Posted in Misc, tagged 370 jay, brooklyn, jay st, metrotech, nyu poly, photography on August 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We knew Metrotech to be many things: a place of office buildings, tech schools, public art, Tkts location, and a walkway between avenues. Now they are revealing its true personality, as a vortex of technology, architecture, and commerce. NYU bought the huge brown building in the background and is going to turn it into a science center. Jay Street is on the way up.
Posted in Misc, tagged a train, april showers, brooklyn, c train, downtown brooklyn, f train, jay st, metrotech, photography on April 22, 2012| 2 Comments »
It’s been so dry everyone’s happy that it’s raining. We are not swearing (too much) that it’s windy and that umbrellas are being turned inside-out a couple times every minute.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn pedestrians, denim cut-offs, flipping the bird, jay st, metrotech, photography on April 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
If it’s warm and you can’t find your warm-weather clothes, you may want to pick up the scissors and improvise. Cut-offs have been around as long as blue jeans. Is this woman giving me an obscene gesture, btw?
Posted in Misc, tagged a train, brooklyn, brooklyn bridge, brooklyn hotel, brooklyn marriott, brooklyn tourists, f train, jay st, metrotech, photography on July 7, 2011| 1 Comment »
Sooner or later, every part of Brooklyn will have tourists. I don’t know why I should be surprised to see a pack of them on the walkway near the F and A trains. The Marriott is nearby, and so is the Brooklyn Bridge.
Posted in art & photography, tagged a train, art at metrotech, balanced cylinders, brooklyn, f train, jay st, metrotech, nyu poly, paul sisko, photography on May 11, 2011| 1 Comment »
“Balanced Cylinders” by Paul Sisko (1984), sits on the Metrotech plaza in front of an NYU Polytechnic University building. The sculpture brings color to the space, but it strains to appear whimsical and spontaneous. I think of lipstick advertising.
Posted in Transportation, tagged brooklyn, church ave, f train, jay st, mta, mta service changes, photography on November 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This weekend and next, it’s all about buses on Church Avenue. The F Train is not running between Church and Jay Street, so you’ll have to catch the bus. It’s not as bad as it sounds, but it will definitely add some time to your trip. Plan ahead, as the MTA advises.
Posted in Food, tagged a train, brooklyn, coffee stand, f train, jay st, jay street borough hall, metrotech, metrotech coffee, photography, street food nyc on August 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The Metrotech coffee stand is as big as a double-wide phone booth, if there were such a thing. It’s just large enough to accommodate two sturdy men. A Starbucks is a hundred steps to the left, but the long lines at the coffee stand confirm that many people like the convenience and efficiency of ordering en plein air year-round.
Posted in Misc, tagged amnesia, brooklyn, downtown brooklyn, hypnosis, jay st, photography, plot devices, sleepwalking on February 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I am lamenting that sleepwalking, hypnosis, and amnesia are no longer used frequently in movies, TV shows, and books. They are such handy plot devices and can be used to explain anything.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, downtown brooklyn, fulton mall, jay st, morning rush, photography on February 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
He looks like a contractor on break. There’s lots of street work going on near the corner of Jay St. and Fulton.
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged a train, brooklyn, charlie brown, f train, jay st, nyc subway, peanuts, photography, subway, subway work on December 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
All it takes to conjure the round-headed kid is a black diagonal stripe on a yellow background. This detail of a piece of plywood was taken at Jay Street, where subway work on the platforms continues and continues ….
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