Walkin' In Brooklyn

There's another video farther down when I hit a certain street with a fun name. In the meantime . . . This was another late start day for me -- I was still on early schedule for testing, but I didn't need to be in early for anything, so I got my walk in before school started. The trip started getting off the Morgan Ave station on the L train at the Boart Ave exit. There's a building here as opposed to just a staircase on the Morgan Ave side. The second picture was taken by accident -- I left it in because it amuses me. Also, why is there no sky? I no that it's January and there are clouds, but still, the background seems too white! The third picture is Harrison Place, which I took to the end at Varick Place. From Varick, I walked up to Johnson Ave so that I could swing around to the start of Porter Ave. I took this to the end at Flushing Ave. Walking east, I got to a crazy "five points" intersection, which is where Thames Stre...

More streets in Greenpoint to cross out my list, and then I walked to Bedford Ave in Williamsburg to catch the L train, allowing me to get a tiny half block that I missed along the way thanks to poor planning! Note to self: never confuse Newel and Jewel in the future, as I once did in the past. The G took me to Greenpoint Ave. I walked down Manhattan Ave to Norman Ave just to get to the first new street that I needed to walk. The first three blocks were Newel, Diamond (which I did a 180 turn and walked back down), and Jewel, between Normal and Nassau Aves. This brought me to when Moultrie merges with Humboldt St. You can see the artwork on the building in the first photo. I took a closer picture after that. The third and fourth pictures show a house where I stopped because I wanted a picture of the decorations. I stood in the street and waited for a couple of cars to pass to get the shot. The last car in the line decided to pull over even though I w...