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and Pineapple streets. At Clark The Promenade
Street are marquees of once- At Montague, turn onto the
luxurious hotels, such as the riverfront Promenade 8. A tablet
Towers. Follow Clark Street at the entrance marks the
to 142 Columbia Heights, site of Four Chimneys,
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
4.5.6 where Norman Mailer the house where
550 yards/500m lived 7. Washington George Washington
Roebling, architect of lived during the The old Montague Street trolley, which
Manhattan the Brooklyn Bridge, Battle of Long led to the river and the ferry
Bridge
lived at 110. Island. Walk a little
Brooklyn farther for a stunning Montague and
Bridge
view of Lower Clinton Streets
E a s t R i v e r 3 J FERR Y P ARK will make you the heart of Brooklyn Heights,
Manhattan that
Once back on Montague, walk to
EMPIRE-
FUL TON
catch your
with its cafés and boutiques. The
baseball team, the Brooklyn
breath. Savor
2
this scene,
WATER STREET
Angeles in 1958, got their name
then turn Dodgers, who relocated to Los
4 FRONT STREET
BROOKL YN PLAZA W inland from dodging the trolley cars
BRIDGE 6 Statue of preacher
CADMAN
P ARK COLUMBIA HEIGHTS Henry Ward Beecher again, on that once ran down the street.
Montague.
Walk to the intersection of
FURMAN STREET ORANGE ST 5 6 HENRY ST 1 High Street Here, make a quick detour right Montague and Clinton to see the
stained glass of the 1834 Church
to 1 Montague Terrace 9, where
MIDDAGH
STREET
of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity 0.
the English poet W. H. Auden
CRANBERRY
BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY WILLOW STREET PINEAPPLE ST J CLARK ST TILLARY ADAMS STREET living at 5 Montague. Historical Society q. A block
STREET
Walk a block left on Clinton to
lived. Thomas Wolfe finished Of
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
A.C
Pierrepont Street for the Brooklyn
Time and the River while he was
CADMAN PLAZA EAST
farther, at Court Street, is the
7
Clark Street
J8
1849 Borough Hall w, and the
Tips for Walkers
2.3
HICKS STREET
subway back to Manhattan.
Starting point: Brooklyn Bridge.
Length: 3½ miles (5.5 km).
q CLINTON
4, 5, or 6 on the Lexington Ave
STREET
9
PIERREPONT STREET
line to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
MONTAGUE STREET
R Court St STREET Getting there: Take subway train
0 (nearest stop to the bridge). The
REMSEN STREET
M15 Second Ave bus also stops at
STREET w JAY ST REET City Hall. Returning to Manhattan,
Borough Hall take train 2, 3, 4, 5, M, N, or R from
2.3.4.5 Borough Hall; or 2, 3, 4, 5, M, N, R,
J
J O R A L E M O N
HENRY S T R E E T Metro Tech or Q from Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn’s Dodgers, who got their name
Jay Street
CLINT O N STREET FULTON 80 Montague St, has Polish from dodging trolley cars
A.C.F.R
Stopping-off points: Teresa’s,
COURT STREET
dishes at reasonable prices. Try
STATE STREET
BOERUM PLACE
STREET
S M I T H ST R EE T
dining in Brooklyn Heights. For
e LIVING STONE ST LIVINGSTONE STREET Henry’s End, 44 Henry St, for fine Atlantic Avenue
Another option is to stay on
ATLANTIC AVE
light meals visit acclaimed deli
Clinton Street and walk the
Mile End, 97A Hoyt St, or Iris Café,
five short blocks to Atlantic
HOYT ST
Hoyt-
a whole string of Middle Eastern
Schermerhorn 20 Columbia Place. Avenue. A left turn here leads to
STATE STREET
Streets emporia, such as Sahadi’s e
A.C.G BOND STREET (at 187 Atlantic Avenue), which
NEVINS STREET stocks a huge selection of foods.
PACIFIC STREET
The Damascus Bakery at 195
STATE STREET
makes the most delicious filo
AT L A N T I C A V E N U E
pastries. Various other shops
here sell Arabic books, tapes,
PACIFIC STREET
Atlantic Ave
2.3.4.5 DVDs, and CDs.
J
At Flatbush Avenue, look
3RD AVE r left to the Brooklyn Academy
Key of Music (BAM) r and the grand
front of the Williamsburg
Walk route
Savings Bank. Watch for signs
0 meters 500 to the subway for your journey
0 yards 500 back to Manhattan.
For keys to symbols see back flap
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