Play Here, Play Here

Play Here, urges the lotto sign. The girls are too young for that: they are walking down McDonald Avenue, not playing, and not distracted by the visual clutter of the 99-cent store. On their other side is the elevated F Train.

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Under the elevated

Exiting the Lowe’s lot onto Ninth Street, this is the view. I don’t know what the building and smokestack were part of, but they always capture my attention. In this light, the building looks rather barn-like.

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View from the bridge

There is one positive side effect of the temporary bridge at the Fourth Avenue stop on the F and G Trains – the view. This is looking south, toward the Verrazano and Bay Ridge.

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Mossy subway platform

Actually, the green of the platform is neither moss nor astroturf, just an odd lighting effect. If it wasn’t snowy and chilly, I’d like to walk barefoot in it, though.

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Work on the elevated

This is why there have been service changes on the F and G Trains lately. Work is being done on the elevated section around Smith and 9th and Fourth Avenue, and to protect the outside tracks, panels of screens (seen here, stacked) are being erected. Can’t yet tell what the real work is going to involve.

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