Walkin' In Brooklyn

This was going to be another zigzag up and down Park Slope streets, this time between 5th and 6th Avenues. I'm glad I remembered to turn on the walking app, even if it was a little late. I got off the train at 9th Street and 4th Ave. I walked up to 5th Ave and over to 11th Street to get started. I grew up in the area, but I rarely went above 5th avenue taking these blocks. If I had to get somewhere on 6th, 7th, or 8th Avenues, I'd likely walk up 8th street (which I lived on) or 9th Street (which was a main street) and then walk over. I didn't really know these blocks. I didn't have friends who lived on them. Walking up Ninth Street from the Fourth Ave station, the first thing I noticed are the top floors of the buildings across the street. I'm almost 100% positive that these were NOT there when I was growing up. None of these buildings were more than three stories, as evidenced by the two on the left side of the photo. These are all add-ons to take advantag...

Back into Park Slope so I can finish off this section of the map ... before it finishes off me ! This trip starts at the Seventh Ave G train station. I walked over to 11th St and started down the slope (in a northwestardly direction). Back up 12th, down 13th, etc. At this point, 16th Street and Prospect Ave have started to drift apart, so extra courts were added midblock. 11th Street On 12th Street, there was a huge yard, which was essentially an empty lot with a house at the back of it. My first thought was that the house (or what might've stood there before it) was servant's quarters, which is something that I'd seen growing up in the neighborhood. But then I was wondering if that was the back of a house on 13th Street. It's not that. Google Maps shows that it's just recessed farther back then the larger houses (apartment buildings) on either side of it. Had I gotten closer, I might've noticed. Next is 13th Street and 14th St...