December 11, 2022
Why hadn’t I been to the New York Transit Museum before?! With its amazing collection of vintage train cars, complete with era-appropriate advertisements, I was in heaven. The purpose of my visit was to get some shots from my Dad. He has always been into trains; his Dad worked on Read more…
May 17, 2021
Back in 2009 I visited the trolley cars that were withering away behind the Fairway in Brooklyn’s Red Hook. Though I took a few photos of them at the time, I assumed they’d be long gone as Brooklyn’s waterfronts continue to transform. But on a recent ferry ride, I saw Read more…
June 13, 2020
The longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its construction, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge’s anchorages dig into 115 feet of the Earth. That excavated soil and sand helped to create Brooklyn’s Calvert Vaux Park, the latest park in my exploration series. With a nice view of the bridge Read more…
June 10, 2020
This place has been a bit of mission for me. The old Red Hook Grain Terminal–a massive 12-story grain elevator with fifty-four silos 120-feet up in the air. Intrepid explorers have made it in… but trespassing arrests are rumored to be enforced. With the days of easier access seemingly gone, Read more…
May 20, 2020
With gorgeous weather bringing me out on my bike, I explored Brooklyn’s edges to uncover abandoned spaces in the heavily developed borough. I decided this would be a bit of an ongoing quest, so stay tuned for other after-work bike adventures. Today, some glorious rust and a peek into an Read more…
November 6, 2019
Hand in hand with widespread gentrification of the borough, Brooklyn has been losing its grit for many decades now. The once much more expansive decay of the Brooklyn Navy Yard is now undergoing a billion dollar make-over. But there is still some overgrowth and neglect to capture before shiny new Read more…
August 3, 2019
One of the the things I like about Queens and Brooklyn is that there is still places where you can feel like an explorer, still places that every square inch is not branded with an advertisement or a means to generate profit. With a weekend within the corners of my Read more…
August 16, 2008
Returning from evening classes at Brooklyn College via Q train, I sat on the train’s last car for an easy connection at Union Square. After a full day of work and school, (I wasn’t going to waste time, finally mine, by walking the length of the platform to connect.) The Read more…