Banksy's month-long residency in New York has come to an end, and for his last act, the British street artist simply wrote his name in balloon letters on a wall in Queens, like many other graffiti artist were probably doing at the same time.

What made this tag unlike that of other graffiti artists, though, is that the letters were actual balloon like inflatables which he stuck to the wall near the Long Island Expressway in Queens. As his last post, he wrote: "And that's it. Thanks for your patience. It's been fun. Save 5pointz. Bye"

During his residency which he named "Better Out Than In," Banksy said he would produce a piece of art every day for a month. This art consisted of not only his well-known graffiti style pieces, but a truck filled with stuffed animals roaming downtown New York, an outside gallery with two Banksy canvas' which included a mini fridge filled with cheap wine, a huge Ronald McDonald with an actual boy shining his shoe and small original Banksy canvases' being sold in front of Central Park for $60.

Admirers and critics could keep up with his daily art through his website, BanksyNY.com, where he posted a picture of the piece, somewhat of the location, a sentence or two and even an audio to go along with the art, similar to a real gallery.

Banksy bought a painting from a thrift store on 23rd St. for $50 on Oct. 29 and painted a nazi soldier sitting on a bench, and donated the painting back to the store.

The painting, named "The Banality of The Banality of Evil" sold for $615,000 in an online auction. Banksy's donating the money to Housing Works, a non-profit organization which also runs the thrift store and helps fight homelessness and AIDS.

The Banksy pieces being put up all over the city brought a mix of emotions from local residents, especially the few whose property were used in the project.

Banksy wrote on the side of a Deli in Brooklyn for his Oct. 17 piece, and when other graffiti artists showed up and wrote on it, the owner of the deli came out, extremely upset, ran the boys off, cleaned off what the boys had done and covered the piece with plastic to preserve it.

Towards the end, and especially after Banksy expressed his dismay with the new Freedom Tower through a post on this website, locals, fans and critics were divided in their opinion of his work.

In the essay he wrote criticizing the design of the Freedom Tower, he called it "vanilla ... something they would build in Canada," stating that "it clearly proclaims the terrorist won."

Banksy offered this essay to the New York Times, who rejected it, so he posted it on his website, according to the Associated Press.

The essay crossed the line for many New Yorkers, and graffiti appreciators alike, although it had nothing to with graffiti, and more to do with one person's opinion.

"Enough! Who is this guy? Everybody's got a right to an opinion but what gives him any kind of credibility in New York? Shut up, Banksy! Go home," Brian Major of Brooklyn, 51, told the AP.

Major who was born and raised in New York and appreciates the graffiti culture thinks Banksy's art isn't all that great, but said he would give him credit as a good marketer, the AP reported.

Sean Lynch of Staten Island, 25, disagrees and said Banksy is "one of the more captivating artists of our generation."

To Lynch, being able to see and be present during Banksy's residency was magical.

"People of all different walks and cultures sharing opinions, sharing stories, the walls started to talk to them in a way," Lynch told the AP.

Click here to view all of Banky's "Better Out Than In" installations.