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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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Van Brunt St / Richards St / Visitation Place

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A Saturday walk in Red Hook! And a nice day for it as well. I had to drive to a park in Red Hook to pick up a couple of bags of compost that my wife had reserved through some city agency program or other. Afterward, I was able to find a spot to park, so I walked a loop around the area. My Saturday morning started at Coffey Park. It was a beautiful day, so I looked for someplace to park and found a spot on Visitation Place. I have to say that I knew that Visitation parish was someone in this area, but I didn't know where. The Catholic elementary school closed down a long time ago, and I remember several students joining my class who came from Visitation. I parked across the street from the Red Hook Community Justice Center. I couldn't tell what the building was, but I looked it up after. I walked down to Van Brunt Street to start my loop around the area. Of course, I decided that I couldn't do that on an empty stomach, so I got a slice. The place was open, so why...
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