Downtown Brooklyn 3
09/23/04
Downtown Brooklyn
While taking these pictures, about a month ago, I thought of them as the first installment in a new project: walking every block in Brooklyn. Then I came to my senses and realized that large parts of Brooklyn are unimaginably boring. Perhaps I will succeed in walking every block in Brooklyn before I die, but I won't feel bad if I don't.
The web claims that there are 1742.36 miles of street in Brooklyn, and, in case you were curious, 771.34 in the Bronx, 508.38 in Manhattan, 2135.9 in Queens, and 788.2 on Staten Island. MetaGrrrl wants to walk all of San Francisco, about 1500 miles; San Francisco's interesting-to-boring ratio is probably similar to Brooklyn's.
I've already finished the subway system.
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that white people are the devil guy is annoying. i hate walking down fulton st sometimes.
Posted by: longlivenyhc at September 23, 2004 06:38 AM
Glad you rethought your Brooklyn-index project. I don't think that's the kind of thing one engages in without a grant.
If you're into an index, though, I hear there are thousands of bridges in NYC (seriously). Maybe I'm wrong, but the DOT web site claims responsibility for "755 elevated bridge structures." I don't know if that leaves out anything, such as the flat bridges over the Gowanus Canal or not.
Posted by: Frank at September 23, 2004 08:27 AM
I think the 2nd and 3rd pictures depict the Black Hebrews group. Their position is that certain blacks in Africa are the true descendants of the ancient Israelites, not the Jews.
I remember seeing them in lower Manhattan some years back. Man, you should have heard the anti-Semitic vitriol.
Posted by: Mitch45 at September 23, 2004 10:39 AM
that group annoys the hell out of me. They stand at centre square in front of city hall on Fridays in Philly. Some of the sad stuff I heard them say is incredulous.
Posted by: Robin at September 23, 2004 02:23 PM
Mike, I forgot to say earlier how much I lvoed your alley/dead end -- you know how much I love pics of fire escapes.
Posted by: Frank at September 23, 2004 03:50 PM
Ha, it's the white people is the devil brigade. There's something wrong with me but I find them so entertaining.
Posted by: G. Mcfuzz at September 23, 2004 05:39 PM
Hee Hee.the only thing entertaining about them is those get ups they wear. They crack me up every time.
Posted by: Robin at September 24, 2004 03:57 PM
I once asked the Black Hebrew guys on 44th street if I was OK if I was half-Puerto Rican and half-Irish. The answer? If you burn in the sun, you're the devil. Why? Because your true devil color - red - is exposed when you're in God's natural world. I kind of thought that was a pretty clever answer.
Posted by: Moe at September 26, 2004 04:20 PM
I know what you mean Robin. I always think of the first Star Trek series with Captain Kirk. They look like they are at the helm of a pirate spaceship and Kirk and Mr. Spock are trying to catch them. That's what their costumes remind me of.
Moe, that's funny. It's funny you asked and the answer is pretty funny. (Yeah, I know, weird sense of humor).
Posted by: G. McFuzz at September 27, 2004 11:48 AM
Great photos. I buy my fruits and veggies at Jung's(to the right in the last photo). You can also get pig snouts there. They're in a bucket towards the back of the store.
Posted by: pippa at September 30, 2004 02:54 PM
that group has lots to learn. they are way way off... kingdomofyah.com if its not too late~ is their only hope!
Posted by: Tsuriel at February 12, 2007 05:48 PM
I have never seen or talked with that group. But if what has been said on this sight is true. They do not speak for any of the many Edenic Hebrew Yisraelites Communities that I know here in America, Europe, the Islands,Eden (Africa)or in North Africa in the land promised to us and our people that most call middle east Israel.
There information is clouded with another purpose. That most be to make true Yisraelites look bad and stupid. But I assure you we as a people are far from it.