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.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Quick Pics

Seen these? Welcome to the brand new world of Lefferts, primed for visitors who are accustomed to helpful kiosks of the sort they have in most of the civilized world:


The nonsensical hyphen between Prospect (for the park) and Lefferts (for the homestead and Manor) has now been set in stone, or plastic or whatever. As for the "s" on Garden, you probably know by now where I stand on that one. As for PLG, any neighborhood that resorts to acronyms that could potentially sound as PLAG, PLEG, PLIG, PLOG or PLUG (and sometimes PLYG) is really not the way to go. But PLuGNA long ago ensured that we'd have live with it.

Ah, but the Parkside Playground. A reader sent these pictures of a clippings loaf topped with a dollop of sumptuous garbage:


The Q notified district manager Miles. Hopefully Sanitation will be by soon to clean it up. If you notice that it's been tidied, or not, please comment!

10 comments:

Bob Marvin said...

That's a nice looking map, but strangely oriented, wiyh north at the bottom.

Clarkson FlatBed said...

It's intended for the least mappy among us. It's oriented towards the direction you are facing. Though I'm not sure how that helps the mapularly challenged become more mapolific in the long run. It's like speaking to a foreigner in babyspeak.

babs said...

Nice hyphen! :)

Clarkson FlatBed said...

At least as far as the official NYC mapmakers are concerned, I have lost the battle. It is not the only one I lost this month.

I will continue to call the neighborhood Lefferts, and I will continue to become, day by day, a crotchety old man.

Anonymous said...

lol Babs, I was just going to say that!

Anonymous said...

"You kids get off-my lawn!"

Anonymous said...

Yes!! Another photo of garbage. I was getting quite concerned we would not have a garbage photo for this week.

Mom on Winthrop said...

I was wondering what to call the "thing" in front of Parkside Playground and "clippings loaf" is by far the best description and the most hilarious.

Mom on Winthrop said...

I just walked by the playground and the clippings loaf has been cleaned.

Clarkson FlatBed said...

To Anon at 3:03. Lest you think I'm obsessed with mess, I was assigned chair of environmental protection at cb9. So yeah, I try to take it seriously and make a "stink" about trash.