THE platform lamps seen here at the 103rd Street station on the IRT Flushing Line (known as the 7 train) are interesting, as the sodium fixture, day burning here, was…
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In this century, nearly every new high-rise in Manhattan is covered in glass with form, function, but no exterior ornamentation. On 42nd Street, the One Vanderbilt, Bank of America Tower,…
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THE most unfortunate year for Queens in my recent memory must have been 2009. That was when the borough lost the Catholic-run Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica and St. John’s…
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GOOGLE MAP: WALKING TOTTENVILLE 2025 Continued from Part One It had been since 2017 since I walked extensively around Tottenville, the southernmost point in New York State (it would be the…
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THE Hell Gate Bridge was the final piece in the puzzle of running railroad trains into Midtown Manhattan. The tubes connecting Long Island with Penn Station opened in 1910, and Hell…
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In 1964, the R-32 “Brightliner” cars manufactured by the Budd Company (in business as a contractor from 1912-2014) were placed in service on BMT and IND lines in the NYC…
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SINCE the fabulous Fifties, the default streetlamp in New York City is an octagonal (8-sided) aluminum shaft of varying heights, topped with either a straight mast or a curving “cobra…
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In 2019 I finally had the opportunity to visit the Brooks 1890 restaurant at Jackson Avenue and Court Square after attending a book signing by 1969 Miracle Met Art Shamsky.…
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Time for another entry in Sergey Kadinsky’s ongoing series featuring ethnic parks and monuments, following Irish Town, Latino Town and Italian Town. Once again, listings are not presented in strict…
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By PATRICK O’CONNORForgotten NY guest post FROM late February through the end of March, I had a few occasions that necessitated riding the J train, during midday periods from Sutphin…
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This building at 107 South 6th Street in Williamsburg, just north of its junction with Broadway and Bedford, is the former front of the Bedford Avenue or Empire Theatre and then…
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I am a “recovered” bowler. I bowled frequently between 1967 and the mid-1980s. I have mentioned my adventures from time to time in Forgotten New York. I doggedly pursued the…