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Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn: City Living among old and new

As the F or G train transitions to the elevated tracks after leaving the Carroll Street station, the first thing many straphangers notice are the unusually expansive gardens sprawling out in front of the surrounding brownstones.

Fenced in by iron gates, brimming with lush foliage and decorated with small statues, they lend Carroll Gardens its characteristic blend of stateliness and serenity....

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