A daily scene in NYC (Page 2): Great series. Brings back memories of being caught in traffic on the FDR and looking at the scenery next to me...

NJphotodoc Loc: Now in the First State

Great series. Brings back memories of being caught in traffic on the FDR and looking at the scenery next to me

Dannj

traderjohn wrote:

You better let them know the LIC is in Astoria, NYC, not Long Island. Nice pictures. We are now residents of NH. We still kept the house in the mid-'70s In the Eastside for city fixes. The city is becoming a cesspool.

Slight correction here: while Astoria and Long Island City are part of the New York City Borough of Queens as a governmental grouping they, along with the Borough of Brooklyn (Kings County), are physically located on Long Island along with Nassau/Suffolk counties which are not part of the City. It’s interesting that The Bronx is the only part of the City that is physically attached to the US mainland. The Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond are islands.

sr71 Loc: In Col. Juan Seguin Land

The borough of Richmond ?????? HUH?????

Dannj

sr71 wrote:

The borough of Richmond ?????? HUH?????

Yup! The official name of the fifth borough👍

jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA

Very interesting set.

willaim Loc: Sunny Southern California

Last time I was in NYC was in 2002. Your photos, excellent by the way, brought back memories.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good set.

Dannj

Re: # 1
People who are familiar with Long Island City but haven’t been there in a while will probably be surprised to learn it has a skyline😳

SparkyNYC Loc: NYC & Coconut Creek,Fl

Photocraig wrote:

Hi John, br To be accurate, Astoria is within Long... (show quote)

Thank you,I too was going to correct that also.
I grew up in LIC, and as a kid I was told that we lived on the wrong side of Broadway and the wrong side of 21st ST.
Nowadays people who live in the new LIC, do not know what is past the 59th St Bridge, and consider that Astoria.
I went to public school,PS 83, on Vernon Blvd, in an old(1885) coal burning building.

Moondoggie Loc: Southern California

Very nice series, really like the first photo, but they all are good.

Dannj

SparkyNYC wrote:

Thank you,I too was going to correct that also.
I grew up in LIC, and as a kid I was told that we lived on the wrong side of Broadway and the wrong side of 21st ST.
Nowadays people who live in the new LIC, do not know what is past the 59th St Bridge, and consider that Astoria.
I went to public school,PS 83, on Vernon Blvd, in an old(1885) coal burning building.

When I was a kid we lived in LIC on Crescent St. a few blocks north of Queens Plaza and later lived in Astoria on Crescent St a few blocks south of the Triboro. I never understood what the dividing line was just that as you traveled north on Crescent, which runs parallel to 21st St, you left LIC and entered Astoria. The best I could figure was the designation changed around 36th Ave. Broadway was definitely Astoria.

PJAlper9 Loc: San Pedro, Ca.

Astoria, Queens, is MOST CERTAINLY on Long Island (Great Necker 50s,60s, 70,s)

Dannj

PJAlper9 wrote:

Astoria, Queens, is MOST CERTAINLY on Long Island (Great Necker 50s,60s, 70,s)

Absolutely…as are the entire Boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. But would it be safe to say that people really don’t associate them with Long Island?

DICK32

Well done. Thanks for sharing.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

traderjohn wrote:

You better let them know the LIC is in Astoria, NYC, not Long Island. Nice pictures. We are now residents of NH. We still kept the house in the mid-'70s In the Eastside for city fixes. The city is becoming a cesspool.

Ya got that right!