Wingate

Week 48

The Loose Ends, Brooklyn

Our loose ends tour of Brooklyn finds us up against the west side of Jamaica Bay in the communities of Bergen Beach and Mill Basin. We'll also dip down into Gerritsen Beach, which we only grazed in previous walks. We'll pass through Brooklyn College on the way up as well as parts of Flatbush we didn't get touch before.

Neighborhoods Ocean Hill, Brownsville, Canarsie, Georgetown, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Old Mill Basin, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Madison, Midwood, Flatbush, Wingate

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Week 18

First Impressions - Lower Bay Brooklyn

This week takes us further still into the south of Brooklyn, doing a sweep of Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach. Our return path skirts Sheepshead Bay, rolls straight through Homecrest and Midwood, goes up the Kings Highway and heads home.

Neighborhoods Weeksville, Wingate, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, Kensington, Mapleton, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Seagate, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Homecrest, Midwood, Flatlands, East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Brownsville

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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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