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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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E 37-40th Sts / Albany Ave / Chuch Ave / Winthrop Street

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Winter 2026 was brutal. The cold was bad, but the wind was worse. Forget wind chills lowering the temp -- the wind itself would go through you and whatever layers you wore. As a result, I didn't go for any long walks (aside from short errands in my neighborhood) for several weeks until the mid-winter break arrived. For some reason, I did two introduction videos. Usually, where there are two, it's because I messed up on the first one and just stopped in the middle. These both seem to be complete. Maybe I was on a better block? I don't know. This walk found me covering a bunch of blocks between Kings County Hospital and Holy Cross Cemetery. I didn't know how far I was going to walk but I had to keep in mind that there was a bit of a walk from and to the train stations just to get there. This is also the walk that reminded me why I keep a map and plan these walks! There is one block of Albany Ave that runs between Clarkson and Winthrop that I would've mi...
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