Walkin' In Brooklyn

Wednesday morning found me back in Coney Island. With all the East New York and Brownsville routes I'd been taking, I needed to remember that there were places closer to home that I needed to visit, and summer is the perfect time to visit Coney Island. (Winter isn't as much fun.) The walk started with W 15 and W 16 Streets along with Hart Place, the area above Neptune Ave but south of the creek. The sign for Gargiulo's was tempting, but it was closed and I was going the other direction. Just across the creek, the storage facility next to Home Depot. There used to be an entire neighborhood over there, but it was all razed. Once back on Neptune Ave, it was a bit of a hike from W 15 St down to W 24 Street, which I walked all the way down to the beach. A few shots of me with the shore in the background. I probably posted one of them on Facebook, but I don't remember which one. Which one do you prefer. You can l...

For all the long walks from East New York back toward Prospect Park, summer time means the beach and Coney Island. There are plenty of streets closer to home that I needed to walk, and what better time to walk in Coney Island than early on a summer morning (before it gets too hot!)? There are times when I take photos of street signs, particularly with short one-block side streets, so I can sort out the photos. This is one of those times when I wished I'd done that. The first few photos are so generic, I can't place them. And worse, because of all the construction, the pictures don't match up with Google Maps street view either. However, I do remember which way I went. I started off walking west on Mermaid Ave and taking a left down W 17 Street. There was plenty of construction. I remember wanting to get a picture of the stadium and the Parachute Jump in the distance but I was in the way of vehicles that needed to move around. Handing a right on Surf Ave and the...