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Blake / Saratoga / Legion / Grafton / Howard / Tapscott

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After some inclement weather, I finally got out again. This time, it was back to Brownsville and Blake Ave. After that, it was up and down (north and south) on the side streets between East New York Ave and E 98 Street (which meet almost at a right angle to each other). The obligatory shot of the rail line that may one day become the IBX. After that, it was two blocks of Junius Street. The squiggle is because I made a quick stop into some kind of dollar store that's over there. And then I set off west of Blake Ave. I don't know why I don't have a photo down Blake Ave (maybe there was traffic, and then I forgot?) but here's a picture of the New York City Housing Authority Van Dyke Community Center. Something about the building caught my attention. I didn't know what it was until I checked online. Another building that is more (or less?) than meets the eye. Above that arch, it says Public School 125. Below that is the school's front do...
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Atkins / Montauk / Milford / Logan

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When I have doctor's appointments in Long Island, I stop by Spring Creek, New Lots, and/or East New York on the way back because I'm basically passing through. I did drive past "the Hole" but I don't know when or even if that's actually going to happen. I didn't pass any place that I could leave my car, that's for sure. I'm working to finish off more of the grid over here. Two specific problems here: first, there's a transportation depot that takes up three city blocks that I had to go around; second, crossing Linden Blvd at any point other than an intersection with a street light is inadvisable. I've done it before, but I shouldn't. On the other hand, I ran into a secondhand street market for all sorts of stuff. I glanced at a few things. There isn't much to say about these pictures other than this is what the area looks like. I parked halfway up Atkins Ave and walked to Linden Blvd. Then one block over to Montauk A...
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Utica Ave

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I took a couple of buses -- and I wish I'd planned out the connections better -- to get almost all the way to Kings Plaza. This is something that I've never done before. My actual goal was Flatbush Ave and Avenue S, which meet at the beginning of Utica Ave. I've been down around here to go to the Floridian Diner a few times, but other than that, this was always "No Man's Land". Well, not, really, but it wasn't on the way to anywhere that we needed to go. It's very industrial at the bottom end, with a lot of garages I walked around. After that, I noted the number of Family Dollar, Dollar General, and the like, along with the number of fast food places, such as Popeye's, Wendy's and McDonald's. Even a White Castle. It is a major road, but it was still surprising to see so many on the same road only a couple miles apart on the same four-mile stretch. There really wasn't much to see when I started. The beginning of Utica at...
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