Cherry pickers. Red Hook. D70. 

Cat stretching on Atlantic Avenue (Catlantic?). Brooklyn. Casio Z750. 

Garden. Red Hook. 

Garden. Red Hook. 

Garden. Red Hook. 

Garden. Red Hook. 

Garden. Red Hook.  

Community Garden. Red Hook. NYC. D70. 

And that was about it for the QM2's inaugural visit to Red Hook. 

Still more fire boat. 

More fire boat. 

A fire boat streams colored water behind the QM2. 

The QM2 heads out to the shipping lane that will take it to the ocean. 

and continued. 

and continued... 

The farewells continued... 

After three enormously loud blasts of its horns, the QM2 inched out of the dock and passed in front of Valentino Pier. It really was like something out of an old newsreel as people started waving and shouting goodbyes. The woman next to me screamed, "take me with you!!" 

Security was tight, even on the water. It seemed that in Red Hook, there were cops on every corner. Here's a police boat with a tug and Governor's Island in the background. 

The Valentino pier, packed with people waiting for the ship to pass by. 

Minutes before casting off, the QM2 framed by a cyclone fence. 

Seemed like the whole neighborhood came out to see the ship. 

QM2 dominates in Red Hook. This is the first cruise ship to dock in Red Hook as part of a new port program. The QM2 is scheduled to makes 10 more stops in Red Hook. 

The Queen Mary 2, largest passenger ship in the world, docked in Red Hook, as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge. NYC. D70. 

Free Taxi in NYC. D70.

I'm not sure exactly what this guy's deal is, but the rides are free and he has a nice cap. 

Detritus at Valentino Pier. Red Hook. D70. 

Normally I don't post photos of what is essentially other people's art. Photography that is a straightforward representation of other people's efforts always seemed strange to me. But I am posting this photo because since I took it, the white lime or whatever it is bleeding from the Manhattan Bridge anchorage has completely obscured this excellent piece, which is, you'll certainly notice, designed to utilize the valve underneath. Chinatown. D70.