jewboy

You know summer is in the air in NYC when avenues are shut down to make room for the same ole street fairs, year after year. Usually they alternate avenues, and stretch between major cross streets.

Today's street fair was on THIRD AVE between 23rd and 34th.

Same old vendors - snake oil cleaning products, cutlery demos, dirty street meat from every culture (mexican, greek, dominican, middle-eastern, etc), cheap sunglasses and fake designer clothing & bags, NYC T-shirts and souveniers, homemade crafts, barrelled pickles, and corncobs and corndogs, ipod and cell phone accessories, credit card and newspaper subscription affiliates, and the like.

Pros: Its nice for pedestrians to walk without having to deal with cars and stop lights.

Cons: If you are a driver, and need to get within the vicinity, its fucking annoying.

If you are looking to kill time and your stomach, these cookie cutter street fairs may be for you.