This is an amazingly bountiful little yard: tall rows of corn, a couple of fruit trees, and all kinds of vines stretching around back. It was too dark to see the vines well, but here's what they looked like a year ago.
Cutty's is where the late Knicks forward Anthony Mason went to get his cranial canvas carved by Freddy Avila, "the Rembrandt of Barbers".
at the finish line of the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
at the finish line of the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. He's the fourth person to finish the race this year, and is treated to the same victory songs and ambrosial cake as everyone else who completes the 5,649 laps of the block within the allotted 52 days. (The horn-like sounds you hear when people start cheering are made by guys blowing conch shells.)
Ashprihanal was the first to cross the finish line this year, and did so in record time: 40 days, 9 hours, 6 minutes, and 21 seconds, more than 23 hours faster than the previous record-holder.
An old painted plea for noggin safety here at the 169th Street F train station
