New York's Most Obscure Subway Entrance

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I took this photo standing across the street from a major subway entrance in Brooklyn Heights:

Can you detect any signs of the entrance's proximity? (There are two.)

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  1. TokyoTom11:46 PM

    The light bulb on the left and the lowered kerb?

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  2. gcallah1:51 PM

    They are the two green lights just past the light bulb.

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  3. TokyoTom11:32 PM

    Well, I knew it wasn't the curb thing, but I didn't even notice those green lights! Surely they could find a better way to advertise a subway entrance - maybe a blinking light?

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  4. TokyoTom11:33 PM

    I was showing people I was taking photographs and blogging right from my phone

    Is that the Twitter dealie? We have web access from our cellphones here, but it's quite pricy.

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  5. gcallah9:18 AM

    iPhone

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