HUNTERS POINT, at the extreme west end of Queens abutting the East River north of Newtown Creek, has been visited often by the Forgotten NY camera. In the last 25…

ODDLY, I had known about this beautiful Italianate mansion at #182 South Oxford Street, north of Atlantic Avenue in Fort Greene, for some time. But whenever I had happened over,…

I am surprised I missed this one but am generally not marching around on 3rd Avenue and 31st Street beneath the honking Gowanus Expressway, but there it is, a big…

I never wear sandals, because my toes are a mess; I think they’re too far gone for any spa to fix, and I’m not up for expensive podiatrist treatments. Thus,…

My father was a camera buff, or rather, he was a buff of taking pictures. Much like myself, he took thousands of photos, many of which remain in my collection.…

QUEENS used to be the borough for horse racing, with traces of the sport evident on the map with Trotting Course Lane, National Street, artworks on the Q53 bus stops…

By PATRICK O’CONNORContributor, Forgotten New York In 2021, Kevin posted an article on National Street in Corona and mentioned some facts about the National Race Course that once existed in…

Reprinting an item from Forgotten New York The Book, which turns 20 years old this September; if you haven’t got it yet, there’s a link elsewhere on this page. Much…

LONG ago, there was a Federal Express office or dropoff/retail location at #56 Duane and Elk Streets near Foley Square. (A couple of weekends ago I was puttering around on…

In 2026, it’s easy to imagine how oddly modern and strange that modular Donald Deskey lampposts, named for their designer, a commercial artist who also designed the Gleem toothpaste tube,…

By PATRICK O’CONNORFNY Contributor It always amazes me how many times I find things while fishing around for something else.  I was recently poking around on the 1924 aerial photos…

GIVEN that I last walked in Canarsie for any length in 2019 (much of those photos remain unused as I seek a context) I thought I would get the BMT…