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As the summer heats up it can sometimes drive people insane - and it appears to drive one particular man insane every year.

That’s right, our favorite crazy super signs author is back up and running!

He teased us all last week to let us know that the building has a new key to it, and last night he posted some new craziness!

He has the above sign posted on the front of the building and is expecting it to do good, or hold any sort of legality since it is all public property out in front of it.

As crazy as the sign is it actually comes from a good and non lazy place.  People are hanging out in front of the building all day and night -and by people I mean teenagers who just want to sneak some 40s in and middle aged men and women who need a place to sit while strung out sometimes.

They don’t live there or even on the block, they are just there because of the quiet nature of the block as well as the dumbest placement of a public bench.

That’s right, the city bolted that retarded bench to the pavement even though it is a residential block - with exception to a small architect office and an even smaller tailor shop off the corner underneath the crazy super building.

There are scores of these benches throughout Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton and while it sometimes provides a place to sit for the elderly, it more often than not only helps facilitate the loitering of drunks, junkies and skells all the same.

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Friday evening I came home from work to find a crazy super sign on the front door of the crazy super signs building that was a far cry from what he would have written and posted up just last summer…

Gone is the hate filled speech from his sign, but GOSH DARNED IT!  Sometimes a rage filled man who fought in the Korean War who walks around with a stuffed bra and one glove in honor of Michael Jackson while not picking up the dog poop from his dog named ‘Pretty Girl’ needs to get some green marker time in.

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Crazy Super Signs author Richard Martin may have recently been defeated in his roughly year long battle with his tenants of how the garbage should be put out - having taken the garbage cans out of the lobby and stairwells, placing all of them back out in their gated holding pen, but that doesn’t mean that Crazy Super Signs author is back to being a responsible citizen or building superintendent.

His last garbage pick was on Thursday morning, and take a look at what still remains two days after his lack of garbage pick up…

That’s roughly 20 square feet of garbage on the sidewalk!

Let’s see what we have out there…there’s one green labeled garbage can - meant for recycling cardboard and paper - it’s mixed with both regular garbage and both paper and plastics.  Besides the garbage can there is what appears to be an old television stand that has been broken down to numerous pieces. 

Sure the sanitation workers could have spent an extra five minutes, gone through the can to pick and choose what they could have taken, as well as fumble around to get a dozen pieces of broken down television stand into the garbage truck, but they shouldn’t have to considering that they have many many more buildings of garbage to pick up.  

The Crazy Super Signs author should have taped all those television stand pieces together so that the sanitation workers could get it all picked up in one easy shot - or at the very least, realized when he woke up at 4PM (yes four in the afternoon is when he starts his day) on Thursday afternoon seen that the garbage of everyone else has been picked up and brought his buildings garbage back into the holding pen.

Since it’s now been reported by the NY Daily News that Crazy Super Signs author was fired in the 1990s from the MTA for chasing turnstyle jumpers with a box cutter, we know that it would certainly be easy for him to cut that tape off for all those pieces of television stand. 

Also, a friend of mine who works at a local store that sells brooms has informed me that Crazy Super Signs author goes in and buys a broom about once a week, and brags that he breaks the brooms on purpose so that he can keep charging the building owner each week for new brooms, as well as cursed out a semi crippled local resident who walks slowly with the crutches that strap to her arms - lame and pathetic of him if you ask me.

I wonder if Damas Reality is still the owner and cares of the type of person who has become the face of one of their properties?

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Do you have a spare $869,000.00 laying around?  If you said yes, well then might I interest you in this “lovely” and already reduced from it’s beyond laughable $900,000.00 Corcoran price, two family house for sale in Bay Ridge that appears to be an owners/flippers nightmare…

The Jabour Realty Company now has this exclusive “beauty”!

Originally a two family home with a front yard, the current owners decided to remodel the home top to bottom, with what appears to be new everything inside, along with what looks to be a failed attempt to make the basement into a legal third apartment, all the while paving over the once beautiful front yard. 

What better way to live the next 60 years of your life than by walking down into your basement and choosing which of two extra baths to go to relieve yourself in the middle of the night on top of the one that’s on your living floor?! 

That’s living like a king!

And that ridiculous $869K asking isn’t the best part of the home!  The real deal to entice all buyers on this home is the fact that if you buy this property you can live a mere 100 feet away from local celebrity, Richard Martin, whose Crazy Super Signs are the talk about town.

Take a look right there…

He just loves to parade up and down the block right past this quaint nearly million dollar home (hah!) and not pick up after his precious doggy…

Pretty Girl!

Call Jabour today and tour the home for yourself!

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I know that after seeing the Gawker comments request of seeing Crazy Super Signs author Richard Martin having his little dog riding the little pony ride I said that it was my goal to get that photo, and argh, I didn’t get the scoop, but thankfully it was captured by Bay Ridge Rover…although a posed version of it, and I had actually thought of just asking Martin to pose for it myself….anyways here it is in all its glory…

In all honesty, when not mugging for the cameras, Richard Martin usually stands in front of the bouncing pony, watching and talking to the dogs; saying things like, “That’s it!!!” and “There you go!!!” which makes it really, really creepy - cause his voice sure as heck doesn’t come out as a soft, loving, almost as if you’re talking to a child voice, but moreso as if he’s a sadistic correctional officer of an all boy’s prison, and he’s watching them scrub the floors with their toothbrushes while in their skivvies. 

(Shudder)

I still want to get that candid, creepy shot…

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Yesterday on my way home from work I stopped off to get a steak for dinner - I had to treat myself well in the wake of finding out that a large part my department at work (including myself) is getting likely getting the ax at the end of March (unless funding magically appears) - anyway, as I walked out of the supermarket I saw Crazy Super Signs author Richard Martin moseying in the street towards a dog that was tied up to a parking meter.

“Hey little fella”  Martin said to the doggy who was laying down peacefully awaiting his master to finish food shopping.

“BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK” said the dog, which sent Martin jumping back a good five feet.

“JESUS CHRIST!!!  That one’s not a friendly one.”  He said to me. 

I kept all my answers short with him as I whipped out my phone to take an inconspicuous photo of him…and this is what I got…

I wasn’t looking while aiming so that he couldn’t notice what I was doing…and unfortunately you can’t see that he had his right hand covered with a big glove.  I still don’t get why he does that most of the time - he says it’s cause of Michael Jackson.

In any case, despite that you can’t officially tell that it is Richard Martin, I actually like this shot.   

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There’s been so much to catch up on from over the past few days when it comes to the Crazy Super Signs. 

First, after being visited by the NY Daily News prior to his arrival in Thursday’s edition, Crazy Super Signs author, Richard Martin, decided to put curbside all of the garbage for Thursday pick up.  Not only that, but he then placed NEARLY all of the garbage cans back outside, instead of back into the lobby…neat as can be…

I say nearly, because there were two recycling cans that were left at the curb until at least Friday night.  Saturday morning, I spotted a ticketed summons on the front door, for what I can assume to be those illegally placed garbage cans.  Sadly, I wasn’t able to capture the summons with a photo due to prior commitments of my niece’s birthday. 

Anyway, beside the visible summons, there were new signs up on the glass…

Richard Martin is the alleged victim of a crime…and wants either his umbrella back, or $20 for a new one. 

What kind of $20 umbrella did he have out there?  I don’t ever recall even seeing him with an umbrella, not once!  I have seen him walking in the rain numerous times without an umbrella, and instead choosing to wear his hood up and becoming soaked.

The other new signage up are his accusations against the integrity of NY Daily News writer, Matthew Lysiak.  Claiming that Lysiak has misquoted Martin in an article, as well as laying claims that Lysiak is “shit”. 

While I can attest that I have never met Matthew Lysiak, I highly doubt Martin’s claim that Lysiak is shit.  This is based out of my having never met someone who is shit, aside from the cartoon, Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo. 

In other news, based off of some comments over on Gawker, I will now be on the quest to capture Richard Martin riding one of his dogs on this 25 cent pony ride…

I’ve always been grossed out by his forcing the dogs to ride the pony, and this is because Martin appears to be such a disgusting human being, but after taking a step back, and thinking with an outsiders point of view, I think his riding them is hysterical…stay tuned.

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Not surprisingly the New York Daily News has an article in today’s paper about Richard Martin - author of the famed Crazy Super Signs. 

The article discusses what I have previously reported; in that Martin is fighting dirty now, literally.  He’s posted notices that he was punishing his tenants by not taking out the garbage cans for collection - leaving rotting garbage to stink up the lobby and staircase - and he’s actually been following through with his threat - he opted out of garbage collection on Monday. 

But, I guess this recent visit from the Daily News concerning his activity, or lack thereof,  scared Martin, because as I walked past the building last night I spotted the curb lined with all sorts of neatly placed cans.  I’ve never seen his garbage placed out so neat - but then again, it may have been a two glasses of wine seeing the garbage placed ever so neat.

Besides Martin’s garbage, and punishment techniques, the NY Daily News has opened a can of worms with this photo…

(Photo: NY Daily News)

It’s of Martin standing in front of his door holding a bottle of Tide with Bleach Alternate, glove-less.  For years he’s only been seen in public wearing at least one glove,  which when asked about, he would make mention about Michael Jackson doing it…anyways, the point here is, I can’t tell if Martin’s wearing his teeth in this photo.

At first sight of the photo, I said to myself, “At least he has his teeth in his mouth”, but upon a second look it appeared to me that Martin was photographed yet again, sans teeth.

I’m really not sure what’s going on with his teeth situation here, so let’s take a better look based on two photographs printed last month in the NY Daily News…

Martin apparently with teeth…

Martin apparently sans teeth (looking oddly and creepy)…

Teeth or no teeth???

In either case, thankfully he’s wearing a thinner coat, so you can see his ever so slightly bulging chest (by way of apparent stuffed bra). 

So what’s the consensus?  Teeth, or no teeth???

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As you can only imagine, keeping a building’s garbage cans inside the lobby and on the staircase landings isn’t a good idea. 

Whether it be out of spite, truly not knowing and understanding of the English language, or possibly not knowing and caring about the environmental effects of recycling, tenants of the Crazy Super Signs author Richard Martin’s building just aren’t following his rules.  Martin is finding out the hard way that his “handy work” in making signs isn’t handy or working out.

Yes, punishing the building’s tenants by not doing his job, being spiteful, and creating a massive health issue in the process is the correct way to settle things…at least in Richard Martin’s eyes it is. 

Wouldn’t it just be easier, and less timely to just toss the mixed up bags from the recycling bin into the regular garbage?  Probably, but then again if he were to do that, things would just get done, and have only one less thing to complain about, and the padded bra wearing man NEEDS something to complain about if he wants to live to be 100.  Man, I’ll have 18 volumes of coffee table books of his work out by then.

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After last weeks world-wind affair with the media, the crazy super signs author is receiving fan mail. 

I stopped into the discount store that I used to work at, and was immediately asked jokingly if I was involved in the “puppet” receiving all this attention, to which I sheepishly responded with, “well, kind of”. 

He’s referred to as the puppet there because without his teeth in, he kind of looks like a puppet.

Do you see the puppet in him?

Anyways, I stopped in the store that I used to work, the owner told me that the puppet was in there the initial day that he was in the papers, he stopped in the store all proud about his signs, having at least 20 copies of each paper.  My friend, the owner, said that the puppet’s since been back bragging about getting phone calls from people all over the world, and receiving fan mail from (complete idiots) based out of Florida, Maryland, and Nevada. 

Sidenote…Here’s what some local Bay Ridge people had to say about him- btw, confirming his public stuffed bra wearing by way of cross dressing on his job with the MTA.

Also, on Tuesday night I received calls informing me about camera crews outside his place - because I’m apparently the go to guy about all things Richard Martin.

Then while passing up the block yesterday morning I spotted a one man camera crew from News 12 (it’s some local Bronx news thing, I never heard of it either), setting up to film Martin’s last two signs. 

If you look behind the camera guy, you’ll notice the gated area that once held the garbage cans.  In their place is a couple of bags of garbage and wet cardboard.  We all know that the cans are inside of the building lobby, and I don’t blame people for not wanting to further stink up and or block their lobby accessibility.

Also, and this is completely random, but you see that green bench?  The city put these green benches all of the neighborhood, to give people places to sit and relax, but in my part of Bay Ridge, I only see people from the alleged drug den milling about them, sometimes nervously waiting for someone, sometimes eating filthy nasty looking things, sometimes looking like death, and other times yelling at each other. 

The benches sort of appear to be the City giving undesirables the legal place to loiter - our tax dollars at work!

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Head up everyone!

A press crew of sorts was spotted outside the Crazy Super Signs apartment building a short while ago.  Not sure who they were with, but I love the fact that he is getting NYC mainstream press coverage for being a douchebag, and I’m so very glad to have helped them out by informing them last week that he wakes up at 4PM to start his day - meaning it’s best to caught his wackiness in the evening.

I look forward to searching the papers.

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After last week’s fiasco of the building superintendent who writes the crazy super signs, he’s been caught - brown handed.

Check out yet another toothless photo op…(from the Daily News)

According to today’s New York Daily News, Richard Martin was caught not picking up after his dog crapped on the sidewalk in front of his building, instead opting to toss it out into the street. 

I’ve never seen this action myself, and I can only explain it by saying this - it happened in front of his building, had it been down the block slightly, he would have left it on the sidewalk as a landmine - just the way I’ve seen him leave it so many countless times.

I’m just glad that his hypocrisy has made it into the papers, which I’m proud to say, comes based off of this here post of mine. 

After being interviewed on Friday, I chose to not want to be named in the Daily News article, out of fear of retribution - either at the hands of the concealed weapon in the form of a knife that he’s known to carry, or in the form of something worse - and I’m so very glad that my friend Danny Gili chose not to - and I’m also quite plesantly surprised that the News found Danny of all people about this.

If this Richard Marin’s local fame continues through to warmer weather, I pray to God that they get a good angle on the (presumably) stuffed bra that I’ve seen him wear.

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What a week it’s been for the crazy super signs superintendent. 

First, both my catalog of his signs as well as the catalog of Right In Bay Ridge gets picked up by Curbed, then the New York Times online, now both the New York Post, and Daily News have both run articles about him and his signs - which Gawker then picked up and ran a post about their articles.

Anyways, here’s the superintendent, proudly showing off his handy work of garbage cans inside of the building lobby, as seen in the Daily News - what is not seen is how there are garbage cans in the stairwells as well, not sure if that’s a fire code violation.

I will gladly go on record to say that this man had left thousands of piles of dog shit on his block in the decade plus of his living there, and gets visibly and vocally angry when called out on not picking up after his dogs. 

Also, it’s a damn shame he’s wearing such a puffy jacket that doesn’t show off the padded bra that he so proudly wears in public normally.  It’s probably the most likeable thing about him - but I’m getting off topic now with that. 

Here he is in the New York Post with his newest dog, I’m not sure of it’s name.

Not pictured is “Heather”, the small, old, gray poodle whom I’ve personally seen him kick numerous time on the sidewalk because she’s old and walks slowly, and “King”  (R.I.P) the German Shepard with whom shared the same exact cough as Martin for years…you can think whatever you want to come to the conclusion as to how they had the same exact cough, everyone else in the neighborhood already has…

Also, I’m not sure who the Daily News is quoting, saying “if everyone cared about Bay Ridge half as much as Martin, it would be a much better place to live.”  But whomever THAT person is, they sure as heck need to get a grip on the reality that Richard Martin IS the problem. 

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After being on the recipient end of a summons on Saturday, caused by his lack of caring that all of his building’s garbage is strewn across the sidewalk, days after normal pick up day came and went, the superintendent has completely missed the point. 

Take a look at his new note…

*

Yes, it’s because the tenants are messy, and yes, keeping garbage in the vestibule of a building to rot can only make the building more appealing to the tenants, and yes, it does constitute as being an unsafe and unsanitary condition that legally allows for tenants to stop paying rent if they wanted to and go on a rent strike.

* The bottom of the sign has written in pen “Do not throw this on floor” HAH!

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I came home late on Wednesday evening and found this sign on the door of the super’s building…

Since the super no longer allows for the hallway lights to be on at night for tenants to see going up the common stairs to their apartment doors, leaving pitch black conditions, along with the front door being always kept unlocked - which is so illegal to the point that tenants could legally sue and probably end up paying $50 a month rent for the rest of their lives by way of the courts - I had to wait until morning to get this photo.

Now, each Thursday is the day that the New York City Sanitation Department picks up both regular garbage and recycling for the side of the street that the super’s building is on, so when I walked by the building around 6:30PM I was shocked to find a huge mound a garbage the size of a car strewn across the sidewalk still outside of the building - everyone else’s garbage was picked up before 7AM that day.

The night passed and in the morning I found this pile of garbage still sitting across most of the sidewalk…

For those who don’t know what NYC sanitation rules are, cans with that blue label are for recycling glass and plastic of sort, and are not allowed to have paper and regular garbage mixed in with them.  Those three cans had a mix of all three in them, and overflowing, and all boxes are supposed to be broken down flat, and tied together - most of the time you can skirt around the breaking down if you fill a box up with other boxes and paper. 

As you can see, there are three cans of mixed garbage, a television, a printer / computer thing, bags of paper recycling, and lots of messy garbage all over the place. This happens often enough at this building, and I guess the garbage men had enough of trying to pick through what they needed to take and just left it due to lack of proper disposal by the residents - which is their right.

Friday night the garbage was still there, and then again on Saturday around 10:30AM all of that mess was still there, making it a full two days after pick up.

Now instead of doing the job of the superintendent should be doing in ensuring the garbage is put out on the street properly, the super decided to write up another passive aggressive sign for all to see…

Thankfully a “hypothetical” call to the 311 system, and speaking to a lovely woman named Kaleena (sp?), who loved the fact that I track this mess via the blog, placed a request for Sanitation Police to swing on by due to ”chronic obstruction of sidewalk due to improper garbage disposal”.

Within two hours of that “hypothetical” call, I was walking up the block to go about my day I found the garbage all gone, along with this summons for several hundred dollars on the doorway…

Please don’t think that I’m “hypothetically” mean by doing this, it’s just that the garbage for this building is always a mess.  Seriously, the whole corner of the building, so much to the point that local residents know not to park near the building because their car will most likely get scratched and or receive a flat tire due to broken glass and whatnot.

Plus the super is the neighborhood loudmouth that screams bloody murder over any little thing wrong that someone else does, yet he never picks his dog crap up (I happened to find a huge flattened and hard load in front of my place on Saturday morning - revenge is sweet), he never does his duty as superintendent of his building properly, and is an all around jerkoff, so yeah, this is the second summons in less than two months that he gets (the first called in by me), and maybe the landlord will send the super packing sooner than later, making everyone a little happier by his not bringing his douchebaggery around. 

BTW, The 311 system in NYC is flippin’ amazing!

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