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Our guess is that it’s something from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection.

Wrong. Boy are we assholes or what? It’ our good Gowanus Canal. And if’were not mistaken it a source of fue oil opposite (suprsrise) a feul oil depot north of the Union Street Bridge that’s been leaking oil for many, many years. Mums the word, though fromm DEP, which is why we have full faith in that agency’s abiliity to do its job openly and with response to public concerens