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Wythe Ave

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A little over a week later, and there's more testing in high schools, so I had another chance for a morning walk. I filled in some missing streets in Williamsburg, south of the bridge and west of the BQE, with Wythe Ave being the longest of the ones I hadn't walked before. (At this point, I'm retracing my steps a lot .) Hiking up to the Bedford Ave L stop was the best choice for getting to work afterword although I considered walking the entire way. I took a wrong turn from the start as I meant to walk down Havermeyer but instead turned onto Roebling a block later because of where I exited the train. But that's okay, I just swung around the long way to get to Lee Ave, which I took to Rodney Street (just before the BQE). Rodney is cut off after a block, and I looked to see if I could walk through the area, but it didn't seem like it. (Checking Goolge Maps, I probably would've zig-zagged so much that I might as well just walk around, which I did.) So I ...
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Grove / Starr / Troutman / Jefferson

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Another before school walk through Bushwick on another state test day. This time I took a J train, instead of either the L or M lines, and got off on Broadway by Grove Street, which I took all the way up to Cyrpess Ave, even though I was technically (and physically) in Ridgewood, Queens for a few blocks. At the beginning of Grove Street (or the end, if you're coming the other way) is the Good Life Garden, followed a couple of blocks later by the Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden. Grove Street then gets interrupted by the Hope Gardens Apartments, but luckily I was able to just walk through. I spotted a gazebo near the Myrtle Ave elevated line. (Geeks know the tale of "Eric and the Dread Gazebo", so seeing one in the wild always brings a smile.) After that, was some wall art before I made it to Cypress Ave. I didn't photograph the twelve blocks of Cypress I walked. I w...
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