Car Crash at Waverly and Willoughby
On the heels of yesterday’s post about Berkeley Place residents who don’t want speedbumps on their block comes this photo from a reader who lives in the Clinton Hill Co-ops and witnessed the aftermath of a car accident at the corner of Waverly Place and Willoughby Avenue, a location, he points out, that’s seen its…
On the heels of yesterday’s post about Berkeley Place residents who don’t want speedbumps on their block comes this photo from a reader who lives in the Clinton Hill Co-ops and witnessed the aftermath of a car accident at the corner of Waverly Place and Willoughby Avenue, a location, he points out, that’s seen its fair share of accidents in its day. “This happens all the time – cars roar down Waverly Avenue from Myrtle Avenue and blow the stop sign at Willoughby and ‘wham,'” he writes. “Why can’t we get some of the speed bumps like they just installed on Berkley Place in Park Slope?” For what it’s worth, we’ve got them on Grand Avenue and people still speed down the street.
And the Willoughby name comes from the Revolutionary general Willoughby, not the Utica coach manufacturer…
Same thing happened with us Mr. B, with that house on the corner of Willoughby. It was a nice place that needed a fair bit of work, and it has off street parking in a garage our back. Narrow, but being on a corner gave it a lot of light – plus it is five stories. We ended up buying a different place as well as we couldn’t agree on a price. Glad someone bought it and have been fixing it up.
tybur6..it’s mostly foreigners who drive like that, taxi drivers would be a good example. People like us that grew up here and have been driving since we were 16 know how to anticipate what is ahead. Those foreigners who never drove in their lives but just raised goats and then came here to the US for the good life and only started driving here, late in life, really don’t know how to anticipate the traffic or road conditions more than 10 feet ahead of them. 🙂
mopar, I’ve used Fine Paints of Europe and unless the underlying wood has been completely stripped and is perfecttly sanded, you’re wasting your money on that finish. Especially with the high gloss finish. The underlying surface needs to be perfect. An oil based primer and a 100% acrylic finish from Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams or any high quality manufacturer is more than adequate at about 1/5 the price of Fine Paints of Europe. Do not use HD’s Behr brand, ever. You will not be satisfied.
People still speed with speed bumps… I have them on my street. The cars race to the bump at 50 mph, slam on the brakes, accelerate back up to 45 mph, slam on the brakes, then accelerate back to 45+ mph again to blow through the red light…
I’m actually all for the speed bumps — it means the real speed racers just avoid my street. But it’s amazing how people feel the need to accelerate to top speed knowing there’s another bump in a 75 yards.
Do you think possibly this owner had trouble getting renters, because rents have fallen so low with everyone moving back to Manhattan, especially with these car accidents, and maybe that’s why the planter box is a little small, doesn’t have enough color, and the green bay window is the wrong shade of dark green? They are probably underwater, but I think they should have gone with Fine Paints of Europe.
I lived in that corner Brownstone. The Super is nuts. He let the crazy lady across the street live in my unit after I moved out. I wonder if she’s still there. Other than that it was a nice place…And yes there were always accidents on that corner. My girlfriend and I would often wake up to screeching brakes and the inevitable crash just like a Dane Cook skit. We always feared one day a car would go right through our window as we had the garden apartment. Scary
DIBS, the waverly here has a ton of carriage houses; think majority of the houses are carriage houses
please stop pouring the haterade. with the “renter class” a lot of you folks wouldnt even be able to afford your mansions in the ghetto.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 4, 2009 9:45 AM
Though I can’t find where anyone posted here about “renter class,” rob, I have to admit, as the Alpha Retard who bought in the ghetto at the top of the market and is now dramatically underwater, yet STILL continues to pour money into his home, I am indebted to the “renter class” so that I can still afford truffles and a nice Amarone.
Thank you all.