East New York Ave / Empire Blvd

Heading down East New York Ave ... on purpose. A pretty straightforward walk, mainly down two streets.

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I've covered part of East New York Ave before, but the L train was still the best place to start the trip. I have no idea what that building is (Google Maps doesn't label it) but it belongs to the NYPD. The razor on top of the walls caught my attention. The third photo is the 3 train emerging from Utica Ave on its way to Livonia.

I can't find this playground on the map, but it must be somewhere between the train and where Empire Blvd splits off from East New York Ave. A block later at Utica Avenue, East New York Ave splits for a block as well. I stood at the corner of East New York Ave and East New York Ave, as mentioned in the video above. The "southern" fork makes a right turn and becomes Remsen Ave.

At this point, I switched over to Empire Blvd. I passed a playground with the curious name of Marc and Jason's Playground. Looking it up, I discovered that it was named for two students from JHS 61 who died on a class trip in 1996. Since the first two sites I visited didn't give any details on that trip and instead focused on the futures the boys had planned, I'm not going to delve into the trip to dig up the details. Curious though.

Finally, I hit Flatbush Ave and the end of the Empire (Blvd), but I still had to hang a left onto Ocean Ave to make it to the train station back to Barclays Center.

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

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