"This premises is protected by electronic monitoring equipment 24 hours."
"Also, good luck getting past all the vines, flags, and fake potted flowers."
And what a surprise! One of these ubiquitous notes has decided to make an appearance.
Let's see what happens when we scan that QR code.
Well played.
This clock keeps track of salat times for the worshipers at Parkchester Jame Masjid, a mosque that serves the burgeoning Bangladeshi population of Parkchester.
Perhaps painted for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 last year?
At least 20 recognizable versions are visible — take a look!
I think this might outnumber the previous one!
A street-name classic, right up there with Himrod, Nurge, Yznaga, and Featherbed. Fteley Avenue is not named for the mythical Fort Eley, as some might tell you, but rather for Alphonse Fteley, the former chief engineer of the New York Aqueduct Commission who helped design the Jerome Park Reservoir.
(There is a street actually named Bronx River Avenue located just a few hundred yards from here.)
That was the motto of the short-lived New York edition of Newsday, and it was the phrase that once adorned the Newsday-sponsored awning of Ray's Candy Store in the East Village. It was recently reinstated on Ray's awning by the local artist Chico alongside his tribute to the deceased Bob Arihood, a beloved neighborhood blogger.
This fountain in storied Tompkins Square Park is dedicated to the memory of the 1,021 people who perished in New York City's deadliest disaster prior to 9/11: the burning of the General Slocum, an excursion steamer that was carrying residents of Manhattan's Little Germany to a church picnic when it caught fire in the East River in 1904. (The final survivor of this tragedy passed away almost 100 years later, in 2004.)
It's kind of tough to see, but the lower of those two birdhouses is just a plain black mailbox.
Henry Cogswell, a wealthy dentist and anti-alcohol advocate, built this fountain (one of many he donated around the country in the late 19th century) in Tompkins Square Park in the belief that he could encourage people to forgo alcohol by providing them with a plentiful supply of clean drinking water to enjoy instead. Good luck with that!
So reads the banner atop this dry, netted-off fish fountain outside the Church of the Immaculate Conception on 14th Street.
"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." — Isaiah 55:1
The home of Stuyvesant High School from 1907 to 1992, this beautiful building was — not surprisingly — designed by Charles B.J. Snyder.
The M15, along with three other lines, currently operates as a Select Bus Service (the MTA's version of bus rapid transit).
This willow tree grows in one of the countless community gardens found around Alphabet City.
I passed by back in July, but the windows weren't fully lit then.
Now a synagogue, this was once the church whose members died in the General Slocum disaster.
This mural is located in the same community garden as the Dorothy Day piece we saw back in March, along with several other paintings honoring influential women.
While the Bowery's lighting district is still something to behold, it has been in decline for the last decade or so.
Originally designed to "impress the beholder with its dignity and fortress-like strength on account of the neighborhood in which it is to be located", this former bank is now an upscale event space. You can see some photos of the interior here.
Formerly an adult movie theater, this building now houses what some believe to be the city's largest Buddha.
The people gathered around the tables are avidly watching games of cards and Chinese chess, regular pastimes here at the park. At left is a statue of Sun Yat-sen.
That accordion player sure looks familiar.
