On Saturday at approximately 1:30 PM, a tree, of its own volition, cracked in front of PS 321 right near the main entrance on Seventh Avenue near Second Street. I spoke to a vendor at the flea market on Sunday and she told me that a huge branch cracked “just like that at 1:30 yesterday.”

It wasn’t a lighting storm or a tornado. Can a tree crack from heat exhaustion? Since Saturday, there’s been yellow police tape around the tree to protect the tree and passers-by. It’s quite a sight. Sorry, no pictures yet.