Portal of the day
Located at 770 Eastern Parkway, this building is the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. It is of such significance to the organization that Lubavitchers around the world — from Italy to Australia to Israel — have built replicas of it.
Obama Fried Chicken
Continuing the proud tradition of presidential chicken, this establishment seems to have weathered the early criticism of its name change and was even featured in a Clipse music video (though its name was erased from the sign when the video aired on TV).
UPDATE: The only version of the video still available online is the one with the restaurant's name erased.
UPDATE: Obama Fried Chicken is a goner.
Carter G. Woodson
The father of black history
Legendary Kingz Auto Club
Danny Kaye's alma mater
Bishop Walter Dunlap, a.k.a. Rabbi Ezekiel Bension
Honored by a 2010 legislative resolution in the State Senate, he has apparently been able to hold onto his church despite a parishioner fraudulently selling it to a developer.
I prefer R, personally
It's tough to see in this photo
but the seal at the top of the building, with its three sheaves of wheat that look like mushrooms, reminded me of something I'd seen before. I was a little confused by its presence here in New York, but then I reached the end of the block and found myself standing at Pennsylvania Avenue.
Princess Di
She looks a little different than I remember...
Conduit Avenue
Built on the right-of-way of a former aqueduct (hence the name), this road has an exceedingly wide median. Here in Queens, just across the border from Brooklyn, there appears to be a park of some sort taking shape.
UPDATE: It's not a park; it's a bioretention facility with "the capacity to divert at least 200,000 gallons of stormwater that would otherwise flow into the combined sewer system–roughly 90% of the stormwater that accumulates within the drainage area during a moderate storm."
Barberz #7
Linden Boulevard
Linden Boulevard, which is interrupted several times in its journey across Brooklyn and Queens, comprises a handful of discontinuous roadway segments that vary from this mighty thoroughfare to the isolated little stub of pavement you see above.
So, just to be clear
It's cool if I park here, right?
Belmont Metals
A pocket of industry in East New York
Yet another type of natural gas line vent
A menorah for all seasons
A menorah tree for all seasons
Milk crate basketball
The bottom of the crate has been removed, so it's actually a pretty decent stand-in for a hoop.
Day 470: Behind the movie theater