Blogs from Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 3

Day 2 of our trip started with a tour of Brooklyn Bethel - the (for now) World HQ for Jehovah's Earthly Organization. The brother who was nice enough to take time from his day off to give us a tour was very nice. He showed us his department (house services) as well as around the branch offices. We got to see the different departments involved in, not only the teaching materials used by the Governing Body, but also the use and distribution of the voluntary donations they receive from around the world. After the tour of the offices we got to see 2 different self-guided tours: the history of the Bible and the history of God's people through the last 2 millennia. It was so inspiring to see the way God's Holy Spirit has worked to ... read more

Gateway National Recreation Area This maybe one of the most strangest places we have camped at. It is the only National Park, within a city, in the country. it is the only campground in New York City. It was the first airport in New York City, now you need to Google Floyd Bennett Airport. We camped on one of the runways, they had no hook-ups, but our RV is self sufficient. This morning we biked to Coney Island...the bike trail runs next to the parkway then out to the ocean. It was about 8 miles each way. Bob enjoyed a hot dog at Nathan's and Kel had a yummy lobster roll. When we returned, we had a history tour of the first Airport in NY ...Bennett Field, with the Ranger. It was excellent.... read more

Geo: 40.6756, -73.971... read more

Brooklyn, the most populous borough of NYC was originally a Dutch village called Breuckelen. In 1776 - six years after James Cook first sighted the coastline of NSW - the Battle of Brooklyn was the first battle fought following the Declaration of Independence as part of the American Revolutionary War. Moving right along, in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge linked Long Island to Manhattan and Brooklyn remained an independent city until it became part of NYC in 1898. We walked around Brooklyn on Friday morning to get a feel of the place which included a visit to BAM; the Brooklyn Academy of Music; dark at he moment apart from the cinemas. But it was nice to see the place. After a little bit of experience with the US banking system (gained from more than one bank) I ... read more

5pointz (according to Wikipedia) "is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world's premiere "graffiti Mecca," where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colourful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) factory building. (....) It was announced in March 2011 that Wolkoff (the owner) plans to redevelop the property to build high-rise residential towers, putting the future of 5 Pointz in jeopardy." Well, apparently they will be putting it down in September. So here are some pix for you to get a feel. It's a pretty cool place. I'm glad I got to go there before leaving. 5 Pointz (selon Wikipedia) est considérée comme la "la Mecque du graffiti", où les artistes de toutes origines réalisent des œuvres colorées sur les murs d'un bâtiment d'une ... read more