Gateway National Recreation Area, Lower Bay
Staten Island
photographs by Roger W. Smith
— posted by Roger W. Smith
October 2025
Gateway National Recreation Area, Lower Bay
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the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
photograph by Roger W. Smith
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking New York Harbor with Lower New York Bay (known as the Loewr Bay) and the Atlantic Ocean.
The bridge was named for the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1491-1528).
— posted by Roger W. Smith
August 2025
shared with Rosa, May 28, 2025
Rosa, the proprietor of a fresh fish mart in our neighborhood, is friendly with me and my wife.
We told her we would share some photos.
They are posted here.
Rosa, an immigrant who lives in Queens, wrote back:
Wow.
Such nice beautiful pictures!
New York is so vibrant & beautiful!
You take Such good pictures.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
May 29, 2025
NYC photos I
photographs by Roger W. Smith
One of Jones Beach, Long Island; the rest of the five boroughs.
— posted April 2025
New York Harbor, October 2017
photos by Roger W Smith
— posted by Roger W. Smith
October 2024
sunrise and sunset (New York Harbor)
photos by Roger W. Smith
Different times, different seasons.
I have visited as early as four in the morning.
It’s a beautiful spot.
It should be noted that the last photo is of sunrise on the East River. I took it at around 6:25 a.m.
here are some more (from October 2022)
— posted by Roger W. Smith
October 2024
the Statue of Liberty
Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
photos by Roger W. Smith
— posted by Roger W. Smith
September 2024
a Central Park portfolio
A few of my favorites, capturing what makes the park such a precious City resource.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
September 2024
Central Park
— posted by Roger W. Smith
June 2024
Midland Beach, Staten Island
One of New York City’s best kept secrets.
photographs by Roger W. Smith
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