User:DanTD/New York gallery/Photographic rampages of 2015 and 2016

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 possibly later.

New York; September 2015; Reconquering the Subways, New Rochelle and Historic Long Island

September 14, 2015

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  MTA Help Point device at Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line) station.
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  One of three attempts to capture a braille sign...
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  .. and two attempts to capture the "City Hospital" mosaic.
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  Mosaic to Britton Avenue.
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  Sign for Morrison Avenue - Soundview Subway station.
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  A 6 train leaves for Pelham Bay Park
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  Views of the...
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  ... 125th Street-bound platform.
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  Another 6 train arrives.
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  The southeast exit, which is also...
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  .. the southwest entrance.
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  The west end of the station hangs over Stratford Avenue.
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  The Green Pastures Baptist Church in Soundview...
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  .. originally the Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx.
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  An old synagogue that's on the National Register of Historic Places.
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  Built in 1928...
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  .. at 1115 Ward Avenue
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  Returning to Morrison Avenue station...
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  .. whose east end hangs just above Harrod Avenue
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  .. just west of the Bronx River Parkway.
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  Inside the station, a plaque commemorating the 2012 restoration of the station.
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  The Rudy Macina Peace Memorial Plaza on Pelham Parkway. This covers the Persian Gulf War on the left and WWII on the right.
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  World War One.
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  The Vietnam War...
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  .. which LBJ didn't want either.
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  The Korean War.
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  The 9/11 attacks, which started the war we're in now.
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  Flagpole and NYC Parks sign.
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  New image of the Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyer Avenue Line) station...
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  .. as well as the back yard of this station.
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  Interior shot, and an interesting cropped version was made later.
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  Scene from Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) subway station.
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  Braille sign at the station.
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  View towards Eastchester-Dyre Avenue station
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  View towards East 180th Street Station in West Farms
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  Helvetica sign on the northbound platform...
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  .. and the southbound platform.
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  Entrance and Exit from the northbound platform...
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  .. and the southbound platform.
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  Go downstairs from the northbound platform, and you'll see this turnstile past the tunnel to the entrance.
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  This sign was posted in the tunnel, which is behind the embankment along the southbound lanes of Baychester Avenue.
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  Go left and wind up on the street. Go right, and take the train to the last stop.
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  This is the only exit from the station...
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  .. the exit is on the left of where this pic was taken.
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  This is the only entrance to the station...
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  .. the entrance is to the right of where this pic was taken.
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  Bike rack and buses for the intermodal terminal...
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  ... at the New Rochelle (Metro-North station)
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  An old sign at the railroad station, as well as a Toyota taxi.
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  The old New Haven Railroad station and the intermodal terminal
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  A pigeon in the parking lot. I don't think this was a racing pigeon, but I don't really care.
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  An M8 arrives at the station, probably from New Haven itself.
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  Inside the pedestrian bridge. That staircase...
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  .. and the elevator across from it lead to the northbound and Amtrak platforms.
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  The pedestrian bridge at Station Plaza South between Memorial Highway and Bridge Street.
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  NRHP Plaque...
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  .. for the Pioneer Building...
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  .. at 14 Lawton Street in New Rochelle.
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  An old-fashioned heating grate on the building
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  Back of the Pioneer Building
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  National City Bank of New Rochelle, now a Chase branch.
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  Built-in street name signs for Lawton Street...
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  .. and Main Street (Northbound US 1).
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  The Standard Star Building...
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  .. right next to the NRHP listed New Rochelle Post Office.
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  Shot of Trump Plaza.
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  Modells and Applebees in New Roc City as seen from southbound LeCount Place
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  New Roc City across from LeCount Place...
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  .. and from LeCount Place itself.
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  The NewRocCity parking garage, and alleged police station.
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  An indoor amusement park called FunFuzion. Someday I'll tilt this picture properly.
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  The mall's Regal Cinema 18, and a street clock there.
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  East Coast Greenway bike sign on Huguenot Street (Southbound US 1).
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  My own shot of the pedestrian bridge between Trump Plaza and New Roc City.
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  Back to the New Rochelle Post Office, this time in the main lobby. Note the mural.
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  Old-fashioned post office boxes...
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  .. and more of them.
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  Another mural, this time in the PO Box section.
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  An HSBC Bank On North Avenue and Huguenot Street. I wonder what this bank used to be.
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  A building now called "The Atrium" on Main Street...
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  .. and North Avenue.
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  Across from that, the New Rochelle Deli and Grocery Store, which until 2015 had the Merry Go Round Toy Discount Center.
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  The Syndicate Building (whatever that is), which is now part of Monroe College.
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  Some old bank building on the NW corner of Main Street and LeCount Place.
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  The George T. Davis Funeral Home. I don't know if it's historic, but it looks old.
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  Another shot of the Standard Star Building.
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  Staircase to the northbound Metro-North and Amtrak platforms at New Rochelle station.
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  Entrance to the New Rochelle Intermodal Center, which is for buses only.
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  The Transit Center from North Avenue near Station Plaza North
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  Looking northeast to Connecticut over I-95 (a.k.a.; New England Thruway).
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  Looking southwest towards the Bronx and George Washington Bridge over I-95, with a utility bridge in the way.
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  The same utility bridge...
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  .. as seen from Station Plaza North.
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  An armored car drives down to the station on Station Plaza North.
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  The bike racks again, right next to the bus exit.
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  Inside the station is an NRHP plaque...
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  .. and a shelf for brochures. The woman at the ticket window actually encouraged me to take pictures of the station.
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  Somewhere in the distance is an Amtrak train heading to Penn Station. The trouble is, it's too distant here.
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  Now it's closer.
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  A shot of the Helvetica Italic sign was a must.
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  Another elevator on the Grand Central Terminal-bound platform...
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  .. which for some reason, I thought I missed.
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  Two more Metro-North M8's in two directions. I took the one on the left going back to NYC.
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  Staircase from the platform...
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  .. at the 34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line).
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  The station opened the day before these pictures were taken.
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  Up a staircase at the station.
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  An exit tunnel to one of the funicular railroads bringing commuters to the surface world.
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  Another exit and directional sign.
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  Another exit tunnel to some escalators this time.
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  And back down to the track-level platform.

September 15, 2015; Brooklyn Day

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  Shot of the East New York Bus Depot from the BMT Jamaica Line
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  The half-Art Deco street entrance to Broadway Junction on the IND Fulton Line.
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  East 105th Street on the BMT Canarsie Line...
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  .. where the railroad crossing was until the early-1970's...
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  .. now a dead end street with a bicycle rack.
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  Was this dirt path part of Turnbull Avenue, the official MTA address?
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  The sole entrance to New Lots Avenue station, also on the BMT Canarsie Line.
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  Closer view of the entrance.
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  Shot of the Rockaway Boulevard-bound platform...
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  .. which has a notable crack underneath. Good thing the MTA was doing repairs that day.
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  The Pirika Chocolate Company in Bed-Sty.
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  Nearby is the former Studebaker Service Station.
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  Kind of big for a mere dealer repair shop.
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  View with a little less glare.
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  The BMT Franklin Avenue Line over Dean Street.
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  There used to be a station on both sides of this bridge.
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  The BMT Franklin Avenue Line over Prospect Place.
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  Entrance to the Park Place Subway Station from Prospect Place...
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  .. and from Park Place itself.
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  The BMT Franklin Avenue Line over Park Place...
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  .. and over the westbound sidewalk along Park Place.
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  The right-of-way for a potential southbound track on the eastbound sidewalk, where some seemingly authorized graffiti can be seen.
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  A wrong turn from Stillwell Avenue Terminal got me to the West End Line, but at least I got this shot of New Utrecht Avenue BMT Sea Beach tunnels.
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  A sign along one of the platforms of the 18th Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line) station...
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  .. the exit to the 17th Avenue station house was closed at the time.
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  View of the 17th Avenue bridge, and the construction that was there.
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  Looking across at the northbound platform.
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  An old fashioned wooden bench.
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  The 18th Avenue bridge itself...
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  .. and a close-up shot of the red and white sign on it.
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  1/8th view of the station house from the street...
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  .. a braille sign on the station house...
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  .. and a better view of the station house from across the street. I ended up taking a long walk to the Culver Line due to some bus misinterpretation.
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  A "Train Stops Here" sign for the G train at Church Avenue subway station below Kensington.
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  Directional mosaic at DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) to the street it was named for, under a "D" mosaic.
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  More contemporary Helvetica sign on the pillars.
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  Another mosaic, this time over a bench.
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  Another one across the tracks.
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  Exit to Stanhope Street in Helvetica...
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  .. and another traditional mosaic... with another "D" mosaic.
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  Mosaic pillar of the Bushwick Avenue – Aberdeen Street Subway station. Two earlier shots weren't as good.
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  Traditional "B" mosaic. This station is also on the BMT Canarsie Line
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  The sole street-level entrance, which is between two used car lots.
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  Another braille sign.
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  The pedestrian bridge and stairs between the BMT Jamaica Line...
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  .. and IND Fulton Street Line. The man in the first picture wanted to be part of it.

September 16, 2015

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  The former Bayside New York Telephone Exchange Building on Bell Boulevard, which was named for Alexander Graham Bell.
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  Pillar for an old development in Bayside, Queens
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  36th Avenue was originally known as LaMartine Avenue.
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  Bell Boulevard was previously known as Bell Avenue.
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  35-34 Bell Boulevard, a New York City Landmark...
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  .. and a dental office.
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  Another Jackson Hole Diner in Bayside (as opposed to the one in Elmhurst).
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  Off the southeast corner of Bell Boulevard and 35th Avenue.
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  A sign for the diner, which is nearly obstructed by this MTA Express Bus.
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  The former IRT Substation #14 on West 96th Street in Upper Manhattan
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  Close-up view from the Street for reduced sun glare.

September 17, 2015

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  The Port Washington Branch where Corona (LIRR station) used to be.
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  An attempt to get Parking Lot #2 at Valley Stream State Park.
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  Valley Stream (LIRR station) as seen from West Hawthorne Street...
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  .. Hicks Street...
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  .. and Sunrise Highway.
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  In East Rockaway, I spotted this gorgeous 1972 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe...
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  .. but what I was trying to find was the Denton Homestead...
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  .. which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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  A House at 474 Ocean Avenue, Lynbrook...
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  .. on the National Register of Historic Places.
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  A House at 251 Rocklyn Avenue, Lynbrook...
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  .. also on the National Register of Historic Places.
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  Being maintained...
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  .. by some local landscapers.
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  Entrance sign at the southeast entrance of Hempstead Lake State Park.
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  The dam along the lake, for which the park is named.
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  The entrance to Parking Field One.
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  A playground for the kids along the park road.
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  A carousel at the eastbound on and off ramps of Southern State Parkway.
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  One of numerous attempts to capture the old gas station in the median Southern State Pkwy near NY 110.
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  A 1948 American LaFrance 800...
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  .. owned by the Village of Babylon Fire Department...
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  .. being dwarfed by an ex-military surplus truck, probably used as a brush truck.
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  The logo for American LaFrance at the time.
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  Nice bell on the step-bumper. New York fire trucks are exempt from DMV registration, though state license plates are optional.
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  Full view of the truck.
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  The former Babylon Public Library, now a local history museum. I took seven other pictures of this place.
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  A sushi restaurant inside a dining car. I really just wanted it because it's a diner.
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  And old Post Office, that's now a local bar and restaurant.
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  An improved view of the Babylon Town Hall, which I captured in 2010.
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  An 1826-built house next to the Babylon Library/Museum.
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  I have no idea why it's being preserved, other than it's age.
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  Back to the Town Hall for the sign.
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  The former Babylon Theater, closed in 2014.
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  An old carriage house, now a restaurant.
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  A pedestrian bridge over the Montauk Branch in West Islip, as well as Suffolk County Road 50.
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  An emergency signal at NY 112 and Gladiola Avenue in North Patchogue.
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  Orchard Avenue crosses the LIRR Montauk Branch in Hagerman, New York.
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  So does North Dunton Avenue...
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  .. which was the site of Hagerman (LIRR station)
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  An LIRR train is coming.

September 18, 2015; The Great Eastern Long Island Rampage

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  Sign for the historic Mary Louise Booth Girlhood Home...
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  .. and the house itself, in Yaphank, New York...
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  .. which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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  Next door to the Buckingham-Homan Cemetery.
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  A wooden fence around that cemetery...
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  .. and a list of people who were buried there.
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  Behind the Booth-Kinney House is an outhouse that was rebuilt by a boy scout.
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  Staircase to some trails behind the house shared by the Homan-Gerard House and Mills
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  I honestly forgot whether this was a private cemetery or a garden.
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  Reminder: This was from back in the day when you could only get to the basement from outside.
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  After Yaphank, I headed east on the Long Island Expressway and found this 1940 Ford coupe east of William Floyd Parkway.
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  The second Calverton LIRR station freight house.
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  Second shot of the freight house from South Railroad Avenue.
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  Third shot of the freight house from South River Road.
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  A BEDT steam locomotive at the Railroad Museum of Long Island in Riverhead.
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  Also an old ALCO RS-3.
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  A GE 25-ton switcher.
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  LIRR 200 Double-Decker car.
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  W-93 Jordan Snowplow with a repainted caboose behind it.
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  There's that 25 ton GE again.
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  Part of the Daniel and Henry P. Tuthill Farm in Jamesport.
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  That's the farmhouse...
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  .. which is owned by a Century 21 Real Estate franchise...
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  .. and is on the NRHP.
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  I was searching for the former produce storage facility at Mattituck (LIRR station)...
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  .. but I found more than that...
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  .. I found three of them...
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  .. and I thought I'd add this sign from the platform shelter for good measure.
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  East of downtown Mattituck, there was this 1960's Oliver Tractor...
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  .. as well as one of two types of IHC Loadstar trucks from the 1970's. Why IHC made two at the same time I'll never know.
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  One thing that's certain about east end farms, they keep their trucks, tractors, and even cars for a long time.
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  The Town Doctors' House and Site...
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  .. and the historic plaques for it in Southold, New York
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  The turntable at Greenport (LIRR station).
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  View of the former REA Express Freight House from the turntable.
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  Same site, different angle.
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  The opposite side of the Freight House view, which is a residential neighborhood.
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  Looking from the turntable at the station parking lot...
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  .. which is also shared by the Ferry to Shelter Island
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  The other side of the turntable has the name and founding year of the Village of Greenport.
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  Note the track that the turntable ran on.
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  The freight house as seen from Fourth Street.
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  Though you can't see it that clearly, the LIRR/PRR designated this the "GY" Freight House.
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  Back onto NY 25 as it briefly turns north in Greenport.
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  Sign tree for the Orient Hamlet Business District on NY 25 in Orient.
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  A flagpole and WW2 Memorial in front of the Orient Point School on Village Lane.
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  Close-up view of the school...
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  .. and a historical marker.
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  The Oysterponds Historical Society, next door to that school.
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  A lawn-mounted sign in front of the historical society headquarters.
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  The Historical Society HQ at the Augustus Griffin "Village House."
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  A NYS "Path Through History" sign across the street.
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  Poquatuck Park, a local park leading to Orient Harbor.
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  Orient Methodist Church on the northeast corner of Village Lane and Orchard Street.
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  The Old Orchard Farm Store, which sells arts and antiques today rather than farm tools.
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  The 1874-built Poquatuck Hall.
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  The Orient Post Office. ZIP Code; 11957.
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  The "Country Store."
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  The Obelisk at NY 25. A view from NY 25 would be better.
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  The Orient Congregational Church on NY 25. The cemetery is across the street.
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  Glare-plagued shot of eastbound NY 25 approaching Orient Beach State Park.
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  The east end of NY 25 is 800 feet away...
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  .. but the road to the ferry to New London, Connecticut comes before that.
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  "Welcome to New York" sign facing drivers from the New London Ferry.
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  A ferry boat as seen from NY 25. The ferry road runs parallel to the east end of NY 25.
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  Even heavy-duty trucks like this enclosed car carrier board the ferry.
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  A sign for the Village of Greenport, that's a little too far east.
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  NY Bike 25 begins...
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  .. and ends just short of the car route.
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  The dirt trail entrance to Orient Point County Park...
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  .. and a sign for the park.
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  That dirt trail is a parking lot for hikers, as the sign shows.
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  Sign with a map of the park.
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  Hiking Trail and park regulation signs.
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  A fairly new Chevy Silverado pickup towing an old travel trailer.
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  This is the back of the trailer. I covered up the license plate, although it seems kind of pointless.
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  The co-owner invited me inside. Against my better judgment I went in.
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  The owner compared the couch patterns to the Joke Wall segment on "Laugh-In."
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  Kitschy metal sign on the wall.
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  I forgot whether this was an oven, or a dishwasher, or something else.
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  Kellogg's Corn Flakes plate at the Dinette.
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  These solar-powered lights...
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  .. are one of the few non-original items. I don't regret going in.
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  Boise Cascade either made the material for the trailer, or the trailer itself.
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  The Cross Sound Deli on NY 25 across from the Ferry Road.
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  Some outside service windows. There are also picnic tables behind it.
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  Another attempt to capture the Welcome to New York sign.
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  The Orient-By-the-Sea boat dock between the State Park and Plum Island Ferry.
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  Sign for the entrance to Orient Beach State Park.
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  Historical marker for the 1656-built Peaken's Tavern,...
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  .. listed on NRHP as the Terry-Mulford House.
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  Historic plaque for the Long Beach Bar Bug Light across the Orient Bay...
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  .. along the NY 25 Causeway between East Marion and Orient
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  Distant shot of the causeway.
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  The bike rack at Southold (LIRR station).
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  Looking west to New York City...
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  .. and east to Greenport.
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  A braille sign at the station.
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  Typical LIRR Helvetica sign, and a heating oil station behind it.
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  Looking towards Traveler Street and the Town Hall Annex parking lot.
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  The schedule and other signs inside the platform shelter.
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  This was supposed to be for the "DE-DM ENG" sign along the sidetrack.
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  The station platform as seen from the sidewalk on Traveler Street.
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  The Peconic, New York Post Office.
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  Northbound Peconic Lane as it crosses the railroad tracks.
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  The post office was also the LIRR station once.
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  A local rummage shop also near the tracks.
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  A French restaurant in Cutchogue, New York...
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  .. across the street from the former Cutchogue (LIRR station) which was across the tracks from that School Bus Depot.
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  A barn near the former Laurel (LIRR station).
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  The former site of the Jamesport (LIRR station) from Washington Avenue...
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  .. closed in 1985.
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  Eastbound views towards Greenport...
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  .. and a westbound view towards New York City.
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  The site of Aquebogue (LIRR station)...
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  .. and the railroad crossing the station was near.
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  Sign for the gift shop at the Big Duck Ranch, which was closed...
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  .. a couple of the duck farm buildings on the ranch itself...
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  .. one of which can be seen with a sign on NY 24.
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  Next door to the ranch is the Flanders Mens (sic) Club. I'm not sure what that's about.
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  Northbound view of the ranch, with the duck itself, and the same sign along NY 24...
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  .. and the mailbox with the duck.
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  Towards the Hamptons, here's a rest area on NY 27 west of the Shinnecock Canal. This was made back in the day when NYSDOT still knew making highways was a good thing.
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  The former Water Mill (LIRR station), now an office for some office condos.
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  My first attempt to capture Bridgehampton (LIRR station). The Town of Southampton has "Idle Free Zones" at the station.
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  Sign across the tracks
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  Looking west along the platform towards Patchogue, Babylon, and Jamaica, among other stations.
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  Sign along the platform.
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  The parking lot on the south side of the station.
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  The west end of the platform. Note the unused second track.
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  Bicycle racks over the platform.
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  Sign on the Plexiglas shelter.
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  North of the station is what appears to be an old airplane hangar owned by local tree cutters with a pretty unusual antique car and truck collection.
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  Besides an IHC Scout from the 1970's, and a surprising Citroen H-Type van, these people also have a 1st Generation Ford Bronco Roadster.
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  East of this station is a sign for a proposed rail-trail project.
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  The former railroad crossing for that railroad line on Lumber Lane in Bridgehampton.
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  The former junction where the Montauk Branch broke away from the Sag Harbor Branch.
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  With no Sunrise Highway extension east of Shinnecock Hills, rest areas are only around for Montauk Highway.
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  At least you get a view of part of Georgica Pond in Wainscott.
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  The historic Sag Harbor Customs House in Sag Harbor, New York as seen from Garden Street,...
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  .. and from Main Street. I had to drive around the block for this shot, and there were two others that were no good.
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  The pedestrian path to Trout Pond Park in Noyack.
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  Sign for the park.
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  Thanks to the dam, the lake is above Suffolk County Road 38.
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  A bit of erosion next to the footbridge...
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  .. and a full view of the pond.

September 19, 2015

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  One of the last Hess gas stations on Long Island was at NY 112 and Oak Street in Patchogue.
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  A farmstand on Montauk Highway (Suffolk CR 80) in Moriches.
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  The former Center Moriches Elementary School...
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  .. now a school administration building.
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  My first attempt at a shot of Lufker Airport, in Eastport, although some people claim it's in East Moriches.
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  Town of Southampton Marker in Eastport...
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  .. and a New York State Marker for the Town of Southampton.
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  The Eastport Elementary School, a typical eastern Montauk Highway school.
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  Back on the Brookhaven side of Eastport...
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  .. you've got this old bridge over the LIRR Montauk Line...
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  .. and it's still made of wood.
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  The first attempt to capture the former Eastport LIRR station
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  The grade crossing of the Montauk Branch and two freight spurs on East Moriches Boulevard.
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  Both spurs are used by this agricultural feed shop,...
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  .. but rarely.
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  On the opposite side, the tracks pass by some condominiums...
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  .. which weren't finished when these shots were taken, and as far as I know, still aren't.
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  The Montauk Branch leading to Babylon, Rockville Center, Valley, Stream and NYC...
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  .. and to Speonk, the Hamptons, and Montauk.
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  A switching box for the Montauk Branch and the Eastport Yard
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  I still had suspicions about the origins of that house
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  I know the station was moved and rebuilt, but I wasn't sure if it was here or not
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  Another shot of the Old Eastport Yard
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  And a sign to report grade crossing problems
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  The west end of Old South Country Road, and former Manorville Branch terminus.
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  Sign for the Lufker Airport as seen from westbound Montauk Highway
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  The Taxiway for Lufker Airport...
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  .. also used by Spadaro Airport.
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  The same airport sign as seen from eastbound Montauk Highway.
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  The historic John Haven's Homestead in Center Moriches.
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  A more modern Audobon Center near Terrell River County Park.
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  One last shot of Spararo Airport, across from Montauk Highway
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  Cornell University's Duck Research Lab on SCR 71 in Eastport. Looks like an old duck farm.
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  Imitation Pennsylvania Railroad-era sign at the Speonk (LIRR station) Trackside Café. Still seeking a good shot of the railroad signal from the parking lot.
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  A canoe and kayak rental place on Montauk Highway in South Haven, New York. West of there,...
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  .. is a historical marker for the former Presbyterian Cemetery. I had a wider shot, but it didn't turn out so great.

September 20, 2015

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  The vicinity of the site...
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  .. of the former Holbrook (LIRR station)...
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  .. at Coates & Railroad Avenues.
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  The second pic with the traffic signal at Coates & Railroad. Two others like it exist.
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  The vicinity of the site...
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  .. of the former Holtsville (LIRR station)
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  The station entrance as seen from Waverly Avenue (Suffolk CR 61).
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  The Farmingville Diner I wanted to capture in 2014.
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  Historic marker for the site of the "Burning of the Hay" in Coram, New York
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  There's also a WW2 and Fire Department memorial here.
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  Today, it's the west corner of NY 112 and 25.
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  The Coram Diner, as seen from NY 25...
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  .. and from NY 112.
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  The old Guglielmo Marconi Radio Shack...
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  .. now at Frank J. Carasiti Elementary School in Rocky Point.
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  The north end of Suffolk CR 21 at NY 25A.
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  Overhead sign gantry for the NY 25A Business Route and the Rocky Point Bypass.
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  Site of the old Tesla Tower from a residential neighborhood in East Shoreham.
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  Now a Town of Brookhaven Park...
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  .. also known as Wardenclyffe.
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  Statue of Nikola Tesla...
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  .. and a protected old map of the vicinity.
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  The one way bridge in Shoreham under the abandoned LIRR Wading River Branch.
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  North of that, a welcome sign at Woodville Road and Circle Drive.
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  The Wading River Historical Society Building
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  Wading River is both in the Towns of Brookhaven...
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  .. and Riverhead.
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  The locally historic Oliver's Hill Cemetery on North Wading River Road.
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  The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant needed a new image in the gallery, so I provided one.
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  The right-of-way of the former LIRR Wading River Branch near the site of the former Wading River Station.
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  Phil's Restaurant, which some people have incorrectly assumed was the former Wading River LIRR station).
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  Entering Wildwood State Park from Hulse Landing Road.
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  That welcome sign has a better view from the North Wading River Road entrance.
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  The toll booth was closed for the fall, so I got in for free.
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  That parking lot is for "campers and 2nd cars with valid green stickers on display."
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  An old tractor-drawn road grader from 1925 used to build the park...
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  .. right across from the trailer campground, and the NYS Park Police (which I call "State Rangers.")
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  Parking Field #1 at the end of the road. The road originally went down to the beach.
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  The bathrooms at the picnic area...
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  .. and the refreshment stand. Another one exists on the beach.
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  NYS Parks Department even gives Wildwood it's own trucks.
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  Back to "downtown" Wading River. That's the local Congregational Church.
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  The Wading River Garage.
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  I'm pretty sure this was also a gas station once.
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  Two restaurants attached to the garage.
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  Eastbound North Country Road on the town green...
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  .. which also includes the Town Pond made by damming the river the community itself was named for.
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  Welcome sign on the Town Green where North Country Road and Sound Road meet.
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  Flagpole along the green east of the intersection with Zophar Mills Road.
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  Close-up of the flags.
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  Back to Wildwood State Park, this time from North Wading River Road.
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  That's the entrance from Hulse Landing Road. Note the old fashioned concrete "railing."
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  Another shot of the road grader.
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  Imagine of Robert Moses had made this into the ramps of an Interchange like he wanted to do... doesn't sound so bad to me.
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  The Hulse Landing Road entrance/exit is also the northern terminus of Suffolk CR 54.
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  A second image for Camp Wauwepex, since only one existed in that gallery before.
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  The former site of the Manorville (LIRR station)...
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  ... and the former Sag Harbor/Manorville Branch that began there.
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  Lane Road ran parallel to the Ryerson Avenue crossing, but is a dead end street on both sides of the tracks.
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  The former LIRR Manorville Branch diagonally across from the Long Island Game Farm.
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  Since I couldn't capture a decent image of that place,...
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  .. I thought I'd try the "Animal Farm Petting Zoo," near Center Moriches instead.
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  The First Congregational Church of New Village in Lake Grove, New York.
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  This was from back in the day when there was no Lake Grove and Centereach was called "New Village."
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  The cemetery at the church.
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  An attempted color version of this image.
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  Another attempted shot of the NRHP plaque.
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  The back of Stony Brook (LIRR station)
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  The station in front of New York State Route 25A
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  The interior of this tiny station.
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  A canopy now used for Ticket Vending Machines, since they don't use station agents here anymore.
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  One of the few LIRR stations with a pedestrian crossing. This one goes to Stony Brook University.
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  The platform to NYC, and the shelter along the platform to Port Jefferson.
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  West of there, I tried to get some shots on and around Stony Brook Road...
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  .. but had to settle for two out of four shots of the NRHP-listed Nathaniel Longbotham House.
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  Later I tried to capture the forks of Upper and Lower Sheep Pasture Roads, when I stumbled upon this thing.
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  It's a Wirtgen WR 250 Cold Recycler and Soil Stabilizer. The Town of Brookhaven was having some kind of construction project there.
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  Back to Rocky Point, where this abandoned drive-in movie theater and later mini golf course used to be.
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  I have been struggling to capture the New York Telephone (now Verizon) exchange building in Yaphank for years. Now I had it!
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  The historic Malcolm House on Old Jericho-Oyster Bay Road, another property owned by Cornell U.
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  Around the corner from that is the Jericho Friends Meetinghouse.
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  Traditional wooden fence and sign. This place is on Old Jericho Turnpike.
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  NYS Parks Department sign.
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  The driveway to the complex...
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  Same shot as the first, but without the sign in front of it.

September 21, 2015

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  FDNY Engine Company #320, and Hook and Ladder Company #167
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  On Francis Lewis Boulevard and Captain James J. Corrigan Way
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  Two trains at Carle Place (LIRR station). The more modern one is going into NYC.
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  View of the Carle Place Water Tower from the station.
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  A walkway from the eastbound platform to Garden Lane & Carle Place Park.
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  A vandalized station sign on the eastbound platform with a crappy repair job.
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  The other sign on the westbound platform.
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  A walkway from the eastbound platform to Carle Road & Carle Place Park.
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  The same walkway in the opposite direction.
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  Eastbound view from the pedestrian bridge.
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  Westbound view from the pedestrian bridge.
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  The Ticket Vending Machine shelter at the southern dead end of Stonehinge Lane.
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  Views near the bridge over Cherry Lane
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  The west end of the NYC-bound platform.
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  The high-level platforms end just before the stairs to Cherry Lane.
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  The Port Jeff-Greenport bound platform as seen through a rusty chain-link fence.
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  The northeast corner of the Cherry Lane bridge
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  The southeast corner of the Cherry Lane bridge
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  The n22 bus stop at Cherry Lane near Carle Place station.
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  Looking east from the Jamaica-bound platforms of Mineola (LIRR station)...
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  .. after this old fashioned metal electrical pole...
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  .. is a rare pedestrian crossing.
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  Looking south to the Oyster Bay, Port Jeff, and Greenport-bound platform.
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  The Nassau Tower and part of the LIRR substation between the pedestrian crossing and Main Street.
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  Unlawful to cross the lowered gates, courtesy of the no longer established LIRR Police.
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  Direct view of Nassau Tower from the eastbound platform.
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  Looking north to the Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, and Penn Station-bound platforms.
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  The old Davenport Press Building, now a restaurant.
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  I though a second shot would be worth something.
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  Some old office buildings in Garden City. First the Garden City Executive Center...
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  .. then the Long Island Title Guarantee...
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  .. and finally, the Blackstone Building
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  The real target in Garden City were some of the AT Stewart Apostle Houses.
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  Close-up of the Consignment Shop sign at the driveway.
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  The 7th Apostle House is owned by the Garden City Historical Society.
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  The closest thing to a full view of the house I could get.
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  I wasn't sure this was an Apostle House, but it looked like the original Garden City CRRLI station.
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  I also wasn't sure this was an Apostle House, but it had an NRHP plaque on it.
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  This, on the other hand, is the fourth apostle house and I knew it.
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  This view of the driveway was the closest thing I could get to a full view as well.
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  An NRHP Plaque...
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  .. and the gatepost that it's mounted on.

New York; June 2016; Reconquering the Subways and New Rochelle, then Westchester and Putnam Counties and Long Island

June 22, 2016; Return to the Bronx and New Rochelle:

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  My first attempt to expand the gallery of Longwood Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) subway station.
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  The mosaics added during the expansion of the platforms.
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  An attempt to capture the old IRT mosaics from across the tracks.
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  The closed men's bathroom...
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  .. and the closed women's bathroom. Both have "L" mosaics near them.
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  Braille sign for blind Pelham Bay Park-bound commuters.
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  Turnstiles and the exit to Southern Boulevard.
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  The 6 train goes to Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line), but sometimes it ends in Parkchester (IRT Pelham Line).
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  The former Dollar Savings Bank in Parkchester as seen from the subway station named for that neighborhood.
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  An abbreviated sign at Castle Hill Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) subway station.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery of Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line) subway station.
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  Nothing that unique about the pillar sign, but it had to be exposed.
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  The antenna over the 125th Street-bound platform looked interesting.
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  One of my attempts to capture a Pelham Bay Park-bound view.
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  A "No Exit" sign while trying to capture the Westchester Yard.
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  My second attempt to capture the Westchester Yard, this time from outside of the canopy.
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  Cropping the picture didn't help that much.
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  The other side of that "No Exit" sign is an exit sign to Middletown Road.
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  My last ditch attempt to capture the westbound spur to the Westchester Yard.
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  A plaque for some Arts for Transit sculptures...
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  .. and the artwork itself.
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  Another Pelham Bay Park-bound view with a 6 train stopping at the 125th Street-bound platform.
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  My first attempt to expand the gallery of Gun Hill Road (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) subway station.
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  A 5 train heading towards Eastcheter-Dyre Avenue.
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  Believe it or not, the Dyre Avenue Line still has shuttle trains.
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  The tracks under the former NYW&B Station House.
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  Looking south towards 180th Street station.
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  It's rare to see any NYC Subway sign this red.
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  Braille signs are not so rare though.
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  Climbing the stairs to Gun Hill Road itself...
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  .. but not before going through one of these turnstiles. The one on the left is for southbound passengers.
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  The exit from the station.
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  1970's square MTA Subway entrance lights.
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  The entrance to the station itself.
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  Close-up on the address used by NYW&B above the entrance.
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  View of the station house from the other side of the bridge. Then I took the nearest bus stop to New Rochelle.
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  Plaque and sign for the College of New Rochelle along U.S. 1.
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  The same plaque on the opposite side of the sign. Little did I realize I was right next to the historic New Rochelle Carnegie Library.
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  The west end of Huguenot Street at Main Street, where US 1 becomes a one-way pair.
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  A sign directing drivers to New Rochelle (Metro-North station)
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  A medical office building at the west end of Huguenot Street.
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  Next door to the former Mahlstedt Coal and Lumber Company Building, now an art gallery.
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  A beauty salon at 610 Main Street, which for some reason I thought had some historic significance.
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  The same block included a wicker furniture store that looked like an old movie theater.
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  Speaking of old movie theaters, here's the former Lowe's Theater. At some point after this, my camera hit the sidewalk, and everything taken after this was either with a broken lens or a disposable camera that I lost the next day on the BMT Jamaica Line.
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  After almost buying a whole new camera, and testing my existing one out on the clerk at a no-frills electronic shop, I thought I'd try it out on the Handler's Building at 478 Main Street.
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  Then, the historic E. Lambden Building at 530 Main Street.
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  New shot of the New Rochelle Trust Building, a New Rochelle Landmark.
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  573-579 Main Street, which is officially a New Rochelle Historic Landmark.
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  The historic former Proctor's RKO Theater...
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  .. which now houses "The Hallen School," and other sites.
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  Sign for New Rochelle's official walking tour.
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  "The Arcade" at 541 Main Street. A tree blocks one of the years associated with the place.
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  The former New Rochelle Armory. I was lucky I could get this shot with what little power I had on my camera.
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  After my camera fiasco in New Rochelle, I rode back on the New Haven Line from Larchmont (Metro-North station) and a conductor let me borrow his charger adaptor so I could charge my camera. This was a test picture within the Park Avenue Tunnel before hitting Grand Central Terminal.
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  And then the Bayside Post Office, across the tracks from the train station, and next to the bank.

June 23, 2016; Brooklyn Day II, and Richmond Hill, Queens:

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  First attempt to expand the gallery of Cleveland Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line) station
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  Sadly, I couldn't find too much that made the station unique...
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  .. besides the signs.
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  Compared to the other three images, this one is more unique.
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  North of the station on Elton Street.
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  I forgot I already had this image that day.
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  West towards the canopy over the platform... and the station house.
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  First attempt to expand the gallery of Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station
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  Standard Helvetica sign
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  And another one across the tracks. Those decorations on the Wayside Baptist Church behind it look like ice cream sodas.
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  Looking east towards Jamaica on the Williamsburg Bridge-bound platform...
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  ... and from the Parsons/Archer-bound platform.
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  Over a bridge between Moffat Street and Rockaway Avenue/Cooper Street.
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  Staircase to the station house and the street.
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  Same view without the girl entering the platform.
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  A turnstile beneath the platform.
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  First attempt to expand the gallery of Van Siclen Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) station
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  The same sign from a different angle.
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  Sign from the opposite platform.
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  A little construction material on the right-of-way for the third track east of Bradford Street.
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  Looking west from the New Lots-bound platform...
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  .. and at the Utica Avenue/Lenox Terminal-bound platform, apparently.
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  Sign telling commuters about the reconstruction of Pennsylvania Avenue and Saratoga Avenue stations.
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  A metal bench on one of the platforms.
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  Evidently this is looking towards New Lots Avenue station.
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  A pillar sized Helvetica station sign...
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  ..right next to a staircase from the New Lots-bound platform.
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  Turnstiles in front of the crossover in the mezzanine/station house beneath the tracks.
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  Braille sign for Lenox Terminal-bound blind commuters.
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  Two types of Helvetica signs nearby.
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  Looking southwest at the New Lots Avenue-bound platform, but I forgot which street this was over.
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  This image was actually a failed attempt at the next one.
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  This sign tells trains to bypass Pennsylvania Avenue Station
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  So does that one off in the distance. I've been meaning to make a close-up version of the sign.
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  A standard Helvetica sign at the end of the Utica Avenue/Lenox Terminal-bound platform.
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  Looking back at the New Lots-bound platform from where I came as seen from the Utica Avenue/Lenox Terminal-bound platform.
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  First attempt to expand the gallery of Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) station
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  A 3 train leaving for Manhattan, specifically 148th Street-Lenox Terminal in Harlem.
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  Southeast view towards New Lots Avenue, which includes a sign on the eastbound platform...
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  .. and a direct east view which doesn't.
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  Another view of the New Lots Avenue-bound platform
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  And yet another on the bridge over Rockaway Avenue itself.
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  Braille sign for Lenox Terminal-bound blind commuters.
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  This sign tells trains to bypass Saratoga Avenue. A closer view of the sign can be found here.
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  A more direct view of the New Lots Avenue-bound platform from the Utica Avenue bound platform.
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  Last image of Rockaway Avenue Station. I really wanted to capture a New Lots Avenue-bound 3 train before I left for the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line.
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  First attempt to expand the gallery of Winthrop Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line) station.
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  A "W" Mosaic behind a wrought-iron fence.
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  Traditional IRT mosaic at the station.
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  Standard Helvetica sign, in this case a "No Exit" sign.
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  Sidewalk grate vent above the platform of the station.
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  Commuters really are that close to street level here.
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  An exit sign to Parkside Avenue.
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  There used to be an exit from the Brooklyn College-platform to Winthrop Street, but not anymore.
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  Modern local information kiosk outside of one of the entrances to the station.
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  On the Botanical Garden-bound platform, there are two "W" mosaics on a corner.
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  Three types of station signs in one; Classic IRT, mid-20th Century NYCT Expansion, and good ol' MTA Helvetica.
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  Close-up of the NYCT mosaic.
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  An emergency exit nearby.
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  Another Helvetica pillar sign; Same platform, opposite direction.
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  Another exit sign, this time for Winthrop Street itself on the Botanical Gardens-bound platform.
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  First attempt to expand the gallery of President Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line) station
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  Mosaic for trains to Manhattan and two locations in the Bronx.
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  Helvetica pillar sign above a Braille sign to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line) station
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  Close-up of the Braille sign to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station
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  A "P" Mosaic along one of the tracks.
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  Second shot of the "P" Mosaic, which contains a chaining code...
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  .. and a third shot of the "P" Mosaic which also includes a subway signal.
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  Also an attempted fourth shot with an overhead Helvetica sign.
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  Sign for Medgar Evers College above the platform.
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  A "No Exit" sign above the platform
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  The escalator at the station.
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  A standard Helvetica sign around the side of the escalator.
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  Both the 2 and 5 trains go down to Brooklyn College.
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  The staircase at the station.
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  An elevator and staircase for the DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
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  Northbound view from Flatbush Avenue on the southeast corner of DeKalb Avenue.
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  Braille sign on the staircase
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  Another image just of the side of the elevator.
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  The entrance is in front of an Applebee's and across from a Long Island University campus.
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  Across Flatbush Avenue is another entrance...
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  ...beneath a building on the southwest corner.
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  The return to Park Place (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)
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  A braille sign along a fence on the platform...
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  .. and a close-up view of that sign.
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  As a single track station, trains arrive in both directions here... either to Fulton Street where you can catch a C train, or to Prospect Park where you can catch a B or Q train.
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  You can see where the second track used to be when you look towards Prospect Park.
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  The turnstiles within the station house.
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  Behind this fence, is the exit to Prospect Avenue...
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  .. the one to the station's namesake...
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  .. and to the platform.
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  A nice looking set of row houses along 1187-1199 Bergen Street.
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  The house is not part of the National Register of Historic Places, but it should be.
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  Instead, it's a contributing project to the Crown Heights North Historic District.
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  The Bergen Street sign shop; That was the reason for walking along Bergen Street.
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  This is where the MTA makes signs for subway stations, Staten Island Railway stations, LIRR and Metro-North stations.
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  And to think this was an old trolley barn back in the 19th Century.
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  FDNY Rescue Company Number 2. Can you believe they operate from such a tiny 1890's-ish firehouse?
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  And what they can't fit in the firehouse, they put in a semi-vacant lot next door.
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  An extra mosaic shot at Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line). This is a station I'm sorry I never got more shots of.
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  The C train stops at that sign in Broadway Junction. I went upstairs to catch a J or Z train.
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  Arriving in Richmond Hill at 121st Street station, I caught this lovingly restored 1959 Buick on Jamaica Avenue.
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  It's an Invicta.
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  I tried to get a side view or more of them.
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  They didn't all turn out perfectly...
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  .. but I still got a view of the Post Office across the street.
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  This guy is a member of the Buick Club of America.
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  No mistaking those tailfins.
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  An employee of the owner invited me to snap pics of other cars, like this 1966 Imperial Crown Convertible...
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  ... which is being restored
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  It's too bad Chrysler didn't add a second license plate bracket in the bumper. You could do so much with an extra one.
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  Old Wisconsin license plate on this Imperial, with a registration sticker from 11 years later.
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  Along with that, you've got a 1966 or 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado.
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  This front end was only available in those years.
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  Then there was this 1969 Lincoln Continental...
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  .. which had New York State license plates from the same era, but a registration sticker from two years later.
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  It's a sedan with "suicide doors." This was also the last year of the convertible sedans which also had them.
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  Front end of the Continental, and no side marker lights.
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  Marquee for the former RKO Movie Theater in the Richmond Hill section of Queens.
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  The former Richmond Hill (LIRR station) station over the west sidewalk.
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  Also over Hillside Avenue...
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  .. and the east sidewalk.
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  Full view of the RKO Movie Theater from across the street.
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  The northwest corner of Brendan Byrne Plaza.
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  Historical plaque for the Queens Borough Public Library Richmond Hill Branch.
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  This library is a Carnegie Library, which is in Brendan Byrne Plaza.
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  The library has a rose garden on the southwest corner of Hillside Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard...
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  .. which won some awards in 1980, 1981, and 1983.

June 24, 2016; New Rochelle Day III, plus Westchester County, and Brewster:

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  View of the southbound Hutchinson River Parkway service area...
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  .. and the northbound one, both in Schuylerville, Bronx.
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  Sign for Exit 2 and the upcoming Exits 3 E-W
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  The Herbert H. Lehman High School next to the Parkway...
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  .. and over the parkway.
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  The parkway as it goes under the IRT Pelham Line. Middletown Road El station is just off to the east.
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  One mile away from Exit 5. Exit 4 is only southbound.
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  Hutchinson River Parkway goes over a drawbridge over the river it was named for.
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  Exit 5 goes to Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park. Exit 6 goes to northbound I-95, which here is the New England Thruway.
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  Back to New Rochelle, where I snapped another pic of the old RKO Theater, part of which sells educational tools and toys.
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  The Girardi Building at 611 Main Street in New Rochelle
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  Cemetery at the Trinity Saint Paul's Episcopal Church of New Rochelle on Southbound US 1
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  This part of the church looks like a giant bay window.
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  Flagpole at the church.
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  One of those wooden sign posts they have at all Episcopal Churches
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  The church clock tower
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  And the glass display sign, on the northwest corner of Huguenot and Division Streets.
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  Back on Main Street, for the Handler's Building,...
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  .. and nearby an old store named "Leaf's." Evidently, I should've focused my camera on the building next door to the right.
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  The former historic shops at 517 and 519 Main Street,...
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  .. but only 519 survives today as 519-A and 519-B.
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  The I.B. Cohen Store at 525 Main Street, now an antique furniture and clothing store. They say Lou Gehrig was a frequent customer.
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  Another shot of the New Rochelle Trust building.
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  By this time I was desperate to find historic sites. As nice as these two houses on Center Avenue are, there's nothing historic about them...
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  .. the same goes for this house.
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  Luckily, I got a shot of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
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  And a shot of the Zion Baptist Church, which didn't turn out so great.
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  This shot was even worse. At this point, I decided to give up on New Rochelle and hit the New England Thruway.
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  The former New York Westchester and Boston Railway terminus in Port Chester, New York, now a church.
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  Back to New Rochelle for the Tedesco Auto Body shop, which I mistakenly thought was the site of an old movie studio.
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  Then a return trip to Larchmont, where I spotted this English Tudor-style garage on US 1.
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  And later, one of the real reasons for going to Larchmont, the Larchmont (Metro-North station)
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  Right next to the staircase to New York City-bound platform (<--) is a sign telling commuters they'll pay more on the train.
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  Staircase to the Stamford and New Haven-bound tracks.
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  Another sign encouraging commuters to used the Ticket-Vending Machines.
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  Looking from the middle of the Chatsworth Avenue Bridge towards New Haven for Metro-North and Boston for Amtrak.
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  Ticket shelter on the north parking lot, mainly for the parking lot. A staircase is there on the right too.
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  This is what passes for a station; A footbridge with staircases to both platforms...
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  .. oh, and a station elevator
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  Another former NYW&B station in Larchmont Gardens...
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  .. is now a Girls' Scout Clubhouse. I was told this was the ticket window.
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  This clubhouse serves Larchmont and Mamaroneck.
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  On to the Harlem Line, where I got this shot of the original Valhalla (Metro-North station)
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  Even if the former New York Central station house is preserved, the Taconic State Parkway should be all-limited-access, and sadly it isn't.
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  Second image of Hawthorne (Metro-North station). More are needed.
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  In Mount Kisco, I snapped this picture of the AME Zionist Church...
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  .. but my ultimate goal was this former NYC Freight House north of the station.
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  The station house is in a hardware and stone and masonry supply store backyard.
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  I also tried to get the former Katonah NYC station,...
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  .. but I would've been better off capturing more images of the Katonah (Metro-North station).
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  Be that as it may, the few shots I got of the old station were worthwhile.
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  My first attempt to expand the Goldens Bridge (Metro-North station) gallery.
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  Some have claimed this is the old station house.
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  The former freight spur near King Lumber, which was originally received New York Central rail freight as far back as the 1890's.
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  A standard Helvetica Italic Metro-North sign on the platform.
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  The contemporary Metro-North staircase to the pedestrian bridge across the tracks and platforms.
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  My first attempt to expand the Purdy's (Metro-North station) gallery.
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  Some have claimed this is the old station house.
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  The existing staircases and elevator shaft from the parking lot.
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  A parking lot sign, and some platform ones too.
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  My first attempt to expand the Croton Falls (Metro-North station) gallery.
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  Station sign on the platform
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  The former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad freight house, along the Wassaic-bound platform.
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  The freight house was built in 1847 by the New York and Harlem Railroad, and converted into a freight house by New York Central in 1870.
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  That is the old NYC station house, and you can see it from the platform along the New York City-bound platform.
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  Can't leave without a contemporary Helvetica Italic sign, and the old freight house can be seen behind it.
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  On the way up to Brewster I saw these signs on I-684. NYSDOT wants to encourage drivers to text there instead of on the road.
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  The next rest areas are either east or west onto I-84.
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  Last chance to take the rest area. I didn't take it, in spite of the traffic.
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  Aside from the New York State Thruway, you don't find too many rest areas like the Brewster one (or Bedford going south)...
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  With something like this, you'd think you were on I-95 in the Carolinas or Virginia.
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  My first attempt to expand the Brewster (Metro-North station) gallery. This is from Railroad Avenue at US 6.
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  Shot of the parking lot on the NW corner of US 6 and Ellen Avenue from across the tracks.
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  A shot of the station. I had to go to the Danbury Welcome Center on I-84 in Connecticut to get change for the parking meters.
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  Back from a traffic jam in Danbury, where I made a U-Turn. Here's a sign for Brewster Station across from my parking space.
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  The same sign, just in case that other picture got damaged somehow, albeit from a different angle.
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  The former First National Bank of Brewster, now the Southeast Town Hall.
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  MTA was building a DC Substation along the Grand Central-bound tracks.
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  The Avery Building, across the street from the end of Ellen Avenue.
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  The station clock tower in the triangle on US 6. Believe it or not, it actually chimes.
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  The old station house is now "The Dining Car at Brewster Station."
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  And old-fashioned looking sign at the station. It could be genuine NYC or it could be a replica.
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  This part of US 6 is the Blue Star Memorial By-Way.
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  And the plaque is below the station clock in the triangle next to the taxi drop-off area.
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  A Helvetica italic sign above the front door for the ticket office in the restaurant.
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  Looking south from the Wassaic-bound tracks.
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  Looking north towards the Brewster Yard, Southeast, Dover Plains and Wassaic stations.
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  Looking south again, this time from the Grand Central-bound tracks.
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  Ellen Avenue is a private road, but apparently they offer paid parking.
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  The "Sprague Residence Inn." Certainly as historic as it looks, but I'm not 100% sure how.
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  Southeast House. This could've been a railroad hotel, or maybe it wasn't. I'm dying for more info on the place.
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  On my way back to Queens, I saw another Hutchinson River Parkway service area
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  This one is in the median between White Plains and Harrison
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  Shot of the station house,...
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  .. and some kind of power shed with a cell phone antenna.
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  FDNY's firehouse in Whitestone.

June 25, 2016

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  The street clock on Bell Boulevard at 214th Street south of 50th Avenue near Oakland Gardens.
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  The Great Neck Post Office...
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  .. between Shoreward Drive and Welwyn Road.
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  Don't be fooled by this picture. The post office is not on a hill.
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  The eagle over the door (no it doesn't flap. This isn't Stony Brook.).
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  Another shot that also captures the USPS name.
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  Commissioned by Henry Morgenthau, Junior, like many post offices in the US were at the time.
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  A small booth that now serves as the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce.
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  The historic Grace and Thomaston Buildings on Station Plaza North between Middle Neck Road and Bond Street.
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  A second attempt at the Grace and Thomaston Buildings
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  Another shot of the Chamber of Commerce booth and the sign.
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  This booth is on the southeast corner of Middle Neck Road and Station Plaza North.
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  The entrance to Bar Beach, now known as the North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, New York.
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  The picnic area along the north side of the entrance to the beach.
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  A sign in the median of the entrance.
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  A truck U-turn along the northbound lane of West Shore Road near the park. This was made back in the day when NYSDOT and the counties within cared about drivers.
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  The north entrance to the park as seen from the southbound lane.
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  A World War One memorial at the green of the Roslyn Clock Tower.
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  Roslyn's movie theater along Tower Road across from the clock tower green.
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  A pre-1970's street name sign and a New York State Historical Marker
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  Another shot of the door into the clock tower.
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  The Long Island Expressway hasn't been NY 495 since the mid-1980's.
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  Walking along Old Northern Boulevard, I got a shot of the Roslyn Village Hall...
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  .. then another of the Roslyn Hotel. My goal that day was the George W. Denton House.
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  Failing to capture that, I took some more shots of the Roslyn Hotel...
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  .. not all of which turned as good as these.
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  Before finally leaving Roslyn, I grabbed one last shot of the clock tower green, and got this old cannon.
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  The former Mill Neck LIRR station looking towards Oyster Bay...
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  .. and towards Mineola.
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  A picnic table next to the platform.
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  The station was closed in 1998, but still looks like it can be used.
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  Currently, it's used as a post office...
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  .. the Mill Neck Village Hall...
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  .. and an Old Brookville Police Precinct.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Yaphank (LIRR station)
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  Looking west towards Ronkonkoma, Hicksville, Mineola and New York City.
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  Sign on the sheltered platform.
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  The sign across from the platform.
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  Looking east towards Riverhead and Greenport, but not before a brief second track begins.
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  Another westbound view, with the shelter along the platform.
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  Braille sign with some "scratch-itti" on it.
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  Second view of the sign across the platform.
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  Yaphank's 4-H Youth Development...
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  .. and Cornell Diabetes Education Program Center.
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  The Brookfield Presbyterian Church in South Manor (now part of Manorville).
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  The cemetery owned by that church.
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  Old house diagonally across the street from the church.
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  Sign for the Long Island Game Farm.
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  Better view of the sign. I tried to get these in 2015, but they didn't turn out so good.
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  South Jamesport Avenue before it runs under the Main Line of the LIRR.
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  I tried to get a pic of this in 2015 when I snapped Jamesport (LIRR station). Note the pedestrian tunnel next door.
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  In front of this truck is the NRHP-listed Jamesport Meeting House, which was built in 1731.
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  Hey, if I couldn't get a good shot of the church itself, at least the sign was worth capturing.
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  The Town of Riverhead puts these badges on all kinds of historic sites.
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  On the opposite side of the door is a more informative sign.
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  And above it is an ancient wooden inscription.
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  A boat towing truck takes a short trip...
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  .. from the Port of Egypt Marina in eastern Southold.
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  The historic Chequit Hotel in Shelter Island Heights (yes, I took the ferry)
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  And the accompanying drug store.
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  The local True Value franchise next to a local independent department store...
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  .. across the street from a clothing store, and a liquor store next to an old gas station on NY 114.
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  The gateway to the NRHP-listed Sylvester Manor, where NY 114 makes that left turn at Suffolk CR 37
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  Close up of the pillar showing the name of the place.
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  A lot of car shows were going on that day around the east end. Here's one being lead by a 1930 Buick.
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  That mid-1950's Chevy Pickup was right behind it. Later I took another ferry to North Haven on my way to Sag Harbor.
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  Second picture of "The American Hotel" in Sag Harbor, a picture that adds to a single-image gallery.
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  The Sag Harbor Fire Department,...
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  .. which is attached to the municipal building.
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  The 1922-built Sag Harbor 5 & 10. Yes, these types of stores still exist!
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  I had to write to somebody in the Sag Harbor Government to find out what this was.
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  The Post Office (11963) on West Water Street.
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  Historical Marker for the previous Sag Harbor Customs House...
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  .. at the north end of Suffolk CR 79 @ NY 114
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  NY 27 just before it approaches Old Montauk Highway...
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  .. where you will find Hither Hills State Park.
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  NY 27 now runs along the Montauk Point State Parkway, and this sign tells drivers not to park along the road.
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  Traditional park sign along the Montauk Point State Parkway.
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  Another traditional sign, and another road to Hither Hills State Park.
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  Along this parkway...
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  .. is one of two overlooks. The other is east of Deep Hollow Ranch.
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  The easternmost railroad crossing on the Long Island Rail Road, is at Industrial Road in Montauk.
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  Just east of that is the former freight house for the Montauk (LIRR station), although I wasn't sure if this house was it...
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  .. or this place, which is the headquarters for the Montauk Mangement Group. As it turns out, the previous one was the place.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Montauk Tennis Auditorium.
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  A playground behind the former auditorium named "Alexi's Place."
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  This stone was used to memorialize a 12-year-old girl murdered by Muammar Gaddafi on Pan Am Flight 103.
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  Chimney along the parking lot.
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  A doorway that probably used to lead to the basement.
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  Sign in the parking lot. From there it was time to head back west.
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  My attempt to expand the commons gallery for East Hampton (LIRR station). This is the east canopy,...
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  .. and this is the west one.
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  Never got any interior shots in 2008, but here's the closed ticket booth in 2016.
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  This is my second interior shot, specifically a window to the west.
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  Westbound rest area along NY 27 in Wainscott.
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  An old stone pillar for guard cables, a by-product of the mid-20th century.
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  Judging by this concrete pavement, the rest area used to be part of the road.
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  Sometime at the end of the 20th Century...
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  .. the exit from the rest area was realigned.
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  The extended parking lot east of Brentwood (LIRR station)...
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  .. off of County Route 100 (Suffolk County, New York).
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  The same parking lot from the one directly in front of the station.
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  Just east of the station. I had two other images that didn't turn out so great.

June 26, 2016

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  The north end of the tunnel for Stewart Manor (LIRR station)
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  Second shot for protection. The original entrances had flat roofs that slanted from the opening to the ground.
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  Same entrance as seen from the NYC bound platform.
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  The other end of the tunnel from the same platform.
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  Shot under the tunnel facing the Jamaica/Atlantic Terminal-bound platform...
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  .. and the Hempstead-bound one.
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  The south end of the tunnel at the station, and...
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  .. from the street, specifically at Plaza Road east of the intersection with Roosevelt Avenue.
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  Nice shot of the station house from the parking lot. Beneath the west canopy, you can see a sign across the tracks at the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  The front door of the station from the parking lot.
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  A pair of ticket vending machines beneath the canopy.
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  Interior shot of the station number one. The ticket booth is closed.
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  Interior shot of the station number two. The bathrooms are right next to the parking lot entrance.
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  A Plexiglas shelter on the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  The former exterior ticket window along the Jamaica/Atlantic Terminal-bound platform.
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  A Helvetica sign on the Hempstead-bound platform next to that Plexiglas shelter. Plaza Road and Adams Street is behind that platform.
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  These checkerboard patterns can be found a semi-random parts of the station house.
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  Sign for the National Register of Historic Places listed Franklin National Bank in Franklin Square
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  The bank itself along New York State Route 24
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  Met Supermarket in Lakeview. I almost consider taking more pics of the LIRR station across the street.
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  The historic House at 73 Grove Street in Lynbrook. Other than being built in 1840, I can't figure out what's so historic about it...
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  ... but it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. That's the driveway to the garage (probably a former carriage house).
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  The red brick parking lot of Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station)...
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  .. and the station house. I wanted to get more pics, but my camera battery died, and a Garden City Village cop was looking at me funny.

June 27, 2016; Bronx Day III and Southwestern Westchester:

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  A pair of new signs on 48th Avenue near the Clearview Expressway in Bayside, Queens.
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  Scene from beneath the canopy over the Penn Station-bound platform of Bayside (LIRR station)...
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  .. which surprisingly are still made of wood.
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  Back to Longwood Avenue subway station in the Bronx
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  The staircase to the southeast corner of Southern Boulevard...
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  .. and the exit on that corner
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  Here's the southwest corner of the intersection and the station entrance there.
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  Another station entrance on the northeast corner...
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  .. and the northwest corner too.
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  Close-up of the northwest corner entrance showing a braille sign to City Hall...
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  .. and a little yellow staircase sign.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for 174th-175th Streets (IND Concourse Line). That's a Bedford Park and Norwood-bound braille sign.
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  A standard mosaic, with a smaller directional mosaic pointing to the now closed 175th Street entrance/exit.
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  Helvetica exit sign directing commuters to the 174th Street entrance/exit.
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  Looking across to the 145th Street-bound platform.
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  Mosaic directing commuters to the East Side of Grand Concourse
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  Mosaics for Uptown Trains...
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  .. and Downtown Trains.
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  Note the Wi-Fi antennas above to the left of the Manhattan & Brooklyn braille sign.
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  Mosaic directing commuters to the West Side of Grand Concourse
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  Another one not blocked off by a wrought-iron fence.
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  Some artwork over the 174th street entrance.
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  Looking west at a sign over the door.
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  And the same sign looking east.
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  Braille sign near the door.
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  Out from the tunnel. The station entrance is barely visible here, but apparently another editor still liked it.
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  Morris Avenue turns left and becomes 175th Street beneath that tunnel
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  The 175th Street entrance, which was closed a long time ago.
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  This really should be reopened so the station can live up to it's name.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Burnside Avenue (IRT Jerome Avenue Line).
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  View of the interlocking tower at the north end of the Woodlawn-bound platform and some construction trailers at the north end of the 125th Street-bound platform.
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  View of the Express Track from around the interlocking tower.
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  Standard platform-mounted Helvetica sign along the Woodlawn-bound platform.
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  Station sign for Woodlawn-bound trains.
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  All trains are only available on the opposite tracks. Looks like the Express tracks are only for dropping off passengers.
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  A small pillar Helvetica sign on the 125th Street-bound platform, which leads to Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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  Southbound view of the express tracks towards 125th Street from the Woodlawn-bound platform. The 125th Street-bound platform can be seen on the right.
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  Station sign for the Manhattan and Brooklyn-bound trains.
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  Close-up of the sign.
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  The south end of the Woodlawn-bound platform along the Express Track. The 125th Street-bound platform can be seen here too.
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  Looking back north at both canopies from the Woodlawn-bound platform along the Express Track,...
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  .. and along the northbound local tracks.
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  Braille sign for those either going to Bowling Green in Manhattan or Crown Heights in Brooklyn-bound platform.
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  And another for those going to Woodlawn.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Woodlawn (IRT Jerome Avenue Line). Note the NYCDOT Stop Sign.
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  Distant shot of the same track (Track 4) as it ends.
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  Same track from a different angle, with an NYC Subway Signal.
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  The back of that signal. Made by Union Switch & Signal.
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  A poster welcoming commuters and MTA employees to the 4 Line
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  Standard Helvetica Sign along Track 1.
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  An R142 4 train on Track 1,...
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  .. and another one on Track 4.
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  Braille sign through Manhattan and towards Brooklyn (either Brooklyn College, Utica Avenue or New Lots).
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  The stop sign on the other track (Track 1). I almost thought I lost this one.
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  So after taking a bus from the Jerome Avenue El, I thought I'd catch some images for Morris Heights (Metro-North station)
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  I also though a view of the tracks south of the station under the high school there would be good too.
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  Another shot of one of the signs at the station.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Hastings-on-Hudson (Metro-North station)
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  An elevator from the Poughkeepsie-bound platform to the pedestrian bridge, and the former station house.
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  On the way from the station, Hastings-on-Hudson has these numerous "Museum in the Streets" signs throughout the village.
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  The former NYC station house is now the Hastings Station Café.
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  Some sort of electro-diesel train en route to Poughkeepsie uses the inner express tracks usually reserved for Grand Central Terminal or Penn Station.
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  Looks like the former freight storage area to me. Any proof to the contrary?
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  Another shot of the tracks from the back of the Hastings Station Café.
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  I should've taken one from the platform on the other side of this bridge.
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  An interior shot of the Hastings Station Café where a ticket window used to be,...
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  .. and another closed ticket window, which is now a cabinet for drinking glasses.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Dobbs Ferry (Metro-North station)
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  Covered staircase leading to the Poughkeepsie-bound platform along Station Plaza.
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  The sign next to that staircase tells commuters to get their tickets on the New York City-bound platform.
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  The NYC-bound platform (which leads to Grand Central Terminal) can be seen from the chain-link fence along Station Plaza above the Poughkeepsie-bound platform.
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  The entrance to the pedestrian bridge from Station Plaza west of Palisades Street.
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  Looking north towards Pougkeepsie...
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  .. and south towards Grand Central Terminal (or Penn Station if you take Amtrak, which you can't do from here.).
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  The 1889-built New York Central and Hudson River Railroad station house...
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  .. is now a bar and restaurant called "Hudson Social."
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  The canopy where cars used to park is now a place for outdoor tables.
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  An old-fashioned (or old-fashioned looking) station sign south of the canopy.
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  They even have a Tiki Bar.
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  Looking south from the Grand Central-bound platform at the High Street Bridge.
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  Same platform, but looking north toward the pedestrian bridge.
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  Another shot of the NYC-bound platform across the tracks, but this time directly across from the Poughkeepsie-bound platform.
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  Looking north toward the pedestrian bridge again, but this time from the Poughkeepsie-bound platform.
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  A station maintenance "electrical room" along that same platform.
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  Almost at the end of the Poughkeepsie-bound platform (or Albany, Montreal, Buffalo, Toronto, and Chicago if you take Amtrak).
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Irvington (Metro-North station)
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  Ticket description sign within the shelter.
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  The southeast entrance to the pedestrian tunnel.
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  Typical MTA Hudson Line sign along the platform with the northeast entrance to the pedestrian tunnel entrance behind it.
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  Across the tracks is the northwest tunnel entrance...
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  .. and the southwest tunnel entrance. The tunnel serves as a connection between West and East Main Streets.
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  A Grand Central-bound M7A runs along the southbound platform,...
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  .. and stops there to pick up and drop off passengers.
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  The northeast entrance to the pedestrian tunnel, where the high-level platforms end.
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  In the opposite direction is the former New York Central Railroad station house.
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  The station house was converted into a frozen yogurt restaurant sometime before this picture was taken.
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  View of the southbound high-level platform from the northbound low-level platform.
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  Up the steps to the bridge for North Buckhout Street where the Poughkeepsie-bound platform ends.
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  The Grand Central-bound platform starts further north and goes under the bridge.
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  Looking down towards the Poughkeepsie-bound from the bridge. My SD card had to be replaced after this.
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  After replacing it, and charging up the camera, I took this interior shot of the station/yogurt shop.
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  South view of the station house on North Astor Street...
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  .. which also includes a few picnic tables with umbrellas in a garden.
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  Back on the North Buckhout Street Bridge, where one sign tells you where to go to Poughkeepsie, and the other one tells you where to get tickets.
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  The low-level platform can be seen better here.
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  The North Buckhout Street bridge is named for Patrolman George E. Duggan.
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  View from the bridge towards Tarrytown, Ossining, Croton-Harmon, Poughkeepsie, and points north for Amtrak.
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  Patrolman Duggan was killed in the line of duty on March 3, 1929.
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  This sign encourages you to buy tickets from vending machines, because buying them on the train costs more.
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  That sign and this one lead to the Grand Central Terminal-bound platform.
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  An old electrical pylon along the GCT-bound platform... probably dating back to the New York Central-era.
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  A northbound Amtrak train passes by, but won't stop until either Croton-Harmon or Poughkeepsie stations.
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  After the high-level platform ends, you have another electrical pylon and the northwest tunnel entrance.
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  This tunnel runs where Main Street would be if it crossed the tracks.
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  These two exits are for the New York City-bound platform...
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  .. and this one is for the Poughkeepsie-bound one. I'm not sure what the metal door is for, but I have a couple of suspicions.
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  Across South Astor Street is the NRHP-listed Lord and Burnham Building, which originally built boilers and greenhouses...
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  .. and is now the Irvington Public Library.
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  Doorway to the library.
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  Colonial-type sign along the sidewalk.
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  A row of handicapped parking spaces for the station along South Astor Street.
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  A close-up view of a sign along the Poughkeepsie-bound platform...
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  .. and a ramp for the handicapped to that platform.
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  Another MTA Helvetica Italic sign...
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  .. this time in front of a station maintenance "salt shed."
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  Water line in the tunnel from Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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  The last sign pic for Irvington along the NYC-bound platform.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Ardsley-on-Hudson (Metro-North station)
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  That building behind the platform looks like an old freight house, but according to a local police officer, it was a garage.
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  Standard Helvetica sign along the platform, which includes Mercy College.
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  Another button for heat within the shelters.
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  Standard Helvetica sign on the Poughkeepsie-bound platform in front of a staircase leading to the pedestrian bridge.
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  Elevator along the Grand Central-bound platform.
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  The very unique station house along the Poughkeepsie-bound platform.
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  Looking north along the GCT-bound platform...
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  .. and south
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  View from the pedestrian bridge north to Tarrytown (note the Tappan-Zee Bridge in the background) and Poughkeepsie.
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  View from the pedestrian bridge south to Yonkers and New York City.
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  That stone wall was once part of the pedestrian bridge between the station and the country club, and later apartments...
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  .. until it was destroyed by a garbage truck in 2010. The porch on the second floor (which was rebuilt in the mid-2010's) was where the bridge ended.
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  Entrance from the parking lot. The station is also a post office.
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  This doorway also looks like the former freight storage area to me. Any proof to the contrary?
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  Another northbound view, this time along the Poughkeepsie-bound platform.
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  Elevator along the Poughkeepsie-bound platform, next to the parking lot staircase.
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  Across the staircase from that is the station maintenance "Machine Room."
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  I'm not sure who gave the address as "125," but the number can be seen on the platform.
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  The post office decals have faded, unfortunately.
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  Maybe the USPS is trying to cut down on service here (I hope not).
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  Braille sign along the northbound platform
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  I wasn't sure it would come out right, so I took a second shot.
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  Standard Helvetica sign on the New York City-bound platform in front of a staircase leading to the pedestrian bridge.
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  Geese on the Hudson River next to the Grand Central-bound platform. I tried to make a video of some deer on the tracks, but they were too far away.
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  One final shot of the Poughkeepsie-bound platform, staircase to the pedestrian bridge "machine room," and a platform ramp to the inner tracks.
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  The return trip from the Hudson Line brought me into the Grand Central Terminal "Biltmore Room," which hasn't been changed since the 1960's.
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Court Square (New York City Subway)... in this case the IND Crosstown Line section.
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  The sign claims that G trains stop at the center of the platform...
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  .. although a blind person can see they stop either on Track Two...
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  .. or Track One, like these commuters are getting onto.
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  An R68 G Train on Track One.
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  The G Train runs to Church Avenue in Brooklyn at all times, and those cameras will try to serve as proof... somehow.
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  Now for the IND Queens Boulevard Line section. Here you have a sign for the Citicorp Building.
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  The moving sidewalk is just one of those things you have to try once in your life.
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  One of the Queens Boulevard mosaics I saw online and had to capture myself.
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  These two together are even better.
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  A modern Helvetica sign directing commuters to the G train on the IND Crosstown Line, or the 7 train on the IRT Flushing Line.
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  Speaking of Helvetica signs, here's one leading downstairs to the E train to Jamaica, and the M train to Forest Hills.
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  Before it was merged into the Court Square Subway Complex, this station was named 23rd Street - Ely Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line).
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  E trains usually go to Jamaica Center - Parsons/Archer (Archer Avenue Line), while M trains stop at Forest Hills–71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line).
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  First in my gallery expansion project for Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
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  The second pic didn't turn out so well, but the third was okay...
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  .. this and another were a couple of linear mosaics.
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  The express tracks can handle ten subway cars.
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  Across the express tracks is the Midtown Manhattan platforms.
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  The F Train runs to 179th Street in Jamaica Estates at all times,...
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  .. though some E Trains do too at rush hour, but they skip 169th Street
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  Sign for the exits to either 153rd Street or Parsons Boulevard. I'm kind of sorry I didn't capture the 153rd Street exits.
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  Another F Train sign for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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  Sign for York College, City University of New York
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  The gallery had no station entrances, so I thought I'd start from the southwest corner and throw them in...
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  ..even if some of them were a bit distant, like this one on the southeast corner.
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  And then there's this one on the northwest corner. All three are at Parsons Boulevard and Hillside Avenue.
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  After this, I tried to get a picture or two of the Old Jamaica High School...
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  .. but there was a tree blocking the view, so I had to settle for a Ford Transit Connect used as a school bus.

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