Crossing Newtown Creek. Pollution!
The Blessed Father Jerzy, murdered by Polish secret police in 1984
This keeps each balcony open to the sky, which is important during Sukkot.
Erected in 1896, when Brooklyn was still an independent city. More info (and a more comprehensible view of the memorial) here.
This high-rise housing complex stands on the former site of the storied Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, where Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line.
UPDATE: This is not the only place in the area whose name serves as a reminder that the Dodgers once played here. McKeever Place, the street that ran along the western side of Ebbets Field, is named for the brothers Steve and Ed McKeever, who helped finance the construction of the stadium by purchasing half of the team from Charles Ebbets. Across McKeever Place from the Ebbets Field Apartments are the Jackie Robinson School, Ebbets Field Middle School, and Jackie Robinson Playground. And a few blocks east of here is Dodger Playground.
Erasmus was founded in 1786! Some better-known alumni include Bobby Fischer, Mae West, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Bernard Malamud, and Mickey Spillane.
It takes up an entire side of a handball wall.
UPDATE: This!
