Burning Smell

torisoaw · May 2007

I'm in North Slope (1st St) and something smells really strongly like it's burning outside, kind of chemically, like a bad perm...anyone know what's up?

slopehead · May 2007

That smell comes around every so often. I'm almost afraid to know what exactly it is.

pitu · May 2007

Is it the burnt coffee smell of the Gillies roasters in Gowanus?
I smelled a strong wood burning odor a couple of hours ago this am...

torisoaw · May 2007

For now, it shall remain a mystery. A stinky, creepy mystery.

armchair_warrior · May 2007

could be bad wiring, someone doing a donut, bums burning wire for copper etc....

slopehead · May 2007

It smells like burnt something, not exactly coffee... I always assumed it was some sort of toxic industrial by-product that escaped into the air every month or so. I would be overjoyed if it turns out to be completely harmless.

gradoniv · May 2007

There's an electrical line around 7th and Garfield that keeps acting up. Maybe it's burning again.

garfunky · May 2007

Subject: Re: Burning Smell

torisoaw wrote: I'm in North Slope (1st St) and something smells really strongly like it's burning outside, kind of chemically, like a bad perm...anyone know what's up?

my bad

my darling wife cooked up an extra spicy batch of chili
and i was a bit windy. :oops:

quiddity · May 2007

Ah ha! So I'm not crazy! I was going around my house smelling for something burning two days ago and couldn't find the source. It was driving me bonkers. So maybe the smell was from *outside*. What I was smelling reminded me of burning hair but it wasn't that. I also thought it smelled like a motor burning out at one point.

bklyngirl · May 2007

NY is known for it's unknown smells. The pancake syrup smell is my fave. The natural gas one a few months ago was creepy, but it seems like there is always a natural gas smell somewhere.

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