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Forgotten New York is in Association with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, a non-profit organization supported by the Long Island City community.
Saturday, June 22, Corona, Queens, 12 noon. Meet: on street at Corona Plaza, Roosevelt Avenue and National Street, 103rd Street stop, #7 train. Join Forgotten NY‘s Kevin Walsh and GAHS’ Rich Melnick in exploring Corona, Queens, visiting several historic locales such as the former Linden Lake, the site of a former racetrack, highlights of the [...]
The concrete-cladded viaduct that takes the IRT #7 Flushing Line down the middle of Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside was built in 1917, and in the mid-1990s was treated to a complete overhaul with new station canopies and stained glass panels, as well as a complete replacement of the concrete and terra cotta ornamentation that left [...]
Categorized in: One Shots Subways & Trains Tagged with: Queens Sunnyside
This thick-shafted, guy wired traffic light at Fresh Pond Road and 59th Drive in Maspeth is just like thousands of others around town. But when these large stoplights first appeared in NYC in the 1950s, they carried a pair of WALK/DONT WALK signals, if that much. This one has a lamp to illuminate the park [...]
Every once in awhile I walk one of Manhattan’s cross streets because I find a number of things along them interesting. I don’t usually walk the entire street river to river, but sometimes that happens. I have done it for 53rd Street, 14th Street, 125th Street in Manhattanville and Harlem, 155th Street, and most recently, [...]
Categorized in: Walks
Breaking our one-tour losing streak with the weather (The Tottenville tour was completed but through mainly rain) FNY’s Riverside Drive tour on Sunday, June 2nd, featured mostly sunshine with the hint of a sprinkle mid-tour. As usual, your webmaster narrated the tour with the aid of Rich Melnick of the Greater Astoria Historical Society. We [...]
Categorized in: Tours Tagged with: Manhattan Manhattanville Upper West Side
For the most part, Manhattan and even most of the other NYC boroughs have eradicated their alleys. On an island, real estate is in short supply and there isn’t room for open spaces. That’s unusual for an older east coast city, and while New York doesn’t wear its age on its sleeve like Boston or [...]
Categorized in: Alleys One Shots Out of Town Tagged with: Philadelphia
Happy Flag Day. I was idly shambling around Forest Hills a few years ago when I spotted this 48-star flag on a garage. The 48 stars were current between 1912 and 1959, the ratifications of Arizona and Alaska. The US had 47 states for a little over 1 month in 1912, between the ratifications of [...]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: flags Forest Hills Queens
US Representative Paul Fino (1913-2009) was elected to the State Senate from 1946-1950 and elected to Congress in 1952, where he served 8 terms, and then the State Supreme Court in 1968. A usually conservative though sometimes moderate Republican, Mr. Fino had a hard time swallowing what he considered the Manhattan-style elitism of [John V.] Lindsay, [...]
Categorized in: Ads One Shots Tagged with: Bronx Morris Park
CONTINUED FROM PART 1 WAYFARING: Red Hook Louis Valentino Park and Pier are named for a hero fireman who spent his early years in Red Hook and Carroll Gardens. Valentino gave his life while searching for three injured firefighters in a Flatlands garage fire on February 5, 1996. The park is surrounded by ancient warehouse [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Subways & Trains Walks
