This is one of four stretch limos I passed within a span of maybe ten minutes today. In this bird's-eye view, you can see this limo and two others parked just a few houses away from each other.
As far as I can recall, three days ago was the first time I ever encountered sorghum growing in NYC. And now here's some more!
The plaques on the left side of the building commemorate fallen firefighters from this company. The largest plaque memorializes the six firemen who died in 1920 after an oil tank exploded while they were putting out a small fire on a barge at a Brooklyn Union Gas plant. (Engine Company 251 was located in Brooklyn at the time.)
This little park was built by the Glen Oaks Village co-op. It was apparently intended to honor both members of the armed forces and victims of 9/11, but the plaque on the rock in the background, while dedicated on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, features only "A Tribute to the Men and Women Who Have Served Our Country", so I'm not going to count this in the official 9/11 memorial tally.
This farmhouse, the original part of which dates back to 1772, now stands on the grounds of the Queens County Farm Museum, which is said to be the oldest continuously farmed site in the state. The land was purchased by the Adriance family in 1697 and, through a succession of owners, served as a family farm until 1926. In the latter decades of that period it became a prominent commercial farm, producing more crops for market than any other farm in Queens. The state purchased the property in 1926 for Creedmoor State Hospital (today's Creedmoor Psychiatric Center), whose patients worked the farm as a form of therapy, growing food and ornamental plants for the hospital. In 1975, the property opened as the Queens County Farm Museum, which in recent years has become more of a serious working farm.
The signs warn pregnant women and people with bad backs not to partake: "This Is A BUMPY Ride".
According to a nearby sign:
Our 45-foot steel windmill is an exact replica of the original windmill that stood in the same location from 1903-1928. The windmill pumps water from a 105 ft. deep well into a 10,000 gallon underground holding tank. The water is used to irrigate the orchard. . . .P.S. It's an Aermotor!
Each time the windmill blades turn one revolution, the pump goes down and brings up about 2 cups of water.
Heading out of the Queens County Farm Museum, I once again pass by the Adriance Farmhouse.
The three massive apartment towers in the background, one of which is hidden from view, stand at the edge of New York City (one of the holes of the golf course is in Nassau County) atop the highest piece of land in Queens.
I took this photo from the top of the parking garage at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. In areas without a lot of tall buildings in the immediate vicinity, parking garages can offer some awesome views.
Starting in the front, we have a 1960 Chevy Bel Air, a '68 Ford Custom 500, and a '67 Chevy Chevelle. Across the street is another '67 Chevelle and, in a driveway, a Chevy El Camino from the late '70s or '80s, I believe.
