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Monthly Archives: November 2012

Coney Island Panorama

Coney Island is a tough place to live in the best of times, with more than its share of poverty and crime. It has not fared well since Sandy hit.  Just the opening of the linked news story is devastating, quoting a woman who traveled 6 miles on foot and by bus just to acquire…

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Rivington Street

I think this is an abandoned school building, bu tit’s hard to find out for sure. I would probably have to find and ask a long time resident of the neighborhood. As best as I can tell, the building has looked like this for at least a few years, and maybe longer. Rivington Street is…

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Newtown Creek and Queens

This is the view from the opposite direction from this image, taken from the Grand Avenue Bridge and facing east instead of west. Newtown Creek separates Queens and Brooklyn for as long as it runs, which is probably 20-25% of the total border length. If I’m oriented correctly, everything in the near distance from the…

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