Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, carroll st, carroll st bridge, gowanus canal, photography, water tower brooklyn on May 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Some of the rain, melted snow, and a what-not from the streets ends up here, at the “Wet weather discharge point” to the lower right. It’s also called the Gowanus Canal, and it was quite fetid when I snapped this picture: green and moldy, trashy, with flower petals and a dead rat floating feet in the air. People heed the warnings not to recreate in the area, without looking at the sign.
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged brooklyn, carroll st, elevated highway, f train, fourth avenue subway, nyc sunset, photo from subway, photography, prospect expressway on December 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
You can catch a view between Carroll Street and Fourth Avenue, but there are construction fences in the way and about a thousand fingerprints on the window. It’s always nice to glimpse the water, though.
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged brooklyn, carroll st, f train, g train, nyc elevated trains, photography, smith and 9th, view of lower manhattan, view of subway tracks on October 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Hold on tight as the train leaves Smith and 9th heading for Carroll Street; it’s quite a drop, from this angle at least. The trip between these two stations is also a favorite of movie makers because it’s so New York-y: you get a clear, outside view of subway tracks and another of downtown Manhattan.
Posted in Transportation, tagged 4th of july, brooklyn, carroll of maryland, carroll st, charles carroll, declaration of independence, f train, g train, mta cut-backs, nyc subway, photography on July 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The G Train conductor closed the doors before I could wedge my foot in. I was waiting at the station for a while, which gave me time to ponder the neighborhood’s namesake, Charles Carroll of Maryland. He was a Revolutionary War veteran and the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, and I won’t give him much thought until the next 4th of July.
Posted in Food, Misc, tagged bklyn yard, brooklyn, brooklyn food trucks, carroll st, gowanus canal, photography on May 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »
So green and atmospheric is our local waterway, the Gowanus Canal! On Saturday I went to the Bklyn Yard, on Carroll Street, where popular local food vendors were serving from their trucks. I don’t do well with lines, so it’s a good thing the scenery was satisfying. The event was well attended, and the crowd was orderly and patient, though unmoved by the hardworking DJ. A 45 minute wait for food will do that. Bklyn Yard is a nice venue in warm weather, like an overgrown backyard.
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