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I’m embarrassed. I often am, but in this case, it’s just an overlook on my part. I have often used the Parkchester station on the #6 train in the Bronx, because the #44 bus from Flushing connects with it, and I often use it when I am going to Pelham Bay Park or City Island. [...]
Categorized in: Forgotten Slices Subways & Trains Tagged with: Bronx Parkchester
I have an undying fascination with Parkchester — it’s not just another housing project, but a mini-city plopped in central Bronx, with its own shopping strip and movie theater. Some residents need not ever leave it for days at a stretch. You can get there by taking the #6 train to its namesake station. It [...]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: Bronx Parkchester
Simple bridges are a thing of beauty. This truss bridge takes White Plains Road over the Amtrak/Metro-North tracks just north of East Tremont Avenue, near Parkchester. It has a twin bridge a block away at Unionport Road. As late as about 2000 it still had a pair of Westinghouse incandescent “cuplights” illuminating the pedestrian walkway. [...]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: Bronx Parkchester
If you haven’t been to Parkchester you’re in for a treat. Visiting the Bronx’ s premier apartment complex is an experience that will delight anyone with an interest in urban planning and a sharp eye for detail. Take the #6 train into the Bronx, exit at the Parkchester station and you will find yourself at Hugh Grant Circle, [...]
Categorized in: Forgotten Slices Tagged with: Bronx Parkchester
Tour 26 occurred during an auspicious week in Forgotten NY-land….the release, at long last, of the Forgottenbook and a cover appearance for the site in Time Out New York! No one told the rain gods that weather for the tour was supposed to be sunny and bright, however, so it was under windy, threatening skies that Tour #26 commenced [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tours Tagged with: Bronx Parkchester
In New York City, between the golden age of cast-iron lampposts, approximately 1895 and 1950, and prior to the brave new world of green-white fluorescent bulbs (which held sway between 1960 and 1972, when super-bright yellow sodium bulbs took over) there was an interregnum of sorts, when old-style yellow incandescent lights were installed on modern, [...]
Categorized in: Street Lamps Tagged with: Bronx Brooklyn Cypress Hills Kew Gardens Manhattan Parkchester Queens Van Cortlandt Park
