One of the many things I love about being at CUNY is living in New York. The photos below capture how I see The City of New York, which I experience holistically as The Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan.
These are not my photos; I downloaded them from the internet over time and curated them into this collection.
![bed-stuy-curry](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/bed-stuy-curry.jpg)
Bedford-Stuyvesant [Brooklyn]
![harlem-gay-pride](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/harlem-gay-pride.jpg)
Harlem Gay Pride event [Manhattan]
![belmont-bronx](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/belmont-bronx.jpg)
Belmont street fair [The Bronx]
![west-brighton](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/west-brighton.jpg)
free-style rapping in West Brighton [Staten Island]
![lemon_ice_king_of_coronoa](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/lemon_ice_king_of_coronoa.jpg)
Lemon Ice King of Corona [Queens]
![crystal-marcial-spanish-harlem](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/crystal-marcial-spanish-harlem.jpg)
Spanish Harlem [Manhattan]
![borough_park](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/borough_park.jpg)
Borough Park [Brooklyn]
![](https://christinatortora.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2721/files/2022/10/nowruz-261x300.jpg)
Nowruz celebration (Persian New Year) [Manhattan]
![co-op-city-martin-fuchs](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/co-op-city-martin-fuchs.jpg)
Co-op City [The Bronx]
![SI YANKEES OPENING DAY](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/staten-island-yankees.jpg)
The Staten Island Yankees, St. George [Staten Island]
![giglio_feast_east_harlem](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/giglio_feast_east_harlem.jpg)
East Harlem Giglio Feast [Manhattan]
![astoria](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/astoria.jpg)
Astoria [Queens]
![10-Nathans-at-Coney-Island](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/10-Nathans-at-Coney-Island.jpg)
Coney Island [Brooklyn]
![P1 grad pt Richmond P1 GRAD PT RICHMOND](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/port-richmond-graduates.jpg)
Port Richmond [Staten Island]
![morris-park-daily-news](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/morris-park-daily-news.jpg)
Morris Park [The Bronx]
![flushing_nytimes](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/flushing_nytimes.jpg)
Main St., Flushing [Queens]
![midwood_2](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/midwood_2.jpg)
Midwood [Brooklyn]
![revelersWEB](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/revelersWEB.jpg)
St. Patrick’s Day Parade [Manhattan]
![canarsiemeat-wwib](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/canarsiemeat-wwib.jpg)
Canarsie [Brooklyn]
![puerto-rican-day-2](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/puerto-rican-day-2.jpg)
Puerto Rican Day Parade [Manhattan]
![brennan&carr](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/brennancarr.jpg)
Brennan & Carr, Sheepshead Bay [Brooklyn]
![jackson_heights](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/jackson_heights.jpg)
Desfile Colombiano, Jackson Heights [Queens]
![advance_tottenville](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/advance_tottenville.jpg)
protest against development, Tottenville [Staten Island]
![wpid-Heritage-mural-Woodlawn-Bronx](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/wpid-Heritage-mural-Woodlawn-Bronx.jpg)
Woodlawn [The Bronx]
![](https://christinatortora.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2721/files/2022/10/pulaski-300x216.jpeg)
Pulaski Day parade [Manhattan]
![brighton_beach3](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/brighton_beach3.jpg)
Brighton Beach [Brooklyn]
![midwood](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/midwood.jpg)
Midwood [Brooklyn]
![SONY DSC](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/washington_heights.jpg)
Washington Heights [Manhattan]
![clove-lakes-park-fishing](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/clove-lakes-park-fishing.jpg)
Clove Lake Park [Staten Island]
![2006_world_cup-bensonhurst-brooklyn](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/2006_world_cup-bensonhurst-brooklyn.jpg)
2006 World Cup Final, Bensonhurst [Brooklyn]
![forest_hills](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/forest_hills.jpg)
MacDonald Park, Forest Hills [Queens]
![occupy_bronx](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/occupy_bronx.jpg)
Occupy The Bronx protest, Fordham Road [The Bronx]
![fishing_bay_ridge_daily_news](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/fishing_bay_ridge_daily_news.jpg)
Fishing at 69th Street Pier, Bay Ridge [Brooklyn]
![easter_sunday_harlem](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/easter_sunday_harlem.jpg)
Easter Sunday, Harlem [Manhattan]
![russ_and_daughters](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/russ_and_daughters.jpg)
Lower East Side [Manhattan]
![orchard_beach](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/orchard_beach.jpg)
Orchard Beach [The Bronx]
![conference_house](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/conference_house.jpg)
Conference House event [Staten Island]
![sunset_park](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/sunset_park.jpg)
Sunset Park [Brooklyn]
![long_island_city](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/long_island_city.jpg)
Long Island City [Queens]
![Lefferts-Boulevard-Subway-Station-Terminal-Queens-New-York-City](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/Lefferts-Boulevard-Subway-Station-Terminal-Queens-New-York-City.jpg)
Richmond Hill [Queens]
![travis](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/travis.jpg)
Fourth of July Parade, Travis [Staten Island]
![schaller-und-weber-2013](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/schaller-und-weber-2013.jpg)
Yorkville [Manhattan]
![sikh_day_parade](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/sikh_day_parade.jpg)
Sikh Day Parade [Manhattan]
![greenpoint_church](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/greenpoint_church.jpg)
Greenpoint [Brooklyn]
![morrisania](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/morrisania.jpg)
P.S. 140, Morrisania [The Bronx]
![Mecca Mart](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/Mecca_Mart.jpg)
Halal butcher, Mariner’s Harbor [Staten Island]
![ocean_parkway](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/ocean_parkway.jpg)
Ocean Parkway [Brooklyn]
![gottscheer_hall_ridgewood](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/gottscheer_hall_ridgewood.jpg)
Gottscheer Hall, Ridgewood [Queens]
![rockaway_surfer](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/rockaway_surfer.jpg)
Local surfers, Rockaway [Queens]
![central_park_brides](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/central_park_brides.jpg)
Central Park [Manhattan]
![uptown_lex_ave_gcs](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/uptown_lex_ave_gcs.jpg)
Uptown Lexington Ave Line, Grand Central Station stop [Manhattan]
![People participate in the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club dip in the Brooklyn borough of New York](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/REU-USA__021.jpg)
Coney Island Polar Bear Club [Brooklyn]
![mott_haven_garden_bbq](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/mott_haven_garden_bbq.jpg)
Mott Haven Community Garden, BBQ preparations [The Bronx]
![sri_lankan_new_year](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/sri_lankan_new_year.jpg)
Sri Lankan New Year’s Celebration [Staten Island]
![lunar_new_year_bensonhurst](https://nycerg.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/03/lunar_new_year_bensonhurst.jpg)
Chinese Lunar New Year, Bensonhurst [Brooklyn]