Light Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160; Flight Crew Total 4055; Flight Crew Type 2100
Conflict NMAC; Inflight Event / Encounter Object
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Procedure
Took off from FRG runway 32. We were given multiple level offs and heading assignments to get us around Kennedy/NY airspace and eventually on course. Cloud bases were scattered at about 7500 feet. At the time of the encounter; we were VMC; level at 7000 feet; speed 240knots. I was comparing aircraft we could see outside with what was being shown on the TCAS. I then saw; what I initially thought was; a seagull at our altitude. Closer examination and proximity revealed it was a drone at our altitude. The closing speed was at least 240 knots possibly more. It passed off our right wing tip by about 50 feet. It was black; about the size of a baking sheet. There seemed to be an apparatus hanging from the bottom of the drone that was metallic in color. Possibly a rig to drop an object but I can't be certain or knowledgeable enough to make a certain claim. I made a report to ATC giving them as many details as possible.
Light Transport Captain reported a NMAC with a drone at 7000 feet on departure in New York's airspace.