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Today’s route — 16.0 miles

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Looks official

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Relocated runway sign

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From JFK?

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Portal of the day

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A look through the bars

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Aqueduct Racetrack and the Resorts World Casino (the highest-revenue slot parlor in the nation!) are located right on the other side of the Rockaway Line subway tracks running across the background of this photo. If I were a betting man, I'd wager that most of the folks cramming their cars into this sparsely populated corner of the neighborhood are taking advantage of the free street parking and just walking through the nearby subway station underpass, leaving them with a few extra dollars in their pocket to burn on the horses or the slots.

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It's a spy!

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The martyred twins

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Saints Cosmas and Damian

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Roger Rabbit Run

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New York's parks are generally very well documented, but I can't find any information about the existence of this Sternish-sounding strip of grass and trees beside the Belt Parkway.

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9/11 memorial #114

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Mussel colony

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on the shores of Jamaica Bay

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Bobcat in the wild

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It's not too uncommon to find a car dumped out in the city's marshlands, but this is the first skid-steer loader I've come across.

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Speaking of abandoned cars…

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IT WAS A LITTLE WINDY TODAY

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This shrine may have a better security system, but, unlike these two, it's rather lacking in the spring department.

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Howard Beach architecture

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Elongation

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This monster just barely fit between the driveways on either side of it.

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Boundary Line

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According to that white sign on the tree, this is the edge of National Park Service land.

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A severed tongue

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Poor little guy

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New York sunset

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Awesome mailbox #70

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Just a friendly reminder that gambling is like flushing your money down the toilet

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9/11 memorial #115

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On the job

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