Walkin' In Brooklyn

After some inclement weather, I finally got out again. This time, it was back to Brownsville and Blake Ave. After that, it was up and down (north and south) on the side streets between East New York Ave and E 98 Street (which meet almost at a right angle to each other). The obligatory shot of the rail line that may one day become the IBX. After that, it was two blocks of Junius Street. The squiggle is because I made a quick stop into some kind of dollar store that's over there. And then I set off west of Blake Ave. I don't know why I don't have a photo down Blake Ave (maybe there was traffic, and then I forgot?) but here's a picture of the New York City Housing Authority Van Dyke Community Center. Something about the building caught my attention. I didn't know what it was until I checked online. Another building that is more (or less?) than meets the eye. Above that arch, it says Public School 125. Below that is the school's front do...

Sweeping farther south, I'm moving into Canarsie. These westbound walks will be among the longest I take because Canarsie streets are angling away from the more vertical Flatbush streets. And, of course, there are fewer transit options. The first leg of the journey is a quick (not quick enough) trick down Van Sinderen Ave, which seems creepy whichever block of it I've walked down. After one block, I shifted over beneath the "L" train to the start of Ave D. The first street sign I saw was at E 105 Street. I had a lot of blocks to go! And I'd already walked a bit. I probably should've walked up and down a couple of blocks so I wouldn't have to do them later, but the walk was already going to take a lot out of me. When I got to E 89 Street, Ave D curves south and merges into Foster Ave. It disappears for a little bit. I traveled this section of Foster Ave many times by car visiting a friend that lived...