
Padre Pio the stigmatic at St. Christopher's Roman Catholic Church

Padre Pio the stigmatic at St. Christopher's Roman Catholic Church

A 2014 winner of the Preservation League of Staten Island's Appreciation and Stewardship award

Standing outside St. Margaret Mary Roman Catholic Church in Midland Beach, this monument commemorates the seven neighborhood residents who lost their lives on 9/11. The memorial also includes a cross made from World Trade Center steel and another stone dedicated to neighborhood rescue and recovery workers who died from 9/11-related causes. The only person currently listed on that stone is Firefighter Lawrence Sullivan.

Here at the home of this grassroots relief organization, there's some familiar-looking container-top signage on display, including the Hurricane Sandy memorial at left. (And speaking of container tops, check out the scene here back in 2013.)

On the pole at right is one of NYC's relatively new speed cameras.

Troy Restaurant: "How many excuse do you need to eat great food? Correct: none."

On 9/11, Stephen Siller, an off-duty firefighter, ran through the gridlocked Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel with some 60 pounds of gear on his back to reach ground zero, where he was killed. His namesake foundation organizes many fundraising events, including an annual 5k run through the tunnel to the World Trade Center.

A memorial to the life of Army Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis

In other words, DON'T SIT HERE.
(Spotted in NoHo on the way to the Staten Island Ferry.)