Hey, Buddy, Get Back Out There — You Sound Like Walt Whitman’s Wussy Nephew With This “Brooklyn Is Enormous” Crap!

Gary Jarvis, who vowed to run every street in Brooklyn after moving there in June, has reached the halfway point and is perhaps running out of steam:

Gary Jarvis’s quest to traverse the length, width and depth of Brooklyn has been well-documented — but the enormity of the task has, frankly, taken its toll.

“I didn’t realize how big and dense and concentrated Brooklyn is,” said the Iowa native, who had apparently failed to look at a map before predicting that he could run the entire borough.

“Brooklyn is enormous.”

Perhaps by comparison to Iowa City, whose 230 miles of streets Jarvis once ran. As he learned, however, that’s nothing compared to Brooklyn’s 1,599 miles of mean streets.

Jarvis had never spent time in Brooklyn until he moved here to be with his girlfriend. Like any newcomer, he figured the best way to get to know his new home would be to get out.

“Talk about not thinking things through,” said Jarvis, whose presence has been noticed everywhere from Greenpoint to Bensonhurst.

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On Friday, Jan. 19, Jarvis hit the halfway mark and started a much-needed break.

He claims he’ll be back on the roads in six weeks — but it’s no longer clear if he’ll make it.

“I feel so awful and so tired,” said Jarvis, who doesn’t warm up or stretch.