Walkin' In Brooklyn

A Saturday walk in Red Hook! And a nice day for it as well. I had to drive to a park in Red Hook to pick up a couple of bags of compost that my wife had reserved through some city agency program or other. Afterward, I was able to find a spot to park, so I walked a loop around the area. My Saturday morning started at Coffey Park. It was a beautiful day, so I looked for someplace to park and found a spot on Visitation Place. I have to say that I knew that Visitation parish was someone in this area, but I didn't know where. The Catholic elementary school closed down a long time ago, and I remember several students joining my class who came from Visitation. I parked across the street from the Red Hook Community Justice Center. I couldn't tell what the building was, but I looked it up after. I walked down to Van Brunt Street to start my loop around the area. Of course, I decided that I couldn't do that on an empty stomach, so I got a slice. The place was open, so why...

This time when I ventured into Red Hook, I took the subway to Smith-9th Streets, returning to the same station, instead of driving. I did check out the bus schedule, but I had enough streets to cover that walking was fine. I also had a side goal of stopping by Widow Jane, which the Internet told me was open, but only the store was open. No tours or tasting. Since I didn't go exploring, or wander off along the shoreline, the walk was shorter than three miles, which was fine. If I remember correctly, it was going to be a warm day any way. The trip begins with admiring the Lower Manhattan skyline. Smith-9th Street is the highest station in the subway station. You have to take two escalators and a step of stairs to get to the platform. There are no elevators at this time -- and if there ever are elevators, you're going to have to take multiple trips to get to the platform. Crossing Hamilton Ave, I started down Bush Street, which infamously intersects with Clinton Street...

I didn't really have a plan for Red Hook. I first considered taking the G to Smith-Ninth Streets and a bus toward IKEA, but in the end I drove and looked for a stop. Furthermore, I'd planned on doing Conover or Van Brunt Streets toward the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and back again, but I ended up doing two streets and a lot of shore line. I posted this out of order. This walk took place on April 14. For whatever reason, I didn't get my usual screenshot and had to download a map after the fact. I started on Coffey Street, just south of Conover (south being closer to Park Slope) and worked down to the waterfront. I made it one block before I stumbled upon Widow Jane distillery. Of course, it wasn't open that early in the morning. I did make a not of the hours, and yet, I haven't made it back there yet. Now that I'm reviewing these pictures, I think I should rectify that! I don't know what they were building here, but they...