New York Blog

Wow! Impressive arrogance by Mr. Edroso. I live in a walk up which is about to collapse any day right across the street from the park. I work 6 days a week and when I get home I try to work a little more - by READING whatever I need to read. So I am not a "condo dork" and I am very, very much bothered by the ice cream truck jingle. Condominium association? I've nothing to do with them but what's wrong with people wanting peace while living their life in the apartments which they paid s**tload of money for? Would you rather everybody keep quiet about issues which concern them directly? I see you are raising your voice in your little article, Mr. Edroso. I love your selfish sarcasm Mr. Edroso, especially when you write about issues which don't affect you directly.

I personally will be fighting with my camarades from both bed-bug infested rotting apartments and $1 mil. condos located around McCarren Park against this horrific menace of ice cream trucks which by the way sometimes don't even have a licence to feed our children. Not to talk about arrogant and aggressive drivers of those same trucks. If nothing else, I'll do it because it's a New York City LAW, as Mr. Edroso kindly reminds us in his most brilliant piece of journalism I've ever read, not to play the jingle when truck is parked. Maybe we should all break the law and drive 70 miles per hour through populated areas because our cars feel so damn good when they go fast and the girls like it - to hell with it, let's have some good old fun Mr. Edroso!

Also keep in mind that these trucks are old and run their engines all day spewing out nasty smoke. Their noise is a nuisance and their product is probably not even ice-cream.
New York residents want greater quality of life and that is going to come from cracking down on engine idling, excessive noise, after-hours construction and generators running in public places. Everyone can benefit from more peace and quiet in this city. And if you want ice-cream its easy to get without that inane melody.
New York is getting better!

Your "populist" rant falls on deaf ears... ears deafened by these ice cream trucks.

That was pure poetry. Thank you.

We appreciate also being called "Mr." by (one good turn deserves another) Mr. Popovic. And his calling this the "most brilliant piece of journalism I've ever read." We've done worse! Please remember to bookmark.

I'm one of the "dorks" as well. I'm all for ice cream, I love ice cream. I do not, however, like the track "Mary Had A little Lamb" played infinitely at full volume throughout the weekend.

And now there is a soft trumpet, tastefully played, wafting through the sunset...

Here and there, a dog greets a new acquaintance and a child laughs.

The truck is gone for now.

anyone know the words to col. bogey????????

It's no longer about opinion. It's about enforcing the law. It is illegal to play the music while parked. Call the 94th police precinct on # 718 383 3879 and ask if they intend to enforce this law or not. Give them the license plate, date and time of offense, name of the vendor, etc. Ask them to send a patrol car.

Also, contact Mister Softee with the plate # and and other info you can get from the ice cream truck. Many times these 'knock-off' vendors are not authorized and do not pay dues to Mister Softee. They will pursue the vendor in court, trust me.

This has nothing to do with the working-class or the law student. People used to throw garbage out the window onto the street. I'm sure people weren't happy about changing that lazy behaviour either.

Next, we have to legislate the decibel level of the music while the trucks are in motion.