The Q at Parkside

(for those for whom the Parkside Q is their hometrain)

News and Nonsense from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Lefferts and environs, or more specifically a neighborhood once known as Melrose Park. Sometimes called Lefferts Gardens. Or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Or PLG. Or North Flatbush. Or Caledonia (west of Ocean). Or West Pigtown. Across From Park Slope. Under Crown Heights. Near Drummer's Grove. The Side of the Park With the McDonalds. Jackie Robinson Town. Home of Lefferts Manor. West Wingate. Near Kings County Hospital. Or if you're coming from the airport in taxi, maybe just Flatbush is best.

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Oh Deer

So I'm walking westerly on Clarkson the other day and what do my eyes spy but a new bus stop advert, truly an incredible piece of vertical real estate for the City to share issues of great concern to us all. And what social, health or civic issue is being shared but this:


The Q chortled and chuckled all the way home, only to find upon Googling that in fact, deer have become quite the frequent site in parts of the north Bronx and Staten Island. Now, the North Bronx is basically Westchester so that I get. But Staten Island? What, they came over on the ferry? Fearlessly dodged traffic on Goethals? No, neighbors, they swim there from Jersey. I shit you not. Look at this video, and apparently it's no fluke. Happens all the time:



But why place the deer posters here in Central Brooklyn? Seems like a waste of effort and money, right? Until just the other day, when I headed up to Parkside Plaza and caught these "faunas" eating our "floras." And no one on the Plaza even gave them a second glance...


8 comments:

Anonymous said...

you need to up your PhotoShop skills, Q.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, that photoshop gets a C-. Pretty funny though. Makes me think they located this on the wrong bus stop. I could see it being real further on Long Island too, but not Prospect Park. If they really wanted to target the city, maybe closer to highland/forest park area? There's a big run of parks, reservoirs, golf courses, and cemeteries connected.

Bob Marvin said...

I think coyotes will be in Brooklyn before deer. It wasn't that long ago that it would have been unlikely to have raccoons in our back yards.

theQ said...

picmonkey! it was my first try. I took another stab. a little better...

Anonymous said...

On a different note people, can Lefferts come-up with such with a similar idea? Flatbush and Rogers could use some TLC.

https://bklyner.com/nostrand-avenue-improvement-association-goes-legit/

Anonymous said...

Fake News!

Andrea said...

This summer a deer was found on Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn and another in Ft. Tilden in the Rockaways, Queens.

Anonymous said...

You serious? Staten Island has had a city funded deer vasectomy program for years. It has been a laughing stock. Doesn't work apparently. Costs like 3 grand per snippy snip. You gotta read some more regional news my friend.