or my dog again, I will not just stand by and let it happen”. She says, “Oh, that’s great, you’re threatening me” and so she calls 911. I already had a headache this morning and I wasn’t about to stand around and let her feel any more satisfied with her wackjob behavior so I quickly took my dog home and went to work. 

Here I am at work wondering what kind of false accusations this woman is making to the police. Should I file a police report for her throwing dog shit at me? Should I ignore it all? This is certainly one of the strangest things to happen to me in NYC over the past 10+ years.  I’m asking you for advice because you know the neighborhood well and I just don’t know how to proceed.

Thoughts/advice, gentle readers? Quite frankly I’m speechless.

Photo credits (once again): murdoc

Williamsburg Photo du Jour: Wythe Avenue

April 7, 2012 ·
Filed under: 11211, Culture War, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn 

Williamsburg Street Art du Jour: Shared Among Friends

From Wythe Avenue.

Spotted On Commercial Street: Hipster Free Zone

March 22, 2012 ·
Filed under: 11222, Culture War, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

Taken March 22, 2012.

From The New York Shitty Inbox, Part II: Be It Ever So Humble…

March 20, 2012 ·
Filed under: 11222, Culture War, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

An anonymous tipster writes:

School bus used as mobile home. Mass plates. Parked at Huron St & Manhattan Av.

Perhaps someone should bring this to the attention of these folks?

The Word On The Street: A Bowery PSA

Taken March 8, 2012.

New York Shitty Photos du Jour: (write on me)

March 4, 2012 ·
Filed under: 11211, Culture War, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn 

From Bedford Avenue.

The Word On The Street, Part II: A Wythe Avenue PSA

March 4, 2012 ·
Filed under: 11211, Class War, Culture War, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn 

Taken March 4, 2012.

Spotted On Montrose Avenue: A Very Special Dare

I stumbled upon this item outside the Montrose Avenue stop of the L train this afternoon. I am honestly at a loss for words save perhaps noting:

1. strap-hangers (presumably inconvenienced by the recent spate of weekend service suspensions) must be getting desperate if Volkswagen station wagons are at risk.

2. some might wish to install The Club on their child-safety seats/strollers.

This is gonna get ugly folks…

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