Lincoln Pl / St. John's Pl / Hampton Place

- June 25, 2025

This was a morning walk during the Easter break from school. I didn't expect it to be nearly 5 miles. In fact, I was expecting it to be about 3 or 3 1/2 miles.

Lincoln Place was an interesting street. It started like any other old Brooklyn street in Bed-Stuy or Crown Heights. But at New York Ave, it shifted over a little bit and became a much narrower street. So narrow that you could only park on one side of the street. (This didn't prevent people from parking halfway onto the sidewalk on the left side/north side of the street!) This had a bit of a side-effect that some buildings later on had no front yard, no steps, or whatever, so there were a few blocks where I really felt closed in.

I was happy to get to St. John's Place, which is actually an avenue with two-way traffic. I'm also happy that I this was the second block that I did.

I started at Eastern Parkway which looked peaceful and tranquil.

Lincoln Place was just another block, but then came the shift. Also, notice that the parked cars are facing the opposite way in the last picture.

One on block, there was a memorial to a lost pet, and then what appeared to be a bird house. They were picture worthy.

St. John's Place runs parallel to Eastern Parkway, but then the parkway bends north and runs parallel to East New York Ave. At ENY Ave, there's a new apartment building. Gentrification? An old place. Yes, it's between two major avenues, but it isn't really near any subway stations.

Up East New York Ave, where I discovered that St. John's Place is a much wider street than Lincoln. It was early morning but I was already getting a little tired. Still, I persisted.

A couple of colorful buildings along St. John's Place.

Hampton Place is two blocks long. I found a box of books on the sidewalk. I took a blank journal.

A slight detour onto Brooklyn Ave because I knew from an app that there was a Little Free Library there. It was pretty full and had a lot of couple of Dork Diaries. I wish I had my backback on me, but after four miles of walking, I couldn't put them into a tote bag on my shoulder!

Oddly enough, I was able to pass by here a few days later. Not only were all the Dork Diaries gone, but the library had been cleaned out. Had I seen it empty the first time, I likely wouldn't ever passed by it again. (I will always stop for a library. If nothing else, Tik Tok likes them!)

Also on Brooklyn Ave is St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church.

A change in the buildings as the neighborhoods change.

I missed the turn at Bedford Ave (I had walked this section of St. John's Place down to Grand Army Plaza already). First thing I noticed was that the street suddenly became a one-way street. Second, I saw a Cybertruck, which isn't so unusual anymore, but I laughed at the stickers on the truck. At the time, there was a lot of stories of Cybertruck vandalisms being posted online.

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