Helicopter
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 7300; Flight Crew Type 3700
Confusion; Distraction; Workload
Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Airspace Structure; Human Factors; Procedure
While on VFR Helicopter Route (known as the 'Throgs Route') in LGA Class B airspace heading Westbound on the Route; ATC Called out 'opposite direction helicopter'. While searching for traffic we thought we spotted what looked like to be a helicopter approximately at our one o'clock position. As it got closer we realized it wasn't a helicopter. Initially we thought it was a large bunch of balloons; but as it passed us we realized it was a large drone that had four separate (rotors).We reported what we saw to LGA Tower.We spotted the real helicopter that was opposite direction at about our eleven o'clock position. It posed no factor to us and passed us. The Tower asked them what they saw and they confirmed it was a Drone.  The Drone was at approximately 1;300 feet and passed off our right side about a mile away.
A Helicopter Pilot at 1;500 feet reported sighting a large UAV at about 1;300 feet near the VFR Helicopter Throgs Route.