Around the Neighborhood – Scarborough Station at Dusk

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It was getting dark, but I had to take the dog for a walk. Where to go? I decided to go down to Scarborough Station where I used to take the Metro North Train to go to work every day. I’d been there many times and felt that I’d probably exhausted the possibilities for finding something picture-worthy so I didn’t think I’d come back with any pictures. But I took a camera along just in case. This is what a came up with.

Adjoining the station is a small park. Above a picture of the station taken from this park.

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This woman was on her phone sitting by the river.

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I liked the shape of the tree.

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A group of young people were taking pictures with their iphones so I took a picture of them looking out over the river towards the New Tappan Zee bridge.

Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 OSS kit lens.

The McAndrews Estate – Concrete Structure

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This concrete structure is not too far from the entrance near the Cortlandt Street car park. I could find no information on its purpose. Scenes from the Trail suggests that it might have been a storage building or an ice house. Whatever its purpose might have been it doesn’t seem to have been important enough to be included on the trail map.

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Taken with an iPhone SE II .

The McAndrews Estate – Steps to Nowhere

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According to Scenes from the Trail “This is what’s left of the “Johnson House.” It was one of four houses on the estate. It is named for the Johnson family who lived in it during the time of Guillaume Reusens. Originally a two-family house, it was converted to a single family dwelling and renovated by the McAndrews family in the 1940’s.”

In the background you can just make out the retaining wall of the racetrack.

Taken with a Sony A6000 and a Sony A6000 and 7artisans 25mm f1.8 (I think).