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Yeshivaball

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As far as I can tell

June 4th, 2012



this company exists for the sole purpose of pissing people off.



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Marian grotto #5

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Fittingly located at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish

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Restoring Baby Jesus

June 4th, 2012


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High-end and low-end

June 4th, 2012



As in this case, we have two different eras of traffic sign bureaucracy represented here. Both signs, however, were probably made at the same place: the country's largest municipal sign shop.

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Lady’s Night

June 4th, 2012



That's apparently the name of this car — undergoing some repair work at the moment — whose hood and trunk are clad in images of women in varying states of undress, ranging from almost nude to nude.

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Quite popular in certain parts of the city, it's apparently "not the best choice if you live in an upscale area where people don't fart."

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Any guesses?

June 4th, 2012



No Googling!

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Rubel Coal & Ice Corp

June 4th, 2012



The tale of Samuel Rubel exemplifies the classic American rags-to-riches story: Penniless Latvian immigrant arrives on the streets of New York; builds multi-million-dollar coal-and-ice empire from meager beginnings as a door-to-door peddler; proposes to employee, then later breaks off the engagement; she sues him; he has her arrested on charges of forgery and grand larceny; they later get married, have two kids, and live happily ever after.

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A taste of the future

June 4th, 2012



I recommend the Soylent Green omelet.



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Awesome mailbox #59

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Blessed One Parking Only

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Above and below

June 4th, 2012



The Canarsie Line

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Van Sinderen Avenue

June 4th, 2012



A lightly traveled thoroughfare — at street level, anyway

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Portal of the day

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More Canarsie Line

June 4th, 2012



Now running side by side with the skeleton of the Fulton Street Elevated

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About 50 yards south

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of this photo

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Asterisk

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The King of Laundry

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Wacky Marshall says

June 4th, 2012



"Come on in" (to the washing machine?)

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Arena Hotel

June 4th, 2012



Trying to cash in on the controversial basketball arena being built about a mile and a half down Atlantic Avenue

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This is the only station on the Atlantic Avenue Viaduct, which just underwent a well-photographed rehabilitation.

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The Jewish Hospital

June 4th, 2012



Albert Einstein was a patient at this hospital (which is now an apartment building) in 1948; he had his abdominal aorta reinforced to ward off the rupture of an aneurysm that was discovered by his surgeon. After recovering from this procedure, he lived another 6+ years before the aneurysm finally burst in 1955. He refused further surgery at that point, saying "It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go."

Einstein had specifically requested that no memorial service be held for him, and that his body be cremated and the ashes scattered without ceremony in a secret location. His wishes were mostly followed, except for that one guy who removed his brain and kept it for the next four decades.