Rantings of a New Yorker

An explosion hit a bench outside Starbucks on the upper east side, causing law enforcement officials to worry over whether this is similar to past events.

The time of day echoed that of a pattern of unsolved early morning blasts that have occurred outside the British Consulate, the Mexican Consulate and the Armed Forces recruiting booth in Times Square over the past two years.

“The similarity is the time. The Mexican consulate, the British consulate, the Times Square bombing event at the recruiting station, we have this event. They all happened between 3:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. that’s the immediate similarity we are looking at,” said Commissioner Ray Kelly.