Sixth Class: Newtown Creek

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It's a Gritty City . . .
We are meeting Monday, October 20, in Greenpoint at 10 am—and we’d like you to take a particular route to get there (see below), which will involve about 20-25 minutes of walking. You’ll be taking the subway to Queens and walking across the Pulaski Bridge into Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where you’ll meet us at the Ashbox Café at 1154 Manhattan Ave. We’ll talk a bit there and then head over to a “nature walk” alongside Newtown Creek, one of the most polluted waterways in the nation.

If you leave the Williams Club a little after 9 am, you should get to the Ashbox around 10 am.

Here are the specific directions.

--Head over to Grand Central Station.

--Take the Flushing-bound #7 subway to the Vernon Blvd./Jackson Ave. stop in Queens. (This is a very short ride—just one stop.)

--Exit the subway station on Jackson Ave. and walk up Jackson toward the blue Citi skyscraper.

--Very soon, you should see the entrance ramp for pedestrians to the Pulaski Bridge (at the intersection of Jackson Ave., 11th St., and 49th Ave.).

--Walk across the Pulaski Bridge until you reach the second set of stairs.

--Walk down the stairs above Ash Street (above the sign for Continental Auto Parts).

--Walk west down Ash Street to Manhattan Ave., turn left, and meet us at the Ashbox café, between Ash and Box on Manhattan Ave.