An unusual plant featured in several front yards on this block
Walking around New York, I've seen this invasive plant growing almost exclusively in the Bronx (and often in very large numbers up there), but here's a little colony establishing itself in Queens.
Each of these little boxes mounted on the outside wall of Gyro World contains a small radio transmitter connected to an individual water meter. Automated Meter Reading has been implemented around the city to improve billing accuracy, eliminate the need for human meter readers, and allow customers to monitor their water usage in real time.
This strip of grass and asphalt forms a narrow section of Kissena Corridor Park, which comprises two distinct swaths of greenery running through eastern Queens along the former route of A.T. Stewart's Central Railroad of Long Island. The western corridor connects Flushing Meadows-Corona Park with Kissena Park, and the eastern corridor connects Kissena Park with Cunningham Park.
Armenian Genocide memorial at the Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs. You can see the back side of the memorial here.