This is the view of the base of the Culver Viaduct at 3rd Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets, a block South (more or less) of what's recently been identified as the Revolutionary War era burial grounds of the 256 Maryland men killed as they fought to allow the rest of the colonial army to cross the Gowanus and escape from British troops.
From what I've read, the dead lie somewhere near that sunlit walkup a block into the picture. I believe there's a massive construction site on that block, right across from Carousel Beverages and Power Play. You have to wonder what they might dig up in there.
