User:DanTD/New York gallery/Photographic rampages of 2017

Since I've got so many images from New York, I had to make a separate chapter just for them. And after going on even greater photographic rampages since 2010, I've had to split them off from that chapter as well. But even that was too big for new photographs, so I had to create one for 2015 and 2016. Much to my surprise though, I severely underestimated the number of pictures I took in 2017, so I had to split that off as well.

New York; March 2017; Hindered by a Blizzard named Stella

March 10, 2017; Jamaica, Northeastern Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Snow

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  Since a trusted Wikipedia photographer got the wrong building by mistake...
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  .. I thought I'd get a shot or two of the J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building in Jamaica before hitting the J train.
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  First image towards the lower level of the Jamaica Center Terminal
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  And the first image of the lower level, where the sign for the J and Z trains claim it's a skip stop.
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  Station name sign along the Broad and Wall Street-bound tracks
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  Sign for York College. That R32 was leaking at the time.
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  And here's an elevator back up. I didn't take it.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for Sutter Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) station.
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  View of the platform for Lower Manhattan-bound trains.
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  A Canarsie - Rockaway Parkway-bound train is about to stop here.
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  The train is an R143 dropping off and picking up passengers...
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  .. and just before it leaves.
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  A "No Exit" sign on the Canarsie-bound platform.
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  Sign for Rockaway Parkway-bound trains...
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  .. and a second view, which didn't come out as dark.
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  Here's an exit, and a sign for that exit from the platform.
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  And an Automatic Train Operation warning sign.
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  Plenty of snow that March. This was before Winter Storm Stella.
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  The narrow staircases along the tracks provide views you don't get too often.
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  They also change direction before approaching the station houses.
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  The steps over part of the right-of-way of the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch, with a shed behind the station house.
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  The steps over southbound Van Sinderen Avenue north of Sutter Avenue.
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  Eye-level views of the tracks from the staircases are your reward for using this station.
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  Even just above the tracks you're close enough for a decent view.
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  Braille sign on the Lower Manhattan-bound platform.
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  View of the Canarsie-bound platform from there, and if you zoom in, you can see the sign telling commuters that it's for the "14th Street Local" to 8th Avenue in Manhattan.
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  Back to the crossunder, where this sign gives you a choice of each platform.
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  Shot of the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch, and Sutter Avenue itself over those tracks.
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  And a return to the Rockaway Parkway-bound platform for this braille sign.
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  Finally, I got the staircase along Van Sinderen Avenue under the New Lots Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) that I missed the chance to get in 2015.
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  My second attempt to expand the gallery for East 105th Street (BMT Canarsie Line) station.
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  One sign over the platform for the last stop at Rockaway Parkway. You can't go anywhere else from there.
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  The opposite side of this sign is for Lower Manhattan, where you have more stops in between.
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  I grabbed a view from up the staircase, so I thought it'd be a good idea to get another one down.
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  Never knew about this freight line before. It turns out this is a long spur from the Bay Ridge Branch, that's barely used anymore.
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  A sign at the bottom of the staircase...
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  .. which was at my intended goal for this station...
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  .. the pedestrian walkway that used to be the other side of East 105th Street before they closed the grade crossing.
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  That dead end bumper along the Lower Manhattan-bound track is a layup track for the Canarsie Yard, just south of here.
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  My first attempt to expand Clark Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
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  Brialle sign for 2 and 3 trains to Manhattan and the Bronx...
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  .. and another to Flatbush and New Lots.
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  Mosaic along one of the walls, which also includes the name of the neighborhood.
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  Exit sign above the Clark Street Passageway leading to the two entrances within the Hotel Saint George.
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  First image from the Hotel St. George station entrance, which was my ultimate goal. Three elevators down only.
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  Braille sign and a yellow staircase man sign at the Clark Street Entrance, even though there are no staircases from the street to the subway turnstiles.
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  The Clark Street Entrance also includes a CitiBike depot.
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  Around the corner the Henry Street Entrance has a standard MTA Helvetica sign at the doorway, just like the Clark Street Entrance does.
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  It also has many of the old signs that used to be attached to the hotel entrance.
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  Shot of the Henry Street Entrance from across the street.
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  An old fashioned mailbox inside the Henry Street entrance. I should've taken some pics above the door and see if the MTA has a sign that says "Henry Street."
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  Last image at Clark Street Station for the "Ray Ring Clark Street Passage," who's name I read later was actually ROY Ring.
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  Since there was no pic of the NRHP listed PS 7 in DUMBO...
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  .. I thought I'd go after this one after getting out of the York Street Subway Station.
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  In the meantime, I spotted this 1970 Chevrolet Impala at the playground of Farragut Houses
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  The owner of that grocery store across the street told me it was owned by an 83 year old woman.
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  With those bumper guards, some might think this was an ex-Taxicab. Actually most taxis of the '70's had bigger bumper guards than this.
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  My intended target in Dumbo was actually this ventilation tower.
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  What's so special about this tower, you ask?
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  Well, it's not these freight doors.
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  It also serves as the entrance to York Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) station on Jay Street.
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  Same entrance from another angle. I also wanted the braille sign and a yellow staircase man sign at that entrance, but it came out too blurry.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery of Avenue H (BMT Brighton Line)...
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  .. specifically the modern southbound headhouse, as opposed to the historic northbound one.
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  This view is from the middle of the dead end of Avenue H on the west side of the tracks.
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  A standard "End" sign which can be found at many Dead End Streets in New York City, with a small green parkland.
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  Right next to this dead end is a pedestrian tunnel to the other side of the tracks.
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  Since there are already enough images of the historic northbound station house, I thought I'd go back and snap some of the southbound station house. This is from the handicapped ramps behind the station house.
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  That's the other side of the turnstiles shown here.
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  However, since I had to go back towards Queens after this...
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  .. I decided I'd take some shots of the southbound platform from the northbound platform before I left.
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  A Coney Island-bound R160 of some kind (R160A or R160B) stops at the station.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery of the Van Siclen Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
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  The sign says the station can handle 10-car trains.
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  C train on it's way to Euclid Avenue.
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  An old-fashioned IND pillar sign between the tracks
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  A bench near one of the mosaics.
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  Sign at the station, while an A train flies by. I'm lucky I captured this before my camera battery died.
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  Used my cell phone for this braille sign for C trains to Euclid Avenue...
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  .. and this other one across the tracks for 168th Street in Washington Heights. I'm really sorry I didn't get to take pics of Van Siclen Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line).
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  It's weird, but when I got back to Broadway Junction, I left on a Z train...
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  .. but somehow when I arrived at Jamaica Center (as in this and the previous image), it became a K train.

March 11, 2017; Reconquest of the Harlem Line in Central Westchester

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  After years of trying, I finally got a shot of Bell Plaza in Bayside...
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  .. this close-up shot was supposed to be better.
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  I also tried to get the old Bayside LIRR station freight house from the Bell Boulevard bridge, but I got it from the wrong spot.
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  On the way up the Harlem Line, I was lucky enough to capture the southbound on-ramp from Exit 10 on the Bronx River Parkway south of Woodlawn (Metro-North station), from the Harlem Line itself.
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  First image in my second attempt to expand Hawthorne (Metro-North station)
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  The former station house, originally owned by New York Central Railroad, now the "Station Café and Grille."
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  Looking south at a sign pointing out tracks 1 and 2 to commuters, with the NY 141 bridge in the background.
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  A larger, but standard station name sign along the platform
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  Almost at the south end of the platform and closer to the NY 141 bridge.
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  Facing north, where the same signs are encountered in the opposite direction.
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  Looking north at a sign pointing out tracks 2 and 1 to commuters, with a Coca-Cola vending machine, an enclosed shelter, and the pedestrian bridge in the background.
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  As it turns out, the heat buttons in Metro-North's enclosed shelters are more common than I thought.
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  The Southeast and Wassaic-bound tracks go under the pedestrian bridge on the right...
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  .. and the White Plains and Grand Central-bound tracks go under the pedestrian bridge on the left. The staircase to that bridge can also be seen.
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  Across from the top of that staircase is an elevator to the platform.
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  Off to the right is another elevator to the parking lot along NY 141.
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  View from the walkway between the dead end at Broadway and the pedestrian bridge. This was one of the few full views of MTA's station sign that I could get.
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  Another sign telling commuters that on-board ticket purchases cost more.
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  Broadway used to cross the tracks and join Elwood Avenue (NY 141).
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  The walkway from the dead end at Broadway to the staircase of the pedestrian bridge.
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  A Grand Central-bound M7 stopped at the station briefly. NY 141 is on the east side of the Wassaic-bound tracks and turns northeast shortly after passing the station.
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  Close-up shot the station sign previously seen from the Broadway Pedestrian Bridge walkway...
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  .. the same sign at a slightly different angle.
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  Looking south again at the Southeast and Wassaic-bound tracks go under the pedestrian bridge on the left...
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  .. and the White Plains and Grand Central-bound tracks go under the pedestrian bridge on the right. The staircase on the right of the tracks is actually from Broadway.
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  Another shot of the former NYC station house.
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  Same station house at a slightly different angle.
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  First image in my second attempt to expand Katonah (Metro-North station)
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  Behind the elevator shaft along the platform
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  The elevator itself from the platform.
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  Staircase along the Lakeside Road parking lot. At one time, there was also a ramp to the station from the southbound on-ramp to I-684-NY 117-SMP.
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  A more modern MTA information board. It's always good to know when the next train is coming your way.
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  Another shot walking down the platform turned towards the Wassaic-bound tracks...
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  .. and then towards the New York City-bound tracks, almost at the end north of the crossing with Jay Street (former NY 35).
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  From the end of this platform, you can also see the old New York Central Railroad station across Jay Street.
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  Looking again at the Southeast and Wassaic-bound tracks going under the pedestrian bridge on the right...
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  .. and the White Plains and Grand Central-bound tracks go under the pedestrian bridge on the left.
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  The staircase to that bridge can also be seen.
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  Staircase to the pedestrian bridge leading to Katonah Avenue on the west side and the Lakeside Road parking lot on the east side.
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  The elevator to the platform from the pedestrian bridge, across from the top of the stairs.
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  Staircase to the platform from Katonah Avenue.
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  Next to that staircase is a local community bulletin board...
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  .. and in between are a pair of public mailboxes... one for letters and the other, and old-fashioned one for "Relay Mail."
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  One the other side of this staircase is a bicycle rack.
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  The other elevator to the Lakeside Road Parking Lot...
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  .. further back for a better view of the sign above the elevator.
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  Looking north from the pedestrian bridge towards Wassaic...
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  .. and south towards Grand Central Terminal.
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  Staircase to the platform from Lakeside Road...
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  ... where you'll find a bike rack, some benches, a parking pay station sign, a stone wall...
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  .. and on this day, a little bit of leftover snow.
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  Across the Jay Street crossing at a dirt parking lot for a nature preserve, you can see the former NYC station.
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  On the other side of the tracks, you see an Italian restaurant in the former NYC station
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  Other stores exist here besides Katonah Wine & Liquors, FYI.
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  And I thought I'd get a shot of the other side, just because nobody has covered it so far.
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  The Blue Dolphin Diner in Katonah. I thought I should capture this thing.
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  The Kelloggs and Lawrence Hardware Store, which is also used as a local visitor's information center.
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  The same hardware store across Jay Street. I should've taken one of the pizzeria across the street.
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  Another attempt to capture pics at the legendary Grand Central Terminal Biltmore Room.
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  In the meantime the Post Office building behind Grand Central Terminal needed some new pictures.
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  Like many big post offices, they rent and lease space to other companies.
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  The address is for 450 Lexington Avenue, though the image is from East 45th Street
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  The lobby on East 45th Street
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  The Post Office rents out space to other businesses, like FedEx.
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  The FedEx within the post office at another angle. They also have a Starbucks on Lexington Avenue.
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  An enclosed corridor on East 45th Street running along Lexington Avenue.
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  Revolving door along Lexington Avenue
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  Another shot of the "450" Lexington Avenue inscription...
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  .. but this time it's from Lexington Avenue, just like this US Post Office inscription.
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  Doorway to the Lexington Avenue lobby.
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  Close-up of the services at the post office. Remember, this goes back to the time when the post office worked with the railroads.
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  Original mail slots with some updated stickers and old-looking signs.
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  Old-fashioned post boxes still exist here.
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  Old looking sign above the mail slots for letters with stamps, although this may not be a replica.
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  Old-looking sign above the mail slots for letters with meter strips, and the modern stickers
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  Old-looking sign above the mail slot meter strips without the modern stickers.
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  As you can see, the ZIP Code is 10017-9998
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  This door looks like it's for the post office staff only.

March 12, 2017

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  My first attempt to expand the gallery at Mamaroneck (Metro-North station).
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  I was lucky this was Sunday, because I had free parking.
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  Sign and staircase to the New Haven-bound platform
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  Looking towards State Street in New Haven itself... or New Haven Union Station if you want one last chance to catch an Amtrak train to Boston.
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  The same New Haven-bound platform, but looking towards New York City.
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  A modern enclosed shelter on the Grand Central-bound platform....
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  .. and also to New Rochelle if you want one last chance to catch an Amtrak train to Penn Station, and points south.
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  Standard MTA Metro-North sign in front of a handicapped ramp.
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  Looking southwest again, but this time at the overhead line gantries.
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  Bike Rack along the New Haven-bound platform.
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  Staircase leading down to a tunnel from the New Haven-bound platform to the New York City-bound platform.
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  Beneath this tunnel is a sign pointing to two staircases leading to the NYC-bound platform
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  The trouble is, I forgot which staircase was the westbound staircase...
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  .. or the eastbound staircase to the platform.
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  The rest of this tunnel has a pair of benches and a chain-linked fence gate.
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  The doorway from the tunnel to the station house, which is now a restaurant.
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  Old-looking station sign at the restaurant directing commuters and diners to the platform
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  Another sign like it within the vicinity.
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  The 1888-built New Haven Railroad Station House as seen from the New York City-bound platform.
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  Braille sign at the left doorway to the enclosed shelter.
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  An electrical closet, and some ticket vending machines.
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  View of the State Street-bound platform.
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  Two staircases; one up to the enclosed shelter on the NYC-bound platform and the other down to the pedestrian tunnel between the New Haven-bound platform and the old station house.
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  Looking northeast towards State Street in New Haven again, but this time from the Grand Central-bound platform.
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  A Grand Central M8 is about to arrive at the station. Sorry, Metro-North, but I had to pass it up so I could take extra pictures of the next station to the northeast.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery at Harrison (Metro-North station).
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  New Haven-bound platform
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  The west end of the platforms lead to the NY 127 bridge over the tracks.
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  Looking northeast towards the Grand Central Terminal-bound platform, the pedestrian bridge, and the newer station house.
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  Directly beneath the pedestrian bridge.
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  Slightly northwest view of the pedestrian bridge with a better view of the new station house, and an elevator shaft attached to it.
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  The covered walkway from the south parking lot to the footbridge and New Haven-bound elevator.
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  Distant shot of the staircases, elevator shaft and the aforementioned walkway leading to it.
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  The north end of the pedestrian bridge from Bruce Avenue at the intersections with Heineman Place and Sunnyside Drive.
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  Because the former station house is at the ends of Heineman Place and Bruce Avenue.
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  The old New Haven Railroad station house as seen from the pedestrian bridge
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  Looking northeast over the north side parking lot and the new station house.
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  Looking northeast towards New Haven...
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  .. and southwest towards New York City
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  There's a modern MTA information board here too, with the colors of the New Haven Line.
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  Sign along the NYC-bound platform as seen from the parking lot along that platform.
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  View of the new station house and the elevator from the north parking lot
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  The elevator to the pedestrian bridge from the north parking lot.
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  The triangle with Cross Street on Boston Post Road (US 1) in Rye.
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  A junction sign for NY 120. I kind of regret not taking any pics of NY 120 itself.
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  It's this historical marker style directional sign that got me to Rye.
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  Since it was nearby, I thought I'd grab an image from the Daniel E. Balls Traffic Circle.
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  Back through Mamaroneck, where I saw this old bank building along US 1 and Mamaroneck Avenue.
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  I tried to get this picture of the New Rochelle Department of Public Works in 2016, but I lost the camera that had it.
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  Two shots of the Clovelly Building, a series of attached local businesses on North Avenue that was once a studio for Norman Rockwell.
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  The Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church. More non-copyvio images of this place should be added.
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  Back down to Long Island, where I got a lucky shot of the Louis Koch Building.
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  Eastern shot of the Seaman's Avenue Bridge between Baldwin and Freeport
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  Looking south at Millburn Creek. This was previously known as the "Kissing Bridge."
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  Looking north at the creek. The old bridge was replaced.
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  Western shot of the bridge. I had to park in front of somebody's house nearby in Baldwin to get these.

March 13, 2017

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  The Bayside Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library.
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  A rare MGB GT Hatchback from the 1970's was nearby. A second picture of this was taken just in case this one didn't turn out as well.
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  Southwest of there is the Fresh Meadows Post Office...
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  .. part of which is below a luxury apartment building.
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  Another Queens Borough Public Library branch...
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  .. this time on the eastbound service road of the Long Island Expressway in Fresh Meadows.

March 14-15, 2017

NO PICTURES; SNOWED IN

March 16, 2017

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  My first attempt to capture the Whitestone Branch of the Queens Public Library.
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  Broader shot from across 14th Road, with more snow and ice chunks.
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  Attempting a shot on Clintonville Street.
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  Second shot from Clintonville Street.
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  A bus shelter at the 64th Avenue-188th Street Traffic Circle in Fresh Meadows.
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  On my last subway trip that month, I thought I'd start by snapping one more Parsons-Archer image.
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  Test picture for a new SD card at Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights station. I had to buy one on the spot when I realized I left my spare SD card behind.
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  My first attempt to expand the 65th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
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  An exit sign and an Emergency Exit sign.
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  Here's an M train from Forest Hills that will loop through Manhattan and then jump back to Middle Village.
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  Old-fashioned directional blue mosaics along the westbound platform for Manhattan and Brooklyn-bound trains.
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  A similar mosaic exists on the opposite platform for Jamaica and Rockaway-bound trains, but the long wait for the establishment of Rockaway-bound trains has made MTA cover them up.
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  Contemporary Helvetica signs at the platform to the Forest Hills and Jamaica-bound platform.
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  Same wall-sign, but with another sign over the staircase. Sorry, the Jamaica and Rockaway mosaics aren't under that sign.
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  A braille sign along the eastbound platform to Forest Hills, with another "Free Wi-Fi" sticker above it.
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  The station entrance on the southeast corner of 65th Street and Broadway alongside the Hart Playground.
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  The station entrance on the northeast corner. A small strip of unused parkland runs between 65th Street and the BQE between here and 34th Avenue.
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  Another shot from that station entrance, with a better attempt to capture the I-278 sign for the BQE.
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  The southeast corner entrance and Hart Playground as seen from the northeast corner entrance
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  Braille sign on the northeast corner entrance.
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  The north exit to 65th Street, which was called Rowan Street until the 1920's.
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  The south exit to 65th Street, which contains the current name.
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  Before heading back towards Briarwood and Jamaica, I thought I'd snag an image of this old sign at Forest Hills-71st Avenue station.
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  The first in my attempt to expand the gallery of Jamaica – Van Wyck (IND Archer Avenue Line)
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  Sign over the Jamaica Center - Parsons/Archer-bound tracks telling commuters that E trains go there at all times.
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  Another sign on the Manhattan-bound tracks telling commuters that the E train bypasses Briarwood on its way to the World Trade Center site.
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  Bi-directional sign for both tracks at the bottom of the escalator shaft. This was taken from the Manhattan-bound side.
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  Station name sign
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  Jamaica Hospital directional sign
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  Another shot of the Manhattan-bound tracks sign from a different angle.
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  Escalators to the mezzanine over the Parsons/Archer-bound tracks.
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  I tried to get a single shot of the turnstiles, but I had to take two of them at once. One for 89th Avenue and Jamaica Hospital...
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  .. and another of the ones to Jamaica and Metropolitan Avenues.
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  Meanwhile at Briarwood (IND Queens Boulevard Line) I thought I'd get a shot or two of the new entrance.
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  I couldn't take it from the Van Wyck Expressway, so I had to settle for sneaking into a construction area next to the expressway.
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  I originally spotted this red arrow directional sign at Sutphin Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line) in 2016, but didn't capture it until this day.
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  Second in my attempted gallery expansion project for Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)...
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  .. due to the missing coverage of the 153rd Street entrances.
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  Station entrance on the northeast corner of the intersection with NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) and 153rd Street...
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  .. which is the only entrance on the north side of that intersection.
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  Here's one on the southeast corner of that intersection.
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  And here's one on the southwest corner, facing west on NY 25.
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  For an image of the station entrance with less sunglare, I also took one facing southbound, which also helped me catch this bike rack...
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  .. and another one facing eastbound on NY 25.
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  Parking garage for the former Macy's that's now part of the Jamaica Colosseum Mall. I also tried to get a shot from around the corner, but it didn't turn out so good.

March 17, 2017

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  First image in my effort to expand Ludlow (Metro-North station). This view is looking towards the Ludlow Street Bridge over the tracks.
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  Sign directing New York City-bound commuters, and others to the ticket machine on the other platform.
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  Looking down towards the chemical silos next to the Grand Central-bound high-level platform...
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  .. and towards the high-level platform on the Poughkeepsie-bound sidewalk.
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  The sign on the chain link fence pointing to the aforementioned platform.
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  Looking again across the snow-covered tracks at the Grand Central-bound platform.
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  Finally at a standard MTA Helvetica Italic sign for the station, before I had to run back to my car and avoid questioning by a local neighborhood cop.
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  An erroneous sign on NY 9A (not US 9A) in South Riverdale in the Bronx. This was part of my effort to avoid the Henry Hudson Bridge due to the toll-by-plate program.
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  Another erroneous sign on US 9 (not NY 9). This was my last picture in New York for March 2017.

New York; September 2017; The Brief Return

September 18, 2017; Jamaica, Brooklyn, and Richmond Hill

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  On my way to the 165th Street Bus Terminal, I thought I'd take some more shots of the Jamaica Colosseum Mall.
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  My previous attempt to get this sign was a blurry failure.
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  Since the Main Jamaica Post Office gallery wasn't big enough, I decided a fourth image along 89th Avenue would be worthwhile.
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  Across the street from there is the Clinton Apartments. I don't know why, but for some reason I thought that was more historic.
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  The same goes for the Hampton Towers. I did hear some idiot parent or babysitter smack around a baby for crying from one of the windows, though.
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  I got the entrance to the parking garage at the Jamaica Colosseum Mall earlier this year, so I'm glad I got the exit now.
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  The former Merrick Theater on the southeast corner of Jamaica Avenue and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard.
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  Something about that pizzeria made me think it was a favorite of a relative.
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  Sign with some mass announcements at the NRHP-listed Grace Episcopal Church of Jamaica.
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  Another historic Jamaica Church, the First Reformed Church.
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  This Capital One Branch used to be the HQ of Jamaica Savings Bank from the 1930's until it was acquired by North Fork Bank in 1999.
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  Nobody on Wikipedia has it from this angle, though.
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  Here an entrance to the Sutphin–Archer–JFK Airport subway station that also has the Jamaica LIRR station in the background...
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  .. and one that doesn't, but has the same red and white checkerboards.
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  My first attempt to expand the Van Siclen Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line) gallery.
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  An MTA Help Point kiosk on the platform.
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  Looking east at the benches along the platform.
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  A Lower Manhattan-bound sign over the station's namesake...
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  .. and a Queens-bound sign next to it.
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  Exit sign to the crossunder leading to the station house.
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  One of those "conductor stop boards" beneath the sign.
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  Looking south at the station house, with a fence on the roof to prevent train surfing.
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  Up from the eastern staircase towards the platform with signs on the pillars.
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  The same signs in front of the staircase.
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  Up from the western staircase towards the platform with almost identical signage.
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  Braille signs facing westbound only.
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  Beneath the platform, and behind the station house. A ladder blocks the side of the sign going to the Manhattan staircase.
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  The staircase at the southeast corner of the intersection. Another one exists on the southwest corner.
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  My first attempt to expand the Cypress Hills (BMT Jamaica Line) gallery.
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  Past the NYC Subway signal are a set of amber lights and a sign to an exit at Autumn and Jamaica Avenues.
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  Looking across the tracks at the Lower Manhattan-bound platform.
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  An exit sign with street names for each exit along the Downtown Jamaica-bound platform.
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  The end of the Manhattan-bound platform with the Cypress Hills Cemetery below.
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  Sign in the station house underneath the tracks directing commuters to both platforms.
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  A Manhattan-bound R160 J train arrives.
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  My first attempt to expand the Crescent Street (BMT Jamaica Line) gallery.
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  Another MTA Help Point kiosk on the platform, but this time with two posts for sets of three orange marker lights each.
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  To my surprise, I saw this elaborate 1891-built church north of the station called the Blessed Sacrament Church of Cypress Hills.
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  A better shot which also shows the church from Euclid Avenue.
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  This was the only evidence that the church could be seen from the station.
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  Brooklyn Union Gas was promising to revitalize the neighborhood years ago, then they merged with LILCO to form Keyspan.
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  I tried to get the old radiator and "Edison Meter" inside 121st Street (BMT Jamaica Line), but the meter was sadly gone.
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  I've seen these "LinkNYC kiosks" along Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, and passed up the opportunities for pictures of those...
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  .. but since I also saw one in Richmond Hill on Jamaica Avenue, I thought I snap some pictures of that.
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  Still continuing to walk towards Dunton (LIRR station) I spotted quite an unusual antique car for the USA.
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  It's an Austin Cambridge made between 1959 and 1961 at a garage on 89th Street.
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  Tailfins were never just a North American design feature.
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  The sparse dashboard, with a 4-speed stickshift, and the keys still in the ignition... a risky thing to do in NYC.
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  Like many non-American cars, they were still backdated on design queues. This car still has the grille of pre-1958 cars.
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  Passenger-side view from the sidewalk.
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  Finally, my attempt to capture the former Dunton LIRR station... from under the 130th Street Tunnel.
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  This is the closed-off staircase that used to go to the Jamaica and Long Island-bound platform.
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  I tried to take a shot of the Dunton Interlocking Tower, but the metal fences got in my way.
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  A second attempt at the staircase, but at least I also got an overhead signal gantry.
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  This was the best view I could get of the Dunton Tower, and one of the platforms was below that.
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  Close-up shot of the staircase that used to go to the Flatbush Avenue-bound platform (see the first image).

September 19, 2017

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  I've noticed this house for decades along Francis Lewis Boulevard. It's not historic,...
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  .. but as a mid-century modern house, it stands out among all the typical Queens row houses.
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  A mosaic at the 169th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), with an additional sign for the Queens Borough Public Library headquarters...
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  .. and another mosaic without the QBPL sign.
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  A braille sign for 179th Street-bound trains.
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  I should've taken one for Midtown Manhattan bound trains.
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  Leaving an F train at Jamaica – 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line). I was lucky the train I was on had such an even number.
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  Between the two tracks is an exit to the mezzanine.
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  Sign for the women's room, with a handicapped ramp...
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  .. and the men's room near the elevator shaft. That has a ramp too, but it's off screen to the right.
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  The Q3 to JFK seems to be on both ends of the station.
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  Western turnstiles leading to the north side of Hillside Avenue (NY 25)...
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  .. and the south side.
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  Beneath this MTA Helvetica sign for the exits to the station's namesake, is some IND painted lettering.
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  Moasic directing commuters to the nearest exit towards the Jamaica Monastery and Retreat House
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  This entrance is on the southeast corner of 179th Street and NY 25.
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  Same entrance from the opposite side.
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  The one under that canopy for the building under construction is on the southwest corner of 179th Street and NY 25.
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  The elevator is on the southeast corner of NY 25 and 179th Place. Staircases also exist nearby on both streets.
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  This bus stop for the station is between 179th Place and 180th Street, but only serves night buses.

September 20, 2017

NO PICTURES

September 21, 2017

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  My fist picture of the former Suffolk County Federal Savings Headquarters in Centereach, New York.
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  Today, it's a Capital One branch, but also houses office for the Centers for Disease Control.
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  The west entrance of the bank building.
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  Built in 1973... at least in it's present form.
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  This view is from NY 25
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  NY 25 at the intersection with North Hammond and South Howell Avenues...
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  .. which is one block away from the interchange with Nicoll's Road, the first SPUI in New York State.
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  The bridge was memorialized for the victims of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
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  Traffic signals and an overhead guide sign in front of the southbound bridge.
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  My first picture from Selden, New York, specifically the headquarters of the Selden Fire Department.
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  Selden Cemetery as seen from the fire department parking lot.
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  Fire department sign along eastbound NY 25 next to the fire department parking lot...
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  .. which is right next to a memorial to fallen firefighters. Memorial benches are also placed around it.
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  More direct view of the memorial, which is also across from the intersection of a dead end street.
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  This bell is from a retired 1965 Ford Fire Engine...
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  .. so is this one, and from another truck of the same year.
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  A former school house that's now the Selden Branch of the Middle Country Public Library.
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  This old stucco and aluminum house on Country Road in Medford was at one time bigger than most.
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  East of the western paved section of Country Road was a fire path that used to lead to Eagle Estates.
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  That path was abandoned and left to be swallowed up by mother nature around the turn of the millennium.
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  Country Road used to go up this hill until around 1999. Then it was diverted onto Dyberry Street.
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  Close-up of the wooden gate that blocks off former Country Road.
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  Another former dirt road that was abandoned was a segment of North Dunton Avenue
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  North and South Dunton Avenues ones spanned from East Patchogue to Gordon Heights.
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  Looking south at North Dunton Avenue towards the eastern edges of Eagle Estates.
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  Looking north at North Dunton Avenue again, where Audobon Street becomes Country Road
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  The Mill House Inn in Yaphank, New York has been other restaurants over several decades.
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  The former Yaphank Motel, now a shelter for homeless U.S. War Veterans.
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  A second shot of the Sweezey-Avey House on Upper Yaphank Lake.

September 22, 2017

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  This sphinx in a tile store in Bayport used to be at Ye Olde Anchorage Inn, in Blue Point, until it was demolished.
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  Another shot of the Grey Horse Tavern in Bayport, this time with a 1966 GMC 3500 flatbed truck used as a decoration.

September 23, 2017

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  The Sayville Community Ambulance Company moved to Lakeland Avenue, so I thought I'd take a shot of the place. It didn't turn out so good.
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  Since I was lucky enough to get a shot of the former Southern State Parkway gas station east of NY 110 going eastbound...
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  .. I thought I'd try for a shot or two westbound. This and the one to the left are westbound.

New York; November 2017; The Northern Backlash

November 13, 2017; Northern Queens, Grand Central, and the 2nd Great Lower Hudson Conquest

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  My first attempt to start a gallery for Auburndale (LIRR station), starting with the elevator along the east side of the 192nd Street Bridge underneath.
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  A shot of the eastbound entrance with cornerstones for the second and third rebuilds.
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  The same entrance at another angle, this time with some Ticket Vending Machines and the back of the elevator shaft.
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  Before using the station, I thought I'd get a shot of the west side entrance
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  An LIRR directional sign on an electrical pole to "New York," specifically Penn Station.
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  Another one on crooked signposts to "Points East," in this case anywhere from Bayside to Port Washington.
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  Another shot of the sign to Penn Station in Manhattan.
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  And here comes an M7 bound for Penn Station, but I didn't go that far.
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  Instead I caught a 7 train at Woodside-61st Street, and stopped at Hunters Point Avenue (IRT Flushing Line)
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  I wasn't planning on getting any pics from there, but I thought they could be useful.
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  That "No Exit" sign was standard enough, but still worth getting, along with a few mosaics.
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  I also thought I'd grab some artwork to display to the world.
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  This work was by Tricia Keightley.
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  A replacement overhead sign to the Hudson Yards station isn't so bad either.
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  A Hudson Yards-bound R188 is about to leave the station...
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  .. whose platforms end just west of the edge of the Steinway Tunnels.
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  One pillar back from there.
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  That subway signal has a digital readout attached to it.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for Hunterspoint Avenue (LIRR station), starting with one of the staircases from the 49th Avenue Bridge.
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  A schedule sign is right next to the staircase... among other places at the station.
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  Down the stairs towards the platform...
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  .. where you see the Long Island Expressway bridge over the tracks.
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  Walking east along the platform, and Amtrak station running through Sunnyside Yard to Penn Station passes by.
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  A station sign just above the platform near the 49th Avenue Bridge over the tracks.
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  Another schedule sign, this time above the platform...
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  .. and yet another one next to this closed ticket booth.
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  The MTA policy since the 1990's has been to replace ticket booths with ticket vending machines. This is a standard vending machine
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  A trainwasher on the tracks next to that low-boy flatcar.
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  Some Hunterspoint Avenue commuters can use this shelter to avoid the elements.
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  Others can use it to find their way to the 7 train on the IRT Flushing Line
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  Both ends of this shelter have train schedule signs.
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  The nearby IRT Flushing Line and NJT and Amtrak trains from Sunnyside Yard makes Hunterspoint Avenue station a trainwatcher's paradise.
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  Another ticket vending machine, this time a 'Daily Ticket" machine.
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  And another closed ticket booth, as that NJT train passes by.
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  North view of those NJT Bi-Level passenger cars.
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  There's one with a message reminding drivers and others to look both ways before crossing railroad tracks.
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  All those NJT Bi-Levels are pushed by an ALP-45DP, both made by Bombardier.
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  No trains were coming at the time, which spoiled my plans to catch a ferry from Long Island City LIRR station.
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  Another station sign just above the platform with the IRT Flushing Line in the background.
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  The northeast end of the platform, where you can see the bridge for the Montauk Cut-Off,
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  The building you see above the right of way was once a warehouse for Bloomingdale's...
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  .. today it's owned by the New York City Housing Authority.
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  Behind that low-boy flatcar is a standard one with a dumpster, while another one sits between the tracks.
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  The stairs back to the 49th Avenue Bridge, with a sign for 7 Subway and a bus to the ferry to Midtown Manhattan.
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  Trying to capture an Amtrak train again. This time I was just able to capture a locomotive.
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  I really wasn't looking for a shot of the Arch Street Shops, but I thought I'd capture one anyway.
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  Hunters Point Avenue subway station has a "WalkNYC sign" west of the 49th Avenue Bridge.
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  Sign at the intersection with 21st Street. NY 25A goes both ways, but turning left takes you to I-495 and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel.
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  The same "WalkNYC sign" facing east on 49th Avenue. But I walked back to the subway so I could get to Manhattan.
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  At Grand Central Terminal, there was this entrance to the Vanderbilt Hall.
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  As per usual, Vanderbilt Hall is used for the annual Christmas/Holiday Fair
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  An old-fashioned letter box north of Vanderbilt Hall. Goes back to the day when the post office and railroads worked together.
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  Failing to capture Riverdale and Ludlow Metro-North stations, I was lucky enough to get some scenes from Getty Square from Yonkers Amtrak station, like the historic Post Office...
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  .. the modern Yonkers Main Library...
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  ... the Saw Mill River in Van Der Donck Park..
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  ..and most importantly the old Otis Elevator smokestack..
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  .. which is still preserved today.
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  Now in the Kawasaki Railcar Plant.
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  What's that M8 doing so close to the Hudson Line? Being tested, of course.
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  After finding out about Warburton Avenue Bridge near Hastings-on-Hudson Metro-North station, I though a pic of it would be good.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for the Ossining (Metro-North station)
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  A sign across the express tracks on the NYC-bound platform
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  And yes, another modern MTA Information board, this time with the colors of the Hudson Line.
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  Looking down the tracks, you can see Sing Sing Correctional Facility
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  To the northwest, you can see two staircases from the NYC-bound platform, and Westerly Road, as well as an elevator to Westerly Road
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  This exit sign on the Poughkeepsie-bound platform directs commuters to elevators, handicapped facilities, buses, taxis, and the ferry to Village of Haverstraw.
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  Looking north at the station house, which was built on the north side of the Secor Road Bridge.
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  Secor Road not only goes over the tracks, but two local streets running parallel to the right of way.
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  Behind the station are elevators, and other stuff. This one goes to the Croton-Harmon and Poughkeepsie-bound platforms.
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  This looks like a freight entrance. Whatever freight was loaded or unloaded here probably had to be pretty small.
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  The Croton-Harmon and Poughkeepsie bound elevator again, but this time with an overhead sign pointing to it.
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  The MTA had a brief schedule change planned just for Thanksgiving Weekend, as usual.
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  The elevator to the NYC-bound platform, with an overhead sign.
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  This doorway leads to Secor Road, but in the background are an upscale apartment and restaurant replacing dead industrial development.
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  An express train pushing a CDOT Shoreliner runs under the bridge.
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  A mix of the old and new inside the station with a standard analogue clock and a digital Passenger Information Display System-type clock.
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  The ticket booths were closed off, evidently in 2010.
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  A local newsstand and deli that was just closing. The station house was also ready to close soon afterwards.
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  That water fountain doesn't work.
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  Outside the station house, with an old-fashioned-looking station sign and a contemporary plaque.
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  Also seen from across the bridge, but at a different angle.
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  Here's the station house/bridge from the Quimby Street Parking Lot.
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  From the same parking lot is a view of the shelter on the Poughkeepsie-bound platform, and that apartment complex.
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  Another shot of the station house/bridge from the Quimby Street Parking Lot.
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  Unlike in previous periods, MTA and Metro-North go out of their way to preserve the antique heritage of stations.
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  This decorative dock (seen from the Secor Road Bridge) is the ferry port to the Village of Haverstraw.
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  This local park is where you can catch the ferry.
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  More parking along Westerly Road
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  MTA's sign used to say LAZ Parking used to be in charge.
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  Parking ticket vending machines.
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  As the MTA says, for elevators to platforms, cross the street and go behind the station building.
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  Three shelters exist at the platforms. This one is on the NYC-bound platform north of the station house.
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  Even with the modern upscale apartment complex, some of the old industrial buildings remain.
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  Track 1 is for express trains to Poughkeepsie (also an Amtrak station), and track 3 is for local trains.
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  The next station is Croton-Harmon, which is the end of electrification on the Hudson Line, and also an Amtrak station.
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  The Kill Brook Bridges just north of the station. Before my rampage, the only images of this were of the flooding from Hurricane Irene
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  Just for the record, the name of the restaurant is the 3 Westerly Bar and Grill...
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  .. and the apartment building is the Harbor Square Luxury Apartments.
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  Finally, there's a warning poster in the event of a nuclear accident (or other incident) at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.
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  Looking north towards a distant green signal at Croton-Harmon Amtrak station, as I awaited a transfer from an electric to a diesel train.
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  This garage for Town of Croton vehicles is next door to the station.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for the Garrison (Metro-North station)
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  You can see West Point Military Academy from the Poughkeepsie-bound platform...
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  .. and an enclosed shelter on the NYC-bound platform.
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  Standard MTA Metro-North Helvetica Italic sign. The parking lot behind it is along the Poughkeepsie-bound platform.
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  Looking south from the same platform towards Manitou (Metro-North station) and points south.
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  Like many Metro-North stations, it includes a pedestrian bridge over the tracks and the platforms.
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  Another warning poster in the event of a nuclear accident at Indian Point.
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  Looking north from the pedestrian bridge towards the Garrison Landing Historic District, Beacon, and Poughkeepsie...
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  .. and south towards Westchester County, and New York City.
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  Sign for the "Weekend Bicycle Loading Area" on the Grand Central-bound platform.
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  Another shot of a station sign, an elevator shaft, and the mighty Hudson.
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  This ramp leads to the Garrison Landing Historic District
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  At the end of that ramp, you see that sign...
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  .. but not at the staircase at the north end of the platform.
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  Better view of another Metro-North station sign.
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  The sign in Image number 13 can be seen in these two pictures...
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  .. so can the pedestrian bridge and part of the former Guinan's Pub.
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  The Garrison Yacht Club may or may not be part of the Garrison Landing Historic District.
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  My first attempt to capture the previous Garrison Station built by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad...
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  .. which actually is part of the historic district.
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  Street side view of the old station.
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  The old station house is part of the Philipstown Depot Theater.
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  Along the old platform, you can see some props outside.
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  The old low-level platform, canopy and tunnel portal can be seen across the tracks.
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  Metro-North doesn't use the station house anymore...
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  .. but they still add their signs to the tunnels.
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  This tunnel was built by New York Central Railroad in 1929.
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  Looking east beneath the tunnel,...
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  .. then west. No record of this tunnel replacing an old street like in Irvington, though.
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  You can't tell from here, but this is on the northbound side of the station.
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  This tunnel portal has openings on three sides.
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  Plywood where an apparent window used to be.
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  A mural on the Poughkeepsie-bound tunnel portal.
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  The old and new are reunited where the low-level platform meets a staircase to the high-level platform.
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  Another view of the Hudson River from the station.
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  Tried to get a shot of the "R" sign on the bottom of the tracks.
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  Then I sought the "S" sign in between the bottom of the tracks.
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  Braille station sign on the pillar for the footbridge.
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  Last pic. My biggest regrets were not getting the old-fashioned sign in the parking lot and the tunnel north of the station.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for the Cold Spring (Metro-North station), which is a ramp to the historic West Point Foundry site
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  Southbound view towards New York City, with the Market Street parking lot along the Grand Central Terminal-bound platform.
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  Better shot of the Market Street parking lot, where if you look carefully, you can see the handicapped ramp behind it.
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  Northbound view towards Poughkeepsie...
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  .. just like it says on this sign.
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  The only ticket vending machines are Daily Ticket Machines, and only on the Grand Central-bound platform.
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  Another display case featuring various public service announcements and advertisements, this time on the Poughkeepsie-bound platform.
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  Another Grand Central-bound platform view with a Coca-Cola machine, a Metro-North station sign, a recycling bin and a private residence on Market Street behind it.
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  And another Metro-North sign on the Poughkeepsie-bound platform.
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  Another northbound view, and closer to the staircase to the pedestrian bridge.
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  Looking directly across the tracks at the footbridge elevator on the GCT-bound platform.
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  And a view of the footbridge elevator on the Poughkeepsie-bound platform. Try to ignore the reflection of the guy with the bushy hair.
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  Another Metro-North station sign Grand Central-bound platform, this time below the Lunn Terrace bridge.
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  This bridge was built in 1930, as you can see in the corner stone above.
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  And as you can see from the north side of the bridge, the rust makes the age believable.
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  The high-level platform ends here...
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  .. and becomes a low-level platform, and partial paved trail.
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  Maps of the Hudson Highlands Trails...
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  And the cities they span through; Cold Spring and Beacon.
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  The low level platform ends and turns right into the Cold Spring Historic District
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  Metro-North has a small sign on the fence facing westbound at the same corner.
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  This welcome sign is on the side of the tunnel for the old Cold Spring New York Central Railroad Depot.
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  The Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce and public bathrooms looks just like it.
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  View of the other side of that tunnel portal. Look closely to the right, and you can see the outline of an old rusty sign reading "Subway to New York Trains."
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  A Chrysler Town & Country Minivan used as a taxicab awaits potential tourists and other passengers.
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  Now onto the station house itself, which is now a restaurant that still has some pumpkins on display leftover from Halloween.
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  Check out those old-fashioned cast-iron railroad signs. I think I even see a few reflectors on one of them.
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  Looks like they took an old baggage cart ant attached it to the station house.
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  They may have even done the same thing to a caboose, or at least tried to make it look like they did.
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  "Hudson Hack" sign.
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  This old New York Central station sign has a bulletin board underneath.,, with menus.
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  The "To River" sign can be seen above the portal as a train passes behind it.
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  Walking down into the tunnel
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  I'm not sure what that concrete beam behind the railing is for. Perhaps an engineer can tell you.
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  New York Central was building lots of pedestrian tunnels beneath the Hudson Division in 1929.
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  Nice lighting above the tunnel, even if one light here is out.
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  Despite the blurry image, that's actually a locked door to some mysterious room.
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  After climing up from the other side of the tunnel, here's a look back.
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  The "To Upper Village" sign can be seen above the west portal
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  Wider view of the tunnel portal. That staircase on the left side...
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  ... actually leads back to the Metro North station. The one on the right side is to the second floor of a private house.
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  Very faint evidence of any old signage on the tunnel portal here.
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  Another Metro-North small station sign on the fence facing eastbound
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  Closer view of the tunnel portal on the east side with a sign reading "Underpass to River."
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  11 Main Street is on the west side of the tracks, and is one part of the Cold Spring Historic District, but it gets two plaques.
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  Two historic houses across from that, also within the district.
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  The 1832-built Hudson House River Inn at the northeast corner of Main Street and West Street still functions as a restaurant and hotel.
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  The Highlands Garden Club added this plaque next to a gazebo on the Hudson River...
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  .. where a village cop was on patrol. The historic district spans from there, then across the tracks as far east as Cedar and Parsonage Streets.
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  Taking a walk down Market Street, I saw this old blue historic house...
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  .. it's an old inn called "The Blau House," and it still functions as a small hotel.
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  Stepping just outside of the historic district, I saw this place that gives kayak tours of the Hudson, and perhaps some of their tributaries.
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  Local tourist signs, a Metro-North directional sign, and a street name sign at the intersection of Market Street and Lunn Terrace.
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  View of the Metro-North Pedestrian Bridge from the Lunn Terrace car and truck bridge. Lunn Terrace turns north to Main Street.
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  Another transfer at Croton-Harmon Amtrak station, where I spotted this train in the yard. One car is named "Working Class Hero."
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  Before getting off at Marble Hill (Metro-North station), I decided to capture a couple of contemporary images of Philipse Manor (Metro-North station).
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  I held off on posting them in my gallery, because I wasn't so sure they were good enough. I'm still not sure they are.
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  It was almost dark when I captured this entrance to the Dyckman Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) subway station. I wish I had more light at the time.

November 14, 2017; Jamaica, East New York, and the Invasion of Staten Island

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  This sign in Jamaica is for the First Church of Christ Scientist
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  But that wasn't the church I was looking for
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  The real church I was looking for was this one...
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  .. It was the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, though not the original building.
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  Looks like a rectory between the two buildings.
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  This was the old church building.
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  Prayer box at the church.
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  This church dates back to 1662, though this church building dates back to 1813...
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  .. and yet they turned down a registry from the NYCLPC, and probably the NRHP.
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  After seeing these LinkNYC kiosks along Jamaica Avenue in September,...
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  .. I finally captured this one on Jamaica Avenue and Guy Brewer Boulevard.
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  Along Union Hall Street, I even captured the old Gertz Plaza. Then I hit the Archer Avenue Subway to the BMT Jamaica Line.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery of Norwood Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)
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  The J Train leaves for Broad and Wall Streets in Lower Manhattan.
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  A braille sign on one of the pylons for the platform canopy.
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  Another MTA Help Point kiosk, but no orange marker lights on the sides.
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  Looking down at Arlington and Hale Avenues
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  Where a local deli can be found.
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  Another J train stops at the station, but this one is heading for Jamaica.
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  Here's an eastbound view for a change.
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  And another one closer to that building on the southeast corner of Norwood Avenue and Fulton Street.
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  Inside the station house looking east at the ticket booth.
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  Then looking west at the ticket booth. One of MTA's standard countdown clocks reminds commuters to protect their property from thieves.
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  Sign for the J and Z train above the turnstiles to the platform
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  Where you can choose either a train to Wall Street or near Downtown Jamaica.
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  An exit sign like this already exists above turnstiles, but this one is behind the doorway in the station house.
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  Locked doors for MTA Maintenance crews for the Jamaica-bound tracks...
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  .. and another one for the Lower Manhattan-bound tracks.
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  You might not have to worry about this if you're under 6'4".
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  Choose between the northeast and southeast corners of Norwood and Fulton.
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  In case of fire, break in that gate and rip a hose from the door at the end of the gangplank.
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  Another doorway for MTA workers only next to the southeast street staircase.
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  My first attempt to capture certain features of Atlantic Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line), mainly the BMT Fulton Street Line platforms.
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  The L train to Rockaway Parkway hasn't left yet, but it's about to.
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  Another attempt at the old Fulton Street El platforms. They haven't been used since 1956, yet the MTA installed Helvetica signs there.
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  And yet another attempt to capture the staircase that used to lead to those platforms.
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  Sign within the mezzanine pointing to the L train, either to Canarsie or the West Village and Chelsea.
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  And another one closer to the doors. I could've also taken this to the exits to East New York (LIRR station), but there was another nearby site I wanted to capture.
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  An old rotating steel turnstile. You can't go through them.
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  The street exit on the southwest corner of Atlantic and Snediker Avenues.
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  My real goal here was East New York (LIRR station) starting with the abandoned and deteriorating LIRR Substation #2.
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  Since 1977, "Points East" has meant Jamaica and the rest of Long Island.
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  Until 1950 though, it also included the Rockaways via Woodhaven Junction (LIRR station).
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  Mosaics to the East New York Avenue entrance.
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  Looking at another staircase towards the Jamaica-bound platform.
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  One of a few entrances to Van Snideren Avenue
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  These subway-like mosaics were part of the 1939-1942 grade elimination project of the Atlantic Branch.
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  The only two stations in "Brooklyn" from here are Nostrand Avenue (LIRR station) and Atlantic Terminal.
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  My plans to go to Nostrand Avenue were thwarted by some freight derailment, but I took some shots of the Atlantic Terminal-bound platform anyway.
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  Flatbush Avenue LIRR station was replaced by Atlantic Terminal in 2010, but seven years later East New York LIRR station didn't get that memo.
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  Looking at the Jamaica-bound platform with a recycling facility located along eastbound Atlantic Avenue.
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  On Westbound Atlantic Avenue is an apparent NYPD impound yard, where I began my journey back to the Broadway Junction complex, and caught the A train to Downtown Brooklyn....
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  .. where I caught an R train to a bus to Staten Island, and eventually made my first attempt to expand the gallery on the Pleasant Plains (Staten Island Railway station).
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  The Staten Island Railway was working on the St. George-bound tracks in the southern regions of the SIR main line that day.
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  View of a sign on the St. George-bound platform which was closed for maintenance...
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  .. but at least I was able to capture some images of MTA's SIR trucks.
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  This is a slightly better view, though. The truck was a 2011-2016 Ford F-550 Super Duty Crew Cab with a utility body, BTW.
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  An exit sign from the Tottenville-bound platform toward street level.
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  The exit from the station leads to a short walkway along the north side of the tracks...
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  ... and ends at a staircase on Amboy Road in Pleasant Plains, Staten Island.
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  MTA Staten Island Railway sign on a chain-link fence.
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  Walking south along the sidewalk on Amboy Road beneath the Staten Island Railroad Bridge.
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  The closed-off St. Geroge-bound platform. Two SIR trucks were there that day, but I was only able to capture one of them.
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  Looking north at the Amboy Road bridge. Originally this bridge had a a modified version of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad logo.
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  Back on the Tottenville-bound platform where I got another SIR truck, specifically driven by the "M16 Rail Welders."
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery on the Prince's Bay (Staten Island Railway station)
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  A St. George-bound train leaves from the Tottenville-bound platform due to maintenance on the St. George-bound tracks.
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  Staircase from the St. George-bound platform to a parking lot at the end of Horton Avenue.
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  Looking southwest towards the Seguine Avenue Bridge and Tottenville.
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  Canopies and benches on the St. George-bound platform.
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  Glass-block windows around the station shelter along the Tottenville-bound platform.
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  The same shelter with displays for MTA notifications, schedules and maps.
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  The southwest end of the St. George-bound platform, and the staircase to Seguine Avenue.
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  The southwest end of the Tottenville-bound platform, and the staircase to Seguine Avenue.
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  Staircase to the Tottenville-bound platform across from the intersection with Seguine and Waterbury Avenues.
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  A walkway to that staircase along the entrance to a parking lot for SIR employees.
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  View of both platforms from the Seguine Avenue Bridge, from nearer to the Tottenville-bound staircase.
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  The St. George-bound staircase was closed.
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  Looking northeast from the Seguine Avenue Bridge
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  Second shot from the bridge.
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  Looking southwest from the Seguine Avenue Bridge
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  Second shot from the bridge.
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  Prince's Bay and Huguenot (Staten Island Railway station) both have spur tracks nearby, but I can't remember which spur this was from.
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  I know this one is from Huguenot SIR station though.
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  Another view of that spur with a road-rail excavator on the tracks.
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  Now a shot of the station house. The engineer told me I should've taken pics of New Jersey Transit stations instead as he was leaving.
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  Station sign beneath a shelter on the St. George-bound platform.
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  Shelter on the Tottenville-bound platform.
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  Another shot of the station house, which is attached to the Huguenot Avenue Bridge.
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  The bridge and station house were built in 1939.
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  The staircase to the St. George-bound platform from the Huguenot Avenue Bridge.
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  Looking northeast at the station house on the Huguenot Avenue Bridge, which is really just an enclosed shelter.
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  The staircase to the Tottenville-bound platform. I almost thought about going there, but I didn't want to miss any northbound trains.
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  The same shelter on the Tottenville-bound platform, but without passengers this time.
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  Another SIR sign along the St. George-bound platform.
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  A shot of the station house, staircases. platforms, shelters and a sign, all in one.
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  Another shelter on the St. George-bound platform, but the Tottenville-bound platform can be seen here too.
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  Looking southwest at the tracks from the Huguenot Avenue Bridge. You can even see the spur track leading to the Tottenville-bound tracks.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery on the Bay Terrace (Staten Island Railway station)
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  You've seen the Staten Island Bus Map, now see the station sign.
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  Facing the southwestern edge of the platform...
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  .. where you'll find the exit to the Bay Terrace (Avenue) Pedestrian Tunnel
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  And some glass block windows on the way down.
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  I had to convince this guy that I just wanted a picture of the tunnel, and not him. He seemed convinced.
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  The same tunnel from the intersection with South Railroad Avenue and Bay Terrace (Avenue).
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  Within the tunnel the same staircase to the western edge of the platform.
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  The north end of the same tunnel, which leads to a sidewalk along the east side of Bay Terrace (Avenue)...
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  .. unlike on the south side, that road is a dead end street, with a driveway to an apartment complex
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  Back on the platform facing northeast. Note the directions of the signs for each track above the canopy.
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  Closer to the northeast end of the platform...
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  .. at the exit to the Justin Avenue Bridge...
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  .. which is also the entrance.
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  A "Welcome to Bay Terrace" sign can be found across the street from that entrance.
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  But trying to get a shot of this without massive sun glare...
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  .. was a huge pain in the ass. I had to leave a few images behind.
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  Not this view of the entrance to the station from the south side of the Justin Avenue Bridge, though.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery on the Jefferson Avenue (Staten Island Railway station)
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  Looking southwest towards the Midland Avenue Bridge near Grant City (Staten Island Railway station), and Tottenville
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  A station sign along the Tottenville-bound platform.
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  Looking north towards the bridge over the road the station was named for.
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  Shelter and staircase at the northeast end of the Tottenville-bound platform.
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  Exit sign and staircase from the northeast end of the St. George-bound platform.
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  View of the same staircase from the northwest corner of Jefferson and South Railroad Avenues.
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  Staircase to the Tottenville-bound platform from the southwest corner of Jefferson and North Railroad Avenues
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  And a view of the same corner from that platform.
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  Another view of the northwest corner of Jefferson and South Railroad Avenues, this time from the Tottenville-bound platform
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  Sign and a shelter along the St. George-bound platform.
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  Looking north towards the end of the Tottenville-bound platform, though you can catch a glimpse of the St. George-bound platform on the right.
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  Last shot from the Tottenville-bound platform before I went back onto the other side, so I could catch the Staten Island Ferry.
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  First attempt to expand the number of images of the lower level of the Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport (New York City Subway)
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  Sign for an elevator not only to the upper level, but for Jamaica (LIRR station) and Jamaica (AirTrain JFK station)
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  The JFK part of the name was added to this station when the AirTrain JFK station was built in the early-2000's.
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  Sign above with the station name,...
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  .. then some commuters in front of it.
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  There's a Broad Street-bound R42 stopping at the station.
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  A staircase to the upper level, which is also where the E train runs
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  The same type of sign as in image number two, pointing in the opposite direction.
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  Ooh, look at the pretty colors. That's the back of one of the elevator shafts.
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  The elevator goes to the E train, LIRR trains, and AirTrain. Kind of small to be ADA compliant.
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  Braille sign to the BMT Jamaica Line and BMT Nassau Street Line
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  Both lines carry the J and Z trains from here.
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  Another braille sign to Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Archer Avenue Lines)

November 15, 2017; the Western Nassau County Pursuit

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  One of two attempt to replace a blurry picture of Jamaica–179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
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  But only at the Midland Parkway entrance in Jamaica Estates.
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  My third attempt to expand the gallery for Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station), and this time without drawing attention from the Garden City Police Department.
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  Brick walkway leading to South Avenue between Roxbury and Wellington Roads.
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  Another exit to a walkway leading to North Avenue and Roxbury Road.
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  Another station sign, but without the supplemental sign.
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  These pedestrian tunnel portals date back to the 1920's, and were the ultimate goal for this station.
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  This bus serves student commuters of Adelphi University
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  South Avenue is a one-way street in a parking lot, until west of the tunnel. Eastbound traffic goes through a parking lot next to it.
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  MTA's Adelphi bus drop-off sign above a directional sign.
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  Looking straight north towards the tunnel.
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  And down the stairs into the tunnel. You can just as easily get that tape of black and yellow stripes at a local hardware store.
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  Under the tunnel as it approaches the north staircase.
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  The north staircase makes a right turn.
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  Looking back, you can see another strip of black and yellow striped tape.
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  The north tunnel portal has a sign pointing to the Hempstead-bound platform
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  It also runs parallel to the Jamaica-bound platform, unlike the one on the Hempstead-bound side.
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  North Avenue and Euston Road is not only the north end of the pedestrian tunnel,...
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  .. but the point where North Avenue is cut off by the brick parking lot until the namesake of the station.
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  Back on the Hempstead-bound platform, here the north end of the tunnel as seen from the south side.
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  This time Adelphi has sent a mini-bus to the South Avenue parking lot.
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  The east end of the platforms are at the Nassau Boulevard crossing.
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  A "Do Not Stop on Tracks" sign is on a traffic signal for South Avenue across from that railroad crossing.
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  Street name signs on a lamppost across from Nassau Boulevard and North Avenue.
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  A taxi shack on South Avenue
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  The third Adelphi U bus to arrive at the station during my time there.
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  View of the south tunnel portal again, this time with another brick walkway next to it down from the platform.
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  The east end of the Jamaica-bound high-level platform ends at the low-level platform in front of the station house.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for the Country Life Press (LIRR station), also in Garden City.
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  Standard LIRR Helvetica sign with supplemental directions. Despite the last one reading "Points East," it actually runs south along here.
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  Looking south towards Hempstead LIRR station, and the additional Rosa Parks Transportation Center.
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  The east end of the pedestrian tunnel at Saint James and Garden Streets.
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  And on the west side of the tunnel at Franklin Court and Sixth Place
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  Back on the east side of the tunnel, where this bike rack can be found.
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  Looking north on the sole high-level platform. The tracks will turn north at the former Hempstead Crossing.
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  These (PA/CIS)-style countdown clocks don't show up so well facing north at noontime.
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  Some solar powered device along the right-of-way for the second track that should exist.
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  Another LIRR Helvetica sign, but this time on wooden signposts that are barely standing up.
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  This sign is a lot more stable, though.
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  The high-level platform ends just before you get in front of the station house,...
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  .. which unfortunately is closed off for commuters.
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  The former right-of-way to the West Hempstead Branch can be seen behind the tracks here.
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  The staircase around the north side of the tracks leads to the intersection of St. James and Damson Streets.
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  One of the few full view of the station house I was able to get.
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  Just north of that is this bridge over Chestnut Street
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  This and the previous shot are facing west from the intersection with St. James Avenue
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  Cornerstone from under the north side of the bridge,...
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  .. and under the south side of the bridge.
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  Facing the bridge from the east just as Chestnut Street turns from south to east.
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  This railroad crossing across the Garden City-Mitchel Field Secondary...
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  .. used to be part of the Hempstead Crossing, between lines owned by the Long Island Rail Road and Central Railroad of Long Island
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  Looking east towards Nassau Coliseum...
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  .. and west to Garden City (LIRR station)
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  My first view of the former Garden City toll lodge for the Long Island Motor Parkway
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  Originally located at Clinton Road and Vanderbilt Court,...
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  .. it is now on the south side of Seventh Street at the site of the former Hempstead Crossing,
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  The front door to the toll plaza as seen from the entrance to the Hempstead Crossing parking lot.
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  Close-up of the sign on the door.
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  Garden City Chamber of Commerce sign.
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  Last shot from Seventh Street itself.
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  My first attempt to create a gallery for Floral Park (LIRR station)
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  Scene of the Hempstead-bound platform
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  An M7 stops at the Jamaica-bound platform from Hempstead, which is shared by the Mineola, Hicksville, and Points East-bound platform.
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  Another view of the Hempstead-bound platform...
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  .. and a third view, which includes a brick open shelter. The Hempstead-bound platform is named "Platform C."
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  Looking down the Hempstead Branch from the Jamaica-bound platform
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  Slightly further east, past that center open shelter.
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  Beyond the Hempstead-bound platform, you can see the Floral Park Village Hall.
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  The easternmost shelter on the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  Looking east along the center platform.
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  An open shelter made of brick along the Main Line platform to Jamaica (Platform A). The staircase to Tulip Avenue is hidden in the middle.
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  That shelter is the easternmost of the three shelters along Platform A.
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  The Tulip Avenue staircase at the very end of the center platform.
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  Looking down the Main Line along the Hicksville-bound tracks, where an exit sign for the Tulip Avenue staircase can be seen.
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  The east end of the Hempstead-bound platform, with it's own staircase to Tulip Avenue.
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  The easternmost staircase to the center platform, east of Tulip Avenue.
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  The staircase to the platform from the east side of Tulip Avenue. Center and eastbound staircases can be found on both side of Tulip Avenue.
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  Staircase from the east end of the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  And this staircase goes to the Jamaica-bound platform along the Main Line.
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  A shot of the Floral Park Public Library between Caroline Place and Tulip Avenue. Despite the fact that it was mid-November, there were still trees blocking the view.
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  Across from the library is a Floral Park LIRR station entrance along Caroline Place, which runs below the Main Line.
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  Nearby on Tulip Avenue is a Historic Marker for a site owned by village founder John Lewis Childs.
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  This was the site of his house and seedhouse...
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  .. today it's a condominium community named "Flowerview Gardens."
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  The only interior shot of the railroad station I was able to get. I tried a picture of older stations through the years, but there was too much glare on the thing.
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  It didn't help that the MTA has an automatic warning system to chase commuters out of station houses before they closed, but it let me get this shot.
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  Station entrance along Atlantic Avenue, which runs below the Hempstead Branch until the intersection with Woodbine Court.
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  Bicycle rack near that entrance right next to a power line.
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  A staircase to the Hempstead-bound platform from the east side of the Carnation Avenue Bridge...
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  .. and the west side of that bridge, both of which are along Atlantic Avenue.
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  The Floral Park Fire Department, which is attached to the Floral Park Village Hall
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  The headquarters are located on Vernon Street
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  A fireman's memorial park can be seen on the corner of the firehouse and village hall
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  There's also this memorial for Floral Park residents killed on 9/11.
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  With a marble cornerstone and benches facing one of the burnt steel beams.
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  So if you're one of those people who thinks all the WTC steel was shipped off to Red China, you're barking up the wrong tree.
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  The front door of the Village Hall, with the Fire Department on the right, and the Police Department on the left.
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  The Floral Park Police Department on Carlton Street, which also contains the Village Court.
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  Nearby is the First Methodist Episcopalian Church of Floral Park...
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  .. and the historical marker for it on Verbena Avenue.
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  Behind Village Hall, and along side the fire department, there's this Fireman's Benevolent Association Memorial.
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  Taxi company within Floral Park LIRR station, and the last pic in the village.
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  My first attempt to create a gallery for Gibson (LIRR station). I already took the first picture in 2009, and thought it could use more.
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  The first, second, and other pictures consisted of the Muller Place Pedestrian Bridge
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  The pedestrian bridge as seen from Muller and Cochran Places.
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  The staircase on the Valley Stream-bound platform is made of wood too.
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  "Close Clearance" warning sign on the post of the Far Rockaway-bound bridge pillar. This old bridge doesn't leave much room for passengers or trains.
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  The south end of the Valley Stream-bound platform as seen from underneath the bridge.
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  Looking southeast towards Far Rockaway...
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  .. and northwest Valley Stream, Jamaica (LIRR station), and Atlantic Terminal.
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  The pedestrian bridge from the Valley Stream-bound platform... wooden staircase and all.
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  The Cochran Place parking lot behind the Far Rockaway-bound platform can be seen across the tracks.
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  So can a couple of ads and a standard LIRR Helvetica sign
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  Another LIRR Helvetica sign along the Valley Stream-bound platform, and a closed off parking lot.
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  Not only was the parking lot closed that week, but the station house, and handicapped accessible ramps were closed too.
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  The Village of Valley Stream has officially designated this "Municipal Parking Field #23."
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  A police substation used to operate from that parking lot too.
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  The construction company working on this owns a Ford F-Series Super-Duty truck. Looks like it was made between 2011 and 2016.
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  The chain-link fence around the parking lot has a glass bulletin board case, with construction information behind it.
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  Traffic circle at Gibson Boulevard and Dubois Avenue. This was apparently built as part of the station plaza, along with the rest of Gibson.
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  Across the tracks from that is the Gazebo at the intersection of Dubois Avenue and Cochran Place,...
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  .. with the Cochran Place station parking lot in the background. The station is better seen in this picture.
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  Another shot of the gazebo, then back across the tracks to the station.
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  Medium-sized LIRR Helvetica sign on the station house. I think I took enough shots of this station for the afternoon.

November 16, 2017

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  My first attempt to add color images to Rock Hall, a historic mansion in Lawrence, New York.
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  A sign for the museum schedule on the grounds,
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  The side entrance of the mansion, and an apparently more educational type of sign.
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  Flagpole along the driveway. I got out of my car to make that shot.
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  Historic looking sign on Broadway at the west side of the driveway.
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  Gold and contemporary address numbers attached to one of the gateposts.
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  The museum grounds are a No-Drone Zone. They never said anything about people driving in their cars carrying cameras.
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  Another historic looking sign on Broadway this time on the east side of the driveway...
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  .. which is right next to the historical marker on the southwest corner of Broadway and Lawrence Avenue.
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  Among the standard mid-20th century suburban homes of Levittown, is an old fashioned schoolhouse.
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  The Jerusalem School House in District Number 5 is on the NRHP.
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  Today it operates as a pre-school.
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  Speaking of suburbia, here's a house in North Massapequa, which was given a brick-face job, and spawned many rumors of the supernatural.
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  Like Rock Hall, the Ezra Carll Homestead in South Huntington, New York needed some color images too.
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  There's also a historical marker on the corner, which is obstructed by a lot of sun glare.
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  Better shot of the historical marker.
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  They too had pumpkins left there from Halloween.
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  1740 is not the address. It's the approximate year this house is believed to have been built in.
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  Two wooden chairs facing a bench. Whatever could they be for?
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  Evidently, the current residents have an outdoor bug tent in the front yard.
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  Though I couldn't make it to Cold Spring Harbor (LIRR station), I thought I'd try more images for Huntington (LIRR station) instead, starting with one of the parking garages.
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  It's this historic, but not registered shelter along the Port Jefferson-bound platform that I was seeking images of more than anything else.
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  Of course these late-20th Century pedestrian bridges aren't worth overlooking either.
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  Looking west at that bridge to a parking lot on the other side of New York State Route 110
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  Wooden homemade sign from the sidewalk between the Port Jefferson-bound platform and the parking lot.
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  The matching pedestrian bridge over the tracks. Another parking garage along the Hicksville-bound platform can be seen in the distance.
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  The bridge over Route 110 is just past the west end of the platforms.
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  Even with all the contemporary additional features, the early-20th Century Dutch-colonial barn style station house still remains.
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  Looking up at the pedestrian bridge from the Port Jeff-bound platform.
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  Grist Mill Park at the corner of Centershore Road and Mill Dam Road, in Centerport.
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  And a historic marker on the opposite corner also at the west end of the Mill Dam Bridge.
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  View of Centerport Harbor and a failed effort to capture the Mill Dam Bridge.
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  This view was more successful.
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  Down on the west side of the harbor is this historical marker...
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  .. for the Arthur Dove-Helen Torr Cottage.
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  Historical marker for the Battle of Fort Slongo in Fort Salonga, New York
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  The same marker from the eastbound shoulder of New York State Route 25A with an IGA supermarket in the background.
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  This is a former section of NY 25A at Willow Ridge and Stone Gate in Smithtown. Others exist too.
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  Speaking of old sections of NY 25A, as well as NY 25...
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  .. here's an old bridge for Main Street in Smithtown over the Nissequogue River.
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  Even with this distant shot, you can see the contemporary NY 25-25A bridge next to it.
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  This bridge can be found within the Paul T. Givens County Park.
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  Sign tree for the NY 25-25A overlap in front of the entrance to Paul Givens Park
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  The former Smithtown (LIRR station) house, now a private residence much further south from the LIRR Port Jefferson Branch.
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  This street name sign along Rosevale Avenue (Suffolk CR 93)...
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  .. is also shared by the eastern terminus of the Long Island Motor Parkway (Suffolk CR 67).
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  The former home office of a housing development company, which contributed to the suburbanization of this area.
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  Westbound Motor Parkway drivers begin their journeys in Ronkonkoma
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  A second shot of the new Community Ambulance Company garage in Sayville, New York.

November 17, 2017

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  The former Thurber Lumber Yard in Rocky Point, New York...
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  .. was also the site of the former Rocky Point (LIRR station)
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  Actually the station house is where this under construction "Broadway Market" was being built.
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  The former right of way of the tracks went to Port Jefferson, Huntington, Hicksville, and New York City.
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  North Shore Beach Fire Station Number 2 of the Rocky Point Fire Department.
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  The Googie-designed Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church on NYS Business Route 25A in Rocky Point.
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  Sign for the church which also includes a nursery school.
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  An image of this was supposed to have been moved from Panoramio, but I couldn't wait for it to be loaded.
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  Somewhere behind this old LILCO path is the site of the former Shoreham (LIRR station).
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  I once thought this was the NRHP listed James Woodhull House, but I was wrong, and still want to know what house it is.
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  THIS is the James Woodhull House.
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  I had to make a U-Turn in an entrance to the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant to get this shot.
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  Direct shot of the house.
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  This old gas station and bait & tackle shop was built with wood from the former Wading River (LIRR station)
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  In Ridge, New York, I decided to gather some sites from the Lake Panamoka area, starting with Fire Station #3.
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  This public bulletin board is for the Lake Panamoka Civics Association
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  And that's the Civics Association itself on the southeast corner of Panamoka Trail and Tarkill Road.
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  The Beach at Lake Panamoka...
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  .. which is privately owned.
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  Lake Panamoka used to be the site of a boy scout camp called Camp Newcomb until the mid-1930's.
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  On the north side of NY 25 east of Wading River-Center Moriches Road,...
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  .. is the Wading River Motel, which is actually in Calverton, New York.
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  The lingering mid-century modern architecture of the place is what promted me to grab some pics.
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  Some abandoned radar within the grounds of the former Grumman Calverton Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant.
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  At the Grumman Memorial Park in the Calverton Executive Airpark, there are two big plaques honoring people...
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  .. who in one way or another were involved with the Grumman A-6 Intruder.
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  An actual Grumman A-6E Intruder on display along NY 25.
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  Sign for the Grumman A-6E. Right about here my camera battery died, so no F-14 images that day.
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  Though I couldn't get the Downs House and Farm in Northville, I got this pic of an old restaurant in Mattituck
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  It was called "The Old Mill Inn," and was closed as a restaurant in April 2017. A real estate agent was checking the place out at the time.
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  I don't know if there was any connection between this house across the street and the "old mill," but it looks interesting.
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  I couldn't get a good shot of the dock at the end of the road, but this "Captain Bob" fishing charter boat seemed to suffice.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for Horton Point Lighthouse in Southold
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  As the sign says, it was commissioned in 1790 by George Washington and built in.... 1857?? (obviously a rebuild)
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  Yes the lighthouse is a museum, but no, I didn't go in.
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  The sun glare in this picture doesn't compare to the near gale force winds that were blowing that day.
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  Both NRHP and Town of Southold markers.
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  This time just a Town of Southold marker. The lighthouse, museum and parkland are owned by the Southold Park District.
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  A shed on the property of the lighthouse is named "The Tale of the Whale."
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  It doesn't look like this light is operating from here, but they say it still does.
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  The only thing north of Lighthouse Road is this staircase down to the beach with a plastic pipe for either garbage or recycled goods
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  The closed pedestrian iron gateway
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  And the open gate to the parking lot...
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  ... with the closed toll booth
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  Down this staircase over a 60 foot bluff, the winds are whipping up the Long Island Sound.
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  One nice thing about driving on the North Fork of Long Island, is that you still have this old concrete road.
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  Suffolk County Road 48 also has the Sound View Restaurant...
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  .. and the Sound View Inn directly on the Long Island Sound.
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  An extension of that motel, which is quite expensive.
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  After driving down NY Truck Route 25 (Moore's Avenue), I thought I'd grab a school building in the Village of Greenport
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  Like many schools on Montauk Highway, Greenport High School looks like it just belongs on NY 25.
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  This liquor store is a block north from the restaurant I wanted to capture, but that turned out too blurry.
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  These two stores on South Street at Second Street look inviting, though.
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  They include this local village grocer,...
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  .. and this liquor store, even if you don't drink.
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  The Charles and Anna Bates House was recently added to the NRHP, so I snapped a pic.
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  On Carpenter Street is the Old Greenport Jail and Police Museum.
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  The former Village of Greenport Police Department was disbanded in 1995.
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  Next to that is the headquarters of the Greenport Harbor Brewing Company.
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  Surprise, surprise, they still build ships in Greenport. This is at the south end of Carpenter Street and a non-State controlled part of Front Street.
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  My attempted images of Main Street didn't turn out so great, but the north end of Main Street north of Greenport...
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  .. is also the east end of Suffolk CR 48. Then NY 25 turns right and goes east again.
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  Just east of that is an old mansion that's now a "boutique hotel, named the "Lin Beach House."
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  In East Marion, I was lucky enough to capture the backyard of the Fire Department
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  Just beyond the East Marion-Orient Causeway, there's a historical marker for Truman's Beach...
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  .. which is only open to residents of East Marion and Orient, New York. Too bad. I went there anyway.
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  In Orient I expanded the gallery for the Orient Historic District starting with this cemetery
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  I also managed to get a shot of the Fire Department on the opposite corner of Main Road (NY 25) and Tabor Road.
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  The Central Cemetery on Tabor Road is not on the NRHP, let alone part of the district...
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  .. but considering it's age, perhaps it should be.
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  Driving back up Village Lane to make a U-Turn on NY 25 gave me more chances to shoot the obelisk. This view is from the north side...
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  .. this one is at the east-to-south turn lane from NY 25 to Village Lane.
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  That's a Town of Southold street-name sign, with additional directional signs underneath.
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  Towards the end, a warning sign telling motorists that NY 25 ends 2000 feet away...
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  .. and a guide sign telling them the Ferry to New London is 1500 feet away.
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  My second effort to capture images of Orient Beach State Park
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  The shell-shaped "Gift Shop By The Sea" sign was replaced by a small fake lighthouse.
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  Either way, I was going in. That's Orient-by-the-Sea restaurant, bar, and marina.
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  No, I won't stop. Because it's the off-season and the toll booth is closed.
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  A turtle crossing sign heading west. There's also a bicycle lane painted on the shoulder.
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  Southeast of this point, Gardiners Bay flows into the Block Island Sound.
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  The wreck of a small sailing yacht off the beach road.
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  Later this sun glare blocks the Roy Latham Maritime Forest Trail entrance.
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  Not only is Orient Beach a New York State Park, but a National Natural Landmark.
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  This service area is off limits to "public vehicles," but not kayakers, canoeists, paddle-boarders, or windsurfers.
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  This place even has a bathhouse, just like Heckscher, Captree, Robert Moses, and Jones Beach
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  The park name sign is right behind a bench.
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  The end of the road, at the main parking lot within the park.
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  Bathrooms and a gazebo are at the northeast corner of the parking lot
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  The north side of the parking lot contains these exercise-related signs...
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  .. along with some picnic tables, and grilles.
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  On the south side of this parking lot...
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  .. is the playground for the kids...
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  .. which leads directly out to the beach, once known as "Ben's Point."
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  A coin-operated binocular stand facing Gardiners Bay
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  And believe it or not, it still costs on 25 CENTS!
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  If I'm not mistaken, this looks like a public shower stall.
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  A 2 mile or more trail that runs mostly along the south side of the park road
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  The trail starts and ends (depending on your direction) on the north side of the parking lot.
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  Leaving the beach and heading east, this turtle crossing sign is beneath a Wildlife Crossing sign.
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  This is the Gift Shop By The Sea. I almost thought about getting something there.
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  The park office and maintenance shop is in the same driveway
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  A private house, probably used by park supervisors and/or caretakers.
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  Facing west along the 1 1/2 mile trail marker off the Gardiner's Bay Coast...
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  which is also the 1/2 mile trail marker facing east.
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  Continuing east towards NY 25 with Orient Point and Plum Island off in the distance.
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  Later, there's the one mile trail marker facing east...
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  .. which is also the one mile trail marker facing west.
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  Looking back towards the toll booth, which I tried and failed to get on the way in.
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  Between the end of NY 25 and the Orient Point Ferry Road is this historical marker for a legend.
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  According to folklore, Benjamin Frankin was a former postmaster who laid mileposts along what is today NY 25 30 miles west and east of Riverhead. This was the site of Mile Marker 30.
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  A series of picnic tables behind the Cross Sound Deli, which I tried and failed to capture in September 2015.
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  Along the side of the road, somebody was trying to sell their 1967 Chevrolet Bel Air.
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  One of the few of these so-called "Benjamin Franklin" milestones left.
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  Then again, I couldn't resist more shots of that '67 Chevy.
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  A closer look at the grille, in case you have any doubts that this is a 1967.
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  $2,900 down from $3,800, and only 38,000 miles with a 250 c.i.d. Straight 6.
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  Note the colorful quilt on the rear deck. With that and the low mileage, I'd say this is a car driven by an old grandmother.
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  Bel Airs had triple taillights in 1967. Usually those were reserved for Impalas and Caprices.
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  I almost hate to cover up the number to prevent crank calls, because I wish the owner could sell the thing.
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  My effort to get a shot of the gauges didn't work, but at least I got the steering wheel.
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  I was only able to capture part of the Orient Service Center.
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  Another shot of the Orient Fire Department.
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  And on the opposite side of the intersection with Tabor Road, the Oysterponds Elementary School.
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  A more direct shot of the East Marion Fire Department, albeit at an unintended angle.
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  West of there nearby is The Blue Inn. Sorry I wasn't able to get a better shot.
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  Returning to Greenport, I settled for the McCann Campgrounds on Moore's Avenue, since I couldn't get a shot of the KOA Kampground earlier.
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  And I just had to get the old Municipal Light and Water Power Plant. This isn't on NRHP, but it should be.
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  Returning to Shelter Island, I had to get more pics. This old firehouse was a start.
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  But one of my main goals on Shelter Island was the NRHP-listed golf course and country club,...
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  .. which includes the Flying Goat Restaurant.
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  Returning to the Heights Historic District, I captured this hardware store, but I should've grabbed other nearby sites.
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  Finally, the gas station I wanted in June 2016. Then, my camera died again.
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  Once I had it recharged again, I grabbed a shot of the Rosemary Lodge in Water Mill.
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  I also tried to get one from the Shinnecock Indian Reservartion, since so few exist.
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  I also wasn't sure I wanted to capture a tobacco shop either, but there are lot of them there along Montauk Highway.
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  For years I've been trying to capture pictures of the James Benjamin Homestead in Flanders, New York.
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  Finally, somebody invited me to take some shots, that don't require peeking around trees on NY 24.
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  The man who drives this car is the surviving family member, singlehandedly trying to restore the place.
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  Nice shot of Reeve's Bay from the back yard.
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  BTW, this house is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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  So if there are any volunteers looking to help restore a historic house, I recommend this one.
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  Wildwood Lake only had one image in the gallery, until I came along.
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  The road I took that shot from (Old Westhampton Road) ends in front of this old gas station at Suffolk CR 63.
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  This station has been abandoned for so long, it's hard to tell what brand of gas they sold.
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  A closer look at the Carmans River Canoe and Kayak rental dealership in South Haven.
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  It's on Suffolk County Road 80 (Montauk Highway) on the west side of the river, and looks like a house.

November 18, 2017

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  The westbound Valley Stream State Park road to the Southern State Parkway on ramps, and apparently an entrance to Parking Field #2.
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  A second shot of the exit from Parking Field #2 at Henry Street.
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  This pedestrian trail starts on the south side of Parking Field #2 as it enters the park.
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  At 135 Fletcher Avenue in Valley Stream...
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  .. is the Valley Stream Central High School.
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  If you're looking for a school building with an excessive use of art deco features...
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  .. then rest assured, you've come to a good spot.
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  My return to Westwood (LIRR station), partially to replace a blurry picture. Wish there were as many cars.
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  The exit on this side is at a blinker-light intersection at Whitehall and Whittier Streets,
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  The plaque on a rock in a pocket park at the station.
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  Which is named the John Paul Jones Park.
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  That's the entrance to the station, with all the rules involved. One guy kept his dog on a leash, but he still tackled and licked me.
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  This is not the original Nathan's Famous in Oceanside, even if it looks like it.
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  Nearby that is the Veteran's Triangle, which includes the "Liberty Lighthouse."
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  In Long Beach, this NRHP-listed house is named Cobble Villa, also called "Villa Clara."
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  According to the next picture, this house was originally owned by William Reynolds.
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  That Historical Marker faces Laurelton Boulevard and is along a driveway towards West Pine Street.
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  A stone gazebo can also be seen next to the driveway at Laurelton Boulevard.
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  The house as seen from West Bay Drive.
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  Another recently NRHP listed site in Long Beach is the William Barkin House.
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  I'm going to assume this thick piece of plywood in the driveway on Olive Street is not just for preventing flooding.
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  The house as seen from Riverside Boulevard.
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  These city garages between East Fulton and East Pine Street on Long Beach Boulevard...
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  .. are for fixing city-owned vehicles, and storing Long Beach city buses. The garage looks like an old trolley barn.
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  The George Sumner Kellogg House on Merrick Road in Baldwin.
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  The east side of the NRHP-listed house.
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  A shed in the back, that if I recall, used to be a small Junk shop.
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  The house is managed by the Nassau County Police Department's First Precinct, across Harrison Avenue.
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  I thought I should get some more pictures of the Brentwood Public Library. The logo on the side says it was established in 1937...
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  .. however, the cornerstone indicates the building was made in 1989.
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  The post office is across the street from the library. How convenient.
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  The main target in Brentwood this time..
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  .. was the Brentwood Country Club and Golf Course.
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  Getting there requires a drive along Brentwood Parkway from Suffolk CR 100
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  Sadly, Brentwood Parkway's status as a divided road ends north of Prospect Drive
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  But at least Prospect Drive takes you closer to the country club...
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  .. which can be entered from Pennsylvania Avenue. Since it was mid-November, there were signs for the "Santa Brunch Tree Lighting."
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  What would a gallery of the Brentwood Country Club be...
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  .. without a shot or two of the clubhouse itself? (Okay, I suppose the golf course would be good to capture too, but I had to pass that over).
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  The Central Islip Plumbing Supply has been said to have been serving the community for over 70 years, and looks like it too.
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  In the Village of Lake Grove, one site turned out to be harder to get in a single image than I thought it would be.
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  It's one of three sections of the Village Hall Office Complex
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  On Hawkins Avenue across from Washburn Street in Lake Grove.
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  One more shot of the former Suffolk County Federal Savings Headquarters in Centereach.
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  Then after a mistake in September, a capture of the site of the former Wheelman's Rest Hotel in Selden.
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  Coram, New York also has one of those leftover "Benjamin Franklin" milestones along NY 25.
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  While one group of milestones was added between Riverhead and Orient Point, this is one of the one added from Smithtown to Riverhead.
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  You'll find this at the northwest corner of a gated community, if you can find a decent place to park without obstructing traffic.
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  This dock goes to Pine Lake in Middle Island, New York.
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  It was a popular retreat for Latvian refugees fleeing the Nazis and the Soviets during the mid-20th Century.
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  I tried to get this school in South Haven on Montauk Highway the previous day.
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  It's the South Haven Elementary School, and despite not being in the Hamptons, it looks like it fits Montauk Highway.
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  Closer view of the embossed lettering, because I wasn't sure it was visible in the other shots.
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  Though I couldn't get a good shot, there was a deer way in the background of the side parking lot.
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  The Atlantic Seafood Fish Market in Center Moriches
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  The former Chapman's Garage in East Moriches, is now an Advance Auto Franchise, and another site I've been trying to capture for a few years.

November 19, 2017

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  Another attempt to expand Bayside (LIRR station), in this case for a local bar near the station.
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  A bike rack and sign on the northeast corner of the pedestrian bridge
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  Sign on the northwest corner of the bridge telling all cyclists to park their bikes on the rack.
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  The handicapped ramp to the Port Washington-bound platform.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for Douglaston (LIRR station).
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  And my reason for capturing this station was to focus on the mid-century modern design features.
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  Looking east along the Port Washington-bound platform, where (South) 235th Street becomes a cul-de-sac
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  The tunnel portals were later rebuilt to resemble the 1962-rebuilt station house.
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  Looking down towards the tunnel to the Woodside-bound platform.
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  An aluminum and Plexiglas shelter near the end of the Woodside-bound platform.
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  The platforms end at the Douglaston Parkway Bridge, but only the Woodside-bound one has a staircase to the bridge.
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  View of the backs of both tunnel portals from the Port Washington-bound platforms.
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  A 1960's station house with 1990's MTA Ticket Vending Machines.
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  View of both tunnel portals at once... this time at the open ends.
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  The old ticket booth, the closed doorway to that, and the bathroom within the station.
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  Looking outside the doorway to the parking lot and pedestrian tunnel at (North) 235th Street and 41st Avenue.
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  My 2nd attempt at a second Broadway (LIRR station) image. The original failed attempt was on November 13, 2017.
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  The 82nd Street-Jackson Heights (IRT Flushing Line) station has these "Big 82" numbers along the platforms...
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  .. so I took one on the westbound platform. I tried to get the same numbers eastbound, but that platform was closed that day.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for 138th Street-Grand Concourse (IRT Jerome Avenue Line). My effort to capture a pillar sign failed, but it wasn't a total loss.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for Third Avenue–149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)...
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  .. which wasn't as good, so I took a window shot from the 5 train.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery for Nereid Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line), but I ended up getting much more here than I planned.
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  NYC Subway station sign on the Upper Manhattan-bound platform, specifically on the northern end of that platform.
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  Somebody claimed this was an interlocking tower, but it doesn't look like much of one to me.
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  The 239th Street Yard is beyond these tracks before you reach Wakefield–241st Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
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  Two staircases from the 241st Street-bound platform to the station house.
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  A sign aimed at conductors.
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  The plaque for the stained glass named "Leaf of Life," by Noel Copeland
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  Sign for the 2 train telling you that the next stop is 241st Street station at all times.
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  Looking south along the 241st Street-bound platform towards the South Bronx and Harlem.
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  Looking north at a pillar sign along the 241st Street-bound platform.
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  Also northwest towards a standard MTA Helvetica sign on the 135th Street-bound platform.
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  Subway signal over the 241st-bound platform.
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  A sign for an emergency fire hose along the platform.
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  Sign beneath the tracks in the station house, directing commuters to either Manhattan and Brooklyn, or to 241st Street.
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  On the 135th Street-bound platform, there's a sign for the 2 and 5 trains, the latter of which breaks away at 149th Street–Grand Concourse (New York City Subway) and joins the IRT Jerome Avenue Line.
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  Some "R10" and "6 Car" signs between the local and express tracks...
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  .. and a 10-car sign, both of which are at the end of the 135th Street-bound platform.
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  Looking west above Nereid Avenue at a sign to the northwest corner exit.
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  The exit to the northwest corner of Nereid Avenue and White Plains Road.
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  The northwest staircase at street level.
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  Southbound White Plains Road at the intersection of Nereid Avenue
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  Eastbound Nereid Avenue as it goes beneath the stations.
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  The southeast staircase at street level.
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  Northbound White Plains Road at the intersection of Nereid Avenue
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  Westbound Nereid Avenue as it goes beneath the station with a bus stop for the Bx16.
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  This station still has a pay phone with a TTY device for the deaf, or at least it did in November 2017.
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  A shot of the exit to the southeast corner of Nereid Avenue and White Plains Road.
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  Returning to Third Avenue–149th Street, where I got a better shot of the station name sign.
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  There was also this exit sign to an elevator.
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  More signs above the turnstiles along the Upper Manhattan-bound platform.
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  Looking at the Wakefield–bound platform from the Harlem-bound platform.
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  Returning to 138th Street-Grand Concourse, I got a better shot of the old "MH" mosaic.
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  A standard MTA Helvetica sign directing commuters to 4 and 5 trains to either Manhattan or Brooklyn.
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  Another mosaic directing commuters to "Down Town Trains..."
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  .. and yet another for "Up Town Trains."
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  Another Helvetica sign directing commuters for trains bound for either Woodlawn, Nereid Avenue, or Dyre Avenue.
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  Station entrance and exit on 138th Street on the northwest corner of the Grand Concourse on-ramp.
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  Map kiosk at the same corner for "WalkNYC."
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  Another station entrance at the Grand Concourse on-ramp, on the northwest corner of 138th Street.
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  Facing both station entrances and the map kiosk in the opposite direction.
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  Single station entrance on the northeast corner of 138th Street and the Grand Concourse on-ramp.
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  Braille sign beneath one of the station globes, specifically at the staircase itself.
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  Full view of the side of the northeast station entrance.
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  Separate from the NYC Subway station images, I thought I'd take a shot of this old railroad bridge over 138th Street that carries the Metro-North trunk lines.
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  Within the station itself, is the exit to the northeast corner,...
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  .. and the two exits to the northwest corner.
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  I wasn't planning on getting any images of Flushing – Main Street (IRT Flushing Line), but I took some anyhow.
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  I also didn't know if anybody else took any pics of the "M" mosaics, so I got a shot of my own.
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  These pillars signs read "Do not pass on this side..."
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  .. because they're much too close to the tracks.
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  This station has another one of these "Path Through History" signs.

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