“The Next Stop on this Train” Jay Street/MetroTech A, C, F, R – MetroTech Center, Brooklyn


***This project has a new home. Please visit www.thenextstoponthistrain.com***

 

This is part of a series in which I will be visiting every subway stop in New York City and taking photos of what I find there.  To see other photos from this series, go to the Categories section on your right and scroll down to The City by Subway.  To see where in the city the photos here were taken, scroll all the way down past the photos to the subway map at the bottom.

Jay Street-MetroTech R subway station

There is a lot of construction going on in MetroTech Center!

Construction crane in MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

The thing that struck me most about this neighborhood is the combination of old and new everywhere you look…

I love the combination of old and new buildings here. MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

…a lot of which is positively picturesque!

Old and new. MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

By far the most striking example of the old coexisting with the new is these four 19th Century houses set against the backdrop of the highrises that have grown up all around them.  (You can learn a bit more about these houses here.)

19th Century houses in the middle of Downtown Brooklyn. MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

It was quite a surprise to come around the corner and find this little scene, as you can imagine!  Talk about fascinating incongruity!

Here are some miscellaneous photos from the rest of my exploration.  I found myself focusing a lot on cool architectural details that caught my eye.  And the sun was at a particularly helpful angle that day.

Amazing architecture, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

 

I love the way the light is hitting this building! MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

 

Gorgeous afternoon light, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

 

Construction crane and stoplight, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

 

Cool windows, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

 

I love how the shape of this light fixture totally matches the reflections in the building behind it. MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York City. This photo is part of a project I'm doing where I'm photographing the neighborhoods around every stop on the New York City subway. You can find all of the photos organized by stop at www.karinkohlmeier.com/blog

 

And here, as promised, is the subway map where you can see where in Brooklyn I was:

Subway Map

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