This is after the landfall, from the northern side of the Rockaway Peninsula.
In September, 2012, I chased this storm from Pennsylvania to the ocean, and while it had lost its severe warning by this point, it made a cool boundary as it went out to sea in Asbury Park, NJ. More pics and write up here. http://controlgeek.net/2012/9/9/storm-chasing-in-lancaster-county-pa-and-asbury-park-nj
A close lightning strike from a roof in Brooklyn