Here Are the Brooklyn Photos Captured by Brownstoner in 2020
While travel was a bit more restrained in 2020, Brownstoner captured images of the borough during a time of loss, conflict and change.

Prospect Park. Photo by Susan De Vries
A very long year is almost at an end. During a normal year, Brownstoner hops across the borough documenting construction, architecture, history and life in Brooklyn.
While travel was a bit more restrained in 2020, Brownstoner captured images of the borough during a time of loss, conflict and change. Here are some of the images from the year.
JANUARY

Running in Williamsburg’s Domino Park.

An in-person community meeting with the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development in Bed Stuy.
FEBRUARY

A visit to Michelle Varian’s new Atlantic Avenue shop in Boerum Hill.

Crowds at a last art opening at BRIC in Fort Greene.
MARCH

A long line at Trader Joe’s in Downtown Brooklyn.

Bars in Cobble Hill advertise drinks to go.
APRIL

A closed playground in Cobble Hill.

Rainbows started popping up across the borough, here in a Bed Stuy shop window.
MAY

Travelling via a B57 bus near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

A mask reminder in Park Slope.

A lone commuter waits on a subway platform in Downtown Brooklyn.
JUNE

A Black Lives Matter protester at Borough Hall.

A sign perched on an iron fence in Park Slope.

Boarding up and cleaning up in Fort Greene.
JULY

Construction workers keep moving at 9 Dekalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn

A cat in Williamsburg peers out from behind a Black Lives Matter sign.
AUGUST

Outdoor dining on Dumbo’s popular Washington Street.

Waiting for takeout in Red Hook.
SEPTEMBER
Flowers and signs on East 25th Street in Flatbush, designated as a historic district two months later.

A commemorative mural in Bed Stuy.
OCTOBER

An artful moment in Prospect Park.

A tiny reveler cavorts on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade during a socially distanced Halloween.
NOVEMBER

Crowds celebrate a Biden win at Grand Army Plaza.

A quiet Barclays Center.
DECEMBER

A moment of joy as children enjoy a snowfall in Fort Greene Park

Cleanup along a snowy Gowanus Canal
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