Taaffe Pl / Grand Ave / Steuben St / Emerson Pl / Classon Ave

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A loop of missing streets between Fort Green and Bed-Stuy, straddling the BQE, south of South Williamsburg.

Once again, I don't have a video for this walk, but here are two that I made for Tik Tok. (When I upload them, I add the map above.)

A quick trip starting and ending at the Classon Street subway station.

The walk started "officially" on Taffee Place, with two "a" and two "f" characters in the name. I liked this high wall surrounding the property with a fence protecting the wall. But then there was an opening, so no secrets contained within.

The building across the street also caught my eye. They aren't built like that any more.

Moving up the block, I passed a playground on the left and this school on the right. As far as I can tell, this is the back of P.S./I.S. 157 - The Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy. Again, they don't build them like this any more.

Just before Flushing Ave, there is a little street that runs about a block and a half that isn't quite parallel to Flushing Ave. It's Little Nassau Street. It just comes to an end at the back of a large buildng on Franklin Ave. There isn't any pedestrian path through.

After that, it was west of Flushing, which I've covered many times before, until I got to Grand Ave. I had two blocks to cover, one on either side of the highway.

And that brought me to Steuben St., Emerson Pl., and Classon Ave. As I said at the start, a short, but necessary trip.

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

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