Thursday Morning in Williamsburg and the Lower East Side: J Train Ride from Lorimer Street over Williamsburg Bridge to Essex Street

(Video courtesy Tropic Temp.)

Williamsburg 30-Second Mystery Theatre: Case of the Trustafarian Tenant 3/6

Stymied in her investigation of the disappearance of Mr. Ratmansky's trustafarian tenant on South 5th Street, amateur detective Claudia Cardinale decides to walk over to Marcy Avenue and grab some Tokyo soba noodles at the Korean grocery Mr. Piña Fruit and Vegetables.

Saturday Night in Williamsburg: Celebration of Kuf Alef Kislev at the New York State Armory on Marcy Avenue

The 21st day of Kislev is celebrated annually by Satmar Chasidim worldwide as the day R' Yoel Teitelbaum Zt'l the founder of Satmar Chasidis in America, escaped from Hungary and this year marks the 69th anniversary of the Grand Rebbe's escape from the Nazis. (Video courtesy shiezoli)

Saturday Morning in Cypress Hills: Breakfast in HIghland Park

Early this morning, we went out with some portable breakfast stuff and took the J train at Marcy Avenue east to Norwood Avenue in Cypress Hills.

We walked up Norwood a few blocks to the Cypress Hills Cemetery to what it is, we think, the Highland Park neighborhood, and then took a walk through the jewel that is Highland Park itself, stopping to eat at one of the picnic tables in the park's upper highlands with their spectacular views.

We made our way out of the park after using the playground restroom and found ourselves amid pretty homes on Highland Boulevard. Then we walked to Jamaica Avenue, where we got the Q56 bus right away to take us to Broadway Junction and a trip back home to Williamsburg on the J train.

We're grateful we got to explore Highland Park on a cloudy, cool summer morning. We hadn't been around here since the early 1970s.