Walkin' In Brooklyn

The walk started from the G train station at 7th Avenue from where I walked to 6th Street to start the official walk. Some of the old slate slab sidewalks brought back memories. A food pantry at the corner, thanks to people looking out for people. Zig-zagging up and down streets, next was 5th Street back up to 6th Avenue, where I spotted a Puppet Works I never knew about, and then down 4th Street, which dead ends, but you can walk through the park to get to 4th Avenue. But first, I had to stop at Washington's Headquarters (as currently restored). And, yes, that Washington. These were Gen. George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of Brooklyn (aka the Battle of Long Island) before the American forces had to retreat. I used to play in this building as a kid (although I can't say that the building was open at the time -- we weren't worried about getting caught by adults so much as getting caught by...

I had 24 walks in the past 3 months. There were a couple of obstacles including the large amount of rain NYC got in the last couple months. And, of course, I spent a lot of time in the hospital with my brother. He didn't walk out of the hospital or leave in a wheelchair. It was a difficult time for me with a side-effect that I didn't go for as many walks for a while. Aside from that (and that was A LOT!), I filled in some gaps in different neighborhoods. I started doing more streets in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Bushwick during the winter because of the early sunsets. I didn't want to walk through Flatbush or Sheepshead Bay after dark. But at least my trips are moving farther south from Williamsburg and farther east from Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery. If you have any questions about the map, please, leave them in the comments, and I'll answer them as soon as I can. ALSO: Please buy, read, and review my books! Most are available on Kindle Unl...

Not long ago, I started walking past Fulton Street, with its A train, and made it to Eastern Parkway, which has the 3 train. It's only a few blocks farther and the IRT is more convenient as it goes to Barclays where I can transfer for other trains. I knew that at some point when the weather was nicer, I was going to walk the entire length of Eastern Parkway. The funny thing is that by the time I actually did this, I'd walked at least half of it already! But I still walked it end to end, and then around Grand Army Plaza to the train. Over four miles. Unfortunately, I had app problems so the first half or so didn't get recorded, but I have pictures of the route, so that's my "proof". As I said in the video, there is a one-block dead end street outside the cemetery, Vanderveer St. On the other side of Bushwick Ave from there is the start of Eastern Parkway, which runs southeast and then east for four miles. On many of my walks, the LIR...