A controversial Palestinian restaurant chain that came under fire for anti-Israel statements on one of its menus is getting jeered again — for installing a “massive” and “obnoxious” concrete slab on the sidewalk outside its a soon-to-open Brooklyn shop.
The giant, 10-foot long by 8-foot wide slab outside Ayat on Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick has prompted at least seven 311 complaints since Monday — the day after it was installed.
The chain plans to use the two-foot-tall slab for outdoor seating — but locals ripped it as a dangerous impediment and want the city to remove it.
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“This thing’s ridiculous,” said passerby Cynthia Jeziorkowski, 27. “I hope the city makes them remove whatever that is.”
“Who thought this was okay? The word ‘blatant’ comes to mind. ‘Obnoxious’ is another,” she added.