There's a Lithuanian proverb, saying that we like it when our neighbor's house is burning. We're not very neighborly. So when I first heard about stooping -- people putting stuff they no longer need on the curb to be taken home by someone who wants it -- the whole thing sounded like a utopia to me. But it's not. And there's an Instagram account to prove it.
It's called Stooping NYC. Created by a Brooklyn couple who prefer to remain anonymous, the account unites a wholesome community, constantly informing one another about the treasures around the city and showing off their best finds. We at Bored Panda already covered this online movement here and here but they've been keeping themselves really busy so we have to do an update! Enjoy.
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#1 I Think I Speak For All Of Us When I Say... You Win Stooping!
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#2 ...time To Get A Bigger Closet!
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#3 Run Don’t Walk To This Gem!!! 68th St Corner And 3rd
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#4 Well This Is A Stoop Journey! The Most Famous Stoop Chair Has Made Its Way Onto Subway!
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#5 Mooove Out The Way! (See What I Did There?). Go Fast! Frost Street Between Meeker And Lorimer
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#6 Omg!!! Run Don’t Walk! 426 Lexington Ave In Brooklyn
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#7 Beautiful Large Fiddle Leaf Fig That Needs Some Tlc! 2nd Ave Between Third And Fourth Street Outside The Nail Salon
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#8 Well This Has The Makings Of A Great Tuesday! Wow. Prospect Place Between Brooklyn And New York Ave
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#9 Amazing! Also Probably Amazingly Heavy. 1870 Menahan
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#10 Omg Omg Omg!!! Run!! On Vernon And Nostrand In Bed Stuy
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#11 Java Street On Fire! Third Post From The Street Today! 98 Java!
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#12 Good News And Bad News. Good News - Urechi_ Just Sent Us This Amazing Couch She Found In Harlem. Bad News (But Also Good News) - Urechi_ Decided To Take It For Herself!
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#13 Perfection! 41 Spring St
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#14 A Post-Long Weekend Haul Looks Amazing! Items Are Outside 108 West 78th Street
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#15 Globe Bar Plus A Great Desk And Chair! Madison And Marcy!
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#16 What Else Is There To Say About This Amazing Massage Chair Other Than... Holy S**t!!! Woodbine & Bushwick!
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#17 Pretty Sure This Is The One You’ve Been Waiting For! Yes You! Minnetta And Macdougal
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#18 This Is The Realest Looking Stoop Giraffe Ever! Not Sure About Its Competition Though. Jefferson Bt Malcolm X And Stuyvesant
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#19 Last One For The Night... Congrats On Your Amazing New Wfh Situation Tropidarks Stooping Success
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#20 Not For Everyone... Definitely For Someone. By Starbucks On Columbus Ave And W100th In Manhattan!
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#21 Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Out Without Seeing Another Ear Mirror...
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#22 Your Living Has Been Missing A Hippo Stool... Just A Fyi. On W 93rd Between Columbus And Amsterdam
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#23 Tgif Stoopers! On E 10th Between 1st And 2nd
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#24 Goodness!!! On Harman Between Cypress And Saint Nicholas!
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#25 Who Knew?!
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#26 Do You See What I See?
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#27 Hundreds Of Free New Books!!!! 52nd St Between 6th And 5th Ave
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#28 The Stoops Look Good Tonight! IKEA Hovet Mirror 15th And Sixth
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#29 So Funky! We Love It! 89th & Madison
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#30 Big Bird Is Clearly Moving Out! 315 Monroe St In Bedstuy
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#31 What Percentage Of New Yorkers Own Velvet Couches?! Another Blue Velvet Beauty! 116th And Morningside
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#32 Well This Is Cute. On Park Place Between Franklin And Classon
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#33 Anddddd... Run. 28th St Btwn 7th & 6th Ave
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#34 The Chairs! The Chairs!!! Clean Dishes And Chairs In Great Condition. President Between New York And Nostrand
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#35 Gorgeous Stained Glass On Eastern Parkway Between Rogers And Nostrand
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#36 Start The Car!!! Plant Babies! In Front Of 726 Park Pl (Between Bedford And Rogers)
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#37 Oh. So. Good!!!! Vanity With Built In Mirror On 139th St & Alexander Ave In The South Bronx
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#38 Legitimately Hyperventilating!!! 157th Between Broadway And Amsterdam
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#39 I Mean... Are You F’ing Kidding Me? 147 W79th Street
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#40 What A Glow Up For This Pink Beauty. Congrats On Your Stooping Success Emmfinch
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#41 Tell Us This Doesn’t Look Like It Should Be In An Issue Of Dwell Magazine Or Something???
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#42 In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Incredible Stooping Success From Peshio.pistachio, Here It Is From The Finale To The Journey To Our Original Post!
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#43 A Console Table To Die For! Clinton Ave Between Myrtle And Park
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#44 What Is This? And The Stooper Suggested It May Be A Giant Mushroom Considering It’s Outside Urban “Truffle”. 60th And West End
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#45 I Mean... Double Check First That This Is Actually Free!address Update! 19th Street Off Of Joyce Theater In Chelsea
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#46 Just Think Of Alllll The Pretty Things You Could Display In This! Outside Carroll Street & 8th In Park Slope!
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#47 Entryway Goals! 84th & York Ave
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#48 I Don’t Want To Be Dramatic, But Brb While I Die At How Amazing Proseccomami_ Did With This Stooping Success
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#49 If You Sit In This Throne Does This Make You The Queen / King Of The Patio? On Troutman And Irving
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#50 It’s Back!!! They Couldn’t Get It Through The Doorway! W 45th Between 9&10
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#51 And There Is A Stooping First! On Willoughby Between Knickerbocker And Wilson In Bushwick!
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#52 Okay Guys. I Can’t Tell This Story As Well As The Stooper But This Set Is New In A Box On The Stoop. But It Is Missing The Washers And Screws Because The Box Shipped With A Hole. Or Something Like This!kingsland Ave In Brooklyn Between Driggs And Nassau
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#53 How Insanely Beautiful Is This Stooping Success From Thshrthng
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#54 Holy Amazing. E15th St And 2nd Ave
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#55 Pitbull Isn’t The Only “Mr. Worldwide”. Weekly Ear Mirror Content Courtesy Of The.jennifer
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#56 Starting Off Our Friday Right! 94th Between Broadway And Amsterdam
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#57 “Would I Rather Be Feared Or Loved? Easy. Both. I Want People To Be Afraid Of How Much They Love Me.” Michael Scott Sequined Pillow. At 50th Ave And Jackson Ave By The Train Station Entrance In Front Of Chase Bank Lic Queens
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#58 This Is A Saturday Banger! Bleeker Street Between Macdougal And 6th Ave
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#59 Swoooooooon Mirandaspandas Wins The Weekend With This Stooping Success
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#60 Jaw Drop Lewis & Vernon!
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#61 The Wonderful Rachmartino Says Goodbye To Her Dresser! N 11th & Berry
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#62 We Love This So Much. By 947 Metropolitan Ave East Williamsburg
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#63 Sometimes We’re Hesitant About Posting Rugs But We Got A Great Review Of It From The Stooper, It Got Picked Up And Goodness Does It Look Amazing
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#64 Okay. Two People Have Now Sent Us This Jet Ski. For The Record, There Is No Chance It’s Free, But Since They Did Park At Hydrant, We Say Go For It! We’re Kidding!
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#65 So So So Good!!!
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#66 I’m Just Going To Say It... Colbysadeghi Is My Hero. He Got This Beauty Home To Make The Best Stooping Success Of The Morning!
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#67 Gtfoh!!! (Did We Do That Right?). 92 2nd Ave
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#68 Reason #63873733 Why We Love All Of You. A Stooping Success Of A Piggy Bank Just Made Iamsteffreed , And Our, Day!
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#69 This Might Be The Strangest Rug Of All Time. Is It Pills With A Cat? What??? Metropolitan And Graham (Not Grand!)!
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#70 Wow. You Stoopers Are The Most Talented! Look At This Glow-Up Courtesy Of Bbtoni ! Congrats On Your Stooping Success
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#71 Gorgeous Mirror! Corner Of Putnam Ave And Franklin Ave In Bedstuy
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#72 A Little Nice Weather And It All Comes Out! E 10th And Between 1st And 2nd
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#73 A Chair To Match The Weather! Tompkins And Hancock
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#74 But What Is It??? On Union And Bayard By Mccarren Park
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#75 A Ton Of Art Options At In Front Of The 60 Broadway Building Which Is Actually On White Street!
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#76 This Is Not A Miami Stoop! 222 Varet St.
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#77 Would You Go For The (A) Dresser, The (B) Poof Chair Or The (C) Mirror? Or (D) The Ol’ None Of The Above. Chambers And Church St.
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#78 Oh Winner Winner Stooping After Dinner! Outside 205 W 88th Bw Broadway And Amsterdam
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#79 Cuuuuute. Now Make Sure You Get It Tuned Up And Get It Road Ready! On Decatur Street Between Lewis And Stuyvesant.
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#80 Midwood! E21 And Quentin Rd. Doggy Not Included!
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#81 Not Only Are These Real, But As Picture 2 States, They Are Also Hard To Kill...so... 3rd Ave Between 11 And 12, Brooklyn
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#82 Guys!!! Let’s Get This Milk To A Great Place! The Cross Street Is Parkside And Rogers Ave
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#83 Incredible Secretary Desk In Front Of 261 Devoe On Olive And Devoe. Key Included
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#84 Omg!!! Make Sure This Is Really Stooped First!
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#85 Holy S**t Balls. Hurrrrrry. At W 17th And 7th!
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#86 Anyone Interested In Forming A Band? Java Street And Manhattan In Greenpoint
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#87 We Know A Pink Ear Mirror That Would Look Fabulous Over This Pink Couch. Outside Of 264 Henry St!
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#88 Omg How Dare Someone Leave Officialfrandrescher Out There Like That! Lorimer And Montrose Ave
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#89 We May Or May Not Be At Sesame Place Today. With No Kids Of Course (That Was A Joke). So Bear (Bare?) With Us. Outside 117 Bleecker In Manhattan
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#90 “A Box Of Emo Cds And Old Cameras” Outside Of 268 St Nick
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#91 Details Details! On Madison (Left Side) Between 96/95
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#92 Omg…three Ear Mirrors In One! On Crooke And Parade
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#93 Ummm Hang Chairs With A Beautiful Manicure!! Are They Still There? Debatable. But If They Are, Someone Needs To Save Them From The Rain!
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#94 Happy 4th, America! We Got You An Ear Mirror! Bedford And 7th St
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#95 Are These Rolls Of Fabric Worth Dumpster Diving? Bolts Of Fabric On West 13th And 5th (The New School)
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#96 Please Take A Moment To Acknowledge This Insanely Beautiful Stooping Success From A_modern_classic !! “Living In Some Deep Stoop Gratitude With This Mirror From The Other Day, And Having Finally Repainted My Stooped Dresser And Desk!”
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#97 Holy S**t Balls!!!! Outside 744 Willoughby In Bed Stuy!
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#98 Put A Ring On This Life Size Beyoncé, Quincy And Nostrand In Bedstuy Beyonce
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#99 A Perfect Stooping Success For A Thursday!
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#100 Why Am I So Excited About This Chair You Ask? Because I Took The Picture! 17th Street Between Ppw And 10th!
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#101 Cue The Collective Sigh About This Unbelievable Stooping Success!!
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#102 Beautiful Green Velvet Chair. Legs May Need Some Help!
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#103 Large Frame/Art! Near 374 12th St Btw 6th And 7th
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#104 Want More Proof Of How Amazing The Stooping NYC Community Is? Check Out This Stooping Success From Davidjamz
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#105 It’s Everyone’s Favorite Bar Globe!!! And A Good Color Too (Mars Inspired?). 54th Between 1st And 2nd
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#106 Goodness And Gorgeous! E 3rd & Ave B
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#107 Annnd Another One. President Street B/W 3rd And Nevins
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#108 Stoop Artist Jakeposer Just Dropped These Two Gems On 74th Between Riverside And West End
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#109 Sun Comes Out And So Do The Stoops! These Are Fantastic. Right Outside 1705 Dean Street
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#110 No Scheme About This Pyramid! (Bad Joke? Dad Joke?) 14th And Ave B East Village
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#111 Ooooh! On Hester Street Between Mulberry And Mott
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#112 Guys! Make Sure You Scroll Through For The Details. I Loved This Piece When We Posted It And Can Confidently Say It Looks Even Better In Its New Home!
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#113 I Want To Stoop The Wall! 1031 Flushing On The Corner Of Flushing And Morgan
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#114 You Guys...it Comes With Its Own Transportation And Everything!! 72nd Between Broadway And West End
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#115 This. Is. Awesome. 441 E 12th
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#116 Okay Guys, Get Ready For Story Time!!! “After 1.5 Miles Of Walking, Several Breaks, And Many Words Of Support From The Central Park Joggers, We Finally Brought Our New Couch From The West To The East Side. Thank You Stooping!”. No Nick Lahger, Thank You!
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#117 Just Wow!! On Provost (In Greenpoint) Btwn Eagle And Freeman
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#118 May The Force Me With You, Stoopers! Star Wars Prints 563 1st Street In Park Slope
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#119 Sunday Blues. Meserole St And Leonard Street. Can Of Paint Inside The Drawer For Touch UPS!
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#120 Jaw Drop
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#121 So Clear You Might Miss It! East 5th Street Between Avenue A & B
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#122 Tiny Stairway To Nowhere. Must Have. Schemerhorn Bw Boerum & Court
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#123 It’s Green, It’s Velvet, It’s Shaped Like A Sea Shell. This Is For You! 109 S Portland Avenue
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#124 Omg! Caption Contest! Go. 95th Btwn Amsterdam And Columbus!
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#125 I’m Not Sure Which Is Cuter. On The Corner Of Meserole St And Manhattan Ave
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