Home of the largest Queens chrome globes I've seen so far!
Faith Assembly of God, formerly Young Israel of Prospect Park, originally Zion Lutheran
Where once a pedestrian might pass...
That's the Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on the other side of the wall. Incidentally, the Flatbush branch was the first in the BPL system to offer public internet access, way back in 1996.
Another little-known but excellently logoed division of the Transit Authority. Here's a non-peeled-off version of the logo.
is a game I had never heard of before seeing this sign, which is perplexingly hung from a dead-end wall in a rather industrial part of town. (The out-of-service phone number offers no relief from the perplexity.)
Built around 1652, the original portion of this house is thought to be the oldest surviving structure in New York City. The Wyckoff House (or "that place by the McDonald's", as someone in the neighborhood later described it to me) was the first landmark designated by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission, and it now serves as a museum; you can get a good look around the place by watching the video at the bottom of this page.
Oh, and speaking of Wyckoffs...
