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It took 40 years, but earlier today Sesame Street was honored with their own corner of New York (64th and Broadway, to be exact). We're told, "On the eve of the program’s big birthday, a temporary street sign was unveiled and a Mayoral Proclamation bestowed by the City of New York, proclaiming November 10 Sesame Street Day.” Do we get off for that?
The show's creator, Joan Ganz Cooney, said: “Sesame Street reaches children around the world, but without a doubt, New York City is its home. It’s wonderful for the city to recognize where it all began.” How will you celebrate?
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Well after forty years of constant nagging, I can FINALLY tell you how to get to Sesame Street. You take the 1 train to 66th street.
GROVER!!!
I always thought Sesame Street was just down the block from the Huxtables...
Jim Henson started a work in the seventies that, to this day, is recognized as absolutely wonderful. I was partially raised by those creative Muppet characters and the Muppet Show and I was soooo saddened by his death. Here's to you, Jim!
WTF? 64th and Broadway? I call BS. Clearly, it should have been some street in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill or Bed-Stuy.
Not cool. Sesame Street was in Harlem- Spanish Harlem to be precise.
It was likely Brooklyn, maybe Queens, not Harlem --- but certainly not UWS/Midtown. There would be no way Mr. Hooper or Bob would walk around Harlem in the late 60s/early 70s. Unless Hooper was pushing and Bob had a thing for black/spanish rent boys.
Brooklyn Heights is not only where the show creator's hail from, it best fits the imagery and multiculturalism of the show. Brooklyn Heights would ROCK if they actually permanently named a street "Sesame Street," and made it a traffic-free outdoor walking plaza that replicates America's Favorite Street, with some kind of family park at the end. The street can feature local, small businesses and also have a "Mr. Hooper's Store," "Linda's Library" (a bookstore), street performers, a-la "The Noodles" and the "Number Painter"
Someone should contact 11th Dist. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke and get the ball rolling...lol Could be an economic boon.
Brooklyn Heights is not only where the show creator's hail from, it best fits the imagery and multiculturalism of the show. Brooklyn Heights would ROCK if they actually permanently named a street "Sesame Street," and made it a traffic-free outdoor walking plaza that replicates America's Favorite Street, with some kind of family park at the end. The street can feature local, small businesses and also have a "Mr. Hooper's Store," "Linda's Library" (a bookstore), street performers, a-la "The Noodles" and the "Number Painter"
Someone should contact 11th Dist. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke and get the ball rolling...lol Could be an economic boon.
Brooklyn Heights is not only where the show creator's hail from, it best fits the imagery and multiculturalism of the show. Brooklyn Heights would ROCK if they actually permanently named a street "Sesame Street," and made it a traffic-free outdoor walking plaza that replicates America's Favorite Street, with some kind of family park at the end. The street can feature local, small businesses and also have a "Mr. Hooper's Store," "Linda's Library" (a bookstore), street performers, a-la "The Noodles" and the "Number Painter"
Someone should contact 11th Dist. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke and get the ball rolling...lol Could be an economic boon.
sorry for the triple-send. My browser was acting funny and it didn't look like the first two had gone through.
Total BS. 64th and Broadway, my ass. Should have been somewhere in brownstone Brooklyn.
i recently read that before they chose 'sesame street' they were considering '123 avenue B'.
Agreed with the complaints. Sesame Street can be a lot of places in the city, but not in Midtown. If it had to be in Manhattan, I would have put it on the LES.
I also would have accepted the East Village.
I'm surprised it wasn't in Astoria; I moved to the neighborhood a few months ago and only found out yesterday that Sesame Street was filmed here at the Kaufman Astoria studios.
Does Caroll Spinney ever get a day off?
He's been retired for years now.
I believe 64th and Broadway is the corner for the headquarters of the Children's Television Workshop. But yes, this should have been at Kaufman-Astoria, or at least at the old studios on 9th Ave.
And where was Mayor Bloomberg? I thought he was the mayor of all New Yorkers, be they human or muppet.
Sesame Street....or as they call it in today's NY, SeSa.
haha-- yeah, there's an H&M across the street from Hoopers, which now serves brunch.
It’s been 40 years, how time flies, just remember the days when I'm enjoying watching "Sesame Street" with my sister. Sesame Street had been a part of my childhood and will always be a part of my life. Happy Anniversary Guys!!!
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It would have been much more fitting in Alphabet City.
I thought Sesame Street was in Brooklyn. Or was I thinking of Avenue Q?
I was one of the first generations to have Sesame Street shoved down my throat. I always thought it was so annoying - with the exception of Kermit News Flash bit and B&E. Maybe I always felt like the world was a lot shittier than those sappy puppets/actors made it out to be.
And let's be honest - what does a kid learn from that show? Certainly not how to read or count. I'm pretty sure stuff like SS does more harm than good.
Who are those people with their hands up Cookie Monster's butt?
I've always known how to get to Sesame Street