Tag: Brooklyn

DUMBO

The next stop on the New York City Bridges photography tour was the area Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass, also nicknamed DUMBO. Despite the cold, the streets were packed with people, most of whom seemed to be taking photos of the Empire State Building framed by one of the Manhattan Bridge towers, which is exactly what we were there to do. After over thirty years of living in the New York1 and New Jersey area, I have finally become a tourist.

  1. When we first immigrated to the United States, we lived in East Elmhurst, Queens, near Flushing. ↩

Williamsburg Bridge

From the Queensboro Bridge, Loren’s friend Jack drove us down to the Williamsburg Bridge. The bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Delancey Street with the Williamsburg neighbourhood of Brooklyn at Broadway near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE).

This 2227m, eight lanes bridge has two train tracks carrying the ”J” train, "M" train, and "Z" lines of the New York City Subway. There is also a path for pedestrians and bicycles. The bridge was constructed by architect, Henry Hornbostel, and designer Leffert L. Buck. It was open on December 19, 1903. That was 115 years ago!

This bridge was more challenging to photograph from the vantage point at the foot of the bridge. I walked under and around the bridge trying to get a decent image of the length of the bridge. The support pillars of the bridge are surrounded by a fence with metal spikes at the top. I stood on one of the metal barriers to get a better shot.

Williamsburg Bridge — FujiFilm X-T2 + Fujifilm XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR @ (16 mm, f/8.0, ISO400), Copyright 2019-01-12 Khürt L. Williams
Williamsburg Bridge — FujiFilm X-T2 + Fujifilm XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR @ (16 mm, f/9.0, ISO400), Copyright 2019-01-12 Khürt L. Williams
Williamsburg Bridge — FujiFilm X-T2 + Fujifilm XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR @ (16 mm, f/8.0, ISO400), Copyright 2019-01-12 Khürt L. Williams
Williamsburg Bridge — FujiFilm X-T2 + Fujifilm XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR @ (42.7 mm, f/9.0, ISO400), Copyright 2019-01-12 Khürt L. Williams

Other Half Brewing Co. Short, Dark & Handsome

I am in drinking Short, Dark & Handsome by Other Half Brewing Co., a Micro Brewery in Brooklyn. Short, Dark & Handsome is an Stout - American, with an ABV of 7.4 and IBU of 30. I gave this beer a 3.75 on Untappd’s 5 point rating system.

BREWER’S NOTES

Big, smooth and malty. Hopped with UK Fuggles and East Kent Goldings