@xris @capntransit it's making me nuts. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173042354. I put a bunch of mint in the panel garden at 104 and Riverside drive about 20 years ago. I can't ID that either. I've declared that apple mint because of rounded leaves. 3 years ago I transplanted some to #Harborlab at the base of Vernon Blvd in #lic by #NewtownCreek. It's doing ok.

@capntransit @nyc_dot I was at a Kew Gardens garage a few times to pickup/dropoff these Nissan Leaf EVs that were purchased by this #HarborLab organization I work with. A/C outlets would have been sufficient to charge, but there were none and that seems very typical.

Assisted #HarborLab today by bringing a Nissan Leaf (2015 24wh battery) from #Poughkeepsie to #LIC. Learned much about #EV charging which will be applicable when I rent a car for a few days and they hand me an EV.

The rental agencies are bulking up on EVs. They are much easier to maintain.

If you only charge from home, this is all irrelevant. However, you may find yourself renting one day.

Its amazing how shitty and difficult the infrastructure is. But this is the fruit of capitalism.

Random car outside of #HarborLab with out of state (in state is #NY) plates has taken to speeding in school zones. Fuck all those who say there is no money available. Car owners have lots of money. This car doesn't owe anything but many do. Just check out those out of state plates.
#NYC
#Budget2023

Random car parked next to #HarborLab owes $205 and has a history of violations.

@rbellinger definitely crowded. Was doing a #riverkeeper sweep with #HarborLab that ended just south of the ferry.

#FruitWalls explain why things grow so early and quickly at #HarborLab on #NewtownCreek. Didn't know that sometimes the walls had no other purpose than to reflect light and warm plants.

@stevenbodzin @rbellinger Living where I am I never looked at the exact location of these precincts, but for yucks checked the #108th as I hear about it so often (in a negative light). Its #LIC! Right near #HarborLab where I often go and pass all the #autoWrecks stockpiled at the corner of Borden and Vernon Blvd. Its no wonder my complaints fall on deaf ears.

@rbellinger Thanks for thinking ahead. Haven't been to #NewtownCreek and #HarborLab in a while. Could drop in to #Elmhurst.

@dschwarz Most of #Manhattan apt buildings don't have parking lots unless one lives in a #NYCHA building or northern Manhattan. But yes if you have a parking lot, there should be chargers. I work with #HarborLab and they got 2 #BEVs. They are great but the garage in #Queens where they live doesn't have an AC outlet and a garage in #LIC where I ran into didn't have one close enough.

@rbellinger I once rented a van in LIC for some #HarborLab thing. It had to carry a lot of kayaks. Now, though, Erik Baard who runs #HarborLab has invested in inflatable kayaks and two #BEV cars. I like LGA because its easy with the M60SBS from me and they are fine with walkins (though I always book way in advance).

@rbellinger Eeks no 7! What about the N or R. I go the other way and when the 7 is down, one of those two are offered with a shuttle bus. I live on the Upper West Side but often go to the southern end of Vernon Blvd for #HarborLab using the Vernon Blvd/Jackson Ave stop.

@memory Curious where you paddled. I'm suggesting a paddle using kayaks for #HarborLab with the #BronxRiverAlliance or maybe #RockTheBoat and I realize there are really two parts. North of the #BronxZoo dams and south unless you walk the canoes past those dams. What organization did the paddle?

@nyc2msp @timrichards #UpperWestSide. I've been in #Greenpoint often. #Brooklyn has amazing #bikeInfrastructure. I've swum in the #EastRiver at #TransmitterPark and #MarshaPJohnsonStatePark. I belong to an organization that does free kayaking and is located on #NewtownCreek in #LongIslandCity called #HarborLab. Daughter is in #ProspectHeights on a sublet.

An #introduction I suppose. Not a full-time member of any org but work with many. Very wide ranging so sometimes consider myself as glue. Passionate about water, sealife, biking, transit, streets, plants, parks, gardens, climate change, renewables, politics. Also known for open water swimming in NYC in most waterways. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/nyregion/the-hudson-swimmer.html Some orgs I'm with: #HarborLab #BillionOysterProject #Riverkeeper #NewtownCreekAlliance #BronxRiverAlliance #RiversideParkConservancy #Vinecuttters