and a pump for the LIRR tunnel running beneath Atlantic Avenue
At least no more easy ones.
A guy at this self-storage facility said there was once a big basketball fan who worked here. After he died, his co-workers found this hoop among his belongings, and they put it up on the pole as a memorial to him.
Only open during commercial breaks, I guess.
This company was apparently once "one of the largest pan candy producers in the East".
Like the South Bronx, East New York was once a heavily Jewish area, and many of its synagogues have now become houses of worship for other faiths. This one was originally Congregation Chevra Tehillim Nusach Ashkenaz.
Unit conversions on the jungle gym! Here's a closer look.
The elevated subway line in the background, separating Elton Playground here from Linwood Playground on the other side, is the New Lots Line.
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
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~9,954 miles walked
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