Brooklyn Updates

Posted: February 26th, 2025 | Filed under: Brooklyn

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: