Brooklyn Updates

A million years ago I had some friends who lived in an apartment at 245 Flatbush Avenue long before it was a Doughnut Plant (and I am virtually certain they weren’t paying anywhere near whatever it is alleged on Redfin or whatnot):

Aviator Golf Center Driving Range in Marine Park:

Bartel-Pritchard Square in 2005:

And 2024 (Pavilion Theater >> Nitehawk Cinema; whatever it was on that corner >> Chipotle):

Brooklyn Technical High School:

Ocean Wonders: Sharks! at Coney Island’s New York Aquarium:

The historic Child’s Restaurant on the boardwalk at Coney Island was a diamond-in-the-rough/work-in-progress for many years, culminating in a grand restoration that we visited in 2021. Not sure this establishment is still around but it was great to experience it in some fuller glory, first in 2004:

Then in 2007:

And finally in 2021:

Grace Church Brooklyn Heights:

North 5th Street Pier and Park:

Main Drag Music in Williamsburg:

Domino Park in Williamsburg:

Some before and after of the Refinery Building. First, 2008:

Then 2019 and 2020:

Phoenix, February 15-22, 2025

February 15, 2025

De-icing the plane at Newark:

February 17, 2025

The charming MacAlpine’s Diner & Soda Fountain:

February 18, 2025

Topgolf:

This was eaten at In-N-Out:

Sunset:

February 19, 2025

Spring Training was happening and we caught the open practice session at Camelback Ranch where new Dodger Roki Sasaki faced live batting practice for the first time:

There were like two dozen teammates watching each pitch:

Later, the Desert Botanical Garden and the striking “Light Bloom” installations:

February 20, 2025

South Mountain’s Telegraph Pass Trail:

A particularly interesting sunset:

February 21, 2025

First spring training game of the preseason at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick between the Diamondbacks and Rockies:

February 22, 2025

Early flight back home:

San Francisco Peaks from the plane:

Bronx Big Map Additions

A special NYCFC page for Yankee Stadium . . . including Lionel Messi’s New York City MLS debut:

NYCFC vs. Inter Miami CF, September 21, 2024:

Also saw Manchester City play AC Milan on their pre-season US tour at Yankee Stadium:

Vault Hill in Van Cortlandt Park in April 2006:

And the same spot in September 2020:

Kusama: Cosmic Nature at New York Botanical Garden:

Hunter Island in Pelham Bay Park:

The Bronx High School of Science: