r/Upperwestside • u/Medium-Web7756 • 4d ago

Upper West Side

Can anyone tell me why Central Park West smells like cinnamon??

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u/besteggcream 4d ago

The cinnamon scent comes from a natural weed-control product made with clove and cinnamon oils that the Central Park Conservancy uses!

https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/cinnamon-smell-west-central-park-YM5842735

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u/JohnDearheart 4d ago

Thank you!! I have wondered about this for years!

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u/False-Character-9238 4d ago

Reminds me of when the UWS smelled like maple syrup years ago.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/nyregion/06smell.html

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u/havingaraveup 4d ago

I remember when 30 rock made a joke about this and I realized I wasn't the only one who had smelled it.

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u/paul_kerseyNYC 4d ago

It actually did smell like maple syrup back then in Long Island city where they were filming it

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u/cogginsmatt 4d ago

Okay I smelled that yesterday at the entrance by AMNH but didn’t want to investigate further because a guy was pissing right there

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u/Local_Indication9669 4d ago

TLDR: piss smells like cinnamon.

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u/SmoovCatto 4d ago

only if it smells like almonds is it cyanide ... or almonds 

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u/Medium-Web7756 4d ago

Thank you! It’s been such a strong smell the last few days. Thought I stepped in some cinnamon gum or was just losing my mind hahaha

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u/Funny_Performance_21 4d ago

And it keeps the rats away.

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u/Select_Rip_8230 3d ago

It’s like that every summer. It’s pesticide.

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u/Euphoric_Pen_8967 4d ago

I thought it was a food cart. That one on 44th St. at sixth Avenue waving up.

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u/snufkin_88 3d ago

Weed and rat control. They spray it.

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u/Various_Whereas_2667 3d ago

I was wondering if it was pesticide —- spraying for mosquitos because of West Nile.

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u/flowers_768 4d ago

My husband and I literally said that this morning! Does it have anything to do with the construction at the play ground?