Any Pictures from Bay parkway & 86.street area Brooklyn

[SnowMan]

Any Pictures from Bay parkway & 86.street area Brooklyn...?

[jimmie]

Here's some pics taken 1 block away from 86th St.

http://www.cornershots.com/archives/000505.html

[alex ballard]

What is that area like now?

[jimmie]

Decent I suppose. There's a growing Russian and Chinese population and it's far enough off the beaten path that any upscale gentrification is unlikely, at least for some time.

[Rem 311 JHF]

86th Street!!,Wasn't a lot of The Scenes of The Car vs. Elevated Train Chase from The 1971 Oscar Winning Film "The French Connection" Filmed Around in That Part of Brooklyn?!

[ASchwarz]

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Yes. The D train elevated runs from 18th Avenue to Stillwell Avenue along 86th Street. The whole length is a busy shopping street. The area is Chinese, Russian and Italian.

[sfenn1117]

Originally Posted by ASchwarz

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Yes. The D train elevated runs from 18th Avenue to Stillwell Avenue along 86th Street. The whole length is a busy shopping street. The area is Chinese, Russian and Italian.

I have walked it many, many times. Surprisingly the side streets are filled with old, beautiful houses, many of which are being razed for ugly, ugly fake brick structures that are so out of context with the neighborhood. I hate to be a nimby here, and I don't mind old houses being knocked down (but not ALL of them, for variety/aesthetic purposes), but don't replace them with crap.