What is that mysterious, large antenna recently planted in Queenswest?

The View is rent-to-own or, soon, completely rental, so they’re not biased exposing rental people to RF.

#2 Renters have little to no leverage over the placement of things than owners or potential/future owners do. Although, if I lived in that bottom floor space right near it in The View I would be just as concerned.

#3 Funny but not funny, if this is indeed some sort of comm device (based on the look of it, it more than likely is) it should be moved away from where people reside.

maybe I am naive but I live in EC 7 and I thought it was some kind of artdeco sculpture/waterfountain for the park they are building. I saw them wheeling in a 2nd one yesterday. They were planting trees today, it might be art, strange as that maybe…I think you people are a bit paranoid..sorry

People are obviously paranoid… do you know how many other health hazards already around you in LIC? There are power lines, power plants, oil spills, ground contaminants, cell phones, auto fumes all over the place…

its signage for the gantry plaza park.

Maybe it’s Toll Brother’s latest great buying incentive to fool people into purchasing overpriced apartments at 5th street lofts – they’ll toss is a gyrating tool. Maybe it’s their “virtual doorman”?

I guarantee that your exposing yourself to more direct radiation by using your cellphone than by anything this thing could produce. Ya know, the whole radiative power as a function of distance cubed rule….

Well – This bit of news sent to the un-informed by the un-informed has made it to curbed where the commenters over there can once again have their way with finding yet another excuse for making fun of LIC. So, liqcity, has it occurred to you ,as a purveyer of news to the community, to contact Rockrose and ask them directly what this strange object is? I agree with the commenter here who, upon close observation, saw a second one come in plus a tree bring planted, and decided that it is a fountain being installed as part of the park that is in the early stages of its design. Perhaps you can check this out and become “informed”. Until I am told otherwise, I stand behind my “Mork and Mindy”theory.

How can that object be art? Or a water fountain? It looks so evil…

It’s part of the vertebrae of Spinosaurus Rockrosiansis.

Charlie.

It very well could be the guts of a sprinkler/fountain system which will later be covered up to make it nice and pretty.

Part of the expanded Gantry State Park. About every 4 or 5 years they expand a block of the park. Love NYC development!

It’s a FOUNTAIN people. Not a UN surveillance device, and Mork has long since given up on Mindy.

This is indeed a park fixture, though it’s very understandable why it’s been mistaken as an alien antenna. I have to say, I am not the biggest fan of Rockrose’s practices in the rental buildings. They are very likely to put some dumb antenna right where people live. What they do with the amenities in the buildings is such a racket. You think you are getting access to use the communal space, but you get charged exorbitant fees.