Posted in Misc, tagged Atlantic Mall, barclays center, brooklyn, flatbush, linsanity, nj nets, ny knicks, photography on February 20, 2012| 1 Comment »
Linsanity has struck downtown Brooklyn, by the Atlantic Mall. Knicks’ shirts are flying off the shelves, but everyone’s ho-hum about the NJ Nets. Construction on the Barclays Center seems to be on schedule and local traffic is currently a nightmare. Go, Jeremy!
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged Atlantic Mall, Atlantic Yards, barclays center, blue walkway, brooklyn, brooklyn construction, fifth ave, flatbush, holiday decorations brooklyn, nj nets arena, photography on November 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Flatbush and Fifth Avenues: unlike many places in the five boroughs, they aren’t rushing the holiday decorations around here.
Posted in Misc, tagged Atlantic Mall, brooklyn, flatbush, long skirt, mta bus, photography on September 16, 2010| 1 Comment »
Crossing Flatbush and looking stylish, that’s an accomplishment. The fashionistas say itty-bitty skirts are out. Longer is more flattering, easier to wear.
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn traffic, flatbush, mta bus, nyc graffiti, photography, third ave, you go girl on May 29, 2010| 1 Comment »
Third Avenue dead-ends at Flatbush; concrete barriers block the intersection. For months, a simple graffiti message has been encouraging half the population: You go girl! (The exclamation point is mine.) Could be the same person who wrote on the Fourth Avenue subway station; the “x” over the i in girl is the same.
Posted in Transportation, tagged biking brooklyn, brooklyn, downtown brooklyn, flatbush, photography on April 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Food, Misc, tagged brooklyn, downtown brooklyn, flatbush, junior's, junior's cheesecake, morning rush, photography on December 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
It’s not yet 8:30 AM. Junior’s on Flatbush is known for their cheesecake, but in the AM, the main thing they sell is coffee, sometimes with a bagel or danish on the side.
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged Atlantic Mall, brooklyn, busstop, flatbush, photography, reflection, taxi on August 8, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Waiting for the bus on Flatbush
When I turned my back to the traffic what greeted me was a gated window and a reflection of the cars I was trying not to look at!
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, downtown, flatbush, photography, shopping on January 13, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I went to the mall thinking that everyone was going to be at home not spending money, but I was wrong. The crowds and their wallets were out, though the sale merchandise was scant and worse for the wear after the holidays.
But for those who feel the pull of shopping, there’s always an event just around the corner. Valentine’s Day is only five weeks away and the cards, candy, and heart-decorated t-shirts are everywhere, out and ready.
Posted in Transportation, tagged Atlantic Mall, Atlantic Yards, brooklyn, flatbush, footbridge, nyc, pedestrians, photography, subway, traffic on December 22, 2008| 1 Comment »
Notwithstanding the expense and logistics, the footbridge is an efficient solution to the incompatibility of foot and car traffic. I’ve been thinking about this since my visit to Atlantic Mall a couple weeks ago (see December 11 posting). We can dream of a series of connected, elevated walkways over the Flatbush tangle, but it will never happen. In New York City, footbridges are built for pedestrians to cross busy roadways, like the Prospect Expressway.
To construct a bridge exclusively for foot traffic over an intersection would be an admission of failure by the Department of Transportation: vehicular traffic is out of control, a menace to people attempting to get from one side of the street to the other – we have not done our job.
For pedestrians, there is always the underground alternative of the sprawling Atlantic-Pacific subway just under the roadway (the B, D, M, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 5 subway lines and the LIRR stop here). But, to maneuver through the station it helps to have some familiarity of the station, and a tolerance for stairs, of which there are many. There is also the the subway fare. I, for one, will dodge the cars before I pay to cross the street.
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