Turns out the Naked Greenpoint Resident “is not a hipster”.
Josh Drimmer (Yale graduate) goes trolling around naked in Times Square (sans his slacker hair and beard), makes the front page of the NY Post, spends a couple of nights at Bellevue and what he wanted to “clear up” was that he’s “not a hipster“.
Yeah, right.
AM New York reports today on the Greenpoint stench we all know and hate.
“When the Department of Environmental Protection held the grand opening of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, it was a lovely day by all accounts: the sun was shining, a cool breeze blew off the water, and children played in the new park.There was just one problem, say several who attended the event last month. The place stunk, as it did for several days this pas summer with a sewage-like smell.”
Ok, there has been a lot of mentioning of this Newtown Creek Nature Walk park thingy the DEP thought up lately and I just have to say – are they mentally retarded? Why on earth ANYONE would want to spend a day any closer to the shit plant is beyond me.
“But residents say the smell has grown worse recently, more pungent, covering a wider swath of the neighborhood for more days out of the year.”
Honestly, I have to disagree. I have only smelled it on but a few occasions this Summer and as a kid I remember it stinking and I lived further away from it than I do now. It actually seems about the same. Maybe it depends on which way the wind blows, but honestly, that’s neither here nor there – the place is a fucking warehouse for SHIT. What do you really expect it to smell like? Really?
“A few years ago this was billed as the last place anybody on earth would want to be,” said Ann Kansfield, pastor of the Greenpoint Reformed Church. “Most of the people who could move out of the neighborhood did. I mean what kind of affluent person would want to buy a place here?”
Ok, I wouldn’t go as far as saying Greenpoint was the last place anyone on earth would want to be, but I do agree that many who could leave did. Many went out of state, some out to Long Island but many have stayed. It’s not the same place it was then, someways better, others worse. But I definitely can’t say the Creek Reek has changed either way.
No disrespect to The Newtown Creek Alliance, which I’m sure is trying to do only good things and of course I would be insane to not want cleanup and less stank in the Creek, but I honestly can’t help but think the “Nature Walk” is just a waste of money. Why would anyone want to go walk around basically in the middle of a sewage treatment plant? Yeah the views are nice but I highly doubt it’s going to be anything but desolate over there.
However, I bet it’s nice for people who work there. Someplace a little nicer to have a smoke break.
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Pick a park, any park.
It’s My Park! Day @ Monsignor McGolrick Park
or
It’s My Park! Day @ McCarren Park
Saturday, Oct 20, 2007
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Brooklyn
Raking leaves and spreading wood chips – McGolrick
Clean up and planting – McCarren
Event Organization:
PS 110 Monitor School – McGolrick
McCarren Park Moms – McCarren
More Information: For McGolrick Park – (347) 563-5362
There’s a new ‘Pointer in Reality TV town. Gone are the days of Paloma’s Camille on Top Chef. Enter Holly from “I Want To Look Like a High School Cheerleader Again” (no, I’m serious). A new reality TV show from CMT – Country Music Television (I swear, I really am serious.).
Well, Holly might be living in Williamsburg (the article doesn’t specify), but either way she’s working out in McCarren Park and we’re needing a new reality show ‘local’ to rep us.
Meet Holly:
I *might* watch this just so I can be the only person in the Tri-State area to do so.
Just a friendly reminder that Bloomberg is gracing Greenpoint with his presence tonight.
Ah, but then there’s also the CB1 Public Safety Meeting tonight.
If you live in Williamsburg or Greenpoint and care about liquor licenses, you’ll want to attend tonight’s Community Board 1 Public Safety meeting. Up for consideration or renewal: Spuyten Duyvil, Mugs and the Graham Avenue Planet Thai. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., CB1 District Office, 435 Graham Avenue.
Hopefully all the anti-liquor license community activists will be too busy harassing Mikey at the Polonaise to complain or endanger the renewal of booze slinger cards.
Someone needs to teach these 94 boys how to drive. It doesn’t say they even caught the guy. Sounds like McGuiness Blvd was quite the drag racing strip this morning.
2 Police Cars Crash While Chasing Stolen Car
POSTED: 8:35 am EDT October 4, 2007
UPDATED: 9:25 am EDT October 4, 2007Two police cruisers crashed early Thursday in separate collisions while chasing the same stolen car, officers said. The officers driving the two patrol cars were treated for minor injuries after the collisions, police said. One crash occurred at Greenpoint Avenue and McGuiness Boulevard. The second patrol car struck a utility pole near Calyer Street and McGuiness Boulevard.
You, too, can fit in with the Polish community!
What a delightful little shirt. Nothing says lovin’ like Lenin calling you a whore.
Here I thought that Bloomberg coming to The Point this Thursday would be the highlight news of the day for the ‘hood. But oh, how wrong could I have been? The best news is happening right here in my own little architectural landmark delight apartment complex. Even Curbed picked up the drama.
It’s no new news that The Astrals are infested with bedbugs. I, luckily, am not living in 74 or 76 India which appear to be where the known problem is. Hey, if you’re looking to move in there’s a two bedroom available right now right in the center of the critter kingdom!
I feel awful for this girl. What a horrible ordeal for her to have to go through. Toxic mold nonetheless, too! Ugh. It’s disgusting and a travesty. And it definitely gets me worried. How long will it be before the buggers reach the other end of the buildings? I know it seems damn near impossible to deal with the bedbug issue that is happening in New York right now. I can’t imagine being an owner of a cluster of buildings this size and even knowing where to begin to fix this situation. But it seems like they’re not even trying, which is just unacceptable.
I’m no newcomer to the problems in the building. A month after I moved in my bathroom ceiling collapsed, but in all fairness, the leak and my ceiling were fixed pretty promptly. The Super has been nothing but helpful and nice to me, so I can’t complain or badmouth the guy personally.
Plus, his MySpace page is pretty hot, no?
