Continued from Part 1 PART 2 of my Driggs Avenue odyssey was actually committed to before Part 1. In October 2025 word reached me that an ancient storefront sign had…
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WHY show this example of tiled signage at the IND Smith-9th Street station, serving F and G trains? Well, they’re placed in sort of unique circumstances. The Independent Subway was…
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ONE can find square metallic covers like this all over town. Many have the name and address of the manufacturer, in this case, Marcy Foundry. In this case, it’s likely…
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WHILE well known and possibly not a candidate for a Forgotten NY entry, I did find a P.J. Clarke’s location not everyone may know about. Clarke’s, in its flagship location…
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JUST an everyday side street in Woodhaven, a short section of 102nd Avenue runs four blocks from 81st to 89th Street (some numbers are skipped) a block south of 101st…
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It has been awhile since I covered or even mentioned the lost Long Island Rail Road Evergreen Branch in Bushwick; not since 2000, a good 26 years now, in fact.…
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I walked a great deal from August through early November 2025, and a good thing too, since I have had mobility issues since; who knows if those 5 hour, 10-mile…
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DOCTOR John S. Westervelt (1799-1869), the first health officer of the port of New York, who had married Daniel Tompkins’s daughter Hannah, purchased a ninety-eight acre tract that formerly had…
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On February 14, 2026 cabin fever finally got to me and I tired of cooking in my own juice, and made my first camera foray of the year. As it…
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LOOKING through NYC scenes from the 1930s and 1940s available on 1940s.nyc, the Staten Island scenes occasionally exhibit lamppost varieties quite different from those seen in other boroughs, such as…
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ANY educator worth their reputation would never permit students to use Wikipedia as a source, as any individual can edit its articles. Having contributed pages to the world’s largest free…
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In late 2025, Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W 125th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., opened the doors to its new six-story building , the latest chapter for this…