Yankees in the Streets.

On the night of November 5th, the Yankees won the World Series. On my block in Bay Ridge, things got a little exciting. Kids ran out of the bars and trashed the streets with rolls of toilet paper. The neighborhood came out of their living rooms and celebrated with the people in the streets. This was for sure a one of a kind, New York experience.

As a mobs of people exited the bars, people began filling the streets and blocking traffic. Not long after, several NYPD cruisers showed up. Cops began approaching the mob of people slowly, with their sticks out. As they walked slowly towards the crowd, the mobs on both sides of the streets and in the middle began calling out, "AAAAAASSSHOOOOOLLLLEEE, AAAAAASSSHOOOOOOLLLLEEE!!"

The Scene on the corner of 86th Street and 3rd Avenue.

I think there may have only been one arrest that night, but I'm not sure. I got a bit of the one I saw that happened right in front of me, but it was too dark to get it all.

Plain clothes cop in the Yankees shirt on the left picks a fight with a man (you can see his friend holding him back).

The plain clothes cop in motion, grabs the man, wrestles him to the ground and arrests him for no apparent reason.

Traffic gets more and more congested as cars slow down to see the crowd on 86th and 3rd, some encouraged to stand out of their cars to share their joy with the people on the streets.

Some low rider action to add to the festivities. :)