Saturday, June 23, 2012
Horse riding school subject of complaints
From CBS 2:
In the midst of oppressive heat, a Queens neighborhood with a quaint view of horses has become overwhelmed by the smell of them.
Lynne’s Riding School in Forest Hills is a little stable tucked into a corner of the big city. They have been offering lessons for 65 years, but, lately, the old stable has been the subject of complaints from newer neighbors.
13 comments:
first off: joan's a little far off from her house on 72nd and ingram to be photographing horse manure unless she's seeking higher aspirations than being the owner of the local AC store.
secondly: these people bought these houses with the barn existing beforehand. they knew what they were getting into. i used to ride next door at lynn's competitor and she's all that's left of a disappearing bit of recreation in the fhills
Tough shit, literally, Tough shit
Tough Shit.....................
I think people have run out of things to complain about. (Perhaps Lynne should complain about her riders having to view those ugly houses on the way to the park?)
WTF was that kook wearing? Why did the Swim Club shut down & who the hell voted to build those ugly friggin houses there? Forest Hills is becoming a new East New York everytime I go back to visit my mother. we dont need another 3rd world neighborhood in Queens....
The swim club shut down because former city council candidate Mike Ricotta sold it to a developer.
Then Mike should be dragged by Lynns horses through my old stomping grounds of Forest Park and kicked by everone south of Nansen st.
There should not be crap on the street...period! I grew up in Forest Hills, and I still love the area. The people who bought these homes are not to blame. IF the land had been designated for "Historic Landmark" status, the building could not have gone forward. So easy for those who lives BLOCKS away to say it isn't bothersome. Residents should not have to smell horse manure. Why won't the City move the stable INTO the Park, in fairness to everyone?
Who is talking about historic landmark status? We're talking about a guy who sold a swim club to a developer and the people who smelled horse manure when they came to look at houses but bought them anyway.
Kathleen, unless you are 90 years old, everyone of us who grew up in
Forest Hills near the park has smelled the manure from the stables in the summer. The developer built the houses knowing full well the stables were there, the people bought the houses knowing the stables were there and this is not the first summer these houses have been there. All over NYC the NYPD horses leave their poop. The only crap I see is the load of crap that this is a "controversy". And by the way, I still live near the stables.
Lynne should sell the stable to developer who will build a 7 story luxury condos.............pick your crap!
If the riding school wants to be good citizens regardless of what the law says (or doesn't say), they really should clean up after the horses. They're using public streets and property for their private business after all. The NYPD horses at least serve a public purpose (and a mobile petting zoo for kids and tourists *joke*), even though each horse probably cost 6 figures annually in upkeeps, transportation, and horse stable real estate.
At least horse manure doesn't attract as many flies as dog or cow manure. Imagine if a fly lands on your face or the food in your hand at the neighborhood :). Many older residents don't seem to mind their landmine (landmark?) status and "Fresh" Kills scent though.
The residents appealed to the police? You mean the people in the city who don't clean up after their horses either?
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