18 Comments

1. Scott May 28th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

   Have you heard the ice cream trucks with that same tune, but after it says, “Hello?”. They were around last summer.

2. Andrew May 28th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

   The “Hello?” one parks outside Ctown/the laundry mat on Hart St every afternoon. Very annoying.

   Andrew

3. Alex May 28th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

   I live on Melrose and that goes by a bunch of times a night… 9, 10, 11pm I guess kids need their treats before bedtime…

   I think it’d be a lot cooler, if the dude was freestyling thru the speaker.

4. Angela May 28th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

   I think they are selling a little more than ice cream (wink wink) if you know what i mean. What ice cream truck circles the neighborhood until 2 in the morning?

5. Mitzi May 28th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

   How is this Bushwick style? They are the same with a few variations all over NYC…

6. JorgeRB May 28th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

   Those are classy ice cream trucks! If they are selling a little something something on the side, as Angela suggests, then they are truly perfect. A one stop mobile shop for all your fixes!

   JorgeRB

7. Jeremy May 28th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

   Mitzi, I agree that we should be absolutely literal about everything always. Even ice cream is a deadly serious issue. This post should have been killed for it’s non-absolute Bushwick exclusivity.

   Christ, lighten up.

8. Dresden May 29th, 2008 at 7:24 am

   Recently the mayor made it illegal for them to sit in one spot and play that again and again…

   at least someone listens to those of us who don’t live on Fifth motherfucking Avenue.

   Thank you Mike!!!!

9. mopar May 29th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   Ah, but in what other borough is the ice cream truck so central a feature of life, continuously circling the neighborhood until the wee hours of the morning? Also, what the heck is in that probably not-really ice cream? Surely not milk. Maybe partially hydrogenated oil — which, as you may recall, Bloomburg also banned earlier this year.

10. PEPPA May 29th, 2008 at 5:44 pm

    Mitzi, you read my mind…

11. Dresden May 31st, 2008 at 8:27 am

    Mopar – Long Island City. Just one other one.

    Mike is a good mayor. I wonder what we’re going to get next… we’re heading to dark times in NYC. All our money is a slush fund for upstate. The city should secede.

12. Jeremy May 31st, 2008 at 8:57 am

    Aw, Dresden, that’s what democracy is: form a political entity and then the majority tax and regulate the minority. Besides, you got Vito Lopez spending your money on inanities — he’s not the type to leave any for the hicks upstate.

13. Dresden June 1st, 2008 at 10:20 am

    As long as my 14.5% increased water bill ends up allowing some horny corrupt bastard a young piece of ass, I’ll rest easy knowing full well what makes the world go around.

14. Dresden June 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    I’m going way back in my journal, now that spring is here, to share this entry with you:

    fuck mr. softie.
    fuck mr. softie right to hell.

15. powkang June 1st, 2008 at 6:22 pm

    i rode my bike past ice cream truck headquarters a few weeks ago, and now realize why there is always a constant parade of these trucks going down in front of my windows on morgan ave.

    i’ve seen “ghetto beat” ice cream trucks a-plenty ’round here. they make me happy. i also like the ones that “honk honk honk”… today i ordered a twist cone from a deitch projects truck, though i didn’t realize it was a deitch projects truck until i already ordered. when it came out, there was no effing vanilla in that twist. the guy apologized but i really didn’t care. ice cream is ice cream is ice cream.

16. Sarah June 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 am

    I saw the “Hello” ghetto beat ice cream truck rolling down Knickerbocker yesterday. Totally made my day. Too bad I wasn’t carrying my camera (I had my dog with me). Would have made for a great part 2!

17. Jeremy June 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 am

    “Ghetto beat” strikes me as offensive. Yes, me.

18. Sarah June 2nd, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    How about tragically lacking?