Walkin' In Brooklyn

There was no video, because of all the winding streets at the beginning that I got to Sands Street, I just forgot. Summer is getting away from me, and I'd like to catch up quickly on some of these walks, so I'm going to speed through the trip here rather than annotate all of the photos. Also, welcome to any viewers who found their way here through Tik Tok, Instagram, or any of the other social media sites that I've posted images and videos to! I got out of the train on Brooklyn Bridge Blvd, which is odd to see on the map, because I always knew this block at Adams Street. I don't know when the name was changed. I made my way over to Cadman Plaza East so I could get to the other side of the bridge and the highway because I needed to get to Sands Street. There's actually a tiny isolated street off CPE labeled Sands Street, which was probably a remnant of the damage Robert Moses did. From there, it was a left on Prospect Street and the...

A great afternoon to loop around DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, and Downtown Brooklyn. (I was even spotted by a coworker who I think was driving by on the highway when he saw me on the street.) Curiously, when I tried to tag these three neighborhoods, nothing came up for any of them, which doesn't make sense unless I walked those back when I wasn't updating this blog. The adventure begins at the York Street on the F line. I've been here before. There's a long tunnel after you ascend from the platform before you get to the turnstiles so you can leave. It's easy enough to get turned around down here -- I have before. I started by walking down Jay Street under the BQE, turning left on Prospect St, where I walked under the BQE a second time. On Jay Street, I took a picture of Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park, which extended all the way down to Bridge Street. Susan Smith McKinney Steward was the first African-American female physician in New York State and the thir...