During the existence of Forgotten New York, which began in 1998, we’ve mourned the loss of several of New York’s grand old watering holes such as Flessel’s in College Point, Queens; Gage and Tollner in Brooklyn (seen on FNY’s Fulton Street page); and Niederstein’s (Middle Village). Regretfully the time has now come to say goodbye to another: Charlie’s in Throgs [...]
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SILVER BEACH, Bronx
April 29, 2007Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Bronx Silver Beach Throgs Neck
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THROG(G)S NECK, New York
January 1, 1999
Throgs Neck is named for John Throckmorton, who settled in the area in 1643, Throgs Neck is one of the least-commented on sections in the Bronx. Featuring gorgeous views of the East River (as it merges with Long Island Sound), it evinces little of the New York City of which it is officially a part. (The [...]
Categorized in: Street Necrology You'd Never Believe You're in NYC Tagged with: Bronx Throgs Neck
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THE LAST GASLIGHT
December 2, 1998Here we present some old designs that don’t easily fit the above categories, including the remains of the last gaslight-era lamp left standing. LEFT: This unprepossessing little pole, at the corner of Broadway and West 211th Street in Inwood in Manhattan represents a last dinosaur. Of the thousands of gaslamps that once populated [...]
Categorized in: Street Lamps Tagged with: Bronx Flushing Inwood Manhattan Queens Throgs Neck