Originally uploaded by Interloper at Large

There are probably lots of reasons why you might see an entire, enormous dumpster full of used mattresses (some looking newer than others), in front of what appears to be a residential apartment building. Whatever the cause, I am glad they were kept from the mattress resellers.

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Social Interloper, with another San Francisco mattress and dresser scene. We can only assume there are bed bugs.

Again with the bugs, enough already by Social Interloper, on Flickr

Another photo from the always-about-town iPhone interloper. Anyone got a clue what it’s about?

In the course of four blocks on Sunday, walking through the East Village, I happened upon three separate incidents of discarded furniture.
Now, it was the 3rd of September, and one of the busiest moving weekends of the year. So normally, I would assume some stuff would just be discarded because it was old or […]

Or maybe it’s Ewan McGregor doing Sean Connery saying “New York City”.
Miss Heather’s blog newyorkshitty.com, that is. To say it’s a Greenpoint blog that documents pictures of dog poo, (and many other kinds of sh*t, like fugly new buildings) in Greenpoint does not do justice to the beauty and humor this website […]

Moon Over Manhattan Madness

Originally uploaded by nobugsonme

Three blocks from the last photo, this one was taken Thursday evening on 50th Street between Second and Third
Avenues by iphone Interloper.
The East Side is getting awfully itchy.

close up bed bug with eggs

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Close up of single female bug on mattress. She is upside down and eggs are below her head and elsewhere.
photo: L.Sorkin
To see even more close up: click photo, then “all sizes” then “large.”

side of mattress with bed bugs

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Female with eggs under piping (near top edge, left). Many bed bugs near right side in middle area between top and bottom of mattress.
(Click photo, click “all sizes”, then “large” to zoom in!)

23rd street off of 7th Ave

Originally uploaded by jennylc

NYC discarded mattress photo by Jennylc, another mattress-snapping rock star.

More Unpleasantness

Originally uploaded by Social Interloper

I discovered Social Interloper on Flickr.com was taking mattress photos. They appear to be mostly in San Francisco, and they are very impressive and disturbing from a bed bug perspective.

As New Yorkers know, if you have bed bugs in NYC, you have the option of calling 311 (the city information hotline) and filing a complaint about bed bugs in your rental unit. An inspector from the Housing and Preservation Department (HPD) will come to your home to inspect. More on that in a […]