This is the First Presbyterian Church of Whitestone. A church elder who happened to be sitting in a nearby car told me that the chapel on the left is the original church building, constructed in 1871 when the area was still all farmland. The congregants, short on cash, dug out the basement themselves after the chapel had already been erected.

From a 2002 Queens Historical Society newsletter:

The beautiful bronze statue was dedicated on Armistice Day, November 11, 1924. It is dedicated by the citizens of Whitestone in grateful tribute to the memory of all who served in the wars of our country. The sculptor was Karl Illava, and he was striving to do a peace memorial rather than a war memorial. The work should stress the sadness, in fact, the insanity of war. His words were, "In the Whitestone Memorial, I have tried to portray a grief-stricken America, mourning her dead sons, of which the broken sword is a symbol. America, to me, represents our Womanhood and with love and reverence to those mothers who lost their most priceless possessions, their sons." Listed on the guest list for the dedication was President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge.

Two days in a row! Perhaps the time has come for me to make a solar death ray.

Looks like it drove straight out of this ad

Mounted higher up on this light pole is an honorary street sign: Firefighter Michael Carlo Avenue.

I asked Ciro how long it took him to make this Christmas display. He laughed and said "Fuhgeddaboudit!"

(It's worth taking a closer look.)

But I prefer a Huber, personally.

A cryptic message written on, and in, the sand at Francis Lewis Park