This is the view from Richmond Hill, probably north of today's today's 117th Street and Curzon Road. The view is most likely to the southeast showing the intersection of today's 118th Street (distant left) and 84th Avenue (distant right) in North Richmond Hill, NY. [From the Lucy Ballenas Collection courtesy of Carl Ballenas.]
"The summit of the hill which gave Richmond Hill its name is located in the middle of Kew Gardens and extends from the tennis courts west of Abingdon road along Richmond Hill (today's 83rd) avenue eastward for about 1,000 feet. From this ridge, or rather plateau, extensive views in every direction are obtained. including on the south, the ocean from Coney Island to Fire Island Light, and on the north, the boroughs of Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx, with the Palisades in the distance."[The RICHMOND HILL RECORD, (a local newspaper), (Oct. 18, 1910).]