Visit Queens in the years 1920 to 1950!
Forgotten New York was the first-ever recipient of Outstanding New York City Website by the Guides Association of New York City in March 2015!
Forgotten New York is associated with the Greater Astoria Historical Society
800 sq ft. $2,200/month office - avail now!
Not like those office shares...this is a real professional space!
Freshly painted, carpeted, new restrooms, professional/non-profit floor,
most convenient location in western Queens, shopping and restaurants across street,
includes shelving, office furniture and desk, carpet, and air conditioner.
Elevator -- Four blocks from N, R, Q, M service. 15 minutes from mid-town. 2 blocks from Kaufman Arts Center. email info@astorialic.org or call 718-278-0700.
Now in its tenth year, Forgotten New York The Book is your bible to a New York City the other guidebooks won't touch.
I’m an old Riverdale hand — before Forgotten New York was a synapse in my brain, I was stalking around the place. I recall a late November 1984 stroll in the semirural Bronx neighborhood — it was cold and it was dusk, but I’m hard up for any other details. I didn’t always have a […]
Categorized in: You'd Never Believe You're in NYC Tagged with: Bronx Riverdale Spuyten Duyvil
The blue and white 60-foot by 60-foot Columbia University “C” has been painted and repainted on the gneiss rock facing the Harlem River in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, since 1952. Originally conceived by Robert Prendergast, a medical student of Columbia University and coxswain on the heavyweight rowing crew team, Prendergast approached the New York Central Railroad […]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: Bronx Inwood Manhattan Spuyten Duyvil
Riverdale is nestled along the Hudson River between Spuyten Duyvil on the south, Yonkers in the north and Van Cortlandt Park on the east. With its curving, quiet lanes, spectacular views of the New Jersey Palisades and spectacular estates, it seems to be more a part of suburban Westchester. The New York Times real estate section […]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tours Tagged with: Bronx Riverdale Spuyten Duyvil
OUR EXPLORATIONS TODAY take us to a hilly, verdant corner of the Bronx that has had many names, yet no one knows precisely what they mean. Spuyten Duyvil is tucked into the corner of the Bronx at the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, first stop beyond Marble Hill, that strange piece of Manhattan that resides on the […]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Street Scenes Tagged with: Bronx Spuyten Duyvil
OUR EXPLORATIONS TODAY take us to a hilly, verdant corner of the Bronx that has had many names, yet no one knows precisely what they mean. Spuyten Duyvil is tucked into the corner of the Bronx at the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, first stop beyond Marble Hill, that strange piece of Manhattan that resides on […]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Bronx Spuyten Duyvil