I don’t get out to Cypress Hills often and I have a hard time getting a handle on it when I do. The neighborhood sits between East New York, one…
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THE campanile, or bell tower, of Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 173 East 3rd between Avenues A and B, dominates the East Village skyline. The church is cathedral-sized and believe it…
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THOUGH it’s a good problem to have, I’ve now accumulated a very large backlog of photos to use in Forgotten NY. In 2026 alone I have taken nearly 5000 photos…
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An ancient painted ad for Coca-Cola appears on #60 Grand Street, just east of the low-rise, 2-story #337 West Broadway (itself constructed in 1886 and designed by architect Peter V.…
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CONTINUED FROM PART ONE In May 2026, before the humidity set in for good, I took LIRR, subway, boat and Staten Island Railway to Pleasant Plains, a neighborhood in Staten…
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SUNSET Park and its neighbor to the south, Bay Ridge, once boasted a considerable Scandinavian population, primarily Norwegian (Nordisk Tidende was to be found on most newsstands, and a number of…
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Is the blue and white painted sign for De Lorenzo & Bro. Iron & Sheet Metal Contractor at #43-45 Grand Street, just east of 6th Avenue, gone for good? I…
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WHILE limping north on 9th/Columbus Avenue from Penn Station in June 2022, I spotted the figure of a trumpeter on top of what looked like a flagpole on the northeast…
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CROSBY Street is one of those NYC streets that traditionally had been somewhat overlooked, since it’s wedged between main N-S thoroughfares Broadway and Lafayette Street between Howard and Bleecker Streets. It…
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Having documented a long-demolished bathhouse across the street from John Jay Park on the Upper East Side, I learned that it had a Beaux Arts counterpart on the west side…
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In May 2026, before the humidity set in for good, I took LIRR, subway, boat and Staten Island Railway to Pleasant Plains, a neighborhood in Staten Island I had probably…
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HIDING in plain sight on a Williamsburg corner, #85 Broadway at Berry Street, is a one-story building, a shack really, that has been a diner for the better part of…