Borough Of Lost Toys, Part III

April 5, 2008 by
Filed under: Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Williamsburg 

One thing I really love about Brooklyn is their love of toys. As I walk our borough’s streets I never know when I will find a tug boat perched atop a quonset, a leopard hiding in a shrub or a dapperly dressed plastic duck. But enough with the words, let’s see some toys!

Myrtle Avenue, Fort Greene

Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg

Stuyvesant Avenue, Bedford Stuyvesant

Boerum Street, “East Williamsburg”

Putnam Avenue, Bedford Stuyvesant.

I got into an interesting discussion with a gentleman (and Marine Corps. veteran) who lives across the street from this planter. That’s one thing I have noticed about Bed-Stuy; the people who live there are incredibly friendly and LOVE to talk.

Neighbor: I saw the guy who put the leopard in that planter.
Miss Heather: Really?
Neighbor: Yes, it was around midnight. I thought to myself “You know, if he wants to do that kind of thing he should do it on his own property. Someone’s liable to walk by this at twelve hundred or thirteen hundred, you know, in the morning, drunk, and think, Hey it’s a kitten!

Did I mention Bed-Stuyers also have a wicked sense of humor?

Miss Heather

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