Bergen Street

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The first is my usual video. The second is a Little Free Library I found along the way.

Bergen Street starts at East New York Ave. Once again, I started at the Atlantic Avenue stations and started walking.

The second picture shows some interesting houses. I haven't seen construction like this in my walks through Brooklyn. After that was a small greenspace (not a park) that someone is taking care of.

It looks like I crossed the street, probably because I was walking toward the afternoon sun. Tree-lined streets always brighten my day. I crossed back because I saw a Little Free Library in front of the Friends of Flowers Community Garden.

And then Bergen Street is interrupted.

Back to Bergen after scooting around to St. Marks Ave.

Weeksville is a separate neighborhood within Crown Heights. Weeksville, founded in 1838, was one of the nation's first independent free African American communities. It served as a safe haven with its own schools, churches, and newspapers.

Just past the Weeksville Heritage Center was the Woods Playground, named for Granville T. Woods (1856-1910), an African-American engineer and inventor, owner of thirty-five separate patents on devices ranging from a chicken egg incubator to an innovative railway telegraph system.

Just before Albany Ave, I passed a fortress-like building with an interesting sign: the Bergen Street Shop. The razor wire caught my attention. According to Google Maps, it's the MTA Bergen Street Sign Shop, which, I guess, explains why the sign is so well made.

I've seen many raised front yards, but this retaining wall holding back that tree caught my eye. More older houses and then an interesting looking doorway.

Revere Place runs for one block between Dean and Bergen, parallel to Kingston Ave.

Halloween was coming, so there was a Vampire Minion, which was call, so I took a picture. Likewise, I liked the light bulb mural and contrast with the bike docking station in front of it.

And after that, it's more buildings and architecture until I got to Franklin Ave.

And that's it for this trip. Come back soon.

All of the above photos and videos, unless otherwise stated, were taken by Christopher J. Burke and are subject to copyright.

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