~City Island~

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Toronto the talking Goose!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4vSooewgd8

Montreal the Canada Goose says "Good Bye" in her own language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XERhHhOMdZA

City Island Videos!

"And my Armies shall be the rocks and the trees, and the birds in the sky!" - Charlemagne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne

Hi! My name is Minneford! Very Happy

This website is dedicated to the all of children of City Island, Bronx, New York.

This is the place on the internet where you may get as much City Island, New York as anyone can.

There are important images, historic photos, maps, movies, and links to all other websites related to this small island of 4700 people.

The City Island Digital Image Gallery now Welcomes all new visitors from Wikipedia and Answers.com and City Island Connection!

The City Island Branch of the NY Public Library has been made aware of this website gallery.

The City Island Historical Society is now aware of his website and promises to help me make corrections.

Public School 175 and St Mary's School have been told of this website.

http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=40.847904,-73.78787&spn=0.02688,0.057678&t=k&om=1

Birds are nothing more, than love, covered in feathers.........

Welcome City Islanders!

This is the largest digital image gallery of City Island, Bronx New York, that there is on the internet!

City Island is the Seaport of the Bronx, a Northern Borough of New York City. The Bronx is an All American City.

Please remember to feel free to take any image here for whatever good use you need it for.

In 2006 I had personally taken all of these images with my brand new Nikon Coolpix 4600 digital camera and I wish to share most of these piccys with anyone who wants them. Some images and Quicktime movies were taken using a Nikon P4.

These images may be published in any newspaper, magazine or book.

You may make them into postcards and sell them and not have to pay me royalties or anyone else, to use them.

Yes, you may use them in a encyclopedia or dictionary like Wikipedia, Wikimedia, ect, ect....

All of these images here are free for you to use for any benevolent purpose.

Why do I want to share these for free?

I am proud of my little island and love it and the children here, need free piccys for school.

Enjoy my gallery! Have fun reminiscing while seeing the islands sights!

Some of these images are of Newspapers and TV screens and may be copyrighted and are shown under the Fair Use Rules, whatever they may be.

Some images I post here may become Copyrighted by me, before I post them here.

I will notify you here, if any images posted here are Copyrighted.

Most of these digital images are 4 Megapixel. Some are scans.

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Come with me! I'm Minneford here.

Let me show you what I see, what I already know!

Things about my City Island........

Things you never knew! Little tiny secrets of this magical place on Earth.

What you will see, will astonish you, startle you with it's beauty.

Look at all the images of our fine feathered friends, the Sun's rays shine down on the City Island Bridge, the seagulls play in the air over our homes......

My Mother saw this whole gallery and she approves! Very Happy

Did you know that this island has a small Statue Of Liberty?. Laughing

In Color!

P.S. Special Welcome to all Wkipedia and Answers.com visitors!

This gallery shows all four seasons on City Island. It includes the entire area. It began May 14th 2006.

Large Gallery of Images of City Island, Bronx, New York City, New York State, USA 10464.

City Island Victorian Mansions with gables, spires and columns.

City Island sights..... City Island landmarks....... City Island scenery.....

City Island pictures.....City Island photographs...... City Island cupolas.... City Island Turret towers...... City Island Witches Hats........ City Island Tent roofs......

This is my City Island, Bronx, New York......

At JP's Restaurant/Jorgensen's Landing is a small Statue Of Liberty on a pierhouse!

It is very idyllic over at Rodman's Neck north of the bridge. The shady trees make good shade on this Sunny day.

Northwind Mansion, Delmour's Point where I met Katherine Hepburn in 1962, Laughlin Mansion, Samuel Pell House, Morris Yacht House.

Notice the 8 faceted spire on Laughlin Mansion! I have this thing for pointed houses!

I did a photoshoot of My City Island on this sunny afternoon.

We have two lighthouses visible from this island and several Victorian Mansions.

I measured Cyrus's height today. He is 4 feet tall standing up.

Audrey is somewhat shorter and smaller.

From a distance, she seems yellowish next to cyrus.

Mom spilled coffee on my copy....

The "City Island" Island Current,
Post Office Box 6,
City Island Station,
Bronx New York 10464.....
$10 per year

This is an unpaid endorsement and advertiswment of the Island Current.

Connies New Way Supermarket

City Island Pharmacy

Public School 175 at Winter Street

Morris Yatch Clubhouse burnt

Morris Yatch Club razed

Casket or Coffin mailbox on Pilot Street

Grace Episcopal Church

Strauss House formerly Mullfell

City Island Marsh

High Island entrance

http://hawkins.pair.com/wcbs_wfan.html

Masonic Hall

Grace Episcopal Church

Casket or Coffin mailbox on Pilot Street

All images here are Copyleft (C) 2006 Minneford Siwanoy

All images here may be used for any benevolent purpose free, with no license restrictions, GNU.

All images here are in the Public Domain and may be used by anyone.

Warning! Some images here are 8.1 Megapixel!

City Island is a magical place with pointed houses and wild birds as pets.

MORE MOVIES TO COME! Very Happy

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Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject:

City Island Marsh at the west end of Ditmars Street with Strauss house.

City Island freshwater creek "mouth".

Dead end of creek full of reeds.

Marsh beach

West Side of City Island

Pelham Cemetery gate.

Large Gallery of Images of City Island, Bronx, New York City, New York State, USA 10464.

City Island sights..... City Island landmarks....... City Island scenery.....

City Island pictures.....City Island photographs......

This is My City Island, Bronx, New York......

This helicopter just flew circles over my house and landed on this island at IUC.

It appears to be an US Army chopper.

That was a US Army Blackhawk Helicopter!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-60_Black_Hawk

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

Execution Lighthouse in Long Island Sound

Orchard Beach panorama of Pelham Bay, Bronx NY.

Panorama of Pelham Bay north of City Island including High Island and High Island Bridge, City island and City Island Bridge

Note: I forgot to add these panoramas weeks ago! Laughing

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

The Island Current Post Office Box 6, City Island Station, Bronx New York 10464..... $10 per year

Here is a piccy from the local paper that has the article that says Nicole Kidman visited City Island aka Cinema Island to film a movie.

You can read the entire article here.

Down on the cemetery beach at low tide, a Great White Egret named Smiler has to hunt for his breakfast.....

He wades in the shallow waters looking for baby fish, eels and crabs.

A nearbly Gull named Joey looks for mussels to drop over the rocks to smash the shells open to eat the insides.

Even birds have to go to work to make a living.

Smiler often feeds at low tide and has to defend his territory, so he fights with othe Egrets. Egrets tend to croak like frogs.

From the distance he looks like an ordinary gull, but he is really a Black Crowned Night Heron who makes a Kwok for a call.

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject:

Audrey & Cyrus came to visit this afternoon and brought their three cygnets.....!

These were taken while the swan family were dabbling in the harbor below where Actor Vincent Donofrio stood when he filmed Law & Order Criminal Intent: Sound Bodies near Kirby Street Marina.

The cygnets are named Alpha, Beta and Kappa, Alpha being the biggest.

http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order:_Criminal_Intent/episode_guide/53.shtml

Hey! I finally got to show you that I do indeed have all these birds here!

This is what it is really like over here.

Verey serene and peaceful...

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject:

They were waiting at the cemetary beach which only appears at low tide.

From what I can see, the swans are now circling this island every day, mooching for bread from many people. Laughing

They like to eat the seamoss that grows off the float.

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject:

The City Island Firehouse... Engine 70 Hook & Ladder 53

New Yorks Bravest!

I've seen these guys walk into burning buildings! Crazy man!

The eastern end of Schofield Street...

Trinity Methodist Church, City Island...

City Island Avenue....

Victorian Mansion with spire.....

Seafood City.....

Notice the Manhattan Skyline in the background with the emprie State Building....

http://seafoodcity.net/

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

I visited Harlem Yacht Club and took a panorama of the shore starting with the stilted Strauss House...

This is a panorama of Eastchester Bay and the west shore of City Island.

I did up a panorama hehehe of the corner of City Island Avenue and Ditmars Street including the City Island Sunoco gasoline station with its brand new plaza and tanks and pumps and pavements.

The station no longer has a mechanic on duty anymore.

This also shows Artie's formerly Artie's Manor. Artie died and his son moved away to Florida. The late Big Wilson was always giving this restaurant a plug on WNBC AM back in the 1960's.

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

Samuel Pell House aka Le Refuge Inn.

The entrance to the NYPD Rodman's Neck Firing Range....

The baseball fields adjacent to the entrance and City Island Road in the background.

A Victorian mansion undergoing renovation. This building was the old Lerefuge Inn.

Saint Mary's Star of the Sea Holy Roman Catholic Church. This is my parish.

Here is the official website for my church. It is based in Rome, Italy. http://www.vatican.va/

City Island Avenue and Cross Street...

American Legion

Cross Street Beach open to the public.

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject:

This is the entrance to the Hart Island Ferry on east Fordham Street.
It is off limits to the public.

Today they used the old fashioned orange & blue ferry instead of the black one that has to back in.

This ferry has a lane for cars and trucks so they can roll on and off.

It is larger than the black ferry in capacity but much smaller than the Staten Island Ferry which looks quite similar.

In the 60's they had a Hart Island Ferry which was larger than this orange one.

They usually bring in the larger ferry for the larger trucks carrying more corpses for burial.

Here is the Hart Island Ferry. Notice it has a blue & orange bus for prisoners and a white van for bodies for Potters field.

It has to back in to offload. It is off limits to the public as Hart Island is a prison island.

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject:

We now have a Dunkin Donuts and a Subway restaurant. I'm hoping the small store in between will sell magazines and cool stuff.

The City Island Triangle near the bridge is a turnaround.

The City Island Bridge was said to be designed by Stanford White and to be demolished next year for a cable stayed bridge. The Stanford White fact is under dispute, until we find out if this is true.

I always want to remember how the bridge was like, when the Sun's rays shone down on it that day.

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

Corner of City Island Avenue and Fordham Street.....
City Island Diner does indeed have the very best coffee in town!

This belongs to my childhood friend named Trader John Persteins. It is Trader John's Boat, Bait and Bar.... formerly Rosenbergers This boathouse with a bar in it, is technically the Westernmost house on City Island. The new houses across the street, will become the westernmost inhabited house.

Jorgensen's Landing and JP's Restaurant...

Sutherland Street

St Mary's rectory....

East end of Kilroe Street......

City Island is for Mute Swan Lovers!

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Minneford · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject:

Here is a rare piccy of City Island across Eastchester Bay from Layton Avenue in Country Club on the mainland eastern Bronx. Notice Pickwick Apartments.

Loretta's Pizza....in Country Club across Eastchester Bay on the mainland Bronx.

http://www.lorettaspizza.com/

Sunset over my Dads house.

Black Crowned Night Heron

This is Harrington Talents, it is a Movie Film production company with studios that does business here on City Island at 213 Fordham Street.

It is another good reason why this place called City Island is also nicknamed "Cinema Island"......

http://harringtontalents.com

I snuck into the Diner and took this piccy! LOL!

The sign is right! The City Island Diner, does have the very best coffee in NYC! Smile

GOT COFFEE? Very Happy

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Here is the Hart Island Ferry. Notice it has a blue & orange bus for prisoners and a white van for bodies for Potters field.

It has to back in to offload. It is off limits to the public as Hart Island is a prison island.

To the left is Hewlett Point on Na$$au County Long Island in the background.

Notice the mansions on Long Island's north coast!

They are all Multimillionares.....

There is a steel sheeted wall for Barron's boatyard and at low tide, you can hear a ducks quack, echo lots!

Minneford · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:21 am Post subject:

I visited Morris Yacht Club, cause they left the gate open and like any good paparazzi like me, I will just walk in and take some snappys....

I went to Tonys pier restaurant

The long strange wait for Audie....

As I have said before, Audie was never rescued.

I cannot get to him and Animal Care & Control will not either.

In a strange development, Audie's wing feathers have grown back!

Apparently, someone set her afire and her feathers fell off and now they grew back.

Her wings still look malformed or broken but the wings are still alive!

As you can now see, Audie grew up into a Pen or female Mute Swan and she is no longer a cygnet.

Swans do not have eggs until they are four years old.

Audie is alone as far as I know, but that may change.

I wonder where her siblings went?