Heaven when Hungry

Golden plantains with rice and meat.

Tiramisu in Little Italy

Tiramisu in Little Italy, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Moist tiramisu dessert at a Little Italy restaurant, to be consumed.

Brooklyn Hunter

Brooklyn Hunter, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Waiting for the bus with the Bounty Hunter.

S Shuttle Speed

S Shuttle Speed, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Watch it go.

Worn out carpet

Worn out carpet, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Brooklyn bathroom, from the ground.

As the subway rushes behind her

As the subway rushes behind her, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Rosa Baez jokes around as she waits to board a train in Manhattan.

The Blues, Underwear

The Blues, Underwear, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Underwear airing on a Brooklyn window.

Peaceful in her kitchen

Peaceful in her kitchen, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Rosa Baez stands peaceful in her kitchen on a recent afternoon.

Cut Platanos

Cut Platanos, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Rosa Baez cuts plantains for a lunch on a recent Saturday afternoon.

Cupcake a reminder

Cupcake a reminder, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Brooklyn resident Julio Castillo studies his birthday cupcakes. His niece and son, as a joke, intentionally bought candles that displayed a much older age than his real age - 53.

Chinatown glows orange

Chinatown glows orange, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Daily life in Chinatown, NY.

What seems ancient

An old fire escape in Brooklyn, worn and rusty.

Yo!

Yo!, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Saying 'Yo' in Chinatown.

His life story

Julio Castillo, 53, shares his life story recently in his Brooklyn apartment.

Patience is a virtue, they say

Patience is a virtue, they say, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Rosa Baez waits for the train near her home, on her way to run errands.

Chickens' graffittied death

Chickens' graffittied death, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Outside a poultry store in Long Island City, NY.

Paperless NYC, never

Paperless NYC, never, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Newspapers cling to dear life on a Brooklyn sidewalk.

Queen of her Brooklyn Building

Queen of her Brooklyn Building, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Yvonne Mahmood, 81, sits in front of a neighbor's stoop recently in her Prospect Heights neighborhood. Born in Trinidad but raised in Venezuela, Mahmood has lived in the same apartment for 27 years, which makes her a self-proclaimed "Queen of the Building".

"I like everybody, everybody likes me," she says. "I'm the oldest in my building. Everybody tends to me like I'm a queen".

Football Stuck

Football Stuck, originally uploaded by TealDream.

Two men try to retrieve a football stuck in a fire escape recently in their Prospect Heights neighborhood. The football got stuck during a game of catch between several children in the neighborhood.

An Urban Flavor

An Urban Flavor, originally uploaded by TealDream.

An important call, wearing Nike Dunks.