TennesseJones
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I'm off on a rush trip to New York tmmw, but have a week and free time when I'm there...
So any hints and tips on a photographers New York?
Thank you!
TJ
So any hints and tips on a photographers New York?
Thank you!
TJ
Do you want the cliches or do you want something out of the norm?
TennesseJones
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probably more out of the norm, but all thoughts gratefully pinched..
andredossantos
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If you want a different angle on street photography in lieu of the usual midtown manhattan location you can try these spots easily accessible by subway:
-Roosevelt Avenue in Queens. Take the 7 train to the last stop (Flushing) or to the Roosevelt Ave/Jackson Heights stop.
-Take the 1 train to 181st and St Nicholas for a busy commercial district in Washington Heights
-Take the B train to Fordham Road in the Bronx for another busy shopping district with lots of foot traffic.
-Take the A,B,C, or D to 125th street in Harlem.
-Take the A,B,C, or D train to 116th street in Harlem.
-Take the L to Bedford to photograph some Hipsters in Williamsburg Brooklyn
-Instead of Coney Island, take the B or Q train to the last stop in Brighton Beach. A heavily russian neighborhood.
For urban landscape-y type stuff, you can try these locatons:
-Take the 7 train to Willets Point, Queens and explore the Iron Triangle - a swath of unpaved roads home to countless autobody shops, chop shops, and junkyard.
-Take the A,B,C or D train to 145th street and explore the historic Sugar Hill and Hamilton Heights section of Harlem.
-Take the A or C train to 190th and visit Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights. Also home to a medieval French monastery which was taken apart, shipped here, and rebuilt in the park.
-Take the F train to Smith/9th street and walk into Red Hook. The water front Brooklyn neighborhood.
-Take the E train to the first stop in Queens and wander around the Long Island City/Hunters Point/Blissville industrial areas of Queens.
-Take the metro north train to the Botanical Gardens stop in the Bronx and walk into the borough's "Little Italy" neighborhood along Arthur Avenue.
-Visit Propsect Park in Brooklyn.
-Take the 1 train to 125th street and broadway and visit Manhattanville section of Harlem underneath the Riverside Drive viaduct before Columbia University levels the entire neighborhood.
-Take the L train to Graham Street stop and walk through industrial East Williamsburg via Grand Avenue then across the Grand Ave bridge into Maspeth, Queens.
Those are some suggestions for some stuff to do in NYC besides the typical midtown and lower Manhattan tourist attractions.
-Roosevelt Avenue in Queens. Take the 7 train to the last stop (Flushing) or to the Roosevelt Ave/Jackson Heights stop.
-Take the 1 train to 181st and St Nicholas for a busy commercial district in Washington Heights
-Take the B train to Fordham Road in the Bronx for another busy shopping district with lots of foot traffic.
-Take the A,B,C, or D to 125th street in Harlem.
-Take the A,B,C, or D train to 116th street in Harlem.
-Take the L to Bedford to photograph some Hipsters in Williamsburg Brooklyn
-Instead of Coney Island, take the B or Q train to the last stop in Brighton Beach. A heavily russian neighborhood.
For urban landscape-y type stuff, you can try these locatons:
-Take the 7 train to Willets Point, Queens and explore the Iron Triangle - a swath of unpaved roads home to countless autobody shops, chop shops, and junkyard.
-Take the A,B,C or D train to 145th street and explore the historic Sugar Hill and Hamilton Heights section of Harlem.
-Take the A or C train to 190th and visit Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights. Also home to a medieval French monastery which was taken apart, shipped here, and rebuilt in the park.
-Take the F train to Smith/9th street and walk into Red Hook. The water front Brooklyn neighborhood.
-Take the E train to the first stop in Queens and wander around the Long Island City/Hunters Point/Blissville industrial areas of Queens.
-Take the metro north train to the Botanical Gardens stop in the Bronx and walk into the borough's "Little Italy" neighborhood along Arthur Avenue.
-Visit Propsect Park in Brooklyn.
-Take the 1 train to 125th street and broadway and visit Manhattanville section of Harlem underneath the Riverside Drive viaduct before Columbia University levels the entire neighborhood.
-Take the L train to Graham Street stop and walk through industrial East Williamsburg via Grand Avenue then across the Grand Ave bridge into Maspeth, Queens.
Those are some suggestions for some stuff to do in NYC besides the typical midtown and lower Manhattan tourist attractions.
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I live in NYC and I'm going take Andre's advice. Cool list Andre. We should go photograph sometime.
Calzone
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I only live one subway stop from Madhattan in LIC, but about 5 minutes away from my house is a big empty/run down/empty industial area where there are no people even though Madhattan can be seen in the distance.
On a subway map its a coredoor, that divides Brooklyn from Queens, where there are no buses or subways, that features the most polluted waterway in the US (Newton Creek), a place where it is estimated that an oil spill three times larger than the Exxon Valdez happened over decades and in places you can literally smell the oil. About a third of NYC's garbage is processed nearby and also about a third of its sewage. BTW NYC began dumping raw sewage into Newtown Creek as early as 1853. This area is also bounded by mamouth graveyards.
Also by my house you can get the Q100 bus to Riker's Island for a visit, and ironically my neighborhood is where prisoners are released when they get out of Riker's. Might be a cool thing to do/see.
Cal
On a subway map its a coredoor, that divides Brooklyn from Queens, where there are no buses or subways, that features the most polluted waterway in the US (Newton Creek), a place where it is estimated that an oil spill three times larger than the Exxon Valdez happened over decades and in places you can literally smell the oil. About a third of NYC's garbage is processed nearby and also about a third of its sewage. BTW NYC began dumping raw sewage into Newtown Creek as early as 1853. This area is also bounded by mamouth graveyards.
Also by my house you can get the Q100 bus to Riker's Island for a visit, and ironically my neighborhood is where prisoners are released when they get out of Riker's. Might be a cool thing to do/see.
Cal
andredossantos
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Definitely! The area i know best is Manhattan above 110th street as Ive been living and working in Upper Manhattan for the past 10 years or so. If you ever want to go to some of my favorite spots, let me know.
I love to explore the city and am down for exploring anywhere else really, as well
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BillBingham2
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Brooklyn has a lot of interesting spots along the F train. Not sure about the cost of getting on and off and on and off all weekend long (haven't been there in years) but there's a lot of life all over along the F.
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TennesseJones
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this is terrific, thank so much guys. I'll be upper west I think, but these are great ideas, thank you.
(and good luck with the project!)
(and good luck with the project!)