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Vandervoort Ave / Rewe St / Jackson / Richardson / Division Pl / Beadel

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This was the morning of afternoon Parent Teacher Conferences. I didn't have enough time after fourth period to make it home for virtual conferences, so I had to return to school after lunch. I made the most of the time that I had although I planned for more than I could cover in the time that I had. Unfortunately, this wasn't one of my open-ended walks. There are a lot of little streets in East Williamsburg that I still have to cover, particularly near the highway and around Newton Creek. They are also in a transit desert -- the easist way to get there is to walk there from my school, so I waste a good portion of the walk when I head out this way. If I didn't have to return to my building, I probably would've gone into Greenpoint instead. The walk started down Grand Street toward Metropolitan Avenue and the bridge over the creek, but I turned north on Vandervoort Ave. Rewe Street was my first detour, which had a detour of its own at Ivy Hill Road, only a sma...
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Foster Ave / E 26 Street / Lott Street

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This is why I plan things out -- and yet things still go wrong. I was supposed to go up E 25 Street, not E 26 Street, which I did some time before this. The problem was I was walking south then, not north, so I didn't realize my mistake. Unfortunately, my glasses were tinted and my phone was dim in the bright light, so I didn't discover my mistake until Lott Street wasn't where it was supposed to be! First off, March 10 was MAR10 Day, so I drew one on the blackboard. I liked how it came out. It could've been much worse. This was a short walk to fill in a few blocks. I got off the train at Newkirk Ave and exited the plaza area on the Newkirk end so that I could walk the one block of E17 Street, beyond the plaza buildings. The buildings here are facades for the stores behind them but look like buildings. Once I got to Foster Ave, I turned east toward Flatbush Ave, where I stood on a tiny island created by Flatbush, Bedford and Foster Aves. After that I un...
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New Lots Ave / Ditmas Ave / Clarendon Rd

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Cold temps, high winds (with their chills), and ridiculous amount of snow on the ground that just wouldn't go away confined my walks to the immediate neighborhood around my house -- and even then, I didn't go out very much. Very few walks in February. But soon it was time to march forth! Or, rather, I took a walk on March 4th. Moving south along the L train to the New Lots Ave station. This was something new for me. I'm starting north of Linden Blvd but dropping below and crossing under Holy Cross Cemetery, heading west all the way to Flatbush Ave and beyond (to the Q line). A quick walk down the end of the New Lots Ave brought me to Watkins St, which is only one block long, running to Linden Blvd. Linden brought me to Rockaway Ave, which quickly brought me to Ditams Ave. Ditmas was industrial in this area, and I found myself walking in the street alot. I left Ditmas Ave when I got to Clarendon Road. I...
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