And a homemade window? I didn't notice it at the time, and I can't swear it's not just an odd square of paint, but it looks to me like someone just cut a square hole in the side of the van and put a piece of glass in it to make an extra window. Here's a closer look.

as seen from the southern end of Harding Park

We've now visited all three of the Bronx's funky, narrow-streeted, cooperatively owned little waterfront communities. While the other two, Edgewater Park and Silver Beach Gardens, are "overwhelmingly" white, Harding Park has a predominantly Hispanic population.

That's a monk parakeet (a.k.a. Quaker parrot) nest atop the light pole, with a parakeet in flight right above it (zoom in). Brooklyn is the borough best known for its wild parrots, but, as we've seen, there are quite a few here in the Bronx as well. This nest is a couple of miles away from the well-established colony in Throggs Neck.

Facing out onto the public waterfront path that hugs the perimeter of Harbour Pointe at Shorehaven, a gated community, this sign is strategically located beside Harbour Pointe's swimming pool.

At left, across the water and beneath the northern approach to the Whitestone Bridge, is Ferry Point Park, where the coconuts from the previous photo were likely launched.

These Hindu offerings likely started their nautical voyage in Ferry Point Park, on the opposite bank of Westchester Creek.

I was on an unofficial little stroll around Boerum Hill in Brooklyn when I noticed a piece of rail (close-up) visible in the pavement of Bergen Street just west of Bond Street. This must be a remnant of the streetcar line that once ran down Bergen Street. The trolleys are long gone, but this western half of the line lives on in the form of the B65 bus. (Most of the city's old streetcar lines were transformed into bus routes.)