"Breaking the law in Flushing again...sidewalk hazard...ladder improperly braced against MTA property...north side Roosevelt Ave. Main St. number 7 train subway entrance." - The Flushing Phantom
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Shortly before I captured this image...an MTA employee passed through...muttering his disgust.
Then...
he simply shrugged his shoulders and continued along his merry way.
He could have reported this blockage to a cop,
or confronted the workmen.
But I guess that he's assumed the same stoic attitude that many others already have.
"Forget it Jake...it's Chinatown".
Oh, please, I use one of those entrances every week on my way to Bayside.
The MTA escalators were put in in 1998 and the sidewalks are only 7-8 ft wide in there.
Does this person expect that all work on the outside of buildings has to be at 1:00 AM? -(which is about the only time that street is deserted).
The workers did put up cones and they should have someone there to guide foot traffic, beyond that it is a matter of paying attention to where one is walking.
Another feather in Councilman Koo's hat!
Another foot up our asses, while trying to negotiate these sidewalks in safety.!
And if you try to avoid it, you get ticketed for jay walking
He could have reported this blockage to a cop,
or confronted the workmen.
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Actually, he isn't supposed to report this to a cop, he is supposed to report this to an MTA supervisor, or to Buildings Dept. They are the ones who are SUPPOSED to do something about this.
And if you try to avoid it, you get ticketed for jay walking
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Jaywalking? please. Do you see any cops in that area?
Actually, he isn't supposed to report this to a cop, he is supposed to report this to an MTA supervisor, or to Buildings Dept. They are the ones who are SUPPOSED to do something about this.
LOL.. yeah..and like anyone is going to follow this procedure..by the time they do it and get back to you the construction guy is done with this job and there are no cones and you have no proof!
"Actually, he isn't supposed to report this to a cop, he is supposed to report this to an MTA supervisor, or to Buildings Dept. They are the ones who are SUPPOSED to do something about this."
Bingo ! Correct answer. Report it with a text or e-mail and if someone gets hurt the complaint will be documented. Start a paper trail.
Phantom, as much as I love your pics, you could have reported the blockage to a cop yourself. Just saying.
Taking this important, embarrassing photo already made me 10 minutes late for a meeting.
Now the flick is on Queens Crap for all to see.
Isn't that far better than trying to rustle up a police officer somewhere, when there's not one to be seen?
Judging from the tone of some comments...
I guess that my photos are beginning to irritate a lot of lazy people...who are directly responsible for Flushing's appearance and safety.
You'll be seeing more of them, BID Chairman Yu, Councilman Koo, CB7 Chairman Kelty, DOT.
This photo EVIDENCE beats a paper trail without it.
NOW,
anyone can forward it to the appropriate authorities
along with an official complaint.
And you've got the offending business OWNER'S establishment in the picture.
Bravo to the Phantom for pointing out the many ills
of Flushing that others would, and have, ignored
for too damn long!
"Oh please", from Bayside, is likely a CB#7 troll.
UNLESS.....where does the Flushing BID director live?
It's not Councilman Koo, because he lives in Port Washington and takes the LIRR to his office.
Maybe it's James, his chief of staff.
This is all very embarrassing.....isn't it folks?
The "IMPROVERS" of Flushing can't justify that it still looks like a tangled web of crap!
P.S.
"Baysider",
I waited for a lull in the pedestrian traffic to snap the photo, so that the position of the obstructing ladders would be clearly visible.
That 99 cents cellar level discount store (indicated on the right)...does it have proper secondary fire egress?
I had attended the original community board public hearing, regarding MTA 's plan to rebuild the #7 Main Street station.
I testified that putting in a permanent bottleneck in Roosevelt Avenue and narrowing the sidewalk space with subway entrances was an unwise solution.
What if an FDNY vehicle has to get past the traffic?
FDNY Captain and CB7 chair Gene Kelty replied,
"We'll just blow the (fire truck) horn" to move traffic along.
Stop blowing OUR horns!
He could have reported this blockage to a cop,
or confronted the workmen.
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Actually, he isn't supposed to report this to a cop, he is supposed to report this to an MTA supervisor, or to Buildings Dept. They are the ones who are SUPPOSED to do something about this.
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LOL.. yeah..and like anyone is going to follow this procedure..by the time they do it and get back to you the construction guy is done with this job and there are no cones and you have no proof!
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So then what is getting a cop going to accomplish differently?
The only time you see cops around in Flushing,
is when Flushing High School students are dismissed for the day.
Police teams are deployed around Lippman Arcade to keep "the natives" well behaved, as they head back home to Jamaica, Corona, etc.
BTW
If I had called a cop...an officer of the 109th
would have taken down my name for their report.
Then, eventually, CB#7 would have gotten wind of
The Flushing Phantom's true identity.
Nice try at outing me, but I'm no dope.
Other masked "crusaders", like myself, prefer anonymity in doing their work best.
Community board 7 needs to be power washed
to clean out all the corruption there.
Then the Flushing BID could use a Lysol bath!
THEY ARE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ,
for these conditions existing.
The truth is that nobody really cares about what Flushing looks or smells like.
It is being maintained at the level of Oriental standards.
Cleanliness and clear sidewalks are optional.
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