Friday Edition: Photo Finish

This week we have a great photo taken on the McDonald Avenue El. It was shot from the west, Bensonhurst, side of the Avenue N Station of the F Train, near Avenue M. The view is northeast, over a very bucolic looking Washington Cemetery and Midwood. The Empire State Building can be seen in the background.

Can you guess the year this photo was taken?

Continue reading for the answer.

The black and white version was purposely misleading to make it more difficult to guess. If you were able to overlook the lack of color and said this was a recent photo, you guessed right!

This pic was snapped just a few months ago in early 2011.