The Urban Renewal of Wednesday One-Liners

Chick: I'm interested in what's now -- that's why I live in Williamsburg.

--Court & 3rd Pl

Overheard by: imitation rastaman

Hyper bus driver playing with overhead marquee while driving: I can set it to police bus, training bus... It's like a microwave -- what do you want? Corn? I like to change it to 'Harlem.' Then people get really confused. [Changes sign to 'B6 Limited' and comes up to bus stop. No one gets on bus.] What do you need, the B6? No? [Keeps driving.]

--B4 bus, Sheepshead Bay

Overheard by: tanechka

Smart guy: There is no West Side. There's only Zabar's.

--New York Palace Hotel

Overheard by: Emily

Hipster to another: You should totally move up to Harlem. It's getting whiter.

--Union Square

Old lady to another: Yes, she's still alive. She's living all alone on the Upper East Side. Well, she doesn't go out at all. You know she hates everyone, even Democrats.

--22nd & 1st

Frat boy with group of orange-tanned, fake-chested blondes: We gotta find me the Meatpacking District!

--N 4th St & Bedford Ave