85. NEW YORK ON FOOT. The N Train in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Caught this in passing with my cell phone and was so interested that I planned to go back and cover it later with a real camera. Two days later it was announced that this and several other stops on the N had been closed for a year of repairs.
83. NEW YORK ON FOOT. DUMBO, Brooklyn. In a city full of neighborhood acronyms (Tribeca, Soho, Nolita), DUMBO may be the best (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). Not the greatest photo ever taken, but it contains some New York staples: razor wire, a bridge, the Freedom Tower (under construction), retro industrial chic, and a classic rooftop water tank. An interesting weekend project would be to walk DUMBO, then rent The French Connection and see how different it was in the 70’s.
81. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Sunnyside, Queens in winter. The city would not be what it is without its deep industrial infrastructure.
80. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Battery Park. Looking east toward Brooklyn from the southern tip of Manhattan. The cranes are the Red Hook Container Terminal.
79. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Downtown Brooklyn. The remnants of the notorious blizzard of December 2010. Looking north with the venerable Williamsburg Savings Bank Building in the background. It is very a useful landmark while walking northwestern Brooklyn.
77. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn. Once a busy commercial waterway, the canal is now considered one of the most polluted bodies of water in the USA.
75. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Lower East Side. Looking east on Delancey Street (the border area between LES and Chinatown). I like the orange color rhyme.
74. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Sunnyside, Queens. You don’t see the skyline of Manhattan when you are in Manhattan.
73. NEW YORK ON FOOT. The Bronx. The Bronx provides a welcome break from the grid of Manhattan. It also has the best nickname, “The Boogie Down Bronx”, or in casual conversation “The Boogie Down”.
71. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Brownsville, Brooklyn. Under the Rockaway Ave station on the 3 train, five stops from the end of the line.
70. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The subway lines become train lines in the outer parts of the outer boroughs.
#69. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Hunter’s Point, Queens. This lot won’t stay empty for long. The population density of Manhattan is rapidly spilling over the Queensborough Bridge into Hunters Point and Long Island City.