BusFest!

On Sunday afternoon, I swung by Atlantic Antic after church. My introvert tendencies make me want to flee from a mile long, super crowded street fair, but my favorite part is the BusFest exhibit on Boerum Place near the beginning of the Antic.
Every year, the Transit Museum rolls out a mini fleet of historical buses, from a 1930s-vintage double decker to a modern-day city bus. The buses were crawling with children, but I got a few good shots, anyway.

 

This was built by Yellow Coach in 1932 for the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, and ran until 1953.

Stick shift

This bus was not designed for tall people

Full frontal view

This General Motors bus was also built for Fifth Avenue Coach in 1958, with one surprise feature

Not the U-shaped loveseat in the back

Not the classic 50s design 

Air conditioning! Those two jet propulsion-looking things are an early air conditioning demonstrator

DUMBO After Dark

After getting a few good shots on/around the promenade, I followed the waterfront under the Brooklyn Bridge and up to Dumbo.
Not the sadfaced Disney elephant, but the nabe known as Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.

Believe it or not, those aren't former trolley tracks - those were once part of the Jay Street Connecting Railroad, which served the docks and East River car floats in the early 20th century

This building probably doesn't have a name, but I like the look of it next to one of the Manhattan Bridge's support columns

I also liked the look of this building. And yes, that's the Empire State building peeking in the distance

Brooklyn Promenade

Last Saturday, I found myself in Brooklyn Heights, and after getting a liiiittle bit closer to finishing Season 2 of Agents of SHIELD, I attached my zoom lens and walked around a bit.

Not sure what this is, but it caught my attention

Forelorn flowers

Squibb Park Pedestrian Bridge. Sadly, indefinitely closed because it's too bouncy for its own good. True story

Brooklyn Bridge and Old Fulton Street

Pulaski Bridge

I walked over the Pulaski Bridge, between Long Island City and Greenpoint, after writers' group last night, because it'd been a few days since I'd taken some pictures, and my shutter finger was itchy.
Yes, even with all the exploring I do, some days I don't always see anything that says "Jeff, photograph me or you'll regret it!"
I digress. The bridge took me over the entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, one of the only at-grade railroad crossings in the city, and past one of Brooklyn's trademark welcome signs.

Queens-Midtown Tunnel toll booths

Skyline and the Suicide Fence

LIRR at-grade railroad crossing near Hunterspoint Avenue

Like No Other Place In The World!

Greenpoint and 1 World Trade Center