User:DanTD/New York gallery/Photographic rampages of 2018

Since I've got so many images from New York, I had to make a separate chapter just for them. And after going on even greater photographic rampages since 2010, I've had to split them off from that chapter as well. But even that was too big for new photographs, so I had to create one for 2015 and 2016. As previously mentioned, I also had to split off a page for 2017, with three chapters, the largest of which was for November. Therefore it should be no surprise that I would make a whole new category for 2018 in New York.

New York; October 2018;

October 16, 2018; The Bronx, Bedford Hills, and Chappaqua Attack;

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  This hat on the express tracks was one of the first things I saw while transferring from the LIRR to the 7 Train at Woodside.
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  But the first site I was set on capturing...
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  .. was the former 180th Street–Bronx Park (IRT White Plains Road Line)
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  The station was closed in 1952 at the demand of the Bronx Zoo.
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  This entrance to Bronx River Park can be found on the northeast corner of 180th Street and Boston Road.
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  Looking back to the south towards West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
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  Another shot of the Boston Road and East 180th looking northeast.
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  And after this shot without the truck in front of it, I went back to the IRT White Plains Road Line.
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  This was the only other image I was able to get of Burke Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
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  Because I planned to stop at Gun Hill Road (IRT White Plains Road Line), then I decided to get some shots of the lobby.
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  This elevator goes to the last two stations in Wakefield...
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  .. and I had to get another shot where the person coming out of it wasn't spooked by my camera.
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  And this elevator goes down to Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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  Across from the station entrance, I found this public bathroom.
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  Along Gun Hill Road, I also crossed this bridge over the former Bronx River Parkway.
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  Here's a southbound view of the former parkway from the same bridge.
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  In the meantime, the northbound on-ramp to the realigned parkway is right here.
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  And here's the southbound on-ramp, which at one time lead to a parking lot for Williams Bridge (Metro-North station)
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  However, since most commuters only go to and from the station by foot these days...
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  .. you instead have these staircases from the bridge over the Metro-North Harlem and New Haven Lines.
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  However, only Harlem Line trains stop here, and go to either White Plains, Southeast or Wassaic stations.
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  On the platform, this tilted view of the sign was an accident. I'm debating whether or not I should keep it as is.
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  Needless to say, I decided to explore this unfinished platform beneath the bridge that was supposed to go to the south side of the road.
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  The Gun Hill Road Bridge over the tracks was built in 1918. Not only that, the IRT Third Avenue Line used to have a bridge over that.
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  That's the southbound platform to Grand Central Terminal. BTW to catch a New Haven line train from here, you need to use this platform and transfer at Fordham.
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  This substation was built on the original site of the station house.
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  The Gun Hill Road bridge was rebuilt between 2006...
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  .. and 2007.
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  In 2011 I had a better view of the old small NYC-era electrical substation in front of the signal box north of the platform.
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  I'm kind of sorry I didn't defy the no trespassing sign for a closer shot of it.
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  In the meantime I thought I'd get a shot of the shelters on the platform. One was enclosed...
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  .. and the one for Metro-North's Ticket Vending Machines was open.
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  While I captured that, along with the staircase to the north side of Gun Hill Road, a series of remaining M3A railcars stopped at the station.
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  Some of the passengers on M3A number 8023 were waving at me...
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  .. even as the train was leaving for Grand Central Terminal.
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  My last shot at Williams Bridge was of this old garage across the tracks before I caught the train to Bedford Hills Metro-North and New York Central stations.
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  The conductors made me transfer at White Plains (MNRR station)...
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  .. which was fine, since it gave me the chance to take some shots of the White Plains TransCenter.
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  Sadly, I was only able to get a train shot of the platform of Pleasantville (MNRR station).
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  I got the same view of Chappaqua (MNRR station), but I would be luckier later on.
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  Finally at my intended destination; Bedford Hills ((Metro-North station)).
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  The train I was on didn't leave yet, but it will
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  My true motive for coming here was behind that sign
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  No, it wasn't this tiny parking lot on the southwest corner of the station...
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  ..and it wasn't this private pedestrian bridge in front of the NY 117 bridge either, but it's still worth getting.
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  While I was at it, getting this Metro-North station sign was a must...
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  .. not to mention their official No Trespassing sign.
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  That pedestrian bridge entrance looks more forbidding than most.
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  In spite of all the glare, the building looks and fascinating
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  This is a northeast-bound view of the old New York Central Railroad station
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  .. and this is more of an eastbound view of the old New York Central Depot.
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  Looking more or less in the opposite direction towards the northwest.
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  Then towards the stairs to the pedestrian bridge over the tracks
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  A chip in the concrete staircase has exposed a bit of wire mesh. I should've reported this to Metro-North, which was the real reason I took this shot.
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  Directly across from the top of the stairs is this elevator down to the platform.
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  In the pedestrian bridge above the tracks are a standard TVM, a "Daily" TVM, and a Train info TV screen.
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  Views from the pedestrian bridge above the tracks. Looking south...
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  .. and north above the Grand Central Terminal-bound tracks.
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  Another shot of the elevator.
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  Another view from the pedestrian bridge. Looking north...
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  .. and south above the Southeast and Wassaic-bound tracks
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  Looking south at the north end of the NYC Depot, with the same old-fashioned railroad sign.
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  Doorway along the low-level platform.
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  One of the few interior shots I was able to get at the time.
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  View of the north end of the old station,...
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  .. the center canopy of the old station....
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  .. and the south end of the old station from the parking lot at Station Plaza.
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  The Town of Bedford and Junior League of Northern Westchester restored this station in 1976.
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  Another shot in the window with the station name
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  Bike rack at the NYC Depot that's really designed for the Metro-North station.
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  The sign said that the station was opened from 5 AM to 3 PM, but they locked me out before 3:00
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  Another interior shot, which unfortunately looks like shot number 5. (14:23:49)
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  A reflection of the new station reflecting off the window of the old station.
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  An old-fashioned mileage sign inside... or at least a replica.
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  One thing about the station plaza that puzzled me was this big building. Was it an old railroad hotel, or something else?
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  Like Katonah, one stop to the north, Old Bedford Hills NYC station has a public bulletin board, with a matching railroad station sign.
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  The post office near the station looks too modern to have any connection to the old New York Central Depot, but it did once.
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  The western parking lot has another bicycle rack with a charging station for electrical vehicles.
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  They're right under the staircase to the pedestrian bridge over the tracks.
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  Parking meters are at the pillar of the bridge.
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  And this is the bottom of the staircase. I was going to add homemade a poster of somebody's lost dog on the plexiglass, but I changed my mind.
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  Besides the Richardson Romanesque station house, and the contemporary platform, you've got a pay phone with a 1970's style light tower.
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  This village installed "Take It Or Leave It" shed, was something I mistakenly thought was part of the old station.
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  The pay phone's light tower is shaped like a triangle, and I thought I captured all three sides. Looks like I was wrong.
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  Back to the historic Chappaqua Depot and Plaza, where I watched the M7A that I rode leave for either White Plains or Grand Central Terminal.
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  Like many former station houses, it's a restaurant now, and has been one for a long time.
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  Looking north towards the NY 120 (Quaker Road) bridge over the tracks.
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  Another M7A arrives at the station, this time bound for Southeast Metro-North station.
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  An old-fashioned-looking station sign hangs from one of the canopies attached to the station house.
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  While a much more modern Metro-North sign can be seen on the platform.
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  Metro-North destination signs...
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  .. and track number signs.
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  Staircase to the pedestrian bridge and the parking lot...
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  .. which provides a view of the Saw Mill River Parkway to the west...
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  .. as well as another view of the NY 120 bridge.
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  The bridge itself contains three types of TVM's
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  It also has a digital display for train times. I hope it doesn't get that much sun glare.
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  This elevator goes between the pedestrian bridge and parking lot...
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  .. and commuters can come out near the south staircase... or the north one if they wish.
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  Two scooters were parked at the station between that staircase and the elevator shaft.
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  One of them is a BMW C600 Sport
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  This even has a heated seat. How luxurious.
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  Such luxuries are to be expected from BMW, and Westchester County.
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  The other is a Suzuki Burgman UH200
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  Nice headlights on the fairing...
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  .. but I don't remember anything specifically fancy about this scooter.
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  Small bicycle rack near one of the handicapped parking spaces
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  Parking meters installed by the Town of New Castle.
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  The north staircase to the pedestrian bridge can be found near these items, behind that Honda CR-V.
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  A small bulletin board on the back of the Taxi stand...
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  .. and the taxi stand itself, right next to the old station house.
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  This is the back of that Nissan Sentra seen in image number six.
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  Painted former concrete construction barricades are used to keep cars from going under the canopy.
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  Another old-fashioned-looking station sign hangs in the middle of this Richardson Romanesque structure
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  And another former concrete barricade, this time with a pedestrian crosswalk in front of it.
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  Another bike rack at the north end near the Route 120 bridge, but longer.
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  The plaque at this staircase memorializes US Army Staff Sgt. Kyu H. Chay, who was killed by Islamo-fascists in Afghanistan.
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  Is this marker for New York State, or New York Central Railroad?
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  From over the tracks and parking lot, looking down from the Quaker Road bridge
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  The station as seen from the NY 120 Bridge, with another M7A bound for Southeast.
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  The south end of the platform where the pedestrian bridge and pillars/elevator shafts can be seen.
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  The elevator shaft between the parking lot and bridge contains a small antenna of some kind.
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  This old sign on the Mount Kisco Metro-North station was removed in 2017, but the replica was added in 2018.
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  Another transfer at White Plains Metro-North station, but this time, it's a picture of the station itself.
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  The rest would be of the streets below the station, like NY 119 over the Bronx River, and the eponymous parkway.
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  Same bridge at another angle.
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  Honestly, I can't explain what I was trying to capture here
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  But this is the same bridge looking southwest.
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  Here's an eastbound view of westbound NY 119 and the city.
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  And this is a westbound view of eastbound NY 119 over the Bronx River Parkway.
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  My first shot of Wakefield (Metro-North station) in the North Bronx.
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  I tried to get the full station sign here, but I couldn't
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  So I had to take an extra picture of the braille sign on the end, as well as a Watch the Gap sign.
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  Here's an enclosed shelter under the Grand Central-bound platform.
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  Not only is this shot north of that shelter, but north of the canopy
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  The SB express tracks are Track 2, and the SB local tracks are Track 4.
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  The sign in the previous picture.
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  All of these pictures were taken from the Grand Central-bound local and express platform...
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  .. including this TVM. Another one can be found on the Southeast/Wassaic-bound platform.
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  Exit sign to the 241st Street Bridge, as well as the Wakefield-241st Street Subway station east of here.
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  Just a few more steps up...
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  .. and you're on the north side of the 241st Street station. That sign is deceiving though, because you have to walk the equivalent of at least two more blocks before you're 4 blocks away.
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  That's the staircase to the Grand Central Terminal-bound platform. FYI, from this station south, you're already in New York City.
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  A station name sign with a missing person poster
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  Here you stand directly over the two express tracks.
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  The staircase to White Plains, Southeast and Wassaic-bound platform.
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  The northbound tracks ar Tracks 1 and 3.
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  MTA Bulletin Board, which is where the schedules are usually posted,
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  A subway-directional sign faces the staircase to the northbound platform too, even as this Mercedes-Benz drives by.
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  Over the northbound local tracks, you can see a local Grand Central-bound M7...
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  .. and a local White Plains or Southeast-bound M7.
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  To the right of those trees is an NYPD garage which contains older-style NYPD cars used in movies. I wish I captured that.
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  Walking east along the 241st Street Bridge, which also goes over the Metro-North New Haven Line. Wish I captured that too.
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  At the east end of the bridge is a sign to the subway station...
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  .. with a sign to the Metro-North station on the opposite side.
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  Another Subway directional sign at 241st and Matilda Avenue. An Metro-North one exists on the opposite side too, but I didn't capture it.
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  Instead I captured one of the street name sign.
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  The last block before the subway station; Richardson Avenue
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  The Metro Motel. Surprised motels can still operate in New York City? So am I.
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  Welcome to Wakefield-241st Street Subway station on the IRT White Plains Road Line.
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  Buses from the MTA and Westchester County's Bee-Line stop here.
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  Drive 5 more blocks in the opposite direction, and you're in Mount Vernon, New York.
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  This entrance is on the northwest corner of White Plains Road and 241st Street.
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  The turnstile here is for exiting commuters only.
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  Exit from the southbound platform
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  Entrance staircase up to the tracks between the two platforms.
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  Exit from the northbound platform
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  Lighted sign for the next train at either Track 3 or 2. I hate sun glare.
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  The East 180th Street Subway station is surrounded by two yards, some of which have railroad crossings.
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  Cropped version of the same picture.
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  The tracks at the station are Track 2, Track 3, and Track M.
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  "No Key By" sign next to a subway signal. After this, I took a 5 train to Grand Central, and a shuttle to Times Square so I could catch an LIRR train from Penn Station.
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  With memories of the Shake Shack in Grand Central, I had to grab a bite at the one in Penn Station, and a picture for a future gallery split.

October 17, 2018;

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  Failing to capture it in March 2017, I finally captured the Bay Terrace Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library.
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  I wanted some more significant structures in Whitestone, but this Dutch-colonial barn type house seemed pretty unique.
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  Actually, I was on my way to College Point, but the post office wasn't the reason for that.
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  Neither was the Poppenhausen branch of the Queens Borough Public Library...
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  .. but it was still worth taking extra pics for a future gallery.
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  My real quest for College Point was that dead end street at the bottom of the trees...
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  .. which is the same street here.
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  125th Street in College Point is two dead ends that are bisected by a hill.
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  All the pictures were taken on the segment north of 5th Avenue, as opposed to the one south of Lax Avenue.
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  Since there were almost no pictures of the Long Island Expressway in Nassau County...
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  .. I thought it was time I took some, starting with one in the Village of Lake Success.
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  The first exit in Nassau County is Exit 33, which is both Lakeville Road and Community Drive.
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  The next is Exit 34, which is the northern terminus of New Hyde Park Road in New Hyde Park.
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  And I got off around Exit 36 in North Hills...
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  .. where I approached Searingtown Road and made a left turn, which leads to...
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  New York State Route 101, which starts in Flower Hill at NY 25A, runs though Port Washington...
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  .. and ends at the Village Club of Sands Point.
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  Closed gate at the Sands Point Preserve.
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  And a historical marker on Middle Neck Road
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  There was also this castle-style tower at one of the gates.
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  Northbound along Middle Neck Road just before you reach the entrance to Sands Point Preserve.
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  I couldn't get a full view of the gate...
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  .. so I had to take two sides at a time. I also had to scrap a pic of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults.
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  I did get a shot of the driveway, which leads to a bridge across an unnamed creek before the ticket office before you reach Castle Gould, the Hempstead House and Falasie Museum.
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  Middle Neck Road becomes NY 101 again, and I headed towards the Roslyn area.
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  But after failing to capture Montrose a.k.a., the Frances Bryant Godwin House, again, I had to settle on the Church of St, Mary's.
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  Looking east on NY 25A at the intersection with NY 107.
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  South of NY 25A in the Muttontown Preserve is the historic Chelsea Mansion, a.k.a., the Benjamin Moore Estate
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  There are more buildings at the mansion than these two, but I was in a rush, and I could only get two of those.
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  Looking east on NY 25A at the intersection with NY 106, except this time I was turning north onto Route 106.
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  North of NY 25A on NY 106 is the East Norwich Fire Department.
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  Gate for the Pine Hollow Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York.
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  A plaque for mainly Afro-American Civil War soldiers buried at the cemetery.
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  Another plaque for the late Gordon Maddox.
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  The old stone keeper's house to the cemetery is in front of a parking garage.
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  Wrought-iron fence blocking off the driveway.
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  The entrance to the cemetery used to be part of NY 106 itself.
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  The first of three images of the John Everit House around the Melville-West Hills area.
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  Second shot of the house, which is a little closer.
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  Third shot, which was also an attempt to capture the barn in the backyard along the driveway.
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  This was the only image I was able to get of the Sisters of St. Joseph's in Brentwood, New York.
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  The best image I was able to get of the south end of NY 111 at NY 27A in Islip.
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  The apparent front yard of Wereholme also known as the Harold Weeks Estate in Islip.
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  Side view of the mansion, which is now owned by Suffolk County and used as an environmental center.
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  This rusting old tractor used to be owned by a rental dealership in Coram.
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  Shot of the entrance gate to the mansion from South Bay Avenue. I tried to look for "Winganhauppauge," but I couldn't see it because it was behind another house.
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  Though the St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Islip has been around a long time, it's not on NRHP
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  Most schools along Montauk Highway east of the Oakdale Merge seem like they belong there, but for some reason, this one in Oakdale doesn't.
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  The Swan River Schoolhouse in East Patchogue was added to NRHP on August 18, 2017...
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  .. but I didn't know this until around December 2017, so I got some shots of it on October 17, 2018.
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  The schoolhouse wasn't established in 1655, but the Town of Brookhaven was.
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  This school was built in 1858, as seen by the plaque installed in 2008.
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  This plaque from 2004 was there too.
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  Since there were only two images of the St. Paul Episcopal Church Complex in Patchogue...
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  .. and somebody decided to make a category for it, I decided to return to Patchogue, and get more images.

October 18, 2018;

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  Due to my less than distinct pictures of Cleveland Street (BMT Jamaica Line), I had to return for new pics here.
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  One way to start was with this intersection above Linwood and Fulton Streets. The previous pic is looking north and this one is looking south.
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  Above Elton Street southbound...
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  .. and northbound from Fulton Street
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  I have to check to figure out which intersection this is above.
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  I had to get some signs at the station, but this one facing the Lower Manhattan-bound tracks didn't turn out like I hoped.
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  The one on the Jamaica-bound tracks turned out a lot better.
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  And this second attempt at the Broad and Wall Street station-bound tracks turned out even better.
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  Turnstiles to and from the station house.
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  Down the staircase to the crossunder beneath the platform and tracks.
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  ... with one last glance at the vicinity of the ticket window.
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  The yellow staircase along the maintenance platform.
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  Access to the platform for MTA maintenance employees.
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  This sign is wrong. The exit on the right is on the north side of Cleveland and Fulton Streets.
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  And both exits are on the west corners, facing east.
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  Nearby is Substation 401, a historic BRT-era power plant for the Jamaica El
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  You wouldn't know it by this 1960's "TA" logo, but this substation is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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  Gangplank above the sidewalk between the substation and the Jamaica El.
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  Sign on the gate in front of the aluminum roll-up door. This powerhouse is also known as the "Essex Sub-Station."
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  Looking west along the eastbound sidewalk on Fulton Street.
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  Another shot of the substation and it's extension from the other west corner of Fulton and Essex Streets.
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  In front of this substation was an MTA generator trailer, which had me concerned about the effectiveness of the station.
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  Next to the sub-station, I saw a vacant lot where an old FDNY Chief's Buggy is stored next to an old truck...
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  .. and an FDNY ambulance is there too.
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  Even today at the J and Z platform of Broadway Junction, you can see spurs to yards and the former Fulton Street El.
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  On the Franklin Avenue Shuttle platform, where a staircase and escalator leads to the C train on the Fulton Street Subway.
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  S trains stopping here can only go towards Prospect Park, where you can catch a B or Q train...
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  .. and nowhere else.
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  Braille signs exist here too, of course.
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  Somebody decided to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin, who died earlier in the year, by stenciling her name at stations named "Franklin."
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  The MTA added stickers over the vandalism, but they didn't get to these yet.
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  With a gallery that only included two images of the Studebaker Building at Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place...
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  .. I had to get some additional ones.
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  Only the first pic was on Bedford Avenue. The others are on Sterling Place.
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  I wasn't sure I got a good enough shot of the tower on Sterling Place, hence the extra pic.
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  While strolling along Bedford Avenue, I spotted the Catfish Cajun Restaurant.
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  Later I saw the Washington Temple Church of God in Christ,
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  Closer view. It's another church that used to be a Loew's Movie Theater.
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  The church is on the west side of Grant Square, whose statue was presented by the Union League Club of Brooklyn in 1896.
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  All caps for the front of the pedestal of the statue.
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  Looking up at the statue, which was sculpted by William Ordway Partridge.
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  This is the former Union League Club of Brooklyn on the east side of the square.
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  The Studebaker Building on Dean Street needed more images too.
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  Only the western entrance contains the official address though. I also considered more pics of the Pirika Chocolate Factory west of here.
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  I thought Ralph Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) could use some extra pics...
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  .. but the two I added, still aren't enough.
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  My first attempt to expand the Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard (IND Fulton Street Line) gallery
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  The station name sign mounted in the middle of the platform.
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  Exit sign above the platform between the two trains.
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  As you might expect from terminals, the signals are always red.
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  This station has old-fashioned "Next Train" signs, but with Helvetica lettering.
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  Staircase exit in the middle of the platform, but I wasn't going there.
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  The elevator is here, on the north side of the station.
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  A couple of lights were out in the hall close to the elevator.
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  The sign says the elevator goes to the mezzanine, which is true. But it also goes to the sidewalk.
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  Finally at the turnstiles before with the ticket booth in the background.
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  Between the subway station and the Q10 bus stop, I was lucky enough to spot this library.

October 19, 2018;

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  Along the Oyster Bay Branch, I took another shot of Roslyn (LIRR station)
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  And though I wasn't planning on it, I snapped some shots of Greenvale (LIRR station) too.
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  This view is of the other platform, specifically to Mineola.
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  Yes, it says it goes to New York City, but that's after the junction with the Main Line in Mineola
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  Most of the images of this station were of the Mineola-Jamaica-bound platform. Only the first one was Oyster Bay-bound.
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  Some old electrical pylons on the north end of the platform. A pedestrian tunnel is also under here.
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  I also wasn't planning on Glen Head (LIRR station) images either.
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  But with only two images in the gallery, I thought a platform shot and a shelter shot would do.
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  Sea Cliff (LIRR station) was one of the two I was after that day.
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  This is one of the standard LIRR signs at the station.
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  I also thought I should take this one, while I was waiting for the train to leave for Oyster Bay.
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  The south end of both platforms, north of the Sea Cliff Avenue railroad crossing.
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  A shot of the old Victorian station house from across the tracks.
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  Close-up shot of the wooden platform shelter on the Oyster Bay-bound platform.
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  The train was surprisingly slow as it was leaving.
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  The wooden shelter on the Mineola-bound platform.
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  Evidently, the LIRR was installing a ramp for the handicapped between the Oyster Bay platform and an old freight spur.
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  The sign in the east parking lot claims to have handicapped access on both sides, but not yet on this side
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  The previously mentioned freight spur ends at the parking lot and the walkway to the Oyster Bay platform
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  Normally, LIRR Helvetica signs aren't used for drivers on the street.
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  In any case, this shot gives you a clearer view of Sea Cliff Avenue and the railroad crossing next to the station.
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  Just as you cross the tracks, you can see the entrance to the main parking lot on the west side.
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  I was able to get a shot of this sign along Sea Cliff Avenue west of the station just before the battery on my camera died.
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  Since then I was only able to get this and two others with my cell phone
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  Another picture within the old Sea Cliff LIRR station...
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  .. though sometimes I think they include other stations on the North Shore of Nassau County
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  My first image of Bethpage (LIRR station), after my camera battery was thankfully recharged.
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  LIRR Ticket Vending Machine along the Ronkonkoma-Greenport-bound platform.
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  These pedestrian light-up warning signs for approaching trains on the other tracks are unusual... for Long Island.
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  Looking northwest at both tracks and platforms from the Stewart Avenue Railroad Crossing.
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  An " Emergency Notification Sign (MUTCD; I-13) for the railroad crossing can be seen here.
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  The station house was my main reason for coming here
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  This shot of it was from the northeast corner of the Stewart Avenue railroad crossing.
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  This view is from the north side of the northeast parking lot.
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  This used to be for the REA Express freight section
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  On the other side is this bike rack, which was installed years after the 1959-rebuilt station house
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  Old sign installed by the former Long Island Rail Road Police Department.
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  Another one just like it next to a standard LIRR Helvetica sign telling commuters how to catch Ronkonkoma/Greenport-bound trains.
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  Town of Oyster Bay sign prohibiting public drinking in the vicinity.
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  Better view of the elaborate safety measures at the southeast corner of the Stewart Avenue grade crossing.
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  Near the station is a welcome sign from the community...
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  .. as well as a memorial for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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  Close-up view of the north-facing pedestrian railroad signal, which is fairly common in other parts of the USA.
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  Somebody was planning a Fall Fair at the station for October 28th.
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  Staircase back up to the Hicksville-Jamaica-bound platform
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  A standard light blue braille sign along that platform as well.
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  More LIRR TVM's along the Hicksville-Jamaica-bound platform
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  In the distance from these platforms, you can see District 2 of the MTA Police.
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  Standard LIRR Helvetica station sign, and some trees blocking the houses along Railroad Avenue.
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  Another LIRR Helvetica station sign with the taxi stand, shoe repair shop and coffee shop in the background on the corner of Stewart and Railroad.
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  One last look at the Stewart Avenue railroad crossing.
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  And then a final look at the Ronkonkoma-Greenport-bound platform.

October 20, 2018;

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  While driving east on NY 24, I spotted the headquarters of the Franklin Square-Munson Fire District.
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  An articfact from the 1964 World's Fair at a shopping center in West Hempstead.
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  This old house in Massapequa is on NRHP, but I think it was just for the architectural style.
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  The All-American Hamburger Drive-In on Merrick Boulevard; the last survivor of an old hamburger restaurant chain.
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  Next door is the Marshall's Ice Cream Bar,
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  Somewhere in this vacant lot near a suburban athletic field...
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  .. is the site of the NRHP listed Fort Massapeag.
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  I see no evidence of this, other than a sign mounted in the field.
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  I was looking for the old house that used to be the Amityville South Side Railroad of Long Island Depot, but only found this historical marker.
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  While I was there, I figured I might as well get a shot of a train at the station too.
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  I got one shot of West Islip's Patricia Avenue Pedestrian Bridge in 2015, but it wasn't enough.
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  I needed some from the other side. Passing pickup trucks were optional.
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  The street sign was kind of important for defining the bridge's location and purpose.
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  So I took some shots of the LIRR Montauk Branch, but the bridge felt kind of rickety. This view is towards Bay Shore, The Hamptons, and Montauk.
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  This view is towards Babylon and NYC. Though it is a locally iconic structure, it actually was deemed unsafe fairly recently.
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  This is the Brightwaters Village Hall, but I was only able to get it from the back on the NY 27 Service Road
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  This is where the service road merges with Howell's Road
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  And this is The Jon Thomas Inne, a long-standing bar and restaurant on the corner.
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  A glare-plagued shot of a big house at 192 Moffett Boulevard in Islip, New York..
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  There was supposed to be something historic about this house...
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  .. but I keep forgetting what it is. An old railroad hotel, perhaps?
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  I've been trying to prove the existence of Suffolk CR 56 for years.
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  If this isn't proof the NY 27 frontage road is a county route, I don't know what else is.
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  I'm surprised this farm along CR 56 still existed.
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  .. and families were still picking pumpkins for Halloween.
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  I already took a picture of Ridge Firehouse #3 in 2017, so I had to capture Firehouse #1.
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  East of Ridge, NY 25 meets the eastern terminus of NY 25A in Calverton.
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  I had to make a couple of U-Turns to get this shot of eastbound NY 25A just before it ends at NY 25.
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  NY 25A ends here, but the pavement markings make it look like a smooth flowing continuation.
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  A second shot of the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, which needs more images, more support, and more space.
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  Along the other NY 24 in Flanders, there's a boat dealership on Reeve's Bay.
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  I was only able to capture one end of a former section of the road, but what I really wanted was up ahead.
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  The southeast-bound parking area on NY 24 in Hubbard County Park. I wanted more pics than this, but they were worse.
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  Luckily, by the time I got to New York State Route 27,...
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  .. I was able to get something else I wanted...
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  .. one of the two parking areas on NY 27 in the Canoe Place section of Hampton Bays.
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  This was built back in the day when New York State cared enough to try to expand Sunrise Highway through the Hamptons.
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  A larger than average historical marker here.
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  After getting off at Exit 66, I went down to Montauk Highway and grabbed shots of the Reverend Paul Cuffee Gravesite
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  I got a shot of the grave itself...
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  .. and the LIRR Montauk Branch next to it. I wish I captured the NYS Historic Marker too.
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  The Reverend was a Shinnecock Native American.
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  Back on Sunrise Highway, where the westbound parking area was 1/4 mile away.
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  I had to park there to get a good shot of the gore sign.
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  This old littering fine sign is pretty easy to pay in this day and age, but not when it was installed.
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  The northwest-bound parking area on NY 24 in Hubbard County Park.
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  The parking areas here also had gigantic historical markers.
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  They also contained picnic areas and grilles, right up until around the 1995 Westhampton Wildfires.
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  Back in Calverton I spotted one of these Road Flooded signs on NY 25. NYSDOT seems more concerned about floods on the north fork than other locations.
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  The concrete sign of this asphalt company used to be an embankment for the never built Suffolk Traction Company main line in Holtsville
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  The asphalt company is next to the Holtsville Post Office.
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  And another shot of the asphalt company, this time with old tractors.

October 21, 2018;

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  My first shot of Broadway (LIRR station) for 2018.
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  A shot of the handicapped parking spaces near the steel and Plexiglas tunnel shelter along the Woodside-bound platform
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  Part of the station house...
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  .. and a staircase to the platform, just before the embankment for the bridge over NY 25A.
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  I was seeking an old dining car that used to be on College Point Boulevard in Flushing, but instead my first pic from there was the connecting road between the Van Wyck Expressway and Grand Central Parkway.
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  But at least I also got the bridge under the LIRR Port Washington Branch.
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  I caught this firehouse in Corona off the L.I.E. a good 20 years before, but I didn't take a picture of it until this trip.
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  After failing to find a parking space at Queens Place Mall I thought I'd snap a third pic of this church in Elmhurst.
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  And another firehouse on Grand Avenue.
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  I also needed some Hempstead images. One of which was the Town Hall
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  I was also able to get one of the United Methodist Church nearby.
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  Actually, the Old Hempstead Town Hall needed more pics.
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  Across from that is the parking lot and memorial for Cooper Field.
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  The Duke of York's Laws were decided here between 1664 and 1665.
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  And for last, I was able to get a doorway shot of the old Hempstead Bank on Main and Front Streets.
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  In Suffolk County, Brentwood has a surprising number of historic sites, so I grabbed this one of a masonic lodge.
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  Far north of that, Suffolk CR 4 runs under the LIRR Port Jefferson Branch.
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  I still remember this as a dirt road in the 1970's.
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  After years of trying, I finally got a pic of the B. Ketchum House in Fort Salonga.
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  On the way to Downtown Northport, I decided to get a video shot of a former section of NY 25A
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  Intersection with Vause Street and the older "Fort Salonga Drive." The real intersection with NY 25A is shared with another street named "Ridings Gate."
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  The southwest end of this former NY 25A segment. In the 1990's an anti-highway improvement group formed claiming to "Save Route 25A."
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  The north end of the old Northport Traction Trolley Line at Cow Harbor Park in Northport.
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  The first non-black and white HABS image of the Suydam Homestead in Centerport, New York.
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  Centershore Road, the unofficial turning spur between Suffolk CR 86 & NY 25A in Centerport... also a concrete road.
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  This house north of the Mill Dam Bridge was built in 1872. This wasn't one of the sites in Centerport that I was looking for either.
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  One of my first images of the Bethel AME Church and Manse in Huntington, New York, but that wasn't my intended target on Park Avenue.
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  The Potter-Williams House was one of my intended targets, but not on Park Avenue.
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  Like the first attempt to capture the NRHP-listed Henry Williams House in Halesite, New York.
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  The house is on Mill Lane, which runs along the Huntington-Halesite border.
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  The driveway provides a better view of the house.

October 22, 2018;

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  The gateway to the Bayside Hills section of Bayside, Queens
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  The divider on Bell Boulevard is maintained by the Bayside Hills Civic Association.
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  The gate in the middle was also erected by them in 1965,
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  Last shot of the divider from 48th Avenue.
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  I've taken pictures of the top of Bell Plaza, now I decided to get one from the street.
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  The train I went on didn't take me to my intended station, so I thought I'd capture some newer pics of Flushing-Main Street (LIRR station)
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  These blue-trimmed platform shelters were a good reason for that, but there were better ones.
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  Admittedly though, this exit sign wasn't one of them.
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  However, the elevators were. This one is on the northern Woodside-bound platform.
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  These MTA Help Point devices are normally found on subway stations.
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  And it obstructed the southern Port Washington-bound platform elevator.
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  With all this reconstruction though, they never touched this rusty old bridge over Main Street.
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  On Main Street below, some LIRR maintenance trucks are parked by the station.
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  My first intended stop was Murray Hill (LIRR station)...
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  .. where I also saw the pedestrian bridge over the tracks. Until 1964, this was also a station house.
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  Staircases not only lead to the Port Washington-bound platform, but the Woodside and Penn Station bound platform as well.
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  A dark orange Exit sign to the south staircase and a small braille sign.
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  Personally, the amount of rust on the pedestrian bridge is a little disturbing.
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  The entrance to this bridge is on the south side along 41st Avenue.
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  Here, the MTA brags that they're adding ADA-compliant elevators here, which is true.
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  Thankfully, they also have a bicycle rack next to it.
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  Looking west from the 150th Street bridge over the tracks. 41st Avenue also overlaps 150th as it moves from the south side of the tracks to the north side.
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  The north side of the tracks at the station is Barton Avenue, and this seems to be one of the under construction elevators
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  A construction trailer rests next to the north side of the pedestrian bridge.
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  Looking east from the 149th Place Bridge over the tracks.
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  Same bridge, but another view of the south end of the pedestrian bridge.
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  While construction workers were putting in elevators, I noticed some exposed wire mesh on the 149th Place Bridge over the tracks
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  A crack and a hole beneath the center beam...
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  .. and more wire mesh here. I told the engineer about this and he said it was okay. You be the judge.
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  This concrete divided is what used to support the pylons holding up the station house over the tracks.
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  Does anyone know what this hole in the retaining wall is for? Because I still don't.
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  From there, I stopped at Woodside (LIRR station) to catch a 7 train to Long Island City.
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  Not only was the LIRR running M7's on the Port Washington Branch that day, but they were also testing some M9's.
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  The LIRR says this is the station to LaGuardia Airport, but you have to take a long Q70 or Q72 bus to get there.
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  Some graffiti artist in Long Island City is a huge Warriors fan.
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  Finally near my intended target...
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  .. the NRHP-listed Long Island City Courthouse Complex
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  This is the west wing of the courthouse...
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  .. which was supposed to be the door exclusively for Sheriffs Department.
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  Here's a more modern addition to the building; an official New York City Parking Garage.
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  The garage replaced the jail annex, which was demolished in 1988, but still memorialized.
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  Back to the front of the courthouse where an archway connects the west wing.
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  There's also a doorway under the stairs on the west side.
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  Not only is this listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but it's also a New York City Landmark.
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  Here's a close-up shot of the NYCL plaque.
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  The fountain in the park in front of the courthouse
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  Besides the doorway under the stairs on the west side, there's also one on the east side.
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  Another archway, this time connected to the east wing
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  This is the aforementioned east wing of the courthouse...
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  .. which was supposed to be exclusively for the District Attorney.
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  On Thomson Avenue there's a "Hike New York" sign. I wonder how many of these exist in the city or state.
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  I took one of a mural before the Thomson Avenue Bridge, but that's copywritten by somebody else. So you'll have to settle for this shot of Sunnyside Yard from that bridge.
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  It's sad that this entrance from Thomson Avenue to the Queensboro Bridge Spur is closed.
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  But on the other hand, after Long Island City, I returned to the Port Washington Branch and stopped at Broadway (LIRR station)
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  An M7 leaves for Great Neck. The 167th Street Pedestrian Bridge is in the background.
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  This shot of the station house wasn't that great, but at least it gave me another sign.
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  Full shot of the station house across the tracks along the Woodside-bound platform.
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  Half way down the wheelchair ramp on the southwest side of the pedestrian tunnel shelter.
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  Momentarily, I took a break from the train station, and snapped one of the "Broadway-Station A" Post Office.
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  Then I got a shot of the enclosure to the tunnel beneath the tracks, which leads to the parking lot on Depot Road and the station house.
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  Under the tunnel at the end is a sign directing commuters to the parking lot and both platforms.
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  One last pic of Broadway station before I grabbed a bus to where I was staying.

October 23, 2018;

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  Another image of 167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line) inspired by Google Street View, but this time it actually worked.
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  The South Bronx's own old New York Telephone exchange building in Concourse, now owned by Verizon.
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  I took 9 pics of Mount Vernon East (Metro-North station) in 2011, and decided a 10th would be a good idea as I passed through the station in 2018.
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  And getting one from Pelham (Metro-North station) was smart too, before I stopped in New Rochelle.
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  After stopping at New Rochelle (Metro-North station), I paid a cabbie to drive me around the city to get old fire stations. This is the former Station Number One, which has it's bays closed off.
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  Then he drove me to Station Number Two, which seemed to be under reconstruction.
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  After that, I was zipped back up to Station Number Three.
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  Then took a close-up of the station after a U-Turn.
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  Fire Station Number Four is the last historic fire station in New Rochelle.
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  Last shot of Station Number Four, before he dropped me off at US 1, I paid him, and he was left with a story to tell.
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  Thankfully I was able to walk from there to the former New Rochelle Carnegie Library.
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  At the time of the picture, it was the HQ of Hagedorn Communications
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  I also got a shot of the cornerstone which claimed it was built in 1912 (It was actually in 1913).
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  Later on, I walked along Main Street for historic and possibly non-historic buildings (like this one?).
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  The New Rochelle Trust building was having too many of it's images deleted, so I thought I'd add a new one.
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  In 2016, I got a shot of the Palace Building on a lost disposable camera. This time I got it on my digital one that I still have.
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  A building I once assumed was a bank is the locally historic Masonic Temple, and I got the front this time.
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  Long ago, I spotted a Koch Building in Baldwin, New York. Here's one in New Rochelle, New York.
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  The "grotto" of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, which also had many of it's images deleted.
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  This building on the northeast corner of Centre Avenue and Huguenot Street (SB US 1) was the headquarters of Terrytoons.
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  Is that a condom on the roll-up door, or a rubber glove, or a plastic bag?
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  From there I walked to the Centre Avenue Bridges. This bridge has a three ton weight limit.
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  The Centre Avenue Bridges go over the Metro-North New Haven Line, and the New England Thruway (I-95). This shot is to Mamaroneck, Rye, and New England (hence the name)...
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  .. and this shot is towards New York City, New Jersey and the south.
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  Back southbound over the New Haven Line with a 3 ton WL sign. I know of a 3 ton wooden bridge in Eastport, Long Island that I would've felt safer driving on.
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  Maybe they don't want to replace it because of these historic-looking girders.
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  I don't know if this storefront on the southeast corner of Centre and Huguenot is historic, but I thought I'd get a pic anyhow.
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  One last New Rochelle shot, this time of the cemetery at the New Rochelle Trinity St. Paul Church before I caught an Amtrak train to Penn Station...
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  .. which was where I resumed my crusade for a commons category of restaurants at Penn Station, starting with this Dunkin Donuts...
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  .. and continuing through this Auntie Annie's. And more has come and will come.
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  Back in Bayside, this building is one of the Hawthorne Court Apartments on 43rd Avenue and 216th Street.
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  This apartment complex is not on the National Register of Historic Places...
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  .. but they are a New York City Designated Landmark
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  Staircase to a pedestrian crosswalk between some of the apartments.
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  A stop ahead sign exists southbound at the northern side of the apartment complex ½ of the way between 42nd and 43rd Avenues
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  West of 216th Street I spotted this old cemetery on 42nd that wasn't being maintained.
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  Further evidence of the Dutch colonial architectural influence in Queens is at this apartment building.
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  A smaller example is at this aluminum frame and siding dealer, which seems to be shared with a flower shop..

October 24, 2018;

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  At the New York City-Great Neck Line, NY 25A is shared by the "Washington Spy Trail."
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  I've been looking for a historic house along New Hyde Park Road, but I didn't find it...
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  .. so I had to settle for the "American Guitar Museum."
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  Not what I was looking for, but not that bad of a deal.
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  This is the west entrance to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York.
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  Since it was Autumn 2018, there was no fee at the time.
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  Entrance to Calturn on the Park, a restaurant inside the former Salisbury Golf Country Club.
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  Before reaching NY 24, there was an ad for the 2018 Free Summer Concert Series, which was long over by this time.
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  From there I took NY 24 to NY 106, and drove under the recently rebuilt Hicksville (LIRR station).
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  Along NY 106-107 is a site in Jericho that I've been seeking for years.
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  It's the legendary and historic Milleridge Inn. This time they were having a Halloween exhibit.
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  More specifically, it was their annual pumpkin patch.
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  The old neon sign is also there.
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  Shot of the restaurant itself. After this I drove up NY 107 to get back to NY 25A, for something I missed the chance to get on October 21st.
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  Sign for the Brookville Nurseries on NY 25A in Brookville. Not that significant unless you consider one feature of the place.
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  This nursery had an Agway gas station. I'll bet you never knew Agway sold gas.
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  And judging by the "10% Ethanol" stickers, the pumps still seemed to be active recently.
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  Back to Oyster Bay, where I drove past the NRHP-listed Raynham Hall...
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  .. and the rebuilt Matinecock Masonic Lodge. But there are so many other sites there needing pictures.
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  In Cold Spring Harbor I tried to seek an image from the Goose Hill Road Historic District, but had to settle for this unusual historical marker further north.
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  While parked in Huntington, I wanted more pictures of Heckscher Park, and I started with this entrance on Prime Avenue.
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  I also got a shot of this fountain in the park... and it's still not enough.
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  At my second attempt to get a site along Park Avenue, I had to settle for another pic of Bethel AME Church and Manse
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  And since Park Avenue leads to NY 110 in Halesite, I thought I'd try for a shot of the north end of that route. Unfortunately my attempts at Huntington Bay's NRHP houses failed again.
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  On the other hand zig-zagging through the Town of Huntington got me this shot of a pocket park near Northport (LIRR station) in East Northport, which used to be a trolley stop.
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  Northeast of there, I got the long-standing Saint Johnland Nursing Center off of Saint Johnland Road in Kings Park
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  East of that is this wye intersection used to lead to the northern part of Kings Park Psychiatric Center...
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  .. the grounds of which contain a local soccer field...
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  .. and are now in Nissequogue River State Park.
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  This sign is a list of park activities right next to...
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  .. the toll gate which was closed for the winter. I could've gone in without paying, but I didn't want to.
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  York Hall , a.k.a. KPPC Building 80 was the hospital's theater, movie house, and church.
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  As with the Suydam Homestead 3 days earlier, I got the first non-black and white HABS image of the Obadiah Smith House in San Remo.
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  More shots of the former section of NY 25A at Willow Ridge and Stone Gate in Smithtown.
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  This flower patch is on the west corner of Route 25A and Willow Ridge / Stone Gate.
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  The east end of the old NY 25A before I turned back west onto NY 25 at the Smithtown Bull.
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  The sign at this parking lot of Caleb Smith State Park Preserve said a permit is required for pictures of the park, but I took one without it anyhow.
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  And then I took one of the entrance to the park from NY 25 as I left.
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  East of there along NY 25 is a long standing bike shop on the west bank of the Nissequogue River. That sign is so colonial.
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  Another site along the west bank of the Nissequogue is this old house, that's apparently now a law office.
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  As soon as NY 25 runs under the bridge for the LIRR Port Jefferson Branch, it will merge with NY 25A from there to NY 111 in the Village of The Branch.
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  So many have covered this witch at a pumpkin farm in St. James, but none have been on Wikipedia... until now.
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  The Mills Pond Historic District had all HABS images until now.
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  This sign for the house the district centers around can be seen along NY 25A...
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  .. and this is the driveway from NY 25A leading to that house.
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  One of the few images I was able to capture in Poquott, and it was the NRHP-listed Benner-Foos-Ceparano Estate
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  The only shot I was able to get of the John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson. I tried to get one of St. Charles Hospital too (which didn't work), and a Suffolk County Police Officer pulled me over for both.
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  I needed some shots of Prosser Pines County Park in Middle Island, New York.
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  As in the previous shot, this one is of the caretaker's house. Except this was from inside the parking lot.
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  A scene of the park entrance from Suffolk CR 21 was good too...
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  But these were the only shots I was able to get at the time.
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  From there I made a U-Turn up East Bartlett Road where I was able to take a shot of the Spring Lake Golf Course. I wanted more of this place.
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  From there it was down to the western end of Suffolk CR 99 at CR 19 in Holtsville...
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  .. for the stub of a relocated right-turn ramp that was planned if CR 99 had been extended west of here.
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  I've been trying to prove this existed for years, but nobody seems to believe me, especially people on Wikipedia.

October 25, 2018; The Second Invasion of Staten Island;

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  On my way to Staten Island, I thought I'd snap some additional pictures of Junius Street (IRT New Lots Line) subway station.
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  Along the way, I found some station art along the Harlem Terminal-bound platform.
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  "A crab never forget He Hole." I have no idea what that means.
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  "Your wings already exist. All you have to do is fly."
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  Back to the previous message, which I still can't figure out.
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  A bunch of service changes for the 2, 3, and 4 trains that month.
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  From the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, I had to transfer to the BMT 4th Avenue Line @ the Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street (now Barclay Centre) complex.
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  The mosaics on here just say Pacific Street.
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  Am I doing a service to the public by posting these emergency exit signs, or a disservice?
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  From 86th Street to a bus to Staten Island, I thought I'd take an extra pic of Grasmere (Staten Island Railway station)
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  And after that, an R44 to New Dorp (Staten Island Railway station)
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  Over the tracks is the B&O era station house on the New Dorp Lane bridge. I went there in the fifth picture
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  This shot across the tracks is of the St. George's Terminal-bound platform.
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  And another one of the same platform, but under the Rose Lane bridge over the tracks.
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  I thought about going to Historic Richmondtown for more shots of the old station, but realized I wouldn't have had the time.
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  So, one last shot of the Tottenville-bound platform was due before I headed back north...
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  .. to Grant City (Staten Island Railway station), which also needed more station images
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  Like this shot of the Tottenville-bound platform, for example
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  This staircase goes up to the station house on the west side of the Lincoln Avenue Bridge.
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  Before that staircase though is a braille subway-type sign and a red sign telling commuters not to enter or cross the tracks
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  The B&O and PWA influence on the design of this station house is quite difficult to ignore.
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  As is the 7-Eleven at the northeast corner of Lincoln Avenue and North Rail Road Avenue.
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  This side entrance at the station house goes to the Tottenville-bound tracks.
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  Another "Do Not Enter or Cross Tracks" sign next to the braille sign at the bottom of the stairs.
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  Same site, but it's an effort to capture the Exit sign above the staircase, which was partially cut off by the camera.
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  This staircase goes up to a bridge connecting Fremont Avenue, but it's a pedestrian bridge.
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  A braille sign exists here too.
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  The north entrance to the pedestrian bridge...
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  ... from North Railroad and Fremont Avenues.
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  The South entrance to the pedestrian bridge...
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  from South Railroad and Fremont Avenues.
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  While you will find pedestrian crossing warning signs on both North and South Railroad Avenues at Fremont Avenue, I only captured the one on South Railroad Avenue.
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  Where else can you find orange pedestrian signal crossing signs besides Staten Island?
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  Back down from the Fremont Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, but this time on the St. George-bound platform.
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  A close-up shot of that braille sign for good measure.
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  Looking southwest towards Tottenville just north of the Fremont Avenue pedestrian bridge...
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  .. then at the staircase between that bridge and the Tottenville-bound platform.
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  These lampposts along the platforms seem like they were meant to be energy efficient and prevent vandalism, but I could be wrong.
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  Last shot of Grant City Staten Island Railway station before I headed to the station at Jefferson Avenue...
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  .. where I later realized I took an image that turned out to be a duplicate of one of the ones I took in 2017.
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  After catching another train to Saint George Terminal, I tried to capture some more Staten Island Railway trucks parked in Tompkinsville.
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  Then getting off the Staten Island Ferry, I managed to get this shot of the Trinity and US Realty Entrance to the Wall Street Subway station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, with a dead camera and dying cell phone.
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  Sadly, my dying cell phone left me with very few decent images of this station. This turnstile (for what it's worth) was one of them.

October 26, 2018;

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  There were certain images I wanted of the Morris Park Subway station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line in the Bronx.
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  Unfortunately, I had very little chance of capturing the station before some major changes that were taking place on WP:NYPT that I strongly opposed.
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  So I was forced to take them in the wee hours of the morning before I drove "home" from New York City.
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  After some fiasco that sent me on a mad dash back to NYC from Central New Jersey, I was able to get a 2nd pic of the westbound gas station on Grand Central Parkway at LaGuardia Airport. More shots are needed of both of them.

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