A page from a collection of Guthrie's sheet music includes his Mermaid Avenue address
In preparation for next year’s centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth, today’s New York Times carried a story about an exhibition and study center being built – in honor of the man who wrote This Land Is Your Land – in his home state of Oklahoma.
Due to the article’s focus, it failed to mention that beginning in 1946, Woody spent around eight years living at 3520 Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island.
The accompanying photos by Aleksandr R. were so impressive, we just had to share them with our readers. They were taken on 82nd Street, between 18th Avenue and 19th Avenue. Click Here For More Photos
84th Street and 12th Avenue, Dyker Heights (Photo by Frank P.)
A huge thanks to all of our readers who sent in such fantastic holiday lights photos!
From Bay Ridge, to Dyker Heights, to Gravesend – you helped show the world that Southwestern Brooklyn has some of the most beautiful and over the top Christmas displays in New York City – a place known all over the globe for its holiday season decorations. Click Here For More Photos
Are you one of those people who invest hours or even days into your Christmas lights? Or maybe you prefer to just to take pretty pictures of your neighbor’s decorations?
Either way, Bensonhurst Bean has a sure fire way to share your work with family, friends and strangers from around the globe.
Just send in your photos of holiday lights displays from places like Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, West Gravesend or Bay Ridge and we’ll do the rest.
The above photo of the walk signal at 64th Street and Bay Parkway was sent in by reader Victoria Y. who writes:
Walking to the N train on bayparkway from 63st I noticed that the walk sign is just hanging from a cable wire on 64st, maybe someone broke it or the wind did it, all I know that if it was the wind, it must have been strong enough to do that much damage.
The destruction appears to have been done by the wind. Or was it?
If you were charged with the task of determining who or what was responsible for the damage, the first thing you might want to do is question these guys. Just sayin’:
Living in the northeastern section of Bensonhurst, when we think of an elevated subway line with great views our thoughts naturally gravitate towards the McDonald Avenue El and the Culver Line, which are served by the F train.
The above photo, taken using a Sanyo C1, shows that you can also get some great views – including a closer glimpse of the Verrazano Bridge – from the 71st Street station of the West End Line, which the D train currently runs on.
This is Bensonhurst Bean’s monthly blogwrap, where we highlight some of the stories that have affected Bensonhurst over the last month, as covered by both local and mainstream media.
Our sister site Sheepshead Bites has just published photos of something that’s a rare sight in NYC – a Snowy Owl in its “natural” habitat. The pics were recently taken from a fishing boat off a small island just south of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. The fisherman/photographer is the friend of a reader. Check out Sheepshead Bites for the full story, as well as more images of this beautiful creature.
