Raccoon patrol on 6th Street

EVG reader Jane R. spotted two large raccoons walking along Sixth Street between First Avenue and Avenue A a few nights ago. 

"They were walking from east to west down Sixth Street," she said. "They kept walking on the sidewalk for a while and eventually just disappeared." 

Jane managed to get a photo of one of the nighttime visitors.

Watch a large raccoon climb down a tree last night on 10th Street

EVG reader Brody Brown shared the video below of a large raccoon making his-her way down a tree on 10th Street just east of Avenue B (and at the M8 stop). 

After carefully exiting the tree, the raccoon scampered into the former P.S. 64/Charas/El Bohio Community Center (where we had a sighting back in November). 

The video gets NSFW at the 48-second mark when an onlooker randomly says what the raccoon can do...

 

The raccoon drew a crowd, including someone who remarked, "Oh shit — look how big it is!" 

On the topic of the former P.S. 64/Charas/El Bohio Community Center, there has been radio silence here since news of a sale hit in January.

Friday's parting shot

A longtime EVG reader shared this from outside the former P.S. 64/Charas/El Bohio Community Center on the 10th Street side: "Racoon spotted climbing off the old P.S. 64 scaffold and scurrying up 10th before turning south on B."

Next stop?

Masked garbage bandit spotted on 12th Street (OK, it's just a raccoon)

Caught in the act last night around 9 on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...

Thanks to Caroline Guercio for the photos!

Sexy East 9th Street raccoon for Halloween

Photos last night on East Ninth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C by Shawn Chittle…

Rocky picture show

Animal-control officers from the NYPD responded to a report of a sick or wounded raccoon yesterday in Tompkins Square Park...





EVG contributor Derek Berg, who took these photos, said that the officers were gentle with the raccoon, which one of them named Rocky. After getting checked out, the officers said that Rocky would be released...