Today I rode the D train all the way to Coney Island stopping at the last seven stops on the line which are mainly the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn. I have taken plenty of pictures and mostly at Coney Island which I will be writing about in a separate post. My first stop is 79th Street which was another outdoor stop and didn't have any exciting features to it but I did manage to get some decent shots and one of some the people on the platform which is always interesting to me. You can learn a lot about a person from just observing them on the subway platform, the way they dress, their attitude, sometimes their religion or nationality and what type of work they might or might not do, what mood their in and if they have the latest technology (i.e. Iphone, Ipod or blackberry). 18th Avenue was my next stop and from the platform you could see the Manhattan bridge which I got to capture due to being a clear day. At this point I make my way to 20th Avenue which was peaked my interest due to the surrounding areas. As I exited the subway station and explored the neighborhood I found it to be a line of stores on either side of the elevated subway. At this point the breeze was blowing in the right direction and I could start to smell the saltwater which was waiting for me only a few stops away. These surrounding areas consisted of mainly of Chinese, Russian and Jewish inhabitants. I can always tell of what kind of area I will be walking into just by looking at who is on the platform. The area reminded me a lot of Chinatown and the shopping to prove it. Very cheap stores. I felt sometimes like I was in another world and I am only about an hour outside of Manhattan. The next stops which consisted of Bay Parkway, 25th Avenue and Bay 50th Street were consistently the same and then finally I arrived at Coney Island....
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