Christmas-Colored Rooftop Wrap
(Photo credit: Brian Hedden)
- The Parents Association at Marine Park’s P.S. 222 says that Sheepshead Bay restaurant Roll ‘N’ Rooster reneged on its part of a 5th grade class fundraiser. The Sheepshead Bay restaurant hosted the fundraiser similar to ones held at McDonald’s and Burger King, contributing 10% of profits to the PA. But the PA claims the contribution was roughly half of a typical McDonald’s fundraiser, despite higher prices and a bigger crowd. (Story at both GerritsenBeach.net and Sheepshead Bites – the reader comments on both sites are very interesting)
- The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks makes an observation on the “authenticity” of the Brooklyn Pizza restaurant chain in Florida. In the end, the quotation marks are judged to be “totally necessary.”
- I forgot to post this last week: Streetsblog reports that an elderly pedestrian was struck and killed by an ambulance at the junction of Bay Parkway and the Shore Parkway.
Watch the video for a fairly thorough report from WABC, which (after the requisite car commercial) shows how incredibly dangerous this intersection is. You’ll see that the crosswalk where the victim was hit spans a ramp at which the green turn arrow is the default signal, and must be switched off with a pole-mounted button. This would be a harrowing environment for the most able-bodied pedestrian, much less an elderly person who depended on a walker.
No kidding. I’m not a big fan of any of the pedestrian crossings by the Shore Parkway, and though I dislike others more, I have plenty of dislike for this spot. One time last year, I thought I’d try walking to the Best Buy/Kohl’s shopping plaza just past this intersection. Yikes – that was a mistake. I’m much better off hopping on a subway to Manhattan than trying that stunt again.
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