Taking the new with the old (neighborhoods, that is)

It's this guy, again, at Nostrand and Lafayette...

accompanied today by a holy lady

last night in Bushwick

the new neighborhood, downtown Brooklyn/Boerum Hill has this gigantic fruit stand - it seemed to go on for an entire block

and then in BookCourt, the bookstore on Court St, I spied Eileen's book on a table of 'suggested titles'

Atlantic Ave. races into the future, except for this place, Hank's Saloon, at Third Ave and Atlantic

The Notorious B.I.G. honored here at Lexington & Bedford

and I needed a ticket, fast, to take care of the Christmas blues

somewhere in Bed-Stuy someone has an idea about governance

This is what it looks like when you get on the train at rush hour, going in the wrong direction - lots of space, and a few sleepy people. Everyone else is on the other train, going into Manhattan.

the possibilities are endless

looking through a hole in the sky, Barclay's Center

the construction never stops here on Flatbush Avenue

But I love that this small building persists in reminding us of what the neighborhood used to be about

these good people are in search of decent affordable housing for everyone in NYC, kept behind barriers - a police tactic that everyone now accepts, creating distance between freedom of speech and the person the speech is intended for, in this case, the Mayor

while these good people are waiting to get into the press conference being held by the Mayor where he will speak to the issue of affordable housing

since I moved, my commute takes me to the heart of the financial district before heading for the Staten Island Ferry

Lafayette Ave at Nostrand. The importance of a central theme communicated through symmetry

A storefront in Ridgewood near my storage space fascinates me, draws me in. I will go in next time just to satisfies my curiosity.

this is it - the last hour of the last day as I moved from my old place in Bed-Stuy to the temple in Boerum Hill

Good Morning, Boerum Hill (my new neighborhood)

This is my favorite building in the new neighborhood, so far. I wouldn't mind living here. All those windows!

The Autocephalous Church, Atlantic Ave.

Atlantic Ave. Pub, closed on Christmas morning.

But the bagel place is open!

At the tail end of Atlantic Ave, there's the Port Authority of Brooklyn

And across from that is entrance to the piers

Manhattan, through the fog

The northern tip of Governor's Island

The Staten Island Ferry making its way towards Whitehall

on the walk back from the piers to Boerum Hill

On Hicks St. near Joralemon, two carriage houses. I'll take both of them, please.

Coffee, pizza, beer - all kinds of food to eat in or have delivered. the possibilities are endless on Atlantic Ave.

An Italian meat place on Atlantic - the light just wasn't right to capture the actual inside of the store but rather got everything else instead.

I could live here, too, if they asked me to. On State Street near Bond.