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Calyer / Russell / Humboldt / Moultrie / Norman / Jewel / Diamond

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There are more streets in Greenpoint that I need to cross off my list (or color in on my map), so I took a ride there after work. It's amazing how long it took to get somewhere that was basically four stops (on two different trains) away. Since I was basically still near work, I couldn't take too much time because I had the entire trip home to make. I've walked past St. Anthony of Padua – St. Alphonsus Parish before. I still haven't stopped in, but I didn't really have time to do it now, either. Once I'm on Calyer, I took that all the way to the end at Russell Street. There was a clock on a corner worth a picture. I'm honestly not sure where the next picture is. I can't match it up on Google Maps. I turned left and took Russell street to Greenpoint Ave and then did a 180 and walked Russell down to Nornam. All around the neighborhood, I saw trailers and placards for three different filming projects in the area in coming days. Moul...
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Mother Gaston / Sackman / Prospect Pl / Kingston

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The main walk was Prospect Place in Crown Heights, but, of course, I had to get there, and if I could get there and mark off a couple more streets along the way, so much the better. Today's walk started at the Bushwick Ave/Alberdeen Street station on the L train. I walked over to Broadway to the start of Mother Gaston, which I took until was interrupted by Fulton Street and Eastern Parkway. I walked to the end of Truxton Ave and then back along Callahan-Kelly Playground to Sackman Street. I'd already walked on the northern end of Sackman. I walked across the plaza, shown here. I continued on Sackman until it was interrupted again by the LIRR tracks rising out of the ground again. I couldn't cross over, so I had to go around, trekking over to Eastern Parkway to swing around the tracks and the overpass. And then back again. East New York Ave brought me to Prospect Place, which runs less than a full city bloc...
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Kingston / Park Place / New York Ave / Crown Street / Franklin Ave

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Why did I zigzag so much? Who can say? I don't remember, but I'm sure it had to do with finishing something or filling in some streets on the map. The trip starting at Fulton means that I'd learned the trip of taking the L to Broadway Junction and then the A toward Manhattan, which was much faster than taking the L to 8th Ave and getting the A there. More videos at the end. Starting at Kingston and Fulton. I don't remember where they were smoking meat (or are they just grilling it?) but this was a sight I'd see in other places as I walked around the city. The third photo, I believe, is from the south side of Atlantic Avenue, where the scenery changes a little. I turned west at Park Place and Brower Park. The construction site at the corner of New York Ave (and much of the block before it) is, according to Google Maps, Hebron SDA Bilingual School. One source says the building if 40 years old, another says i...
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