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Bridge / Gold / Prince / Duffield

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A great afternoon to loop around DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, and Downtown Brooklyn. (I was even spotted by a coworker who I think was driving by on the highway when he saw me on the street.) Curiously, when I tried to tag these three neighborhoods, nothing came up for any of them, which doesn't make sense unless I walked those back when I wasn't updating this blog. The adventure begins at the York Street on the F line. I've been here before. There's a long tunnel after you ascend from the platform before you get to the turnstiles so you can leave. It's easy enough to get turned around down here -- I have before. I started by walking down Jay Street under the BQE, turning left on Prospect St, where I walked under the BQE a second time. On Jay Street, I took a picture of Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park, which extended all the way down to Bridge Street. Susan Smith McKinney Steward was the first African-American female physician in New York State and the thir...

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...