Tunnel Vision at Nostrand Avenue

You too can see this odd little thing on the lower level of the Queens-bound platform, in the Nostrand Avenue subway station on Fulton Street -- where the A and C trains stop.

That's a nice bit of tiling, eh? But what's that little rectangle right under the letter A in NOSTRAND?

It's...a...

...it's a photo of the same bit of tiling! Glued to the tile. How very odd. If anyone can give some insight, please get in touch. 

West 164th Street is a Bloody Mess

I was walking along West 164th Street in Washington Heights this morning, when I happened upon the aftermath of a really nasty fist fight, or some sort of savage beating-up...

Aside from the large splatters of congealed blood: the blood-encrusted remains of someone's wristwatch, and on the right... is that part of the plastic hand grip from a pistol?

Blood was splashed on two cars parked by the sidewalk...

The entire scene was gruesome. What happened here?