Just take a look (that's his/her monster van parked on the street).

Perhaps inspired by our friend up in the Bronx

Started by an ex-nun, if their website is to be believed

This is the Jackson Heights outpost of this controversial church, spectacularly headquartered in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Epitomized by the Money House Blessing spray in the background

and a conveniently placed bench

Limousines continue their occupation of this former trolley route built along a colonial-era highway.

I wonder why...

Still going strong after more than three millennia

The Ecuadorian coat of arms

It's rare to see a marine animal assigned to this terrestrial duty.

It also featured grapes and another type of flower.

The self-proclaimed second coming of Christ just turned 66, and he's getting ready for his transformation at the end of June.

The guys inside were quite proud of their paintings.

They were not interested in sharing.

I counted; they're all there (though not all in frame). The cart in the middle is part of the Ravenswood/CaLL project that traces the former path of Sunswick Creek, which long ago disappeared from the surface when its waters were integrated into the sewer system. The poles, as well as the colored bands on the trees, are meant to recall the stacks of the Ravenswood power plant.

is what that sign says.

I can only verify the accuracy of half of the name.

Ravenswood, home of Big Allis

Run DMC and a VW bus

Here we have an excellent example of that ever-popular classical order known as Marshmallow Corinthian.

This two-block-long carnival in Astoria is held annually to benefit the beautiful St. Demetrios Cathedral.

Well, not at this time of day.

(Both people in this photo are workers.)

These colored bands, which you can find wrapped around poles in the area once known as Ravenswood, follow the former path of the now-buried Sunswick Creek.

Here are the previous four.

and her eponymous church

You've probably seen something made here.