WHERE AM I?

by Kevin Walsh

I found a greaser, and a clock with no hands.

Where am I?

16 comments

john urbanski December 11, 2011 - 8:11 pm

Cross Bay Blvd

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travis jones December 11, 2011 - 8:13 pm

cross bay blvd?

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Eddie Galarza December 11, 2011 - 8:22 pm

Definitely Cross Bay Blvd. I pass it everyday.

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JACKIE RAYMOND December 11, 2011 - 8:24 pm

WE ALWAYS REFER TO THIS FIGURE AS ELVIS. IT’S ON WOODHAVEN BLVD IN QUEENS.

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JACKIE RAYMOND December 12, 2011 - 1:23 pm

OOPS!! I MEANT CROSS BAY BLVD.

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PL December 11, 2011 - 8:52 pm

Cross Bay Blvd in Ozone Park. This was by Audrey Pheffer’s old office. And, there’s a real estate office as well. There used to be a cigarette in the statue’s mouth too. Why is this there? It seems out of place.

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Diane December 12, 2011 - 2:52 pm

I used to drive by it all the time, the first time I saw it I thought someone was getting ready to jump.

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Sergey Kadinsky December 12, 2011 - 8:30 pm

Looks more The Fonz to me.

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Kristin Graves December 14, 2011 - 8:58 am

I don’t know about this particular statue, but isn’t there a building with similar statues in the Bronx, off the 2/5 trains in Morrisania?

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KevinJWalsh December 14, 2011 - 7:07 pm

Yes

https://forgotten-ny.com/2007/06/longwood-bronx/

This page is a mess — just got moved over to wordpress — but will be cleaned up before too long.

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Kristin Graves December 14, 2011 - 9:08 am

This is the place in the Bronx that I’m thinking about:

http://www.lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/publicart/artists/ahearn_torres.html

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John December 14, 2011 - 12:52 pm

It’s on Cross Bay, but I don’t think it’s Elvis or the Fonz. I could be wrong about this, but I think it’s an odd tribute to Jack Kerouac, who lived in a house not far away (across the Blvd.?) with his parents while he started writing “On the Road.” The building now houses a floral shop called “A Little Shoppe of Flowers.”

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terry December 14, 2011 - 5:51 pm

The real question should be “What has no hands yet has hands?”

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Christina December 18, 2011 - 7:57 am

He used to have a cigarette in his mouth. Back then, I figured he was supposed to be James Dean.

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PJE056 September 26, 2013 - 9:18 pm

Pass this all the time, his name is Jack.

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Mike August 30, 2014 - 7:14 pm

Is this statue still there? Jack Kerouac wrote The Town and the City and parts of On the Road while living at 133-01 Crossbay a few blocks away, so he seems a candidate. Though he doesn’t really resemble this depiction that strongly, there is a well-known photo of him in a similar pose, with a cigarette dangling. As a big fan, I’ve been meaning to visit the neighborhood. Anyone know the real history on this? There’s not much online…

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