Friday Links
Bushwick’s Brooklyn Grange Starts Rooftop Farm in Queens [NY Times] Brooklyn Cops Charged with Misuse of Authority [NY Times] Richest Man in Russia Funds Nets, Barclays Center [NY Post] New MTA Plan Would Shut Subway Lines on Weekdays [NY Daily News] Coney Island’s Luna Park Preps for May 29 Opening [NY1] Rachael Ray Promotes Healthy…
Bushwick’s Brooklyn Grange Starts Rooftop Farm in Queens [NY Times]
Brooklyn Cops Charged with Misuse of Authority [NY Times]
Richest Man in Russia Funds Nets, Barclays Center [NY Post]
New MTA Plan Would Shut Subway Lines on Weekdays [NY Daily News]
Coney Island’s Luna Park Preps for May 29 Opening [NY1]
Rachael Ray Promotes Healthy Eats at PS 29 [NY1]
Bed-Stuy Shooting Suspect Caught On Tape [NY1]
Gowanus Park Getting Neon Benches [Brooklyn Paper]
Heavy Metal Concert Promoter Looks to Coney Island [Brooklyn Paper]
Public Trash Cans Overflow on Commercial Strips [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Kara Zuaro
people go to all the trouble to have a nice house, landmark districts to prevent ugly stuff, and look down on fedders…..then you walk down a block and they have those ugly no menu signs….Looks pretty tacky.
Good exercise for you to bend down and pick up everyday.
The signs work in Crown Heights North, too. We (Crown Heights North Association) had some nice, tasteful ones printed on heavy plastic covered paper, and they’ve held up well, and are small enough to not look tacky. Lots of local civic organizations have done this.
I think more people can read that you think, rob. Besides which, there are laws on the books prohibiting dumping circulars, menus, etc, to those who have clearly opted out, via signs. Fines are involved, too, so the companies/restaurants, who can obviously be traced, have a vested interest in teaching their distributors to pay attention to the signs.
The no-menus-no-flyers signs work where I live in Bed Stuy.
When I had a little BHA “no menu” sign up, no menus were left. After a few weeks, though, somebody cut it down. Now I get lots of menus. Need to get me a stash of those little signs….
BTW, isn’t Rachael Ray encouraging healthy eating at PS 29 pretty much preaching to the choir? Very upscale school, and I bet those kids don’t usually eat chips and soda for lunch.
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dave, how many people leaving ads and menus do you suppose pay any attention to those signs?
i know youre asking dave, but ill answer for you. the answer is none as most of them probably dont even know how to read, and the ones that do know how to read won’t care that you dont want their menus. whenever i see those stupid little red signs i just throw a random item from my bag (newspaper, receipt, etc) onto their stoop out of protest anyway.
*rob*
Thanks, Kara. Great photo!
“This is the second time broenstoner has posted on the “Bed Stuy Shooting Suspect Caught on Tape” with no link to the actual tape. Kinda dumb.”
It’s called bait…
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
CGar – I snapped this photo yesterday. I believe it was on St. Marks Ave near Flatbush.
wasder, lol — I think you’ve got the morning pun ready to launch in the OT. BTW, what’s your schedule look like for a dirty bird impromptu?
dave, how many people leaving ads and menus do you suppose pay any attention to those signs?