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I've walked many of the north-south blocks in Brooklyn Heights in the past year, and it was time to fill in the gap with the east-west streets. There was no avoiding a lot of backtracking because that's just how the streets are. The walk starts at the High Street train station at Henry Street, which leads me to Poplar. ("Poplar! I know about Pop-op-lar!..." or, maybe not.) Then along Willow to Middagh. Up to Henry and down Cranberry, back up Orange, and down Pineapple. I had to hit a couple of north-south blocks between Clark and Pierrepont. And, finally, Montague to the court house and a subway ride home. Pictures follow: Since I was down there anyway, of course, I got closer to the waterfront. I took some video, but not as many pictures. More back and forth: Google Maps doesn't say anything about the first building on Cranberry Street, but the second one is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ch...