Later yesterday, some furniture and other PD items were placed on the curb...
A look inside shows that many of the fixtures have been removed...
Papaya Dog seems as if it was here forever. However, Manhattan Sideways listed its opening in 2005.
There's a Papaya Dog still in business on Sixth Avenue (and on Fulton Street?), though other quick-serve hot dog joints have dwindled in numbers in recent years. (The circa-1932 Papaya King is still serving up the grilled franks and papaya drinks on the UES.)
While prices here inched up lately, you could still get two hot dogs, fries and a drink for $7.99 late into the night.
This corner also seems primed for development. But at this point, there's nothing official about anything coming to this corner ... for now.
Terrible news.
ReplyDeleteIt was great having something open 24 hours on that corner.
Uh oh watch this corner deteriorate even further and fast...
ReplyDeleteThis is terrible. So many junkies on this corner-I blame this . Papaya Dog will be missed :(((
ReplyDeleteWow - the best quick take out breakfast for $2.15 anywhere.
ReplyDeleteYou beat me to it! Yes.. the potatoes usually had the consistency of wallpaper paste and the toast was barely toasted... but for the price.. couldn't be beat!
DeleteThis whole corner needs a serious clean up before it's too late.
ReplyDeleteThe East village neighborhood as a whole needs a clean up to bad nobody case about curb appeal any more most property owners just let there private property be vandalized and never do anything about getting it cleared up but that’s now turning into the whole city every where you go in New York it looks like that should have weekly neighborhood Volunteer clean up crews to help clean up the neighborhoods and put an end to the
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RIP. The block is a mess and all the local businesses have suffered. Hopefully a new tenant will take over the space sooner rather than later.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I avoid that entire corner/area when at all possible
ReplyDeleteThis is really not going to help that corner.
ReplyDeleteI, once again, echo the concerns about this intersection; quite simply, it continues to be a FUCKING MESS and the closure of this business will likely only add to the many issues that have long plagued the intersection (the SW corner currently is where the brunt of the problems are occurring but it often is VERY fluid on a day to day basis). There remains drug and alcohol use throughout the night and day, screaming and physical fighting, and FILTH (including trash strewn about from ripped open garbage bags, liquor bottles, syringes, and human feces--recently one morning I witnessed a man with no shirt, his underwear and pants down to his ankles completely exposed and wiping himself down in the stairwell of the now closed Joe’s Cleaners). I have lived near this corner for almost 12 years and there are more than a few individuals, who contribute to the above issues, who have been mainstays on the corners of this intersection for literally just as long. Ultimately, in my view, this is not a police issue—there are various City programs (which are well-funded though these funds may not be managed well) that we all pay for, via taxes, that are not being utilized to their full capacities and there are laws that have been changed by local and State government policymakers that have only exacerbated such conduct/behaviors; however, in my opinion, there also needs to be a revisit to consider mandatory involuntary hospitalization/stays in longer-term care facilities/etc. for individuals who are in such serious need (and whose conduct puts others in danger and impacts the overall quality of life for many, many people). I urge the people of our community to continue to contact our local and State government officials so to ensure that they are held to account (and to the elected, local government officials, who likely read this blog...DO SOMETHING that's going to actually make a LONG-TERM difference).
ReplyDeleteIt's hard for any business to survive on that corner with all the shady activity there.
ReplyDeleteEating a hot dog takes 36 minutes off your life.
ReplyDeletehttps://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/27/health/hot-dog-could-shorten-life-trnd-wellness-scn/index.html
You can use those thirty six minutes to think about how much you hate kale instead I guess.
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DeleteI expected this to happen when everyone started ordering their hotdogs from Amazon/Whole Prudes.
ReplyDeleteI watched as they emptied everything they could the other night into at least 5 different vans and trucks… I was actually going to grab some quick burgers as a treat for the dogs for the first time in 5 years and as I arrived I saw the disassembling and loading of all of what made it PAPAYAS on 14th & 1st
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ReplyDeleteHave twice tried to make a 311 report about encampments - but both times the reports were "rejected"/"resolved". Per 311 email response, the NYPD went to the areas but there was no "encampment"
311 is a waste of time in general. Try calling the 9th precinct directly.
DeleteIf you have not done so already, I would suggest that you call Carlina Rivera’s office; they are well aware of the problems at this intersection but they need to continue to hear about it, in my view.
DeleteSame here. But I found choosing “dirty sidewalk” has better luck than “homeless encampment.” Last week I reported the SW corner two days in a row and later the second day it was totally cleaned up.
DeleteI remember this corner when there was a Blimpie. After playing ball in stuytown , the guys would grab a bite and talk about girls. I miss those innocent times.
ReplyDelete311 is a joke.
ReplyDeleteI remember when this was a Blimpie's!
ReplyDeleteTHE MESS ON 14Th STREET • Yet another issue Carlina refuses to address
ReplyDeleteCalling the 9th precinct won't help considering 14th is the dividing line between them and the 13th precinct, who also won't bother doing anything.
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