Walkin' In Brooklyn

Not long ago, I started walking past Fulton Street, with its A train, and made it to Eastern Parkway, which has the 3 train. It's only a few blocks farther and the IRT is more convenient as it goes to Barclays where I can transfer for other trains. I knew that at some point when the weather was nicer, I was going to walk the entire length of Eastern Parkway. The funny thing is that by the time I actually did this, I'd walked at least half of it already! But I still walked it end to end, and then around Grand Army Plaza to the train. Over four miles. Unfortunately, I had app problems so the first half or so didn't get recorded, but I have pictures of the route, so that's my "proof". As I said in the video, there is a one-block dead end street outside the cemetery, Vanderveer St. On the other side of Bushwick Ave from there is the start of Eastern Parkway, which runs southeast and then east for four miles. On many of my walks, the LIR...

A walk from Crown Heights through Prospect Heights and into Park Slope is interrupted by a group of tourists in from of the Brooklyn Museum who aren't even going to the Museum! That video will be included below, but first an intro. Once again, I found myself on Nostrand Ave. And once again, the trip was way too long. It should have been quicker, but the usually reliable A train had a 10-minute wait. Had I realized, I would've hurried to the local that was just about to leave Broadway Junction when I got there. Once again, (as stated in the video above) I could've made it quicker had I just taken the G train and walked the extra dozen blocks or so. But my trip down Nostrand was only going as far as Pacific Street. The first two pictures are of the one block I walked before turning left onto Bedford and Rogers Aves. That's St. Bartholomew's on the right. You have to love a tower. ...

Continuing on the adventures from a couple days earlier, I was back at the Wilson Avenue L station, next to Holy Cross Cemetery, and walking down Moffat Street. This time, I turned left on Evergreen Avenue, and walked it to the end. Despite what the map said, there was no North on Piling Street, only south. It ran two more blocks until I reached Broadway. So Piling Street is only three blocks long, between the cemetery and Broadway and it gets cut off by a subway (which goes back underground) creating a dead end without even a pedestrian bridge. I forgot to take a photo at Broadway because, honestly, I was there so quickly that I forgot. After that, I scooched over a bit to Marion Stret. I saw this and needed to get a picture of it. A little daring to build out like that. It definitely stands out. And that brings me to Marion Hopkinson Playground, which I assume is named for the patron of Marion Street. Off throug...