Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn bridge park, dumbo brooklyn, east river, manhattan bridge, manhattan skyline, new wtc, photography, view of lower manhattan on January 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This is the Manhattan Bridge; I turned left at the water and walked toward the Brooklyn Bridge. The tall building is the new World Trade Center, with antenna on top. I didn’t linger in the park too long. To my surprise (not… not again!), the sun was setting early.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn heights promenade, con ed, east river, hurricane sandy, hurricane sandy nyc, lower manhattan dark, photography, view of lower manhattan on November 1, 2012| 1 Comment »
It’s surreal: the nearly-set sun is brighter than the lights of lower Manhattan. Is this a once-in-a-lifetime event? There are so many questions. Hopefully power will be restored soon.
Posted in Misc, tagged 9-11 tenth anniversary, brooklyn, brooklyn heights promenade, east river, ground zero, view of lower manhattan, wtc on September 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Bloomberg is right; we should stop calling it Ground Zero. Is there another official name for the area yet? Next year there will be a new, tall WTC looming over the other downtown buildings.
Posted in Misc, tagged beach under brooklyn bridge, brooklyn, brooklyn bridge park, fishing in brooklyn, photography, view of lower manhattan on April 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Then again, the area under the Brooklyn Bridge is not your typical beach. You’re not supposed to go in the water, and the sign warns against eating fish or eels caught here if a person is under 15 or pregnant. There are eels in the East River? I’m looking for strange trash or body parts washing ashore and there’s more likelihood of finding an eel.
Posted in Transportation, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn sunset, culver rehabilitation, culver viaduct, f train, f train messed up, fourth ave subway bridge, fourth avenue subway, g train, nyc sunset, photography, view of lower manhattan on January 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Though inbound F Train riders have to go over a bridge and wait on a newly-built platform, they are lucky. There’s no interruption in service, unlike at Smith and Ninth, where trains won’t be stopping for about a year. Plus, riders have gained a new and slightly elevated view from the bridge.
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 Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn promenade, firemen, photography, the bravest, view of lower manhattan on April 28, 2009| 1 Comment »
Firemen appeared to be having a training exercise at a building on the Brooklyn waterfront. The people at the Brooklyn Promenade were eating it up … the scene was sooo New Yorky: a glorious view of downtown Manhattan, the East River, and wee firemen running fearlessly and nonchalantly up the firetruck’s ladder.
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