I have written about Kings Highway a number of times in FNY and have walked much of its length over the quarter century I have posted on Forgotten NY. I…

UNION Turnpike, seen here just east of Utopia Parkway and the St. John’s University campus, begins its lengthy run to New Hyde Park, Nassau County, from Myrtle Avenue and 86th…

I don’t get down to Far Rockaway that much, alas. In fact, it’s been a decade (as of 2023) since I have done a deep dive down there. Fortunately, Sergey’s…

BELIEVE me, I wouldn’t publish this photo of the depicted sign, at 7th Avenue and 1st Street in Pasrk Slope, if it hadn’t already been replaced. When I went by…

I’ve been aware of Dennet Place, between Luquer and Nelson Streets just west of the IND elevated and Smith Street, since I first started perusing Hagstrom maps, specifically September 1968 (age…

A long-abandoned trolley terminal has been hiding in plain sight at the eastbound platform of the Essex Street Station serving J and M trains on the Nassau Street BMT plying…

As a native Brooklynite (I carefully try to excise any Brooklynishness from my accent, since I’ve always wondered what New Yorkers in general have against a final “r” in words…

THE New York City “candy store” is a longstanding tradition and in the guise of also selling magazines, newspapers, cigars, toys and snacks, they’re still around today. However there was…

PLENTY of people say never look back, only look forward. I have never heeded that advice. I’m always replaying events, both good and bad; I remember slights from decades ago.…

A group of white-painted monoliths between 2nd and 3rd Avenues between 29th and 36th Streets west of Green-Wood Cemetery were constructed by architect William Higginson in the first 3 decades…

In the mid-1970s a new variety of street lighting, or in this case, sidewalk lighting, was introduced in the Garment District, roughly on side streets between East 35th and 40th…

THE twin towers of St. Aloysius (pronounced “alla WISH us”) Roman Catholic Church at Stockholm Street and Onderdonk Avenue can be seen for miles in Ridgewood and nearby Maspeth. It…