Thursday, April 30, 2026

Reader mail: What is that smell in Tompkins Square Park?

An EVG email exchange this morning... 

What is that horrible smell in TSP? 
Smelled on April 29 throughout the park! 

not sure TBH... I walked around the Park yesterday, but not through it. 
how would you describe the smell? 

The smell reminds me of a decomposing animal...the smell of death. It was in the Ave B as well as the A side.
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3 comments:

  1. jApril 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM

    Female gingko trees fruit stinks and there are quite a few of them here, but wrong season. Chinatown used to smell terrible around places that processed meat, fish in particular. Anything like that going on around TSP?

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  2. Jose GarciaApril 30, 2026 at 4:45 PM

    Reminds one of the mysterious maple syrup smell from yesteryear.

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  3. AnonymousApril 30, 2026 at 6:25 PM

    I smelled it by the office and the chess tables. Smells like death.

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