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...

After a couple of days in Prospect-Lefferts Garden, I moved north a few blocks and walked some streets in Crown Heights. For my childhood, Union and President Streets ran from Prospect Park to the Gowanus Canal and then they picked up again on the other side and continued down to the highway and then the water. I never went to the other side of the park to those streets. I couldn't tell you when I became aware that they continued on the far side (the east side) of the park. First stop is Franklin Ave on the IRT, followed by a one-block walk over to Union Street. I took the second photo because I liked the side-by-side doorways, not because of the car. I mention this because of the car that's coming up. Third photo are the more traditional houses you find in this neighborhood. At Brooklyn Ave, I passed St. Mark's Episcopal Church. There's a bus stop out front, so there were people standing about. Across the street was the car in the secon...