CONTINUING a series begun on Avenue A earlier in the month, I decided to walk Manhattan’s lettered avenues from A to D (Brooklyn has the full panoply, with a few…
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I have not spent much time in East Flatbush lately or even over the years; in fact I used to bicycle through more frequently when I lived in Brooklyn. Once…
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THE west end of Rutland Road in central Brooklyn runs through one of Brooklyn’s most attractive neighborhoods, Lefferts Gardens; indeed the west end is part of a landmarked district, and…
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JANUARY 18, 2025 was drab and drizzly, but 45 degrees and I thought I would head out before an expected snowfall and weeklong cold spell. I have wandered up the…
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ALFRED Pancoast Boller (February 23, 1840 – December 9, 1912) was a civil engineer and bridge designer. He was the chief engineer on several bridge building projects during the late…
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FOLLOWING Sergey’s piece on the Marty Supreme set on Eldridge Street in December, I thought I would do a quick walk on Eldridge Street and its partner Forsyth, as I…
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MANY New Yorkers cite 1993’s A Bronx Tale, written and acted in by Chazz Palminteri and produced and acted in by Robert De Niro, as their favorite movie. Though A Bronx Tale was…
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DRIFTING into James and Karla Murray territory here, I present the storefront of Myers of Keswick at 634 Hudson, founded by Peter Myers, an immigrant from Keswick, England in 1985 after…
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DEWITT Clinton (1769-1828) was a founding father who served as NY State Assemblyman, NYS Senator, NYS Governor, US Senator and NYC Mayor during an illustrious career capped by his indefatigable…
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As I recounted on FNY’s Avenue A, Manhattan page recently… Southern Brooklyn uses the Flatbush Town Plan, which was also employed in parts of Flatlands and Gravesend, with east-west lettered avenues…
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DYER Avenue, seen here from West 38th Street, is an unlikely candidate for a Forgotten New York item, as it’s one of the most car-trafficked roads in New York City.…
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SOME years ago, Kevin Walsh visited Haight Street in Flushing, comparing the sights of this obscure two-block road in an industrial corner of the neighborhood, with the scenic Haight Street…