Today I walked the avenues east of 1st Avenue. That includes York Avenue on the Upper East Side and Avenues A, B, C and D on the Lower East Side / East Village, about 7 miles in all.

York Avenue runs from E 92nd St. to E 53rd St. and was originally known as Avenue A, but changed it's name in 1928 in honor of WWI Medal of Honor recipient, Sgt. Alvin York. It's lined with expensive apartments and homes. That's pretty much it.

Further south, Avenues A, B, C and D run from Houston St. to E 14th St, creating the eastern half of the East Village neighborhood known as Alphabet City. These avenues continue south of Houston St. through the Lower East Side, but by different names (Essex, Rutgers, Clinton, Pitt, Montgomery, and Columbia).

Here are the pictures.

Start of walk

York Ave. and 92nd St.

View up York Ave.

York Ave. btw 86th St. and 85th St.

I don't have to take this from a bodega

York Ave. btw 85th St. and 84th St.

Typical York Ave. block

York Ave. btw 85th St. and 84th St.

115 year old butcher shop

York Ave. btw 80th St. and 79th St.

Cool brickwork

York Ave. btw 78th St. and 77th St.

View up York Ave.

York Ave. btw 75th St. and 74th St.

Priceless work of art for sale at Sotheby's

York Ave. btw 72nd St. and 71st St.

New York Cornell Presbyterian

York Ave. btw 68th St. and 67th St.

View down York Ave.

York Ave. btw 63rd St. and 62nd St.

View up York Ave.

York Ave. btw 59th St. and 60th St.

Medusa head

Sutton Pl. btw 58th St. and 57th St.

Sutton Place apartments

Sutton Pl. btw 56th St. and 55th St.

Start of Alphabet City walk

Rutgers St. at South St.

View into Brooklyn

Rutgers St. at South St.

Rutgers St. housing

Rutgers St. btw Cherry St. and Madison St.

Dr. Pepper bomb

Essex St. btw Canal St. and Hester St.

Chrysler Building

Essex St. btw Delancey St. and Rivington St.

Hello, Comrade!

Essex St. btw Stanton St. and Houston St.

Avenue A bars

Ave. A btw 1st St. and 2nd St.

Ave. A btw 7th St. and St. Marks Pl.

Church

Ave. A btw 9th St. and 10th St.

Splatter #1

Ave. A btw 11th St. and 12th St.

Splatter #2

Ave. A btw 11th St. and 12th St.

View down Ave. A

Ave. A btw 13th St. and 14th St.

Not a lot going on down here

Clinton St. btw Grand St. and Broome St.

I liked the brickwork and faces on this building

Clinton St. btw Stanton St. and Houston St.

View down Clinton St.

Clinton St. btw Stanton St. and Houston St.

Lower East Side People's Credit Union

Ave. B btw 2nd St. and 3rd St.

Church

Ave. B btw 7th St. and 8th St.

Talmud Torah Darchei Noam (don't know what that means, it was written over the door)

Ave. B btw 7th St. and 8th St.

Birdland

Ave. B btw 9th St. and 10th St.

Former home of Charlie Parker

Ave. B btw 9th St. and 10th St.

Electricity Factory

Ave. C btw 14th St. and 13th St.

Building

Ave. C btw 9th St. and 8th St.

Terrifying!

Ave. C btw 12th St. and 11th St.

Alphabet Monsters

Ave. C btw 6th St. and 5th St.

Church

Pitt St. btw Stanton St. and Rivington St.

Lower East Dise public housing complexes

Montgomery St. btw Cherry St. and Monroe St.

Avenue D

Ave. D btw 4th St. and 5th St.