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Morris Park 5 train station

February 10th, 2012



Opened 100 years ago as a station on the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway

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St. Raymond’s Church

February 10th, 2012



See more across the street.

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Cricket bats

February 10th, 2012



On sale at Cricket Zone & Trophy World

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Church of the Holy Family

February 10th, 2012


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That’s about right

February 10th, 2012


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Use whatcha got, Part IV

February 10th, 2012



This is the foundation for a house's patio. You can see a steel I-beam running into the piled stones. Check out Street View for the bigger picture. (The text on the heart reads: "You will not be able to love your children if you do not love your mother".)

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The former Bronxdale Houses

February 10th, 2012



Renamed in 2010

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Barberz #3

February 10th, 2012


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That car must be purple

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Portal of the day

February 10th, 2012



1157 Wheeler Avenue.

Judging by the names on the doorbells, his cousin and roommate still live here.

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Amadou Diallo memorial

February 10th, 2012



Not controversial anymore. It originally looked like this.

Amadou is also memorialized in the name of this block of Wheeler Avenue: Amadou Diallo Place.

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Little touch of art deco

February 10th, 2012



A rarity here in Soundview

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Watson Avenue Site

February 10th, 2012



Another inspired name!

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The Royal Kingbee

February 10th, 2012



This guy is all over the Bronx — I've probably walked by 20 of his pieces so far. He does a lot of commercial work for businesses, almost all of it featuring at least one deranged bee.



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Because it's a spray shower!

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Another vivero

February 10th, 2012



One of many I've passed so far

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You can’t walk here

February 10th, 2012



Because the universe would explode.

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Fire Alarm Telegraph Bureau

February 10th, 2012



This is the FDNY's Bronx communications dispatch office. When you activate one of those fire alarm call boxes in the borough (the kind with buttons for the FDNY and NYPD — there are no more old telegraphic pull boxes in the Bronx), this is where the signal goes. The borough's FDNY-related 911 calls and building fire alarms are also all routed here.

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9/11 memorial #24

February 10th, 2012



On the side of the FDNY Bureau of Communications building

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Road closed

February 10th, 2012



from May 18th to May 1st. I guess February 10th does fall in that window. Fortunately for me, the sidewalk (on the other side) was still open!

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Reason for the closure

February 10th, 2012



According to a sign posted on the fence, the name of this project is "East River CSO Retention Facilities, Bronx River Floatables Control" and the objective is "extending the weir length of the existing Regulator CSO 27A (beneath Bronx Park Avenue), and installing two (2) electro hydraulically operated mechanical underflow bar screens."

Wait, what?

Oh, this!

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Remnants of the NYW&B

February 10th, 2012



The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway used to run on an elevated track here. You can see its former course through this area pretty clearly in aerial photos. Just a few blocks north of here, the old railway is incorporated into the subway system as the Dyre Avenue Line (5 train).

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Gone

February 10th, 2012


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Bronx River

February 10th, 2012



You can see the reflection of a subway train (2 or 5) passing by.

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The genesis of a park

February 10th, 2012



This will one day be West Farms Park (scheduled for completion in Winter 2011, according to the nearby sign), part of the proposed Bronx River Greenway. That's another 2 or 5 train passing by on the elevated tracks.

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West Farms Square

February 10th, 2012



That's an elevated subway station (2 and 5 trains) in the background.

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Clinton Towers

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United Pickle

February 10th, 2012



I like pickles. I like pickles a lot. I like how they taste, and I like how they smell. But this place reeked of pickles.

United Pickle (run by these guys) fought in the Great Lower East Side Pickle War of 2006-2007.

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Tiebout Avenue

February 10th, 2012



On top of a cliff

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More road work

February 10th, 2012



Looks pretty puny compared to the other project.