Greenpoint
Lorven Pharmacy
Culture on the Cheap
East Williamsburg Street Art Du Jour: Jef Aerosol
Filed under: 11206, 11237, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Street Art
From Harrison Place.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Fashion Watch: Spotted On Greenpoint Avenue
This is an elegant solution to an all too common Garden Spot dilemma: what to do about a shiner? Simply take a napkin, tuck it into your sunglasses and lo, you’re ready to go! It may get an inquisitive stare or two— but who cares? Problem solved!
And on that note, dear readers, I am off for a much overdue walk. More later!
Miss Heather
A Moment Of Gratitude
As many of you have noticed New York Shitty sports a spiffy new banner!* I want it to be known that this was the (volunteer) work of one Alex Meyer. He is a very nice (and as you can see, immensely talented) chap who calls the Garden Spot both his place of employment and his home. I want to take this moment to thank him for his hard work. I love it! You can see more of Alex’s work by clicking here.
Miss Heather
*Which, if you are wondering, was inspired by the tile work at the Lorimer Street/Metropolitan stop of the L & G.
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Canceled
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Since I wrote this post there has been a great deal of commentary and speculation about Zip112, better known as Zip Hostel. E.g.; is it legal? Well, I have word from someone whose sister was going to stay there this upcoming weekend that it has been shut down. In fact, it would appear almost the entire building has been vacated. T writes:
…I actually got hold of the owner of Zip112 on Monday evening and he assured me everything was OK with them (that they were legal etc.). Now my sister has had an email saying the whole building is getting shut down and canceling all reservations.
So whether they are legal or not, they are closed!
Thanks for the advice – my sister has had to forsake Brooklyn and get a bed in a hostel in the East Village instead. Oh well!
On a lark, Monday afternoon I searched for “vacation rentals” in Greenpoint on Craigslist. What I found was sobering.
Presenting the Dobbin Street Lofts.
As you can see, they’re doing brisk business. Who knew April Fool’s Day was a U.S. holiday? I thought that stopped after George W. Bush left office. But I digress.
Here is a photo of said “loft”. And here is what I found on the Department of Buildings web site.
No Certificate of Occupancy
“COMMERCIAL OFFICES”
Same song, different verse. This is not to suggest there isn’t humor to be found here. There is.
239 Banker Street (AKA: The Sweater Factory Lofts), a “hotel” illegally pressed into service as living space, is clearly visible in the background of their photo showcasing the roof deck of their illegal hostel. Nice.
Miss Heather
P.S.: For more reading/commentary about the debacle at 112 North 6 Street I strongly recommend you read Brooklyn 11211’s follow-up post.
LAST GASP: Two Heads Are Better Than One
Filed under: Area 51
(speechless)
Miss Heather
Spotted On Manhattan Avenue: A Reclaimed Storefront
First it was a bar, then it was an apartment, now 1030 1088 Manhattan Avenue is going to be…
a laundromat! This might not strike some of you as being “front page news” (it isn’t). But given there are only two laundromats north of Green Street, I suspect this will be very welcome news to my fellow north ‘Pointers.
Miss Heather
P.S.: While I was in the area I grabbed a shot of the space slated to become Milk & Roses.
From The New York Shitty Inbox: The North 11 Street Spycam!
K (who sent the above photo) writes:
Hi Miss Heather,
First off, thank you for your blog — i visit it daily and heart it SO much! I wanted to send you a pic of the toxic construction site on N11 and Bedford – specifically how precarious the sidewalk structure is. I work in a building that looks onto the site and have watched the construction/non-construction go on for what – almost a year now. In any case, a couple weeks ago I was walking on the sidewalk across from Turkey’s Nest and saw that the corner of the sidewalk had essentially fallen in. The resolution to the ‘hole’ was to just fill it up with concrete (geniuses!) and not actually consider the lack of foundation this sidewalk currently has. So, I thought – this is when I will finally make the move and take a picture of what is actually going on on the other side of the blue wall we all see on Bedford. The image is attached to this email – you will see that we are all walking on a falling wall of foundation that is being held up(?!) by metal columns…
If you’d like, I can continue to send you the slow moving construction as I have a perfect bird’s eye view.
As you can imagine, I took up K on her generous offer and I look forward to her bird’s eye view of this unfolding train wreck. In the meantime, you might want to watch where you step Williamsburgers!
Miss Heather
P.S.: Here’s a nice big shot of this wading pool provided by another reader, Langer!
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