Prospect Heights

Week 52

A Wedding March

One calendar year, 255 marathons and these last five to go. The project culminates Sunday, June 20th with a day-long wedding march around Brooklyn and a ceremony at Marine Park. Note: The 5.5 miles missing from the marathon length will be made up in walking around the Marine Park and Gerritsen Beach region.

Neighborhoods Bushwick, Ridgewood, Marine Park, Flatbush, Midwood, Gerritsen Beach, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights

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Week 29

Three Bridges

Back in our home borough, we tackle the three iconic thoroughfares that define the flow of traffic between BK and Manhattan: the Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges. In between, we'll take leisurely tours of Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, and a host of lower Manhattan haunts.

Neighborhoods Bushwick, South Williamsburg, Lower East Side, Nolita, SoHo, Chinatown, Vinegar Hill, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, FiDi, Tribeca, NoHo, East Williamsburg

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Week 17

First Impressions - Upper+Some Lower Bay Brooklyn

We stay in Brooklyn this week to continue our survey walks of the area, dipping to the southeast to cover such neighborhoods as Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton and Gravesend. The trip up takes us through Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Brownsville, grazing Greenwood Cemetery and Prospect Park along the way.

Neighborhoods Stuyvesant Heights, Weeksville, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Prospect Park South, Prospects Lefferts Gardens, Wingate

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