Toyota Crown NYC yellow cab
A look at the rare (for now) Toyota Crown yellow cab.
I know you all care about this as much as I do, so here’s a look at the new-ish Toyota Crown NYC yellow cab. There are only a handful of these in the NYC yellow taxi fleet and this one in particular is even more special because the front face covers and bumpers are painted yellow (note: it looks weird).
This one here is marked #6E84 which I haven’t seen until I took these photos. Pretty cool, huh!
Silver Moon Bakery & Cafe in a fight to stay open on the UWS
Silver Moon Bakery & Cafe is in a legal dispute about their UWS location.
If you’ve been in the vicinity of 105th St and Broadway, you may have smelled the sweet and fresh aroma of the bakery lovingly known as Silver Moon Bakery & Cafe. The bakery is a destination for fresh bread and pastries and has been serving the community at that location since 2015.
Recent reporting at The New York Times however has mentioned a dispute with the landlord which accuses Silver Moon of not vacating the space after their lease was up and owing rent to the tune of over $194,000. The bakery’s monthly rent is reported to be over $33,000.
For now, Silver Moon Bakery & Cafe is still open and operating (I took these photos yesterday) but disputes like this could potentially shutter the business at any moment. One particularly interesting tidbit from the NYT article is that it seems like the business partner of Silver Moon Bakery & Cafe, Georgia Stamoulis, may actually be related to or part owner of the landlord company (Broadside) that is suing Silver Moon Bakery & Cafe! Very odd!
Honda Accord NYC yellow cab
A glimpse of the rare Honda Accord hybrid NYC yellow cab.
The NYC TLC has a list of approved vehicles for yellow cabs and added onto that list last year was the Honda Accord Hybrid. As of right now, the entire yellow cab fleet consists of just ONE Honda Accord hybrid vehicle, the one shown here, with medallion #7A92.
Always fun to spot this one in the wild. Stay tune for other unique yellow cab vehicles in future posts!
Hanksy’s Trump Turd
Donald Trump in his original form.
Putting this on the internet so it lasts forever.
The narrowest escalator in New York
This is the narrowest escalator in NYC!
Escalator at 10 Rockefeller Plaza
Have you ever wondered where the skinniest escalator is in NYC? An escalator that literally has no room to pass on either side? An escalator that is only able to accommodate a single-file line of passengers? Wouldn’t you love to see and ride one just like this?
10 Rockefeller Plaza
Well, you’re in luck because if you pass through Rockefeller Plaza between W 48th St and W 49th St (at 10 Rockefeller Plaza), through a set of glass doors lies the narrowest escalator in all of NYC. This escalator leads up to the street level from the Rockefeller Center Plaza dining and shopping center below ground. If you aren’t in the mood to eat or shop and just want to ride this escalator, you can enter the building at 10 Rockefeller Plaza and walk down the large spiral staircase and then take the escalator back up. There is a security person here at all hours but honestly, they don’t mind since the lobby here is adorned with a beautiful wrap-around mural by Lakela Brown.
Professional pogo stickers at famous NYC skate spots
Street pogo stickers in NYC!
I had no idea pogo stickers had a professional slant. My friend Greg Navarro filmed a bunch of athletes in the pogo stick sport at famous NYC skate spots and shines a spotlight on these incredible stunts.
Radiant Site: A wall of gold tiles at 34th St Station
Art in plain sight at 34th St-Herald Square station.
The MTA has a pretty extensive art program to bring life to the otherwise dreary underworld of the NYC Subway. Sometimes, the public art is big and in your face and other times it seems to hide in plain sight, like this piece called Radiant Site by artist Michele Oka Doner.
Michele’s work, completed in 1991, consists of 11,000 hand-made gold tiles spanning the entire length of a passenger corridor at 34th St-Herald Square station in NYC (near the ramps leading down to the BDFM platforms). Each tile was made at the historic Pewabic Pottery in Detroit and feature differing levels of gold shine; the darker ones at the tops and bottom and the brightest ones filling the center.
Next time you’re traveling through this station, be sure to look forward and up at this iconic piece!
NYPD Chevy Bolt electric car
Some photos of the NYPD Chevy Bolt electric car.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say this is rare, but the Chevy Bolt vehicle in the NYPD fleet is definitely uncommon. The NYPD has used several generations of the Chevy Bolt to introduce electric vehicles into their line-up for several years now but seeing the latest generation with full TRAFFIC decals is always neat. The car is just so small, a perfect replacement for the SMART cars the NYPD introduced a few years back and no longer really use.
What will be interesting to see is how long these Chevy Bolts last on the streets since Chevrolet discontinued the vehicle in 2024.
One of NYC’s best truly hidden book stores.