Long Island City Skyline

Scenes from the Hoboken Terminal Waterfront

 

Its been a while since I have left the city of New York to go anywhere.  My duties don’t require much travel these days, but I have been wanting to venture out for some time.  Available time has been in short supply, so I needed to go somewhere close, really close.  Hoboken waterfront, here I come!

Meet the crew of the Hudson River Cruiser VULCAN III.

A Flickr acquaintance informed me that this used to be a pier that burned down in the early 1980’s

As someone who lives near Downtown Brooklyn, I am quite familiar with the Lower Manhattan skyline from the east, however, I am not used to this perspective.  From here, get a different view of Gehry’s New York Building (8 Spruce Street), the Woolworth Building, the Financial District, and am actually able to see Battery Park City.

The Hoboken terminal itself.  I would have liked to have gotten some shots of the interior, but it’s a somewhat camera-phobic, environment.

Overhead catenaries for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system and NJ Transit and Metro North trains.

Although this train was photographed in Jersey City, it was responsible for getting me to Hoboken Terminal.

We both eventually had to make the commute back to New York, our modes of transit however, were different.

Everywhere are Rooftops

The Ridgewood ‘skyline’ leads to way to the Midtown skyline; as seen from Palmetto and Seneca.

A City Within

Newtown Creek and the Midtown Manhattan skyline as seen from the Pulaski Bridge.

Empire State of Sundial

The Midtown Manhattan skyline from a sundial’s perspective.  Taken from the Exchange Place waterfront on Jersey City.

Other Side of the Tracks II

Other Side of the Tracks

The Manhattan skyline as seen from the Middle Village area of Queens.

A Brooklyn Summer

The neighborhood as seen from the apex of Sunset Park.

Green water

The Jackie Kennedy Onassis reservoir gets infused with a few different colors each year.

Rocky Skyline

A geological perspective from lower end of Central Park.

Drop Off Zone

Taken from 23rd Street in Long Island City…

Ring a Ring o' Roses Session Formation in Progress

Taken from Sunset Park in Brooklyn.

Traffic in Astoria

Taken through dirty windows of a subway train, an equally dirty lens, and I forgot the the autofocus was turned of.  In spite of all this, it came out pretty well.

Backhoed Inversion

Taken along the Brooklyn Waterfront in Williamsburg.

Skyline behind the Sign

Midtown Manhattan skyline in the distance from when Greenpoint border Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

Williamsburg Bulk

The old Domino Sugar plant in Brooklyn, taken from the Williamsburg Bridge...

Night Approaching

NYC, Rearranged

Going this day forward, the Brooklyn Bridge shall be rerouted to Midtown, the Manhattan Bridge to Battery Park, and a few major skyscrapers will also be relocated. What fun one can have with double exposures. Taken from the Brooklyn Bridge Park / Empire-Fulton Ferry Park / Dumbo area of Brooklyn. When the Superbowl is going on, this is what I do.

Colorful in Queens

Its been a while since I posted anything relating to trains, rail, stations or transit of any kind, so here we go. This saturated shot was captured from the platform of the 82nd Street station (7 Train) in Jackson Heights.

Coney Island Skyline

Taken from the Steeplechase Pier…