43rd Avenue between 74th and 72nd Street provides a perfect spot to catch up on your TV watching.

Just pull up a seat..... whoops, this photo is actually a couple weeks old; the DSNY❤️ has since removed this lovely piece of furniture:

This smashed up TV is still on the Avenue (when I checked last Sunday at least). It may not broadcast programs anymore, but there is still enough screen left to reflect the activities on 43rd Avenue. If you like to watch hours of people doing drugs, engaging in prostitution, and dumping furniture and appliances and construction debris, then pop a squat! Watch where you sit though, or you may well end up with a used jizz sack stuck to the seat of your pants.

Need a refreshment while watching the tv "show"-? Take a frothy gulp from this p-bottle.

UPDATE: Sunday, August 6, 2017: The TV and Microwave have been removed!! Thank you DSNY❤️❤️😘

Attempted Rape on 43rd Avenue and 74th Street

110 Precinct's Tweet from 7/22/17: 

At 440am we received a report for an attempted rape in the vicinity of 74St & 43Ave by a Male 5ft5in. Anyone with info plz call the 110pct

(718) 476-9311 Precinct Phone Number

(800) 577-TIPS CrimeStoppers Hotline

Please be careful everyone!!! 

Update-- I found more details posted on the COMET site:

"Saturday 7/22/17, at approximately 4:42 am patrol officers received a call from a sexual assault in the vicinity of 74th Street and 43 Ave. Upon arrival officers were met by a 28 year old female Hispanic who stated that she was walking home from the 74th Street and Broadway train station and when she arrived at her home she noticed a male standing behind her. The male then threw her to the ground and placed his hands over her mouth, while attempting to pull up her skirt. The victim was able to scream for help and the perpetrator ran off in an unknown direction. The case is currently being investigated by Special Victims Squad, if anyone has any info about the incident please contact the 110th Detective squad at 718-476-9318. I will keep you updated on the case as I receive more information. Thank you. - Det. Jeanine Rivera, 110th Pct."

A before and after of sorts

The residents of this building on 74th Street between Woodside and 41st Avenues-- (corrected, thanks to the commenter below) don't mind if the front of their domicile looks like this.

UPDATE: July 24, 2017:

I only had the strength to fill one can, but I picked up most of the litter. Maybe this will inspire the residents to clean up the overgrown grass and weeds and keep their lil tree pit lookin' better. Yeah, dum spiro, spero!

Drug Moose*

*or reindeer?---- anyway, someone with antlers

Last night I spotted the following eviscerated item on a sidewalk near 43rd Avenue:

I don't know FOR SURE if this creature once had cocaine sewn inside its belly, but really, what are the alternatives? The belly wasn't ripped open by a puppy- it looks like a straight incision, made by a (human-wielded) blade. Maybe a kid cut open the beloved toy of another kid with whom he is feuding. But in these druggy, sh*tty parts, I think the drug mule scenario is more likely.

Lemon Yellow Bags of Goodness*

*if by "goodness" one means "construction debris"

Complaint # 2017-17-L-3807694

Called in Sunday, July 2, 2017

UPDATE: I checked the Ave again on July 4, and the yellow bags were gone. Thank you DSNY!🍭🌷❤️😘