Forgotten New York

BRONX BRICKS, The Hub

Enough asphalt has worn away on East 151st Street between Melrose and Third Avenues to allow some of the old red bricked pavement to show through.

Belgian blocks used to be the pavement of choice in NYC before asphalting took over, but there are occasional red brick pavements still around, such as West 230th Street in Kingsbridge Heights, Oliver Place in Bedford Park, 88th and 89th Avenues in Jamaica, and Bennett Place in Bay Ridge.

Photo: Gary Fonville

7/29/15

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