I’m a New Yorker, and I run. I get bored doing laps around the park or running up and down the Hudson River path. Instead, I use my long-distance runs to explore the neighborhoods in my city, especially in the outer boroughs. I’ve decided to take a cheap digital camera with me on some of my runs to document the city and its changes as seen when crossing on foot.


Sunday, January 2, 2011

New Year's Day run to Jamaica

Myrtle Avenue to Forest Park in Queens has become one of my favorite running routes. It cuts through a number of distinctive, lively neighborhoods—Clinton Hill and Bushwick in Brooklyn, Ridgewood and Glendale in Queens—and ends in a deeply wooded park. I took many photos along this stretch last winter, which you can see here.


On this run, I came out the other side of Forest Park and pushed on to the Long Island Railroad Station in Jamaica, Queens. By the time I got past the parts I've already photographed, the light was fading fast, so I don't have too many pictures. The run was about 10 miles; I took the LIRR home. Six bucks! But less than 15 minutes, too.

"Mom! Mom! Can we Have a dollar? The knife truck is here!
The knife truck!" It even has a bell.
From Jamaica
Marcy projects playground
From Jamaica
Cascade Laundry
From Jamaica
The bustling Knickerbocker Ave. shopping
district. All open on New Year's Day.
From Jamaica
A shopping cart food vendor. I'm seeing them all over the Brooklyn lately.
From Jamaica


Playing for money on a cold, slow day in Queens.
From Jamaica
A mini-chain in Queens that looks like Starbucks
if you squint. Next stop, burgers at McDowell's.
From Jamaica
From Jamaica
Jamaica Station reminds me of a Berlin S-Bahnhof
From Jamaica

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