Courtesy of BrooklynQ
Reports began pouring in about a week ago that the Avenue U and Gravesend Neck Road train stations were already covered in graffiti. It wasn’t very long ago that the platforms finally began to take shape after a year of work, and as soon as they had walls they got some “art.”
Seriously, Sheepshead Bay needs better street artists. These guys suck.
On a related note about things that suck – our budget. We couldn’t afford the $2.25 to go up on the platform and snap a shot, so all we’ve got is this cruddy cell phone photo from a reader. So please, send us more photos of the construction and the vandalism, and we’ll post them. Free hug for every published photo!
Send photos to nberke [at] sheepsheadbites [dot] com or upload them to your Facebook account and tag them with “Sheepshead Bites”
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Looks like the 70's is making a comeback. I wonder how long till the Warriors are trapsing down the boardwalk and entire subway cars are covered.
The useless dirt bags that are responsible should be at minimum required to pay 100 times the cleanup costs as a fine. On top of that it would be nice if we could borrow from Singapore and add 100 lashes so that they have something to think about long after their shit is cleaned off those walls.
Lets stay away from fines. The “man” already levies enough of those on us. What we need is better security at train stations. The entire length of every platform should be covered by a camera.
Catch them in the act, track them down, and have them clean it up as part of their punishment.
The issue here is enforcement. We all know that the 61'st doesn't give a jack about QOL issues.
These new stations suck. It's like they're trying to recreate the 19th century. Couldn't the MTA do something modern and forward thinking?
I was looking at this the other day. It seems like the wall is covered in a film and hasn't been removed yet.
So… no to my “shoot on sight” proposal?
Bunch of scumbags have nothing better to do with their empty life's, they would rather ruin property and make area look run down.
I just said no to fines. We can shoot them all right. With paintballs. Hows that for irony.
I was warned that I'd probably have 70s flashbacks sooner or later. That it would come in the form of graffiti was a disappointment.
After seeing the newly constructed LIRR Atlantic Terminal pavilion, it is a damn shame that any other MTA projects look to be merely a minor facelift. These lesser stations like the Ave ones are just lucky that any work is done to either widen the platform or to modernize the station. At least the MTA is catching up with the other subways of the world, and are planning to put in electronic Train Arrival updates in the stations.
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It's amazing they get away with this crap. Given the inability of the MTA to construct these projects on time and on budget it shouldn't really surprise me that they are too incompetent to stop this vandalism either.
There's a cure. Make these idiots clean up all the stations for about 2 months. That may teach them the pains that goes into that task. Perhaps it will give them some sense of respect for property. There also should be a place set aside for them to exercise their creative edge and maybe learn from some true Graf artists. Of course they do live for rebellion against society but that can only take them so far. Spray paint is pretty expensive so I don't think these individuals are living on the streets and poor. Mommy & Daddy are no doubt paying for their rebellious lifestyle.