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Week 32

The Native Roads

Back in 2018, Heather Quinlan at Brooklyn Heights Blog stumbled upon a rather exciting map at the Brooklyn Historical society. Published in 1946 by historian James A. Kelly, it details all the Native American trails that cover the borough and their contemporary counterparts. This week we'll walk those existing routes, with a trip down Kings Highway, a walk along Shore Road, and up Division Avenue, among other paths. We'll also visit the peculiar Gravesend Square and the city's oldest cemetery.

Neighborhoods Ocean Hill, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Flatlands, Madison, Gravesend, Bath Beach, Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Gowanus, Boerum Hill, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Navy Yard, South Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant

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Week 28

Following the BQE

Few major thoroughfares define its surroundings as strongly as the section of I-278 known as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. This week we'll follow the entirety of its path, starting at the foot of the RFK bridge in Astoria and concluding at the base of the Verrazzano. Neighborhoods along the way include Woodside, Sunnyside, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and more.

Neighborhoods Bushwick, Ridgewood, Fresh Pond, Maspeth, Woodside, Astoria, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton

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