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    WILLIAMSBURG TO GLENDALE

    by Kevin Walsh September 18, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh September 18, 2022 12 comments

    Continued from Across the Creek: July 4th in Greenpoint I have not taken many lengthy walks in the summer of 2022 and the last really ambitious one I did was…

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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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  • One Shots

    245 NORTH 5th STREET, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh July 6, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh July 6, 2022 5 comments

    CRAZY from the heat, I ambled through Williamsburg on the 4th of July, 2022, and I was even more crazed when I got to Havemeyer and North 5th Streets. Yes,…

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  • One Shots

    SHMURA MATZOH, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh March 18, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh March 18, 2022 4 comments

    I am taking a look at some of my old stuff from previous years and I found the batch taken on January 1, 2014 when I walked Flushing Avenue past…

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    GRAHAM GAS RANGES, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh November 3, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh November 3, 2021 6 comments

    So there I was in February 2021, wandering down Boerum Street in Williamsburg. How did I wind up there? Sometimes I just pore over online maps when I feel like…

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  • Street Scenes

    NORTH 8TH STREET, Williamsburg

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

    So a new era begins with Forgotten New York today: this is really the first piece consisting of more than one image I am composing on my new computer, a…

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  • One Shots

    FIREHOUSE MYSTERY, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh August 27, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh August 27, 2021 11 comments

    In July, during a temporary cessation of the insane heat and humidity, I walked past a simple building with a wide red door at #411 Kent, just south of Broadway.…

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  • Signs

    PIZZA ON THE SIDEWALK

    by Kevin Walsh August 11, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh August 11, 2021 8 comments

    I don’t feel shame in admitting that I have pizza at least twice a week, usually one slice for lunch or maybe two for dinner. I’m not adventurous, though; I…

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  • One Shots

    TEDDY’S AND MARY JANE, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh June 24, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh June 24, 2021 11 comments

    Teddy’s is a Williamsburg institution that has been here since 1887. A vintage stained glass sign for Peter Doelger’s Extra Beer is on the Berry Street side. The Doelgers operated…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    6th STREET, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh June 23, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh June 23, 2021 2 comments

    Deep in the heart of Williamsburg is a remnant of its former street numbering system, as Roebling Street is here rendered as “Sixth Street.” North-south Williamsburg streets were originally numbered…

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  • One Shots

    ST. FRANCIS PREP, Fresh Meadows

    by Kevin Walsh May 6, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh May 6, 2021 10 comments

    Back in 2015 I was wandering around Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows and somehow found my way onto the dirt bike trail. Understand, that trail wasn’t built as a way…

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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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