Walkin' In Brooklyn

Since Kings County Hospital blocks off a lot of north-south streets, I decided to just go up and down a few of them on the north side. I started from Utica and walked West not because I wanted the sun on my back or so I'd be closer to home but because the express train came first and there was a long wait for the local. So I went to Utica Ave. One thing I noticed on this trip (and I'd seen it on the map before): many of the east-west streets have alleys behind them, for parking I assume, and some of them run for several blocks. It's not something that I'd consider doing though. Unlike others I've walked through to save time for a small distance, these tend to be narrow and there's more of a feel of "tresspassing" even though I see people walking through. That said, I don't know if the people I've seen live in these houses, and I don't know how welcome I'd be just passing through. On Troy Ave, there was a solid wall with world fl...

Wednesday morning found me back in Coney Island. With all the East New York and Brownsville routes I'd been taking, I needed to remember that there were places closer to home that I needed to visit, and summer is the perfect time to visit Coney Island. (Winter isn't as much fun.) The walk started with W 15 and W 16 Streets along with Hart Place, the area above Neptune Ave but south of the creek. The sign for Gargiulo's was tempting, but it was closed and I was going the other direction. Just across the creek, the storage facility next to Home Depot. There used to be an entire neighborhood over there, but it was all razed. Once back on Neptune Ave, it was a bit of a hike from W 15 St down to W 24 Street, which I walked all the way down to the beach. A few shots of me with the shore in the background. I probably posted one of them on Facebook, but I don't remember which one. Which one do you prefer. You can l...