Walkin' In Brooklyn

Realizing that I could take the G train to 7th Avenue in Park Slope was the smartest thing I did. I didn't have to start from Barclays or Grand Army Plaza and make my way to 9th Street or 36th Street to head home. I could take the G and make my way back to Atlantic Ave if I wanted to. I'd already done many of the east-west blocks coming down from the park to 4th Avenue, so this walk wasn't very long. That's why I went the rest of the way down 7th Ave, back to Flatbush, to catch the D, instead of cutting over to 4th and getting the R. Walking down 8th Street is like a homecoming for me. I grew up a few avenues down from here, and I've walked (or rode a bicycle) this way many times. Naturally, being a math guy, I had to take a picture of the "square root". Actually, it's more of a "cube root", or perhaps, half of a cube root! PS 39 has been there as long as I remember. My mother used to say that it was the only schoolhous...

This was a "Two-fer" walk. I had a few blocks to finish off in Spring Creek, near the Gateway Mall at Erskine Street. After this, I moved my car across Flatlands Ave so I could walk a loop from Flatlands to New Lots Ave. Years ago, I worked at Spring Creek High Shcool, so I've made the walk from the school to the 3 train a number of times. (Honestly, though, I drove for most of my time there because the parking situation wasn't too bad.) The first 8 pictures are from Schroeder Ave and Vandalia Ave with some of the side streets, along with a piece of Gateway Drive. I walked through the Dog Park just because it was there. After I moved the car, finding a spot on Stanley Ave, I made a loop around Elton St, up to New Lots Ave, over to Cleveland St, down to Flatlands Ave...