Fred G wrote:
On the M, Forest Avenue and Seneca Avenue offer nice midtown views
Forest's view has changed a bit like everyone else, unfortunately after 9/11. Here's the view from a hazy day:
...but is still a great view of Lower Manhattan. On clear days you can see all of lower Manhattan, and even the towers of the Williamsburg Bridge, and the Verazanno Bridge too in the far distance.
Here's a view of downtown from 2003, also sort of hazy that day:
Forest has even better views of midtown too (and the Empire State is a sweeping view from the Seneca platfrom, right down Seneca Ave. Ridgewood has such great views because it is sort of on a hill, and also, all the buildings are three stories or under, so you can see right across to Manhattan.
Actually, Fred took a great photo of the ESB from Seneca a few months back that he posted once.