NY Through the Lens - New York City Photography

Train station in black and white. York Street Station. Dumbo. Brooklyn, New York City.

We wait.

We wait for the city to move beneath our feet.

We wait for the universe to rise up from under the weight of our own gravitas; the movement of our world spinning on its axis.

And while we wait, the plaster crumbles, the paint peels, the train tracks rust; all suspended in their own decay like flies in amber.

We wait because it’s the only way to slow down as time pushes us forward further and further into the vast expanse of eternity.

We wait for the train to come.

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Autumn in New York City. A view overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn Bridge Park. Dumbo, Brooklyn.

On overcast autumn days, clouds cover the city in a dreamlike haze, wrapping everything in shades of grey and melancholy. Colorful trees and structures awaken the slumbering city from its somnambulistic state.

These last attempts of awakening are the ones remembered vividly before the winter’s shades of solitude set in only interrupted by bare branches and cool steel until the city fully awakens in the spring again.

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Waiting for the train to arrive. Dumbo. Brooklyn, New York City.

New York City is currently in the middle of a heat wave. The heat index values were in the triple digits (fahrenheit) today and will be tomorrow again. Just looking at this image right now makes me hot.

In most New York City subway stations, the temperatures are at times 10 degrees higher than the outside temperature making them heat traps in the dead of summer. The air hangs sullenly and it feels a bit like standing in an oven. A train will go by on the opposite track creating a momentary breeze but other than that it’s stifling and severely unpleasant.

“The New York City Subway is one of the oldest and most extensive public transportation systems in the world, with 468 stations in operation.The first underground line of the subway opened on October 27, 1904. In 2010, the subway delivered over 1.604 billion rides, averaging over five million on weekdays, over three million on Saturdays, and over two million on Sundays.

The New York City Subway is the fourth busiest rapid transit rail system in the world in annual ridership, after Tokyo’s, Moscow’s, and Seoul’s rapid transit systems. However it is still the busiest in the Western Hemisphere. It is one of the four systems in the U.S., along with portions of the Chicago ‘L’ system, PATH, and PATCO, to offer service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.” Source

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York Street Train Station. Dumbo, Brooklyn. New York City.

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This is one of my favorite train stations. It opened in 1936 and while it’s gritty, I love the architecture.

The Manhattan Bridge on a beautiful afternoon at Brooklyn Bridge Park in Dumbo. Brooklyn, New York City.

The weather is drop dead gorgeous in New York City currently. It feels like summer and I am absolutely excited about all of the photo adventures I have lined up for the next few months. New York City in the summer is intoxicating.

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The Dumbo, Brooklyn skyline with the Manhattan Bridge in the background.

I have always loved the Dumbo Brooklyn skyline which is visible when crossing the Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge. The variation in building sizes and colors is always interesting visually.

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Street art on a corner in Dumbo. Brooklyn, New York City.

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The Brooklyn Bridge and the New York City skyline as seen from Brooklyn Bridge Park.

This is one of my favorite waterfront views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the New York City skyline. I love that you can get super close to the river; so close that you can see and hear the river waves crash against the rocks.

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My article for NearSay this week is a photo-guide about the Manhattan Bridge and the views from the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway (the photo in this post is one of the many views that can be seen from the walkway). I also included some information about the architectural and structural details as well as views of the bridge from the Brooklyn side (which are not to be missed).

I loved writing and composing this particular photo-guide because I think the Manhattan Bridge gets ignored in favor of its prettier cousin, the Brooklyn Bridge. However, the views from the Manhattan Bridge are breath-taking and the walk over the Manhattan Bridge is a great walk.

You can view the photo-guide by clicking through the photo above or by clicking this link:

The Manhattan Bridge and its Stunning Views

Enjoy :).

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Dumbo, Brooklyn.

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The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline as seen from Brooklyn Bridge Park in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

This is still one of my favorite views of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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The Manhattan Bridge as seen from Dumbo, Brooklyn.

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Manhattan Bridge. 

View from Brooklyn Bridge Park located in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

View of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline from Dumbo, Brooklyn.