#lifeinbrooklyn — Public Fediverse posts

Touching the Gowanus Canal?

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/touching-the-gowanus-canal-04-06-26/

Toothpaste Expiration Dates (NLJ Link)

https://social.emucafe.org/newleafjournal/nlj-toothpaste-expiration-dates-04-03-26/

Toothpaste Expiration Dates (NLJ Link)

https://social.emucafe.org/newleafjournal/nlj-toothpaste-expiration-dates-04-03-26/

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-18-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-03-18-26/

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-18-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-03-18-26/

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-18-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-03-18-26/

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-18-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-03-18-26/

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-18-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-03-18-26/

Mid-March Snow in Brooklyn (2021 and 2026)

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/mid-march-snow-in-brooklyn-03-12-2026/

Things I Learned: Berlin’s Road Salt Ban

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/berlin-road-salt-ban-02-11-26/

Early Rotting Carved Halloween Pumpkins in Brooklyn

https://thenewleafjournal.com/early-rotting-carved-halloween-pumpkins-in-brooklyn/

https://thenewleafjournal.com/coca-cola-liquid-death-tag/

I saw glass bottles of Coca Cola next to Liquid Death at a small produce store. Curiously, the Liquid Death price sticker was under the Coke.

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/protecting-new-trees-in-greenpoint-brooklyn/

Mary Frost of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that “[t]he NYC Department of Parks planted 200 new trees in Greenpoint and Williamsburg over the past two weeks, with over a thousand more will becoming to [Council] District 33 within two years…” [Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 11, 2025]. City Councilman Lincoln Restler, who announced the new trees, noted that the young new residents of northern Brooklyn will require maintenance:

Planting trees is just the first step, Restler added, urging locals to pledge to ‘adopt’ one to water and keep healthy and to check out a tree map showing the newly planted saplings.

I do not spend much time in either Greenpoint or Williamsburg, although I have written about both on The New Leaf Journal (see e.g., Donut Fender in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and BLOB DYLAN Seen in Williamsburg (May 2025)). But having granted that I do not spend much time that far north, I have enough of a feel for Brooklyn and areas like Greenpoint and the trendier parts of Williamsburg to note a curious omission in Mr. Restler’s statement. Mr. Restler wants residents to work together to water the new trees. I would be concerned about how residents water the new trees. The quality of dog owners and dog behavior in Brooklyn fell off a cliff beginning in 2020 and shows no sign of improving.

#brooklyn #dogs #greenpoint #lifeInBrooklyn #nyc #trees #williamsburg

Sharing Handwritten Review of the Els Pet “Spaceship”

https://thenewleafjournal.com/sharing-handwritten-review-of-the-els-pet-spaceship/

I found a negative review of a “smart” automated litter box left outside in Brooklyn, New York. I re-print and share the review along with my review of the litter box’s website.

NYC Open Streets Traffic Cone Shortage

https://thenewleafjournal.com/nyc-open-streets-traffic-cone-shortage-05-13-2025/

I read about a possible traffic cone shortage in Brooklyn. One day earlier, I watched a truck back over and crush two traffic cones in Brooklyn Heights.

Portico Zebra on Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill

https://thenewleafjournal.com/portico-zebra-on-cambridge-place-in-clinton-hill/

I encounter a zebra on what I believe was my first stroll down Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

Amazon “Cargo Bikes” in Brooklyn

https://thenewleafjournal.com/amazon-cargo-bikes-in-brooklyn/

Amazon “cargo bikes” have taken over my neck of Brooklyn in the last few months. I took a chance to photograph an unattended one in Brooklyn Heights before launching into a mini research project.

“Like Literally Like” – Unclear Thinking and Speaking

https://thenewleafjournal.com/like-literally-like-unclear-thinking-and-speaking/

I would say that the quote “but I’m like uh like literally like” speaks for itself. However, the problem may well be that it does not speak for itself (or anything at all).

Hip Green Smoothies For April Fools

https://thenewleafjournal.com/hip-green-smoothies-for-april-fools/

Justin has noticed that the “cool” people walk around with unappetizing green drinks in clear cups. This inspires in Justin a plan to have his shake and drink it too.

A vacant office location for Ageless Men’s Health in Brooklyn Heights. Surely a pun will follow.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/brooklyn-ageless-mens-healths-brt/

Dunkin’ Donuts Are Not All The Same

https://thenewleafjournal.com/dunkin-donuts-are-not-all-the-same/

I frequented an excellent Dunkin’ Donuts location in Bay Ridge in the late 2000s when I was in high school. I then learned that not all Dunkin’ Donuts are the same.

Too often, decorative pumpkins are left outdoors to rot in later months. But sometimes, as I saw in Carroll Gardens on December 19, 2024, the Pumpkin Taker does his job.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/putting-pumpkins-out-to-pasture/

Free “Hardly Used” Toilet Seen in Brooklyn

https://thenewleafjournal.com/free-hardly-used-toilet-seen-in-brooklyn/

Toto seeks to dominate the U.S. toilet market. That will be hard when you can find free “hardly used” toilets for the taking while walking through Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

Musing About Tesla Cybertruck at Brooklyn Bridge Park

https://thenewleafjournal.com/musing-about-tesla-cybertruck-at-brooklyn-bridge-park/

After documenting an unexpected Tesla Cybertruck sighting in scenic Brooklyn Bridge Park, I thought about what the Cybertruck reminds me of. I thought back to Virtua Racing Deluxe for the Sega 32X.

Inflatable Halloween Pumpkins, Ghosts, and Spiders

https://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-halloween-pumpkins-ghosts-and-spiders/

Reviewing inflatable Halloween decorations in Brownstone Brooklyn, seen and photographed in October 2024.

When you see an odd-looking bug inside your building for about five consecutive days, there is only one thing to do (after repeatedly forgetting). It’s time to be a hero.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/rescuing-an-ailanthus-webworm-moth/

Free as a bird. Free as in bird.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/free-as-a-bird-free-as-in-bird/

The New Leaf Journal’s resident dialogue duo, Justin and Justina, consider the true meaning of the assertion that a New York City pigeon is free.

Free H2O Seen in Brooklyn

https://thenewleafjournal.com/free-h2o-seen-in-brooklyn/

You can find many free things left outside in Brooklyn, New York. This includes free furniture, free books, and, apparently, free gallons of Poland Spring water.

I saw a copy of Tom Cantor’s Changed, a self-published religion conversion story that makes the rounds through an unsolicited direct mail campaign, sitting on a step in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Why might I care? Over at The New Leaf Journal, I published what I hope was a humorous article on the cover design of the book after receiving a short-lived copy in July 2022. To my surprise, the article performed very strongly in terms of page visits in December 2022 and January 2023, which I inferred was a result of the direct mail campaign, before becoming a proverbial non-entity shortly thereafter. While I know that many people were weirded out about receiving Mr. Cantor’s strange book, The New Leaf Journal would benefit from his resuming his strange pastime with abandon.

#life-in-brooklyn #nlj

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/cantor-sighting/

Blinded by Headlights Dialogue

https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-blinded-by-headlights/

A dialogue addressing the question of why drivers refuse to dim their extraordinarily bright headlights.