Walkin' In Brooklyn

(I'm back after some time off. See note at the bottom of the page.) A year ago, I heard about Shirley Chisholm State Park . So I drove out there to take a look, and walk the trails. Not all of them were open yet, but what was was worth the trip. Pictured:  Shirley Chisholm  painted on the side of a building when you first enter the park. For those who are unaware, she was the first black U.S. Congresswomen, and a representative from Brooklyn, first elected in 1968. Ironically, a year later, thanks to unforeseen circumstances, combined with job placements, it remains the only part of eastern Brooklyn I've had the chance to walk in the past year. (Before that, I been assigned to a couple of locations in East New York. I've walked a good part of Pennsylvania Avenue, from Linden Blvd to the A train, and the area around Spring Creek, from the mall to the New Lots Avenue station.) The first thing I noticed was on the exit to the Belt -- suddenly you could m...