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By CHRISTINA WILKINSON A REMOTE area in western Queens, filled with woods, swamps and freshwater pools, the town of Fresh Ponds was part of the land chartered by the Dutch West India Company in 1642. Cypress Hills Street (formerly ‘Old Fresh Pond Road’), which starts in Brooklyn at its southern end, was the progenitor of present-day [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Street Scenes Tagged with: Glendale Queens
PERIODICALLY in Forgotten NY, I just decide to walk a street for its entire length. River to river, or landmark to landmark. This time, 53rd Street in Manhattan made a perfect candidate, since it encompasses several neighborhoods of varying wealth, varying architecture, and varying attitude. Some Forgotten Fans will find this page something of an [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: Hell's Kitchen Manhattan Midtown Turtle Bay
EEKERS of solitude, abandonment and subtle disquiet will find a banquet of opportunity in mid-Staten Island. Here lie the slowly rotting wards of old Seaview Hospital, the former property of the horrific Willowbrook State School, and our destination today, the windswept ruin that was the New York State Farm Colony. Here, in a place [...]
Categorized in: You'd Never Believe You're in NYC Tagged with: Staten Island Willowbrook
