"Celebrities" Only Famous to People Living in NYC

I know of, or have interacted with, 29 of the 31 infamous NYC personalities here. What about you?

Lol at the Learn English Girl.

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I see several of them around town. They left out a few from the village, lol.

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“Six six six, six six sixty-six!” WILL NEVER LEAVE YOUR HEAD.

Indeed.

In the 1980s there used to be a 30-something guy who hung outside the 3rd Avenue entrance to Bloomingdale's. As customers exited or entered the store, the well-dressed man would approach them and very politely with a British accent explain that he had been mugged and his wallet, airline ticket and passport had been stolen and it was going to take the consulate a couple of days to get him a new passport. He would then ask if they could spare some money so that he could get something to eat. I had a friend who gave him five dollars. Several years later she walking up 3rd Avenue and the same man approached her and started giving her the same story -- she told him, "You already got me three years ago. You need a new act." He shrugged and walked off.

"What's the STORY JERRY?"

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I havent read a thing about Rollerena in a few years!

This is pretty specific, but when I lived on Christopher St., those in the neighborhood knew my super, Carlos. He was a neighborhood character. You would either find him on the front steps with his parrot named Benny, or having a yard sale out front and selling old, rusted, bent, hammered nails for a dollar, or gossiping, or in my apartment (jealous of all the pretty gay guys who were my friends, lol).

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I was surprised to see that Gary the 'Mayor of Strawberry Fields' didn't make the list, or has he dropped off the planet since I was last in New York?

Seriously, how did they leave off "Miss Columbia"???

I don't know the kitten guy, but what about Mayor Bloomie's sassy black sign language interpreter?

If we can confine to the theatre district, you have to include that somewhat masculine gypsy woman with three teeth and curly dark hair who always wears over sized pants and shirts and a baseball cap while scalping tickets outside TKTS and various theatres.

The Sign-Language Translator got her 15 minutes during Sandy when she was everywhere. It's like when the real-life Soup Nazi crossed-over onto Seinfeld.

I feel like sports radio caller fixtures like Jerome from Manhattan, Ira from Staten Island, or Doris from Rego Park (RIP) fit more of the 'Only a New Yorker would know who this is' and also being so niche and specific. Mike Francesa is somewhat well-known in terms of really popularizing sports talk radio although he is probably really offended by being considered 'just a New York celebrity'.

There's a new Yolanda Vega now. This one sounds like a valley girl.

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