Forgotten New York is in Association with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, a non-profit organization supported by the Long Island City community.
Continued from Part 1 The beautiful Hell Gate Bridge, completed by Gustav Lindenthal in 1917, was the jewel in the crown of Alexander Cassatt’s Pennsylvania Railroad station in midtown, opened in 1910. The Hell Gate allowed the Pennsylvania RR a through route to Connecticut, Rhode Island and Boston. The Hell Gate Bridge combines with the [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Street Necrology Tagged with: Astoria Queens
Turning to the dusty, dogeared Book of Forgotten Street Names, making a mental note to replace the yellowed scotch tape that holds the cover together, we see that the tome plops open to… Astoria, Queens. Like Flushing, Astoria’s pedigree dates to the mid-1600s, when William Hallett received a grant for the area surrounding what is [...]
Categorized in: Street Necrology Tagged with: Astoria Queens
Some more golden goodies from Brooklyn…. Photo: Gary Fonville Though Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn has tried hard to homogenize and mall-ify itself over the last 20 years, a quick glance skyward along its antiquated upper stories is like taking a trip back in time. Here, we see a former London Shoe store and, [...]
New York City has, in decades past, been well protected from foreign attack by two large forts in Queens, one at its southern coast (Fort Tilden) and the other at its northernmost point (Fort Totten). FORT TILDEN, on the western edge of the Rockaway peninsula, was conceived when the USA entered World War I in [...]
Categorized in: You'd Never Believe You're in NYC Tagged with: Queens Rockaways
ST. PETER’S CEMETERY St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on 2500 Westchester Avenue is a venerable church, but the actual building is not that elderly, as far as churches go…it was built in 1855 in a Gothic Revival style (making it look rather older than it really is) by Leopold Eidlitz. Ah, then why are there some [...]
Categorized in: Cemeteries Tagged with: Bronx Hunts Point Norwood Westchester Square
