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    ACROSS THE CREEK: JULY 4th IN GREENPOINT

    by Kevin Walsh August 28, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh August 28, 2022 17 comments

    I have not taken many lengthy walks in the summer of 2022 and the last really ambitious one I did was from Hunters Point through Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Ridgewood and Glendale…

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  • Signs

    BUCKLEY’S SELF-SERVICE, Greenpoint

    by Kevin Walsh April 25, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh April 25, 2022 8 comments

    HERE’S a classic linoleum or vinyl sidewalk sign at #251 Nassau Avenue at Kingsland Avenue in eastern Greenpoint in one of my favorite color combinations, beige and green, with “Buckley’s”…

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  • MAP ROOM

    GREENPOINT MYSTERY

    by Kevin Walsh April 15, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh April 15, 2022 1 comment

    I know little about Dripps, the mid-century New York City and environs mapmaker; and in fact, I know little about its successors, Bromley, Belcher Hyde, Rand McNally, Hagstrom and Geographia.…

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  • Walks

    DRIGGS AND ENGERT AVENUES, Greenpoint

    by Kevin Walsh July 4, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh July 4, 2021 2 comments

    In late June I was stalking around Greenpoint again. Over the past 6-8 months or so, my visits have been frequent, as the northern Brooklyn neighborhood is easy for me…

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  • One Shots

    LEVITON, Greenpoint

    by Kevin Walsh May 29, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh May 29, 2021 7 comments

    I was stumbling down Greenpoint Avenue in the dead dog heat of May (as I write this on the Memorial Day weekend, it’s 45 and pouring rain) and I saw…

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  • One Shots

    THANK YOU, MR. CARRIER

    by Kevin Walsh May 4, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh May 4, 2021 4 comments

    It’s getting to be that time of year when all of us, or those of us who despise humid air, should genuflect in the direction of East Williamsburg, or southern…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    STREET SIGNS, Greenpoint

    by Kevin Walsh May 3, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh May 3, 2021 2 comments

    During a recent walk over the New Kosciuszko Bridge connecting Greenpoint and Laurel Hill, Queens, I cast my gaze downward on the Brooklyn side to Gardner Avenue and Thomas Street…

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  • One Shots

    PULASKI BRIDGE, Newtown Creek

    by Kevin Walsh February 10, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 10, 2021 3 comments

    Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura KoÅ›ciuszko isn’t the only Polish Revolutionary-era patriot honored with a bridge across Newtown Creek. Manhattan Avenue formerly connected with Vernon Avenue (now Boulevard) in Long Island City via a…

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  • Street Scenes

    FRANKLIN STREET, Greenpoint

    by Kevin Walsh December 13, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh December 13, 2020 7 comments

    Last week I recounted meandering on Meserole Avenue, one of Greenpoint’s east-west routes, where there were several interesting things to see. The same day, I meandered north up Franklin as…

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  • Walks

    MESEROLE AVENUE, Greenpoint

    by Kevin Walsh December 6, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh December 6, 2020 18 comments

    I can get to Greenpoint pretty easily from Little Neck. Surprisingly easily. All I do is get the LIRR to Woodside, take the #7 to Court Square, go downstairs to…

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  • Neighborhoods

    CROSSING THE K, QUEENS-BROOKLYN Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh September 23, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh September 23, 2019 27 comments

    Continued from Part 1 GOOGLE MAP: WALKING THE NEW K FROM SUNNYSIDE TO GREENPOINT On August 28, 2019, I did something I had never done before: I stood in the…

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  • Walks

    HUNTERS POINT TO GREENPOINT

    by Kevin Walsh August 11, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh August 11, 2019 12 comments

    I was desperate for a ramble with the camera. I have actually been working this summer at a small design shop in the Columbus Circle area, in the building Tommy…

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