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Hunts Point: Where Skateboarding Meets Advocacy

Dylan Avalo and Manuelee Rodriguez, both 20 years old, found their life's passion in skateboarding. But the nearest skate park is an hour away on foot from Hunts Point. Street skating spots put them at risk and are getting harder to maintain. Now, they want to bring a skate park to their own neighborhood.

 

Extermination services have a class issue

The number of rodent inspections conducted in Brooklyn by the New York City Department of Health in response to complaints has increased by nearly 150 percent since 2013. But not every New Yorker makes complaints about rodents at the same rate. Nor do they all have access to extermination services.

 

Scenes on the Upper Bay in Brooklyn

I was sent out to capture images of a space that I enjoyed on the daily. The point of the assignment was to test out a Canon EOS C100 for the first time. It was windy that day. The sun was setting and a fisherman let me film him for a bit.