A red eye from Sacramento to JFK had us arriving in NYC at 8am. Even though non of us slept well, we had enough energy to get us through the day. We stayed at my sis in law’s apartment in Brooklyn. She lives in a terrific neighborhood called Carroll Gardens. A bunch of eateries, and little neighborhood markets. Close to subways, and a great park along the waterfront within walking distance.
We decided to stay in Brooklyn for the day, in case one of us needed to go home to rest.
Breakfast at Cafe Luluc…
We noticed this type of parking lot everywhere. You leave your keys with the attendant. They stack the cars for parking…
Walking around Brooklyn…
Went to the New York Transit Museum. Covers the history of the bus, trolley, subways since the late 1800’s…
Learning about (electrical) conductors..
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One room was dedicated to all the album cover art that contains the NYC subway stations. They showed the full length video of Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’. This short movie/long video was directed by Martin Scorcese, produced by Quincy Jones, and co-starred a young Wesley Snipes! We stayed and watched it. Homeschool at its finest!
The museum is located in a retired subway station. Down below where the retired tracks are, they have about twenty old subway cars that date back to the very early 1900’s. It’s fun to see the ads from the past…
We walked to the Brooklyn Bridge Park, a waterfront park that runs along the Brooklyn shoreline. We were able to see the Statue of Liberty off in the distance, New Jersey, the Lower Manhattan skyline, and the Brooklyn Bridge…
they have a nice park where the kids got to run around and play for a bit…
The Lower Manhattan skyline. New Jersey is to the left in the distance…
Looking out at Governor’s Island. Behind it, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty…
The tallest building in America is this building, the Freedom Tower. Built after 9/11 and located next to the 9/11 Memorial Memorial fountains, where the Twin Towers were located. 
The Brooklyn Bridge…
Before the trip, we asked the boys what would be the one thing they would want to experience while in NYC. ‘R’s response was, “eat New York pizza!” Here is the first of three times for him (in three days 🙂 We went to a well known place called Grimaldi’s. They have a special permit to have a coal brick oven for their pizza.
Walking off our pizza, and crossing the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan…they have a pedestrian/bike bridge above the cars…
“Love locks” located all throughout the bridge…
The Empire State Building..
Taking the subway home…
…a little Wii dancing competition before bed…
