We stumbled across what we lovingly call, the Wheelchair Ramp of Death, near the busy and deadly corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway and 92nd Street in Brooklyn.
We assume that this is either a poorly thought out homemade wheelchair ramp for those too lazy to go to the corner ramp or a remnant of some Department of Transportation shenanigans that has been forgotten about — a year or two ago there was long term construction that had traffic moving on the sidewalk at the intersection and the Wheelchair Ramp of Death might have been put in place to allow those on wheels the chance to cross the street precariously.
Either way, seeing as how the Wheelchair Ramp of Death is roughly 20 feet from an intersection (to the left of the blue mailbox) and leads anyone in a wheelchair downhill and directly into oncoming traffic, we’re at a loss for what it is doing there.
Then again, the Wheelchair Ramp of Death just might be some sort of experiment that has something to do with weeding out the population of persons in wheelchairs who are dimwitted. After all, the Darwin Awards don’t just happen out of thin air.
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