Dean Street

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There is no Ocean in Ocean Hill, but there is definitely a hill.

Another trip to Atlantic Ave on the L train from work and a walk down East New York Ave. The first thing I pass are the unused tracks that are being considered for use for the Interboro Express (IBX) light rail. Will it get constructed in my lifetime? Who's to say.

Dean Street starts at East New York Ave, but there's a major intersection at Eastern Parkway (which I'd walked not that long before).

I have no idea what is behind this wall, and Google Maps is no help. Looks like a serious place with stone walls and razor wire. Are they keeping people out ... or in???

Revere Place was a one-block long street between Dean and Bergen just before Kingston Ave, so now was as good a time as any to walk it.

Just a house with a tower. You know that I'm going to take pictures of houses with towers.

I stopped at a Litter Free Library that was in front of someone's front yard. Suddenly, a cat crawled out from the bushes, stepped through the bars and jumped down the ground. He (or she) brushed up against my legs and then laid down next to my bags after assessing that I wasn't a threat.

For those who don't realize: this is NOT normal cat behavior.

Tree-lined streets for the win!

I was a little tired, and yet, I wanted to know about the "Bake And Shark"...

Wikipedia tells me that it is a traditional fast food dish of Trinidadian cuisine prepared using fried flatbread, shark meat and additional ingredients.

Knowing that now, I'm not sure if I'm glad that I passed on by or not.

I turned left at Franklin Ave because I'd done the next part of Dean Street already. I noticed this mural, which amused me, so I took a picture.



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