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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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Belmont / Bristol / Park Place / Virginia Place

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I've made it to December, and I'm still over three months behind. It seems like I can never catch up -- even with the February Freeze! Another walk through Brownsville and Crown Heights. I had a goal to finish off the streets of Crown Heights and by this point, it was easier to access them by riding the L farther into Brownsville, past Atlantic Ave. The adventure begins at the Sutter Ave station, with a quick snapshot of the tracks that might one day become the IBQ route. Or "track", I should say, but at least there's room here for a second track for trains to run in both directions. And then up Junius Street (not pictured) to Belmont Ave. At Christoper Ave (no relation), I passed Carter G. Woodson Children's Park, which was named for the historian, author, and founder of the concept that would eventually become known as Black History Month. Woodson became the second African American man to earn a doctorate from Harvard University. ...
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