And the Franklin Avenue Shuttle is arriving.
Usually overlooked by the police. Usually.
Junior here is the fourth member of his family to serve in either the State Assembly or the City Council, but he's run into some problems recently.
(or maybe next door — I can't tell for sure) stood America's first birth control clinic, operated by Margaret Sanger and two other women for nine days in 1916 before being shut down for violating the Comstock laws.
Part of a mural entitled "The Holy City of 'On' / 25,000 B.C. / Congo"
is the rather bland name of this otherwise imaginative mural.
The only Arts and Crafts houses in the Crown Heights North Historic District
Vacated in 2003. The Housing Authority has plans to demolish the three remaining towers, but that obviously has not happened yet. Take a look around in Street View.
The Catskill Aqueduct is one of three aqueduct systems that supply water to NYC. I would guess that "blow-off" refers to a valve that allows water to escape the pipeline if the pressure in the system exceeds a certain threshold.
One of the leaders in the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk campaign
Here's a much better photo taken by someone else.
Shuttered in 2005. The hospital once looked like this.
I assume it's the property of the building owner, and not a municipal streetlight.
The adjacent storefront, which I assume is the location of Mom's Living Room, was shuttered, sadly. There was, however, a second mural hereunder, and, if I were allowed to conclude an opinion, I just might conclude the opinion that it is the greatest mural ever painted. Are you ready? Here it comes...
That's St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in the background.
