Forgotten New York is in Association with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, a non-profit organization supported by the Long Island City community.
With so much attention being paid to the city’s shameful land grab that threatens to put the businesses of Willets Point, the ”Iron Triangle” of Queens, out of business, I thought it would be appropriate to show you a much larger ‘iron triangle’ just across the East River in the Bronx, Hunt’s Point, where auto glass, auto parts, light industry [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Bronx Hunts Point
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
The Bronx is the only mainland borough in New York City, and in the golden age of railroads it had plenty of freight and passenger routes that served upstate New York and New England. On this page, we’ll take a peek at one of those lines, the Harlem River Branch, which still has station houses [...]
Categorized in: Subways & Trains Tagged with: Hunts Point Morris Park Pelham Bay
