Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged bqe, brooklyn, photography on September 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A.k.a., the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and the BQE. As you stroll on the top level, you see the great views of Manhattan and hear the roar of the traffic. Off in the distance, before Staten Island, there’s a cruise ship in Red Hook, and to the right, the last strip of land visible, is Governor’s Island.
Posted in Transportation, tagged atlantic ave, bqe, brooklyn, brooklyn bus, brooklyn elevated highway, brooklyn playground, governors island ferry on June 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Where Atlantic Avenue begins, by the river, used to be a no-man’s land where the buses turned around. Then the playground and the seasonal Governors Island ferry dock opened. Now it’s almost pedestrian friendly.
Posted in Transportation, tagged bqe, brooklyn, church ave, home depot, jay st, jetro, mta, nyc subway, photography, princess cruises, prospect expressway, rain, track work on October 25, 2009| 1 Comment »
Steady afternoon rain and no subways
This picture was taken from the bus running nonstop from Jay Street to Church Avenue. The ride wasn’t too bad, except for delays caused by roadwork on the highway. After this weekend, the trains are supposed to run on a normal weekend schedule. The gray view included a gigantic cruise ship docked in Red Hook (it was past by the time my camera was out) and the tops of Home Depot and Jetro.
Posted in art & photography, Transportation, tagged affichiste, bqe, brooklyn, mimmo rotella, peeling paint, photography, sunset park on June 8, 2009| 1 Comment »
When traffic on the BQE slows to 1 or 2 mph, you notice things you wouldn’t ordinarily. The bottom layer of this wall appears to be an ad with lettering. Some colors were painted on top, and finally a white rectangle was put on top to cover all that was underneath. Then it started to crumble. The wall brings to mind the mid-century de-collagists known as the affichistes (the most famous of whom was Mimmo Rotella), who made art by layering and ripping posters.
Posted in art & photography, Transportation, tagged bqe, brooklyn, carroll gardens, church, gaudi, highway, pagoda, photography, scaffolding, traffic on March 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I wanted the traffic on the BQE to slow down so I could get a better picture of this church steeple undergoing repairs. An overcaffeinated person with a ball of wire channeled Gaudi, tossed in a hint of Kyoto, and made something nice to look at from the highway.
Posted in Transportation, tagged banality, bqe, brooklyn, photography, webcam on December 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
I’m a fan of webcams, the non-big-brotherish kind that show traffic, clouds and assorted weather. There’s something interesting about the banality of the images. Mostly, they don’t transcend their ordinariness, but now and then you’ll chance upon a picture that might be called beautiful. This screen capture, of the BQE at Sackett Street, is merely functional: traffic is light, roadway appears wet. It’s an okay night to go for a drive on this stretch of highway.
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