https://www.jessiegcarroll.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.jessiegcarroll.com/photos daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761933362-S79TSMIRLU2SRO2ABOYP/00433FAA-AB20-4F51-89B9-55CFCA63712E_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk An eerily empty Washington Street in March 2020, during early lockdown | Dumbo, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761933444-1DW12KWUN7M3H16UO8YR/6620A1C5-4F00-4DAE-A46E-9C10749193A4_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk A view of my old apartment building | Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761935588-CEQ70K4NAFMPHR9ORDMX/9060B351-159E-40C1-A265-17E500D0C351_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Architectural hodgepodge of my dreams | Clinton Hill, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761935420-S7UQMPMCZKZ0PV5PJVQD/D57F6724-F75F-4B5D-B3D2-BA5EE352A56B_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk A pandemic panic line outside of Wegman's | Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761937191-S78BXU2XWPO1PCV3B4ZM/3C035D04-E5EF-4079-B94D-32553D893429_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk The grassy medium on Albemarle is a wonderfully quiet place to sit and take a break after an eight-mile walk on a nice day. | Ditmas Park, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761941197-QFOGRW6ZHLB3CGEQF0XO/5AA6FD93-5646-42C7-BECF-54DB22BBFE7F_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Lilac bushes outside of an industrial building | Gowanus, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761941111-0A4RPK32029AT88K4KJO/8175B706-4972-4B60-8A7A-5EC8E933C873_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk A Redwood tree grows in Brooklyn | Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761942644-NCRE8F0I4MR8OUD3D6MB/E1513AC4-E3BA-4FA9-9FFF-60F30524372B_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk The curiously small doors of Dennett Place | Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761943321-3SB6GRMVUUYC71QSN5TJ/39C66FBC-DBDB-4413-B54C-6E42D97EF4C7_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Seriously, the doors are so weird. | Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761944185-P151IOSJNNN7RBRPOFM9/B8873F59-65DB-4B38-802E-5AD9B67B2216_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Belle Harbor mansions, maybe a little past their heyday | Belle Harbor, Queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761948508-UG3RWO9ZKCMZ8VK3Q6GK/2574A03B-5544-4EDF-9F1E-189CCCE86FC6_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Architectural hodgepodge + roses | Boerum Hill, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761947561-V7WMBVRFJVG7VUAMGWGC/A31E8A95-770E-4D7D-815B-130FBCAF9CE5_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Charming alleys of Warren Place | Cobble Hill, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761949827-BG4MOZKYZJIDPJZXSNMS/34CCB7F0-8233-47A2-B1F0-655135030304_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Two swans taking off from West Pond at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Manhattan is in the background. | Broad Channel, Queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613873209639-0HRNHYJ6N3SE98JCERF0/IMG_5317.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Architectural hodgepodge. Old tenements meet new-ish construction. | Two Bridges, Manhattan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761950273-CY99LMEELHL37E8FR356/512F37D0-1F37-4F8F-8C33-93172C608CBC_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Sunset at Copake Lake. I'm another New Yorker who was lucky enough to head upstate for little breaks from pandemic life in the city. | Copake, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613765118156-UJGXS7Y36H6AEMT9U3NZ/IMG_5714.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk I'm fascinated by Harrison Alley, a private street with this peculiar little pink house set back at the end. | Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761951177-YAMRGJUY1E7F5W41VZIP/31A18923-3E6B-4C0A-B780-A51DBEF89A9C_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk I love the optical illusion of this gravel pile. Taken on a ferry ride home after a long walk. | Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761953316-JQVVS9CI7SN00US4WAKO/32501E09-5544-4D24-9825-EC95C135D046_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk A message to the garden thief | Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761948715-DHZBIIF22G0OMLUMO6G2/73304924-AF10-433E-9941-FC089C02335D_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk One of the best paths in Green-Wood Cemetery. It's truly magical in the springtime. | Greenwood, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761954205-FH7VD6Q400AE6ZVC5BHY/FA949D51-E097-43FE-863B-954517FACFD1_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk I'm on a mission to visit all of the shortest historic streets in New York City. This one is Albemarle Terrace. | Flatbush, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761953603-2S8ZF3KEB9YZTW0NWW2Z/B6849A67-324C-4D0D-AF7E-0A60D9B01303_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk On a Lyft ride home one evening, two particular blocks caught my eye. They were lined with brick mansions in various conditions. The structures stood out from the row houses of the surrounding blocks. I looked up this neighborhood when I got home -- it's called Millionaire's or Doctor's Row. I went back to visit by foot a few days later. | Crown Heights, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761953635-1XYVXN6JWJMM4NP8L7JY/079F43B0-1B47-465E-B214-6F8C649392AF_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Row house earth tone rainbow | Crown Heights, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761955300-LPR4XGJHRGITIN3ZOADI/56934734-D9D3-4506-8443-6D375D116AB4_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk A huge house on Ocean Avenue in need of some love. A few days after I took this photo, It went on the market for a few million dollars. | Flatbush, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761955720-3GA71DCFHYFP40QMDE97/A0E4DBD0-80D5-4A28-A7E3-D5AE2A80AD39_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk I love the Q line stations around this area. | Ditmas Park, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761957215-377R208X1VZO8WKG6691/A463B286-1083-47F9-977A-83E40D656F2E_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk The famous Gingerbread House in Bay Ridge. It's an active residence that's about 100 years old. | Bay Ridge, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761955118-ZD5UKEUN1UDHGSICTHRP/5D4F95A0-2837-4676-A291-12EEF669E6C0_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk A mish-mosh of opulent houses lining Shore Road | Bay Ridge, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761957230-L6WIJ08QHVRV71GL7ZW5/83EE641B-52CE-4839-A75B-EA16E5591D8B_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk I spent New Years Day 2021 at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. | Broad Channel, Queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761950860-5TX9VUKV4WTEWMMLDSX4/39E7B7D9-EE35-4128-9DF8-AD305A068BD8_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk If the timing and weather worked out, I treated myself to a leisurely ferry home to Brooklyn Heights from Greenpoint after a long walk. If I was lucky, I'd catch this sunset while I wait at the ferry landing. | Greenpoint, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761956653-YLQ9P2431V94JMWGTRH2/381E14CF-97B3-4C3C-AB0D-4AD5E6180F5D_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Watching the hundreds of snow geese at the refuge is a multi-sensory experience. | Broad Channel, Queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1613761957774-1Y507NI1K6O8WZNXYW0H/CC6E15C3-7D00-4075-96A6-58EA31F16361_1_105_c.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk A very cold February hike at Shirley Chisholm State Park | Canarsie / Spring Creek, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1618094624280-C6584K43FX9YYSBMBSMN/IMG_9510.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Architectural symphony | Financial District, Manhattan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1618094628668-RJKZ6GBIC6ZK5R1TYRE1/IMG_9507.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Illuminated building at the end of an alley | Soho, Manhattan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1618094630957-EAAELJ9BUCQCG20JQEKO/IMG_9636.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Walking on a country road in the Rockaways | Arverne, Queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1618094634215-KQB342306SM4CENI2L7T/IMG_9639.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk A brick made in a centuries-old Hudson Valley brickyard on the Rockaway side of Jamaica Bay | Arverne, Queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1618094636845-EHC4VM20G0BOFW7YCEHP/IMG_9647.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk I love that you can find slices of rural life in the city, like in Brant Point Wildlife Refuge. The site is littered with garbage that's washed ashore, but it's getting better thanks to volunteer and community efforts. | Arverne, Queense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1621271928977-U6Q1D3DLTW6ILFE7VNVD/IMG_9761.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk The perimeter of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden looking mighty fine | Crown Heights, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1621271924191-R9LKE0R5WTG95Q31ISI1/IMG_0059.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Another architectural hodgepodge | Tribeca, Manhattan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1621271937508-41FXF7I1KSHOUGJ6FCP5/IMG_9979.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk As I snapped this photo of this overgrown lot on a very sleepy block in Vinegar Hill, a guy in a neighboring building walked out and asked me, "Wanna buy a truck?" | Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1621271922497-6FO64RBOYJNI166O64SP/IMG_9957.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk When I lived in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill Park was a frequent resting stop on my walk to the pottery studio. It's a magical pocket park that's about 3/4 of a city block. | Cobble Hill, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1621271930824-YKNGSM0DBD2AWFS7EZDZ/IMG_9839.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk My old building is the backwards L in the middle. | Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/1621271926229-OA1HYF3XNHRX7TBZKLFH/IMG_0136.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk I passed by this oddball door probably thousands of times in my eight years living in the neighborhood, and this was the first time I snapped a photo. | Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/a84eef91-d130-48c7-bc02-eb49f5855cec/C9FCE5E2-E8CF-44B1-B59E-008CF63994AA.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/cc4c9bb2-a328-452c-b390-f56fca016432/IMG_5455.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Jagged Bowery hodgepodge | East Village/Noho, Manhattan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/4d8b979e-f6cc-4d3f-a571-fe4dd1eba9b2/IMG_5452.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk I had a doctor appointment on the Upper East Side in the morning and a dentist appointment in Soho in the afternoon. I walked from one appointment to the other and spotted a few brave holdouts. | Gramercy, Manhattan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/91f44ed1-e689-43b0-8b6a-6ee0477e09d4/IMG_5447.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Crazy little holdout on East 42nd Street. | Midtown East, Manhattan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/74862d97-67c8-4cad-bef6-c53ea600e943/IMG_3803.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk 6th Avenue painted ladies | Park Slope, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/94663082-de54-4b6c-ae64-a3a65b4df661/IMG_3573.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk Another winter walk at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge | Broad Channel, Queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/e9075674-1f77-4c14-aaba-8295bb2dac25/IMG_7335.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/51dac2c2-ee77-4d6f-872f-2eafb9ce2529/IMG_7269.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/dd356b1e-eeb8-4369-838a-6bee801fc5b9/IMG_6554.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/8c7debf3-bdc6-44d2-97b7-3a3935683a85/IMG_5937.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/75f28167-ffdb-447b-aa69-a9662ea4f0ae/IMG_5933.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/9e0b0b81-6453-4b41-aa6a-bdd4d9e49887/IMG_4342.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/ff6e7cec-92f9-411a-bf03-8c078e8f11f8/IMG_3695.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/fb3b6961-9d4a-4a7e-a03e-685032abcfd6/IMG_2935.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/2c1aa5cf-9181-45b5-b809-7c5046397fa9/IMG_2739.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/93316091-d5b0-43e5-8f16-92ce8bd27f3f/IMG_2724.jpeg Photos: What I Saw on My Walk https://www.jessiegcarroll.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60240ff5d1d92d6548e43e84/0c4e2b0a-f600-4d2c-9cc7-55cd846fe1fc/IMG-3461.JPG