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offices and find top-notch goods like a Jacobsen
red upholstered egg chair, which
she still uses today.
“A friend of mine suggested I follow
@stoopingnyc and then from there I looked
into the Queens one,” said Astoria resident
Mallory Deane. “I saw that it was active and
seemed like the person who runs it really
enjoys and is excited about people getting
their finds. I’ve submitted stoops and
they’re really grateful people are keeping
an eye out for them.”
The majority of the posts on the
@stoopinginqueens Instagram come
from followers and community members
who come across goods on local stoops.
Wolff reviews submissions and then posts
where the stoop is located and what time
it was seen. Ideally, someone would go to
the stoop, pick up the item and let Wolff
know it was homed. One Saturday, Wolff
recorded that 19 pieces of furniture were
rehomed from stooping — a record high
since she created the account.
“The @stoopinginqueens audience really
cares and wants to make a difference.
I can sit here behind my phone and say all
these things, but it's the community behind
this,” Wolff said.
As Rose said, “There is no ‘away’” — meaning
that when we throw items “away,” they
don’t just disappear. A lot of the time, they
end up in the ocean or landfill and don’t
decompose for years to come. If you have
a bag of clothes you’ve been wanting to
get rid of, consider posting it on your local
Buy Nothing for a neighbor to enjoy.
If you know you’re going to be curbing
your old coffee table, let Wolff know on
@stoopinginqueens so someone in western
Queens can pick it up instead of the
Department of Sanitation.
Photo via @stoopinginqueens
Photo by @nata2e via @stoopinginqueens
Photo by @c4pr1s0n via @stoopinginqueens
Photo by @aprilterram via @stoopinginqueens
Photo by @lorenzoajordan via @stoopinginqueen
Photo by @lezyak_05 via @stoopinginqueens
Stooping Successes
In addition to posting street finds,
@stoopinginqueens also features what Wolff
termed “stooping successes” — items that a local
saw on Instagram, picked up and rehomed.
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