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and still intact - The "Alter Elbtunnel" underneath the river Elbe in the port of Hamburg area.
Der "Alte Elbtunnel" in Hamburg feiert in diesem Jahr seinen 100. Geburtstag/Jubiläum.
Der 1911 eröffnete Sankt Pauli-Elbtunnel – in Abgrenzung zum neuen Elbtunnel auch Alter Elbtunnel genannt – ist 426,5 Meter lang und verbindet mit seinen zwei Röhren die Innenstadt Hamburgs bei den St.-Pauli-Landungsbrücken mit Steinwerder Er unterquert die Norderelbe und wird noch heute als öffentlicher Verkehrsweg genutzt. Er galt bei seiner Eröffnung als technische Sensation und steht seit 2003 unter Denkmalschutz. Er wurde 2007 für die Auszeichnung als Historisches Wahrzeichen der Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland nominiert
In 2011 the "Old Elbtunnel" will be 100 years old.
This pic shows the western tube.
Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel (coll.) or St. Pauli Elbtunnel (official name)) (opened 1911), is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m (1,398 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m (80 ft) beneath the surface, two tubes with 6 m (20 ft) diameter connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. This meant a big improvement for tens of thousands of workers in one of the busiest harbours in the world.
Four huge lifts on either side of the tunnel carried pedestrians, carriages and motor vehicles to the bottom. They are still in operation, though due to the limited capacity by today's standards, other bridges and tunnels have been built and taken over most of the traffic.
In 2008 approx 300.000 cars, 63.000 bicycles and 700.000 pedestrians used the tunnel. The tunnel is opened 24 hours for pedestrians and bicycles. For motorized vehicles opening times are currently Monday to Friday from 5.20 AM to 8.00 PM.
The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation held a scaled down version of its annual memorial run & walk on Sun., September 27, 2020. Led by Frank Siller, and accompanied by MTA Bridges & Tunnels President Daniel DeCrescenzo and Acting Vice President and Chief of Operations Richard Hildebrand, the walk commemorates FDNY Firefighter Stephen Siller’s run through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (now the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel) on September 11, 2001, before his death at the World Trade Center.
SIM4C Express Bus
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)
At the direction of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, MTA Bridges and Tunnels closed the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel at 2 p.m. on Monday, October 29, 2012, in advance of Hurricane Sandy.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Siller honor guard at the annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run, commemorating the FDNY firefighter’s run through the tunnel to the World Trade Center on 9/11 on Sunday September 29, 2013. Photo: MTA photo/B&T Director of Central Operations Daniel DeCrescenzo
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
The New York City Fire Department or the Fire Department City of New York (FDNY) has the responsibility for protecting the citizens and property of New York City's five boroughs from fires and fire hazards, providing emergency medical services, technical rescue as well as providing first response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards. The department has its headquarters in 9 MetroTech Center, Downtown Brooklyn, and its training academy (The FDNY Fire Academy) on Randall's Island.
The FDNY, the largest municipal fire department in the United States, and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department, has approximately 11,080 uniformed officers and firefighters and over 3,300 uniformed EMTs and paramedics. It faces an extraordinarily varied challenge. In addition to responding to building types that range from wood-frame single family homes to high-rise structures, there are the many bridges and tunnels, large parks and wooded areas that can give rise to major brush fires, and one of the largest subway systems in the world. These challenges add yet another level of firefighting complexity and have led to the creation of the motto for FDNY firefighters of New York’s Bravest.
Seven new peregrine falcon chicks are living in their parents’ nesting boxes high atop three MTA bridges. The new chicks include four newly hatched peregrines at Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial, two at Throgs Neck and one at the Verrazano-Narrows. They hatched in early May and were recently banded by wildlife specialist Chris Nadareski, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s Wildlife Studies division. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels lent personnel and a fleet of 18 trucks and other pieces of heavy equipment to assist in the snow removal efforts in Suffolk County after a huge blizzard dumped up to 30 inches of snow across the County on February 8-9, 2013.
Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo toured the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel) on Oct. 30, 2012, with MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota and Jim Ferrara, President of MTA Bridges and Tunnels. The tunnel flooded during Hurricane Sandy.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels officials, Staten Island elected officials and family members of fallen MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi attended a solemn ceremony September 28, 2015 to rename a portion of Major Avenue in honor of Choi, who was critically injured at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in October 2013. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Street Near Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Renamed In Honor Of MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi
VWS9436 Copyright © VW Selburn 2019: It's amazing some of the sights one can see from a coach window. The Italians seem to be pretty good at bridge and tunnel building. This is how they build bridges.
On Monday, October 22, 2012, the former Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was renamed the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel in honor of New York State's 51st Governor.
This photo shows Erik Clarke of MTA New York City Transit, who performed "New York, New York," governor Carey's favorite song.
The overall ceremony was attended by New York State Lieutenant Governor Robert J. Duffy, NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, former Governor Mario Cuomo, former Governor and MTA Board member David A. Paterson, MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota, members of the Carey family, and staff of MTA Bridges and Tunnels.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Vehicles impounded by TBTA at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge during Persistent Toll Violator interdiction operations on Tuesday, Mar 21, 2023.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Under its mother’s watchful eye, a peregrine falcon chick is banded by NYC DEP Research Scientist Chris Nadareski atop the south tower of the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The chick, named Tillie, appeared healthy.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
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I don't know what makes me happier...the fact that I actually seem to have found my creative juju again or the fact that I, for the first time in 13 years, fit into my wedding dress today.
I tried it on, on a lark, only to find out that it did up...with a teeny bit of room to spare! I do think that this means I've lost the 100lbs I've been targeting... or at least the 100lbs of fat...this whole muscle building thing is great...however when one loses 2 inches but gains 10lbs it leaves one feeling baffled.
Not to mention wondering where the 10 lbs of muscle packed on...until she tries on her beautiful tall winter boots...and realizes each calf gain 5lbs of solid muscle! I'll take it!
NYC Department of Environmental Protection Research Scientist Chris Nadareski atop the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Bridge on Wed., May 21, 2020, where he examines and applies tracking bands to new peregrine falcons that have hatched in a nest built atop the structure for them.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA Bridges and Tunnels lent personnel and a fleet of 18 trucks and other pieces of heavy equipment to assist in the snow removal efforts in Suffolk County after a huge blizzard dumped up to 30 inches of snow across the County on February 8-9, 2013.
Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
MTA Bridges and Tunnels maintainers work during January 23, 2016 blizzard. In this photo spreading salt at Verrazano Bridge. Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
A statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel on Temple Way, Bristol, Avon.
The statue was presented to Bristol by the Bristol and West Building Society, it was created by sculpture by John Doubleday and unveiled 26th May 1982. It was moved from its original site at Broad Quay in 2006, the bi-centenary of Brunel's birth. Not only does it now front the modern offices of Osborne Clarke the firm of solicitors who did much of Brunel's legal work, but also waymarks the new additional access to Brunel's great station, created with development of Temple Quay. Another statue by Brunel, by the same artist, is located at Paddington Station, the eastern end of his great railway.
was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his ground breaking designs and ingenious constructions". Brunel built dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.
Though Brunel's projects were not always successful, they often contained innovative solutions to long-standing engineering problems. During his career, Brunel achieved many engineering "firsts", including assisting in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river and development of SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the time (1843) also the largest ship ever built.
Brunel set the standard for a well-built railway, using careful surveys to minimise grades and curves. This necessitated expensive construction techniques and new bridges and viaducts, and the two-mile-long Box Tunnel. One controversial feature was the wide gauge, a "broad gauge" of 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), instead of what was later to be known as 'standard gauge' of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm). The wider gauge added to passenger comfort but made construction much more expensive and caused difficulties when eventually it had to interconnect with other railways using the narrower gauge. As a result of the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846, the gauge was changed to standard gauge throughout the GWR network.
Brunel astonished Britain by proposing to extend the Great Western Railway westward to North America by building steam-powered iron-hulled ships. He designed and built three ships that revolutionised naval engineering.
The "Champlain" docks at the Port Kent Ferry Wharf
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Built as the “City of Hampton”, this ferry had a length of 148 feet and was powered by one 550 HP direct reversible diesel engine. The pistons have a 14” bore X 17” stroke with a maximum RPM of 250.
With the opening of several bridges and tunnels The City of Hampton became one of several ferries to be disposed of by the Virginia Department of Highways in 1957. She ran in Hampton Rhodes on a crossing from Old Point Comfort (Fort Monroe) to Willoughby on the Norfolk side. Part of the crossing was in shallow water, so the City of Hampton was built with a flat bottom.
Lake Champlain Transportation purchased the City of Hampton in November of 1957, and made arrangements for her to be towed from Norfolk, Virginia and Waterford, New York. While in Waterford, the upper deck was carefully cut loose and lowered onto the main deck. This would give her enough clearance to pass under the low bridges during the northward trip to Lake Champlain. Renamed the “Champlain”, she joins the Valcour and the Adirondack on the Burlington-to-Port Kent crossing. ferries.com/about/history/
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MTA Bridges and Tunnels officials, Staten Island elected officials and family members of fallen MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi attended a solemn ceremony September 28, 2015 to rename a portion of Major Avenue in honor of Choi, who was critically injured at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in October 2013. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Street Near Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Renamed In Honor Of MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi
Persistent toll violator vehicles interdicted by TBTA at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
NYC DEP Research scientist Chris Nadareski sits with falcon. One baby boy and 3 baby girl peregrine falcons are banded atop the Rockaway tower of the Marine Parkway Bridge. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Grand Central Terminal 03/05/2015 11h51
A small satellite of the New York Transit Museum is located in the Grand Central Terminal. The New York Transit Museum (also called the NYC Transit Museum) displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems under the administration of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The main Museum is located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station in Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
More information: Wikipedia - New York Transit Museum.
Grand Central Terminal
FACTS & FIGURES
Location: 89 East 42nd Street at Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Owned by: Midtown TDR Ventures (leased to Metro-North Railroad)
Opened: 1871
Rebuilt: 1913, 1994–2000
Lines: Hudson Line - Harlem Line - New Haven Line - New Canaan Branch - Danbury Branch
Platforms: 44 high-level platforms (43 island platforms, 1 side platform, 6 tracks with Spanish solution)
Tracks: 67 (41 on upper level, 26 on lower level)
Levels: 2
Built: 1903
Architect: Reed and Stem & Warren and Wetmore
Architectural style: Beaux-Arts
[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Grand Central Terminal ]
Quote from a web page about the Concrete Ships: "In December 1948, nine McCloskey ships (made out of concrete) were partially sunk to form a ferry breakwater off the coast of Kiptopeke Beach, Virginia.
After the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, the ferry was put out of business; however, the breakwater still protects the beach and provides a home for coastal fish and birds."
We anchored our sailboat behind the breakwater, and from the boat took this shot.
Persistent Toll Violator vehicles interdicted by MTA Bridges & Tunnels at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge on Thursday, Feb 9, 2023.
(Aaron Donovan / MTA)
Persistent Toll Violator vehicles interdicted by MTA Bridges & Tunnels at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge on Thursday, Feb 9, 2023.
(Aaron Donovan / MTA)
Present day aerial view of Henry Hudson Bridge. The bridge, connecting the northern tip of Manhattan to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, turns 75 on Monday, Dec. 12th. The Henry Hudson, at 800-feet, was the world's longest plate-girder, fixed arch bridge when it opened in December 1936. Click for more info. Photo courtesy of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Special Archive.
As part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the Veteran Corps of Artillery fired a 50-gun salute, with howitzers on both the Brooklyn and Staten Island sides of the Narrows.
Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit
MTA Bridges and Tunnels officials, Staten Island elected officials and family members of fallen MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi attended a solemn ceremony September 28, 2015 to rename a portion of Major Avenue in honor of Choi, who was critically injured at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in October 2013. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Street Near Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Renamed In Honor Of MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi
Persistent toll violator vehicles interdicted by TBTA at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
MTA Bridges and Tunnels officials, Staten Island elected officials and family members of fallen MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi attended a solemn ceremony September 28, 2015 to rename a portion of Major Avenue in honor of Choi, who was critically injured at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in October 2013. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Street Near Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Renamed In Honor Of MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems.
Mama Falcon visits her baby chicks atop the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Bridge on Wed., May 21, 2020, where Chris Nadareski examines and applies tracking bands to new peregrine falcons that have hatched in a nest built atop the structure for them.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Vehicles impounded by TBTA at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge during Persistent Toll Violator interdiction operations on Tuesday, Mar 21, 2023.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
After nearly 80 years in the salty sea-air, the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is getting major upgrades and repairs to its lift span mechanical and electrical systems, structural steel and grid-deck repairs, bridge painting, and new fire line system and hydrants. Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Fellow "Flickr-holic" Bridges and Tunnels and I took our annual trip to Sydney's Northwest on 29 December 2015 to review progress on Metro Northwest (AKA the North West Rail Link).
Five photos describing activity at the corner of Windsor and Schofields Road during the construction of the sky bridge at this point.
NYC DEP Research scientist Chris Nadareski with falcon.Two baby boys and one baby girl peregrine falcons are banded atop the Throgs Neck Bridge. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Persistent Toll Violator vehicles interdicted by MTA Bridges & Tunnels at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge on Thursday, Feb 9, 2023.
(Aaron Donovan / MTA)
청천강다리의 초소.
In a strangely pointless exercise, railway bridges and tunnels in the DPRK are guarded by gun-toting female soldiers.
New York City- Joint Task Force Empire Shield (JTF-ES) during recent patrols at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.
JTF -ES is the state’s standing military organization that plans and prepares for defense support to civil authority missions throughout the New York City area and is jointly staffed with Army and Air National Guard personnel along with members of the New York Naval Militia and New York Guard.
The service members on JTF-ES augment the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police at Penn Station, Grand Central Station in New York City and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD) at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airports, the New State Police and the Tunnel Bridge and Toll Authority (TBTA) at the various bridges and tunnels in the New York City area.
Joint Task Force Empire Shield is constantly planning to meet security threats in conjunction with New York State and municipal emergency and security managements, providing surge forces much more rapidly for New York City law enforcement and first responders. Division of Military and Naval Affairs Photos by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman.
"Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel (coll.) or St. Pauli Elbtunnel (official name)) which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m (1,398 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m (80 ft) beneath the surface, two tubes with 6 m (20 ft) diameter connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. This meant a big improvement for tens of thousands of workers in one of the busiest harbors in the world.
Four huge lifts on either side of the tunnel carried pedestrians, carriages and motor vehicles to the bottom. They are still in operation, though due to the limited capacity by today's standards, other bridges and tunnels have been built and taken over most of the traffic.
In 2008 approx 300.000 cars, 63.000 bicycles and 700.000 pedestrians used the tunnel. The tunnel is opened 24 hours for pedestrians and bicycles."
Source: wikipedia.org
MTA Bridges and Tunnels lent personnel and a fleet of 18 trucks and other pieces of heavy equipment to assist in the snow removal efforts in Suffolk County after a huge blizzard dumped up to 30 inches of snow across the County on February 8-9, 2013.
Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
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You probably think that you already know everything that you need to know about the Central Park reservoir. After all, everyone has heard of New York City, and most people (except the residents of certain boroughs that we won't mention by name) assume that "New York City" means "Manhattan." And if you've heard of Manhattan, then you've heard of Central Park ... and if you know about Central Park, then you know about the reservoir in the middle of the park. What more is there to know?
Well, actually, there's a lot you should know, beginning with the fact that its official name is now "The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir," in honor of the late widow of President John Kennedy. But you can call it the Central Park Reservoir, because that was its original name, and that's what most of us here still do call it. (We also insist on calling the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge by its original moniker, "the Triboro Bridge," but who knows how long that will last.)
More importantly, it's not even a reservoir any more ... or, to be more precise, it became a "decommissioned" reservoir in 1993, when it was deemed obsolete because of a new water-main under 79th Street that connected to the Third Water Tunnel. (There was also some concern that the reservoir might eventually become contaminated because of the nasty habit of the rowdy bridge-and-tunnel crowd -- aka visitors from New Jersey, Long Island, and other 'burbs -- to pee in the reservoir after getting thoroughly sloshed on green beer and Ripple wine every St. Patrick's Day. But we don't really like to talk about that, because they eventually go home, and we make a lot of money from the event.)
So basically, the Central Park so-called reservoir is just a big pond with a billion gallons of water (give or take a gallon or two), with colorful Kanzan cherry trees along one section, a bunch of rhododendrons along another section, and lots of animals (mallards, Canadian geese, coots, loons, cormorants, wood ducks, raccoons, grebes, herons, and egrets) who hang out in the general area. It also has a 1.58-mile jogging path, which means that you can almost always find dozens of people jogging, walking, or racing around the park; and only the cynics would remind you that game show host Jack Barry died while jogging around the reservoir in 1984.
You might think that the reservoir was originally a pond or a small lake, or that it was fed and replenished by some kind of underground stream. But in fact, the reservoir was built during the period of 1858-1862 by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, as part of the overall design of Central Park. It was never a source of water itself, nor was it a "collecting" reservoir; its purpose instead was to receive water from upstate New York, via the Croton Aqueduct, and distribute it to the thirsty residents of Manhattan. All of that predated the work of Olmstead and Vaux; the Croton aqueduct was begun in 1837, and began delivering water to New York City in 1842.
So much for the history of the place. Like I said, it's basically just a big pond in the middle of Manhattan; but it happens to be a very beautiful place, especially with the skyline of the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, and central Manhattan so visible from different vantage points. During the brief week or two that the cherry trees are in blossom, it's almost as beautiful as the famous stretch of trees in Washington; and it's a peaceful place for a stroll throughout the spring, summer, and fall. It's even beautiful in the dead of winter, when much of the water has frozen over, and when the jogging path is basically empty...
On three consecutive days in mid-to-late August, I walked around the reservoir with my camera, doing my best to capture some of the peaceful beauty, as well as the activity of the joggers and walkers and tourists. On the first day, I walked clockwise around the reservoir -- because everyone else was following the posted rules, and was running/walking counter-clockwise, which made it easier for me to photograph them. Then I came back the next day and walked the circumference again, but this time in the officially-sanctioned counter-clockwise direction. And then I decided that all of the still photos had failed to capture the beauty of the fountain that sprays a plume of water high into the air, as well as the constant motion of all those joggers and walkers ... so I came back for a third lap around the park, but this time with my camera set to "video" instead of "still." I've done my best to winnow all of the photos and videos down to a representative set; but to truly appreciate the beauty of the place, you'll have to come back and see it for yourself.
By the way, don't ask me what a grebe is. I have no idea, and I can only hope that I haven't stepped on one by mistake as I've walked around the reservoir from time to time...
Seven new peregrine falcon chicks are living in their parents’ nesting boxes high atop three MTA bridges. The new chicks include four newly hatched peregrines at Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial, two at Throgs Neck and one at the Verrazano-Narrows. They hatched in early May and were recently banded by wildlife specialist Chris Nadareski, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s Wildlife Studies division. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.