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Snapple makes special editon Bronx, NYC and ‘burbs bottles
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The ‘best stuff on earth’ is
giving a nod to the ‘best places
on earth’ this summer.
Snapple shook up specially
designed, limited edition bottles
for each of the five borough’s top
selling flavor of the refreshing
beverage last week.
Called ‘Snapple Hearts The
Boroughs & Burbs,’ these unique
illustrations also include Long
Island and New Jersey’s best
sellers as well.
The Bronx version of Snapple
saw a redesign of Snapple’s Orangeade,
featuring a yellow and
orange label of boom box speakers,
over the ear headphones and
the massive exterior columns of
the hallowed grounds of Yankee
Stadium on East 161st Street.
Brooklyn’s design remained
classic with a revamp of the
brand’s original lemon tea.
That bottle has a hipster-like
mustache, carousel and dollar
sign chain on its limited edition
label.
That big red fruit at Citi Field
now has some competition since
Snapple Apple is the bestseller
in the World’s Borough.
In addition to the Worlds’
Fair and Unisphere references
on the Queens bottle, it also offers
a tribute to The Ramones
through a shadowed image of
the iconic rock band with ‘Hey
ho apple oh!’ wording as well.
That Blitzkrieg Boppin’ label
also gives a nod to Queens’
Asian and Jewish communities.
Peach Tea has been the dazzling
favorite for Manhattan
and it shows. That bottle got
the Broadway treatment with a
Theatre District-themed redesign
featuring the iconic neon
sign of Radio City Music Hall in
addition to rows of seats at the
label’s bottom.
Similar to Manhattan, Long
Island’s favorite flavor was diet
peach tea.
The chartreuse and white
bottle is circulated by a picket
fence, which serves as a symbol
for Levittown being America’s
first suburb.
The label has East Hampton’s
famous Hook Windmill spinning
as well.
Staten Island saw re-work
of the brand’s Kiwi Strawberry
bottle while New Jersey took a
new fruit punch label across the
Hudson River.
These special designs were
inspired by Snapple being ‘Born
in the Best Place on Earth,’
Long Island’s Valley Stream in
1972 to be exact.
Fans who purchase any three
of the 16 ounce bottles with the
special labels will also have the
chance to win a free ‘Snapple
Hearts Boroughs & Burbs’ Tshirt
when they text “HEART”
to 21688.
Some of the new, limited edition Snapple bottles. Snapple
National Night Out is a boroughwide success
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Bronx citizens and
NYPD offi cers alike
united in celebrating the
annual National Night
Out throughout the borough
on Tuesday, August
6.
The events, which
serve as an opportunity
for the community and
police to come together
and build bonds that
can lead to better relations,
witnessed a sizeable
turnout over last
year and went off without
a hitch, according to
Joe Thompson, 49th Precinct
Community Council
president.
“The turnout we had
was phenomenal,” he
said while mentioning
that the year prior was
“lightning-ed out.”
“After that, having
such a good year was
very important,” he continued.
The big hit of of the
evening occurred when
Councilman Mark
Gjonaj sponsored a hot
dog cart to feed the hungry
crowd at Comras
Park off Lydig Avenue.
Thompson continued
to explain that the
4-9 moved their venue
from Pelham Parkway
to Comras at the request
of the NYC Parks
Department some years
ago. The community is
fi nally adjusting to the
new location.
“More people are
fi nding out where we are
now which is very important,”
he said.
Other precincts
around the borough saw
similar success as the
49th did, with their own
celebrations.
The 46th Precinct
took over Roberto Clemente
State Park where
their Jungle Adventure
shuffl eboard game was
quite popular with kids
and adults alike. Meanwhile
the 48th Precinct
was grilling up some
of the best barbeque in
the Bronx on Bathgate
Avenue between East
188th Street and East
189th Street for their
residents.
The 40th Precinct had
its K9 and mounted units
interact with neighborhood
youngsters at
Brook Ave between East
137th Street and East
138th Street that pleasant
evening.
“Our focus is to let
the criminal element in
our community know we
are working with the police
and we are not going
to surrender to crime,
quality of life expectations
or anything else,”
said Elizabeth Gill, 47th
Precinct Community
Council president emeritus
. Her precinct’s annual
event featured entertainment,
members of the
precinct’s youth Explorers
program, volunteer
NYPD auxiliary police,
clergy, NYPD personnel,
and residents at Granada
Place between Ely
and Laconia avenues.
Meanwhile in the 45th
Precinct, police offi cers
personally contributed
raffl e items like bicycles
and other great gifts to
give away at the rear of
a Co-op City building at
140 Benchley Place.
Other precincts
around the borough also
celebrated the day in
style; like the 41st Precinct
at the Police Athletic
League Center at 991
Longwood Avenue, 42nd
Precinct at Jennings
Street between Prospect
and Union avenues, 43rd
Precinct at Bruckner
Commons at 970 White
Plains Road, 44th Precinct
at East 169th Street
between Walton and Gerard
avenues, the 50th
Precinct at West 234th
Street between Broadway
and Bailey Avenue,
and the 52nd Precinct at
Poe Park on the Grand
Concourse at East 192nd
Street.
A K9 unit in the 40th Precinct smiles with children. NYPD
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