Lady Moody Square on Avenue U in Gravesend.
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I’ve found myself being drawn this year to the houses that have elaborate window displays. They make a nice complement to exterior lights and decorations.
The first installment of the 2010 Holiday Lights photo series is here! This year, we’re leading off with the epicenter of holiday light displays, Dyker Heights. It’s like the Downtown North Pole over here, right down to the traffic. The full photo set continues below the fold.
Do you have any photos you want to contribute? For the next two weeks, we’ll be posting photos of holiday decorations from all across South Brooklyn. If you want to contribute, you can e-mail your photos to tips@bksouthie.com, OR you can add them to the group’s brand new Flickr photo pool.
To give you an idea of how elaborately decorated the homes in this part of the neighborhood are, I would describe this impressively festive home as modestly decorated. Continue reading »
Dec 252009
There are more deluxe displays on 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights, but this spot near 71st Street is the only one I got to this evening before it started to rain on my head. =P
Dec 162009
(All photos: Brian Hedden)
Down 17th and 18th Avenues, from 60th Street to 84th Street, I’ve only been able to find one tree stand. Unlucky for me, it closes at 6pm on weekdays, and I didn’t find this out until 7pm on Monday night.
I don’t think it’s worth venturing further north than 60th – something tells me the Orthodox Jews of Borough Park are not going to have a target-rich environment as far as Christmas trees are concerned. I wonder if I had bothered to poke my head down to 86th Street if I would have struck pay dirt, but I was already many blocks from home.
No biggie – at least I came across this row of houses on 84th Street at 18th Avenue.
A gentle reminder that there are not many tree-shopping days left this holiday season.
I really like the way this photo turned out.
A couple more shots from Santa’s 82nd Street Workshop.
Dec 072009
(photo credit: Brian Hedden)
My corner of Bensonhurst doesn’t get all gussied up for Christmas quite the way Dyker Heights or Mill Basin does… but every now and again, this is what you see.
