Streetlevel: Traif Bike Gesheft
[nggallery id=”35492″ template=galleryview] The chickens at Traif Bike Gesheft obviously don’t fix the bikes; they’re just there to keep Joe Diamond company. Joe opened his bike shop (which translates from Yiddish to “Non-kosher Bike Shop”) a few months ago in a space behind the Time’s Up bicycle organization in Williamsburg, where he repairs and sells…
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The chickens at Traif Bike Gesheft obviously don’t fix the bikes; they’re just there to keep Joe Diamond company. Joe opened his bike shop (which translates from Yiddish to “Non-kosher Bike Shop”) a few months ago in a space behind the Time’s Up bicycle organization in Williamsburg, where he repairs and sells used bicycles, and raises chickens. It’s easy to miss. The entrance is a set of swinging saloon doors painted bright yellow that lead to a narrow alley to the right of the building. We stopped by the other day for some bicycle advice, and Joe mentioned that he has received 500 new used bikes, so if you’re looking for a reliable and well-loved steed—and, if you’re lucky, a freshly laid egg—check out his shop at 99 South Sixth Street between Berry and Bedford, or call (347) 245-8759 for opening hours. GMAP
the chickens are useless unless they have a few (illegal) bee hives on the roof. If you’re going to do it, go in style!
rob: if you get scared by “the new farm mentality,” how do you manage to live in NYC full time? I’m all for it, myself. The day I see goats in Grand Central or sheep grazing on the FDR will be a mighty fine day indeed…
that’s not what im railing against. im railing against the new farm mentality. it’s really scary.
*rob*
Damn hipster chickens with their skinny leg jeans and ironic combs. A little PBR beer batter will fix ’em.
HA!!!!! see!!! and yes yes i KNOW chickens are nothing new, but these new arrival chickens constantly squaking their purse thin beaks off.. they are annoying
*rob*
I’m afraid raising Chickens in NYC is not only “stuff that white people like”
http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2009/03/urban-chickens.html
Although Organic Tomato vines on the roof do make me FURIOUS!!! Nothing makes me angrier … Everyone knows only Pigeon Coops belong on Rooftops … yummy, yummy squab.
What’s wrong with having a chicken in the city? It’s probably more humane than the people I see with gigantic overweight dogs they never exercise.
> f’ing chickens do not belong in nyc. this new white people version of urbanity…
Chickens are not exactly a new arrival in our fair metropolis.
What could be kosher, or non-kosher about a bike shop?
Hipster irony, I presume, in which case it’s a great name.
Can you buy a chicken there?