In the poem ‘Crossing Brooklyn Ferry’ the writing is explaining his idea of having a connection between individuals and the masses of commuters. Although the time and space may have been different but experiences that we all people go through and the surroundings we are in link us all. And his stanzas of the poem, It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not; shows that that case which I also totally believe is a good case as it relates to the daily life of many people including myself.