Sunday
BayFest
Sunday, May 15 . . . It rained all morning and there was a 60 percent chance of rain throughout the day. I would not be deterred—this had been on my calendar for months, plus I needed a respite of the kind only BayFest could deliver. So I made the trip (and it stayed dry).
En route to BayFest 2011 . . . 
Someone threw out a record collection (under the overpass)
Emmons Ave., Sheepshead Bay
"J-Pop sensation Reni Mimura came to the U.S. to Share LOVE and JOY!”
“The Xylopholks play novelty ragtime music of the ‘20s dressed in fuzzy animal costumes.”
“The Shots & Friends: Rock ‘n’ roll bagpipe band”
“3:15 pm: FDNY Marine Unit Fireboat Demonstration”
The band played the Marine Corps theme as the hoses gushed
A taste of nature, at nearby Plumb Beach
Grassy knoll beside the highway, past the crab house parking lot
SLIDESHOW – Brooklyn by the Sea (Flickr)
Ikea in Red Hook: Once Was . . . (Street Art from the Construction Site)
Vestiges (color coded): The top of a yellow bollard, from the shipyard that once stood at the site, peeks out from the fence. 
Former site of Lilly’s Bar
Brooklyn Decrepit fills the void before Swedish Modern steps in 
Foundation Rising: Birth of a Big Box
Home is where the art is
What good are old walls for?
Related Post: Ikea in Red Hook: Globalization Comes to Brooklyn
Thursday
Transit Limbo: Car Service Waiting Rooms
I need a car . . . “Five minutes”
no matter what
it is always five minutes
The car service thrives on door-to-door business. The walk-in passenger is like a stepchild, tolerated but never coddled.
The moment you take a seat in a car service waiting room, you enter transit limbo—hovering between stasis and mobility.
The occasional attempt to enliven the space, by adding plants or pictures, is well-intentioned but wrong. It yields the opposite effect. In this setting art and nature sadly remind you of the world outside, driving home the truism that waiting is the hardest part.
If you’re lucky, though, during your time in limbo you might see a few Greek drivers playing backgammon in a way that’s so loud and animated as to change your view of what you had always thought was a tedious game. Or maybe you’ll get to hear the strains of Arab music filtering in from a sleek Town Car parked outside, as the Jewish owner of the car service proudly shows you the Muslim prayer room in the back of the office.
At any rate, it’s never long until your car pulls up and sets you in motion, toward your destination, which if you’re really lucky, is back where you started: home.
One of the Most Dangerous Jobs in New York: Gypsy Cab Driver
SLIDESHOW – Castles of Limbo: Car Service Waiting Rooms (Flickr)
Friday
One Day Near Calvary Cemetery
A man came off the footbridge near Calvary Cemetery and was standing next to the Long Island Expressway. Someone there who saw him said he was disoriented. Cars were flying by and the noise was deafening. He kept muttering something about “Triangle Fifty Four” and going to see his cousin, who lived near there.
He had been discharged from a mental hospital the day before and was going to talk to his cousin about staying with him temporarily.
His cousin said he never showed up. His wallet was found on a grassy knoll beside the highway.
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