Mysterious Ghost Stroller Appears, Disappears In Park Slope

Photos via and Brooklynian

A stroller painted white mysteriously appeared at the corner of 6th Avenue and Union Street in Park Slope earlier this month, and it was creepily reminiscent of a ghost bike. The Brooklynian board started filling up with questions about the stroller on August 2nd, by August 4th someone had taped up a sign asking about it, by yesterday there was a photo of it in the trash, and by last night a poster commented: "It is too bad that the NYT is going to publicize the stupidity tomorrow, after it is already removed."

Indeed, the NY Times has been trying to get to the bottom of the mysterious stroller, after it's been making the rounds on neighborhood blogs. They talk to James Rudnick, a local of 25 years who says if anyone would know about its origins, he would know... and he doesn't know! He does tell them, however, that no child has died at that intersection, something that the NYPD backs up. The New York City Street Memorial Project, responsible for putting up the ghost bikes, also has no idea why it appeared there. So, it was clearly a prank—perhaps someone who would like for the stroller mafia to move on from the neighborhood (or at least the neighborhood bars)?

We may never know who created this monster, but now we know that some person out there exists who spent valuable time painstakingly painting a stroller, and all of its accoutrements, as white as a ghost. Which is just creepy.

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By Jen Carlson in News on August 17, 2010 1:40 PM

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Natasha

If this was a prank, it's hilarious. 8D

amadeus amadeus

"someone took... a perfectly good stroller and destroyed it in order to make a statement that no one can decipher."

yep, sounds like art.

wobbleSmith

i hope it was a ghost bike inspired prank.

i doubt it was a subtle abortion protest; pro-lifers are nothing if not blatant.

let us know, next time, guerilla artist. we plebes am dumb.

Joan Angelson

screw these people that bring kids into bars! I always left mine at home and then went to drink. I'm sick of these brats sitting at my tables.

nakedfoul

Has someone actually verified that the stroller is in fact gone? A picture of a discarded white stroller some doofus posted on the Web doesn't necessarily constitute proof.

Mr. Know-It-All

Slightly O.T., but how is someone a "local of 25 years"? Is he a 25 year-old local? Otherwise, I'm not sure moving to Park Slope 25 years ago makes James Rudnick a local. Or is my sarcasm detector on the fritz?

RevWaldo

Fun with discarded strollers:

1) Wheel it up next to a parked car, kneel down on the sidewalk to peer underneath the car, and improvise from there. "Goddammit Clarisse, come here! This isn't funny anymore!"

eyekantspel

my guess is that it's about abortion.

JenChungsBaby

That's what I was thinking.

OuHe

It's not a bugaboo, so it is obviously fake.

Stewart

What I find creepy is that someone took what appears to be a perfectly good stroller and destroyed it in order to make a statement that no one can decipher.