PART of the fun in exploring NYC neighborhoods is that you can look up the block and see a random gilded onion dome. The one seen here, on 118th Street…
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REMINDERS of the colonial-era Bowne family can be seen all over NYC, from Flushing, Queens to City Island, Bronx. I lived in Flushing 14 years, 1993-2007, and have been on…
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THERE has been a drugstore on the SW corner of Queens Boulevard and 55th Avenue in Elmhurst since 1921, which was when Queens Boulevard (formerly Hoffman Boulevard in this stretch)…
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SEEN at 5th Avenue and 23rd Street at Madison Square are a trio of gems I snapped in May 2026. At left is perhaps, by the magnificent Flatiron (Fuller) Building…
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WHILE I did not patronize Doyle’s Corner, Broadwaya nd 42nd Street in Long Island City often, as I lived miles away in Little Neck, the longtime HQ of the Greater…
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by PATRICK O’CONNORForgotten NY Contributor THIS year marks the 50th anniversary of The New York Transit museum and part of the celebrations include screening of several films that feature the…
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FORGOTTEN New York has been put together during four separate decades and is now been produced for 27 years plus, as of September 2026. As such, it spans the decades.…
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On his recent visit to Pleasant Plains on Staten Island, Kevin went into great detail on the neighborhood’s hidden history. On its northern edge, there’s a property worthy of its…
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SPUYTEN Duyvil’s Edsall Avenue, adjoining the Harlem River at the Spuyten Duyvil Metro-North station, is among New York City’s oddest streets. Like a Mobius strip it has no clear beginning…
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YOU know what can be a key indicator of where things were in the New York City of long ago? Manhole covers and coal chute covers. There’s a hidden city…
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I don’t get out to Cypress Hills often and I have a hard time getting a handle on it when I do. The neighborhood sits between East New York, one…
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THE campanile, or bell tower, of Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 173 East 3rd between Avenues A and B, dominates the East Village skyline. The church is cathedral-sized and believe it…