Looking out over the Arthur Kill, we can see the rusting hulks of the ship graveyard. Beyond them lies the West Mound of Fresh Kills, where much of the rubble from the World Trade Center was buried, and beyond that looms the skyline of Lower Manhattan, where the twin towers once stood. Off to the right, where the white fence is (better view here), you can sometimes catch a glimpse of a horse running around, though none were out today.
Some graves here date back to the middle of the 18th century.
Holding fast to his profession without wavering, he made full proof of his ministry, and was ready to be offered.
According to Wikipedia, "Mary Katherine Horony Cummings (November 7, 1850 – November 2, 1940), known as Big Nose Kate, was a Hungarian-born prostitute and later longtime companion and common-law wife of Doc Holliday in the American Old West."
The squeaky hammer of death!
Check out the rest of the yard.
Animal repellent? Good luck charm? Here's a wider shot; there was also one hanging symmetrically on the other side of the walkway.
Built around 1893, this house was originally the residence of Isaac K. Funk (of Funk & Wagnalls).
The surrounding neighborhood, now called Westerleigh, was once known as Prohibition Park; it was developed as a summer retreat by the National Prohibition Party. Most of its streets are named for people and states that were prominent in the anti-alcohol movement (including Neal Dow, the "Napoleon of temperance"). I was with a few friends the first time I ever walked through the area; fittingly, we passed right by a guy pressing grapes in the driveway of his friend's garage winery!
This neoclassic car is built on the frame and suspension of an '85 Mercury Cougar.
Westerleigh Park, above, was once part of the picnic grove of Prohibition Park.
Looking out at Brooklyn across Upper New York Bay
Paul Newman and Martin Sheen each lived here at some point, and Emilio Estevez, Sheen's son, was reportedly born inside the building.
There were two or three other identical signs posted elsewhere around the playground.
It's surprising to come upon this large hexastyle municipal building in the middle of a sleepy residential block.
from just about the top of Grymes Hill. That's the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the distance.
