More than 20 years ago, Newtown Historical Society president and FNY correspondent Christina Wilkinson and I visited the General Slocum victims monument in Lutheran/All Faiths Cemetery. I haven’t been back…
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I once again walked the length of West Broadway from the World Trade Center north to Washington Square Park in June 2026. I had done this on a couple of…
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WHILE journeying to Randall’s Island via Mott Haven and Port Morris recently I was making my way east checking the ancient piano factories on Bruckner Boulevard. I wanted to see…
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CONTINUED FROM PART 1 REALIZING that it had been awhile since I had been in the Bronx (a shamefully deficient aspect of Forgotten NY I am always meaning to correct)…
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WHENEVER a road deviates from the street grid, parcels too small to be developed often become parks, some fortunate to have benches or monuments, with most of them hosting shrubs…
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THE Cheyenne Diner began as the Market Diner in this location, 9th Avenue at West 33rd, sometime in the early 1940s. The diner manufacturer was Paramount Modular Concepts of Oakland,…
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In November 2022, I traveled around Blissville in western Queens with my friend Mitch Waxman, who I call the King of Newtown Creek. He is a historian and preservationist who has…
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DURING summer 2026, I walked the length of a number of roads around town. Caton Avenue in Brooklyn was one. I have been familiar with Caton Avenue from way back…
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REALIZING that it had been awhile since I had been in the Bronx (a shamefully deficient aspect of Forgotten NY I am always meaning to correct) I decided to explore…
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Can it be over 20 years since I traveled the length of the Long Island Motor Parkway in Glen Oaks? When I bicycled in Queens I used it all the…
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REGRETFULLY, I have not been to London or to any city outside the North American continent. I’m sure I’ll be criticized for this, but I shy away from places where…
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WITH its distinctive Tudor-style ticket offices with shaped and cut glass and unique luminaires, Forest Hills station’s position overlooking Burns Street seems perfect to give a speech, and that’s exactly what…