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Newport St / Ave A / Tilden / Beverley

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From the Livonia Ave station on the L train, through Brownsville, along the secluded Avenue A, into East Flatbush, skirting the cemetery, until I made it to Flatbush -- and then had to extend my walk because the MTA is a P.I.T.A! The first three photos are the obligatory photos of the tracks that run alongside the L train which will be used for the eventual IBX light rail system, and which divide East New York from Brownsville, followed by the bridge over those tracks. I've recently been informed that a connection is finally being built between the L stop at Livonia and the 3 train stop at Junius. Currently, you have to leave one station, walk a couple blocks in the neighborhood and then get the other train. The third picture is Newport Street, which is interrupted by the rail tracks. The first two pictures below are the Floyd Patterson ballfields and park. The third picture is Watkins St, a dead end street that doesn't seem to have a public w...
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Newel, Diamond, Jewel, Humboldt, Broome, Eckford, Newton

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More streets in Greenpoint to cross out my list, and then I walked to Bedford Ave in Williamsburg to catch the L train, allowing me to get a tiny half block that I missed along the way thanks to poor planning! Note to self: never confuse Newel and Jewel in the future, as I once did in the past. The G took me to Greenpoint Ave. I walked down Manhattan Ave to Norman Ave just to get to the first new street that I needed to walk. The first three blocks were Newel, Diamond (which I did a 180 turn and walked back down), and Jewel, between Normal and Nassau Aves. This brought me to when Moultrie merges with Humboldt St. You can see the artwork on the building in the first photo. I took a closer picture after that. The third and fourth pictures show a house where I stopped because I wanted a picture of the decorations. I stood in the street and waited for a couple of cars to pass to get the shot. The last car in the line decided to pull over even though I w...
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