Exploring the City: Brooklyn Heights - Orange Street - Downtown

After a party in the Museum of Natural History I woke up with a little hangover, just a small one...
This Saturday I was going to explore New York beyond 'the City' (Manhattan), I promised myself during the week. So after a nice anti-hangover breakfast at Colombus Circle I jumped into the subway (metro, tube or underground) and headed south. Well prepared and protected against the cold, because it wouldn't stop freezing today.
30 mins later I found myself walking in a Brooklyn street, not knowing where to go. Bought a map in a big bookstore and walked up to Brooklyn Heights, a small and nice neightbourhood close to Brooklyn Bridge and the East River. From here the view towards downtown Manhattan is really fantastic!!
Found a street called Orange Street, it made me smile and proud of our Dutch national color. The atmosphere is much more peaceful and it's rather quite in this part of town, compared to Manhattan.

Later on I went back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge to Battery Park (Downtown/Financial District) where you can see the 93 meter high Statue of Liberty standing on it's little island.
One amazing discovery: you will see probably more squirrels than pigeons in Battery Park..!
Click on the picture to see the pics that I made today!

NY Saturday in November