Entry For Best Neighborhood Pumpkin Display On Bergen

Just as they did last year,  Boerum Hill residents Joyce Draganosky and Laureen Callo came up with some awesome Halloween pumpkin displays in front of their Brownstone on Bergen Street between Bond and Nevins Street.  
Love that wedding massacre theme, and the gourd trio is priceless.  Make sure to walk past to check out the "pun'kin" scenes.
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Skateboarders Derive Added Benefit From Wider Traffic Calming Sidewalks

As part of the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming project, the New York City Department Of Transportation has recently installed wider sidewalks like the one above at the corner of Smith Street and Bergen Street. The purpose of these "neckdowns" is to provide a safer crossing for pedestrians and to slow traffic across Smith Street.

Unexpectedly, the wider sidewalks serve another purpose. Local skateboarders have been enjoying the curbs to perform some very cool tricks. They sure seems to enjoy themselves.

But then, maybe that was all part of the plan. After all, the city's web site states:

"The project's goal is to make all types of streets function better for all users of the public space."

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A Moment Back In Time: A Glimpse Of Smith Street In 1929

The sepia photo above was taken in 1928 on Smith Street at Bergen Street. I was standing at the same intersection to take a photo from appropriately the same spot, I almost got run over.

The traffic was horrendous. The trolleys on the old photo look so much more efficient and environmentally correct, don't they?

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311 Anyone? Pothole Alert On Bergen Street

Pothole alert at the intersection of Bergen Street and Court Street. Someone decided to warn motorists by placing a garbage can into the hole. That seemed to add quite a bit of confusion amongst the drivers, as they steered clear of it at the last moment. But it may have saved a few car axles.
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Picture Of The Day: Saint And Roosters On Bergen Street

The February sun was setting slowly
and the light was fading fast
as I stopped to photograph
the outline of the roosters and Saint
at Vinnie's Italian Ironworks on Bergen Street

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Picture Of The Day: Rooster Crowing

A rooster crows
unnoticed by many,
on top of a roof
on Bergen Street.

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Picture Of The Day: Signs Of Spring On Bergen Street

Oh, dear reader, Can spring be far away? Look at the buds on This magnolia Right in front of a beautiful row Of clapboard houses on Bergen Street We are just weeks... All right... Months away.

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