Mama Duck Leads Ducklings on Bagel Adventure In NYC

Move over, Pizza Rat! It seems yet another wild New Yorker has taken procuring some of the metropolis’s most beloved delicacies into their own webbed feet: Bagel Duck. On Monday afternoon, a mama duck and her eight ducklings decided to start off the week like many NYC residents, taking an impromptu trip to Bagel World in Brooklyn’s Park Slope Neighborhood. The only obstacle between the mallard clan and those sweet, sweet, carbs? A police van and a busy road. 

“These ducks emerged from beneath an NYPD school safety van,” recalled Doug Gordon, a passerby who witnessed the guerilla IRL remake of Make Way For Ducklings. “They went right out into the street.” However, Gordon and a few others quickly sprung to action, making sure the ducks were able to cross the road without a hitch.  “A couple of us jumped out to stop traffic so they didn’t get run over, and then they got to the other side. It was adorable, a real Brooklyn-steps-up sort of moment, New Yorkers taking charge.”