Brooklyn Heights

I've walked many of the north-south blocks in Brooklyn Heights in the past year, and it was time to fill in the gap with the east-west streets. There was no avoiding a lot of backtracking because that's just how the streets are.

The walk starts at the High Street train station at Henry Street, which leads me to Poplar. ("Poplar! I know about Pop-op-lar!..." or, maybe not.) Then along Willow to Middagh. Up to Henry and down Cranberry, back up Orange, and down Pineapple. I had to hit a couple of north-south blocks between Clark and Pierrepont. And, finally, Montague to the court house and a subway ride home.

Pictures follow:

Since I was down there anyway, of course, I got closer to the waterfront. I took some video, but not as many pictures.

More back and forth:

Google Maps doesn't say anything about the first building on Cranberry Street, but the second one is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.

On Orange Street is the Plymouth Church, which leads abuts the unnamed building on Cranberry Street. The statue is Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), an Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery.

Any time I see an old house that seems out of place and yet is still there, I need to take a picture. I hope it's still here years from now, but you know that there are developers just salivating for this location!

Back to the up and down, back and forth. It's a pretty area, but there isn't much to say about what I saw because I'll sound like a broken record. Again, I needed a notebook so I could look up more things -- especially since this was over a month ago!

At the end of Monroe Place, at the corner of Pierrepont Street, there were two interesting buildings: the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division - Second Department, and the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn.

Almost done. On Montague Street, I passed St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church with its unfortunate scaffolding. And finally, I got to the Court House and the statue of Christopher Columbus (or Christopher Colvmbvs, as the case may be).

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