Bridge / Gold / Prince / Duffield

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A great afternoon to loop around DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, and Downtown Brooklyn. (I was even spotted by a coworker who I think was driving by on the highway when he saw me on the street.) Curiously, when I tried to tag these three neighborhoods, nothing came up for any of them, which doesn't make sense unless I walked those back when I wasn't updating this blog.

The adventure begins at the York Street on the F line. I've been here before. There's a long tunnel after you ascend from the platform before you get to the turnstiles so you can leave.

It's easy enough to get turned around down here -- I have before. I started by walking down Jay Street under the BQE, turning left on Prospect St, where I walked under the BQE a second time. On Jay Street, I took a picture of Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park, which extended all the way down to Bridge Street.

Susan Smith McKinney Steward was the first African-American female physician in New York State and the third in the nation. She maintained a medical practice from 1870 to 1895, specializing in prenatal care and childhood diseases.

Not pictured, but the green area on the corner of Jay and Prospect, on the south side of the BQE is Maritcha R. Lyons Park, named for an American educator, civic leader, suffragist, and public speaker in New York City. She taught in Brooklyn public schools for 48 years and was the second Black woman to serve the Brooklyn school system as an assistant principal.

The last picture on the second row (the sixth picture if you're not getting two rows of three) is Bridge Street.

I don't know what this building is. Google is telling me that this building on Bridge Street was constructed in 1847 for the First Free Presbyterian Church, it was purchased 1854 by the African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church. It doesn't look like a church, so I don't know if this description goes with this address.

Then I reached the end of the road on Bridge Street. John Street is closed off for this block (my map shows that I walked it in the past), so I had to go around to get to Gold Street.

Continuing south on Gold Street, I took a picture of the mural on the wall to the onramp near Sands Street.

After that, it was a straight shot to Flatbush Ave. I turned left onto Myrtle (not pictured, I've been here before) and left again on Prince Street.

Prince Street is cut off by Tillary Street and there's no way to cross on foot. I had to walk back to the light on the corner of Gold Street and come back. And then, I had to figure off how to get onto Prince Street again, because the street dead-ends on the north side -- you can't turn onto Tillary -- probably because of the offramp.

When I got to Concord Street, I turned right and walked to the end at Navy Street, then did a 180 (took a photo) and walked to the other end at Flatbush Avenue Extension. I passed the Golconda Playground -- no source on the name.

Finally it was Bridge Street to Nassau to Duffield Street, and then south to the train station, which was Metrotech on the R line.

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

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