See the neighborhood with Brooklyn’s prettiest canal — I don’t mean the Gowanus — and streets in alphabetical order
Eye on Real Estate: This is a story about Brooklyn’s other canal — the pretty one — and the neighborhood where it’s located.
If you’re old enough to read, you know all about the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site with poisoned waters that’s nevertheless deeply loved.
The 1.8-mile-long Gowanus Canal is often in the news because a rezoning proposal has been drawn up for the neighborhood through which it runs. Also, the Gowanus Canal got a lot of attention last fall when a floating statue of President Donald Trump suddenly appeared in it.
But there’s another Brooklyn canal you should know about, too: Shell Bank Canal, which is so beautiful I’ll gladly ride the B31 bus in 20-degree weather to go see it.