Martense St / East 32nd Street

Working my way eastward, I'm up to East 32nd Street, which I arrived at by Q train (or B train?) and headed south to Kings Highway.

Martense St is parallel and between Linden Blvd and Church Ave and runs from Coney Island Ave to New York Ave, which was a block past East 32 St.

Right off Coney Island Ave, there's a small court, Martense Court. I took a couple of photos. I liked the brick fence, and it was a pity that it was sanitation day.

Two more interesting photos. First, a picture of the old-style homes with the modern skyscrapers stretching up on Linden Blvd not that far away. Second, I like towers on houses. They're cool. A man's home is his castle and all that. And the sun is in the picture.

Finally, the last picture is the end of the line: New York Ave is in the distance.

The first block of E 32 Street is actually named Raliegh Place. According to Google AI, this is to honor Thomas Raleigh, a prominent figure in the local Black community who was instrumental in establishing housing and civil rights in the area during the mid-20th century, often associated with the nearby historic Weeksville settlement.

A block later, it's back to E 32 Street, which continues south until it hits a housing complex at Newkirk Ave. I took a couple of pictures of the houses, what I think of when I think of Flatbush, and what may disappear in the coming years.

When I got to Newkirk, I didn't see a clear path straight through, so I went around it onto New York Ave and swung back on Farragut Road. I already walked the part north of Farragut when I walked E 31 Street, so I turned south again.

E 32 St then merges into Flatbush Ave just past Ave H.

As with the previous trip, I had to walk down Flatbush to Aurelia Ct so I could continue south on E 32 Street, which brought me to Kings Highway.

I've been to Marine Major Eugene T. McCarthy Triangle before when I walked down Ave N. However, I don't think I've ever posted pictures, so here is one to honor Major McCarthy, a helicopter pilot, who died in 1991 when his Cobra gunship crashed while he was flying a mission in support of ground troops in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm.

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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