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Bogart / Forrest / Central Ave

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Another trip through Bushwick along with a couple of streets on the northwest side of Flushing Ave. The first bump on my walk was because I stopped at a store. I had to come back to Bushwick Ave though because I had to get across the train tracks. And then up Johnson Ave to get to Bogart Street, where the real walk began. Bogart St runs from Ten Eyck Street to Flushing Ave, but it divided by the railway. (It doesn't run all the way to Grand St.) The first three pictures show the street and some of the "street art" I passed along the way. Bogart ends at Flushing Ave. It doesn't turn into a different street, so I walked northeast to one end of Forrest Street, which runs a single block from Flushing to Central Ave and the Green Central Knoll Playground (if you're looking for a grassy knoll...). As I've mentioned before, this playground was once the home of the famous Rheingold Brewery. Today, the site is home to a softball fiel...
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Knickerbocker Ave

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As the days were getting shorter, it made sense to keep close to school while I had the light. Tackling Bushwick makes sense, particularly if it gets me closer to the A train, which is quick to get me downtown. From school, I headed south on Bushwick until I got to Seigel Street. I didn't have to go this far, but I figured that I had streets left to walk, I could go out of my way a little bit. Knickerbocker Ave starts just before Johnson Ave, cutting out of Morgan Ave. Once you cross Flushing Ave, Morgan turns into Wilson Ave, which runs parallel to Knickerbocker. If anyone can identify the subject in this mural, I'd love to know. He's wearing a Yankee cap, and it says "Love Always Chase Chance". And, of course, "Grace the Dance Floor". I don't know what the fancy script says, or what the significance of the dates are. Crossing over Flushing Ave, I took another photo of the Bushwick side. A few blocks down, I passed M...
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Cypress / St. Nicholas / Wyckoff / Myrtle

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Borderline! Feels like I'm going to lose my mind! Moving on with more streets in Bushwick, and this time I was walking what I believe to be the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. I was using Google maps, but I also check the zip codes so I knew when I was in Queens and when I was in Brooklyn. Had I done this sooner, I might not have strayed into Queens on earlier trips. Also, according to this boundary, it looks like Arbitration Rock is solidly in Queens. I could be wrong about that, but when I checked on the exhibit, I was told it was closed. The first picture was the first house in the neighborhood of the school that was decked out for Halloween. I uploaded it by accident, but I was out walking during lunch, so I kept it. The Taco place is on Flushing Ave near the train station. I liked the artwork. From the station (and the taco place), I took Flushing two blocks to Cypress Ave, which is the boundary with Queens in this area. The boundary then take...
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