u/Short_Lingonberry_67

Did anyone else see this? It started rolling in around 4:30pm. I found out there was a bad sewage spill up river after searching online. The city closed some of the beaches in Queens and also one beach from further east but left Coney Island open for people to romp in sh*tty water. From what I could see it spanned several jetties.

The water quality at the NYC beaches is only tested weekly and was last tested Monday or Tuesday, giving no indication of how much fecal matter is in the water on the 4th of July. You would think a sewage spill up river would prompt more testing and they would close the beach with visible toilet paper !!!
I informed the life guard who seemed clueless and made a 311 complaint.

My 7yo niece is visiting with my sister next week, and last time they visited when were in Manhattan and she got a corndog from a food truck and now it’s all she wants when she comes this time. But, since I’m recently postpartum we will be sticking in the neighborhood. And food trucks that do them that aren’t by Barclays? I’m further south. Thanks!

I want one

New to city-life …. picked up a couple of slices of pizza to go today .. and tip open popped up of 20%, 22% and 25%. Really? Is that much tip expected even when I pickup food to go??? (I had picked up several drinks too).

Hello! I’m curious if you all have any safety suggestions for rainy day biking in busy areas where peds are not looking at the bike lane before crossing.

Usually if I ring my bell and they don’t stop I can brake. The other day I had to hit the brakes hard while it was rainy and the tired skidded out, really scary.

I don’t want to be the jerk zooming through and knocking over an elderly woman pushing a stroller (true bike lane situation today on the upper west side 😭 - not the knocking over part but she was walking directly down the bike line as if it were part of the sidewalk and I was so scared for her!). I’m also nervous about getting rammed into by someone biking behind me going at a constant pace, not expecting my brake.

How are we getting around this, if at all?

It's at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. The bride’s name is Mary, and everything has already been paid for.

I hear that LIC and Jersey city has a lot of chinese and Korean but where are the viets?

I see a lot of travel advice that says you will be fine if you are not an idiot and keep your wits about you.

Here's the thing. I have enough self awareness to know I am an idiot, am very inattentive, and won't be describe as having wits.

What parts do I need to avoid FOR SAFETY REASONS?

Problem is getting markedly worse, higher concentration of delivery bikes, and no longer contained to 13th and 1st.

Flagrantly disobeying traffic laws, driving the wrong way, on the sidewalk, and chaining up bikes overnight all along 1st and up all side streets. Leaving garbage and food waste everywhere. Even starting to expand to 2nd now.

We know they are using the EV as a hub since they are leaving bikes here and going home.

Realistically is it going to take a kid or elderly person to get hit and injured to get the local community board to pay attention?

If there was someone who fixed this and only this I would vote on a single issue. Every single one of my neighbors I’ve spoken to about it said the same.

Happened in Prospect Park near the lake.

Seriously, fuck you if you're reading this. It wasn't funny. You were driving 40 mph on a modified ebike, and of course you chose the single woman running alone to throw a water balloon at.

You're a pathetic child, and the fact that you had to flee from the woman you hit as fast as possible makes you a coward.

Hopefully karma will do its job.

Especially if they aren’t black beans or chickpeas! Love those two ofc but seeking some variety.