According to a sign on the wall, this formerly mysterious and fence-shrouded Department of Health building we saw tucked beneath the White Plains Road Line back in September used to be the Williamsbridge Baby Health Station, but it currently serves as a Parks Department district headquarters and comfort station.
It looks like a giant mud pit today, but this patch of dirt on the bank of the Bronx River is actually a volunteer-built racecourse for radio-controlled cars. Check out this video of an official race here at the track.
Perhaps a remnant of the old Lorillard estate — the Lorillards started what is now the Lorillard Tobacco Company (which makes Newport and Kent cigarettes, among others) in 1760, building a still-standing snuff mill down by the Bronx River in the 1840s — this little overlook now sits alone in the woods just off the Bronx River Parkway.
hardened into stepping stones at the end of Lester Street
We've seen this place before, but it's even more of a spectacle around Christmastime. Unfortunately, because of the rain this evening, most of the celebrity mannequins were either wearing ponchos or were tucked away inside.
