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Kevin Walsh

Kevin Walsh

My name is Kevin Walsh. After a 35-year residency in Bay Ridge, where I witnessed the construction of the Verrazano Bridge as a kid (below) I moved to Queens to be closer to my job as a copywriter/graphic designer at a well-known direct marketer in Long Island and then a compositor at the Queens Times Ledger. I had been noticing ancient advertising and street furniture for years, but it wasn't till I moved to Flushing and saw the ancient remaining Victorian and older buildings that stand among the cookie cutter brick apartments that I put two and two together and noticed there was no one out there who was really calling attention to the artifacts of a long-gone New York. Forgotten NY was named one of Forbes' Best City Blogs sites, and in good company: Gothamist and Newyorkology. FNY has been profiled in all of NYC's daily newspapers, and has been mentioned by name in columns by the New York Times' Christopher Gray and David Dunlap and by the New York Sun's Francis Morrone. It has twice been named to the Village Voice's Best of NYC list, most recently in 2006. It has also been cited by PC Magazine's Top 99 "Undiscovered" websites. Forgotten NY is always in great debt to its contributors, especially Forgotten NY correspondent Christina Wilkinson, retired NYC bus driver Gary Fonville, Mike Olshan, Jean Siegel and many other Forgotten regulars. See my Forgotten Fans page for just a few. FNY averages between 1500-2000 unique vistors daily, and 4000-5000 daily visits overall.

  • Signs

    ANSONIA OPTICAL, PARK SLOPE

    by Kevin Walsh December 30, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 30, 2024 2 comments

    THIS sign for an optician at #364 7th Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets in Park Slope is a true throwback. Not because of its age; it’s pretty old —…

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    HAPPENINGS 25 YEARS’ TIME AGO

    by Kevin Walsh December 29, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 29, 2024 4 comments

    LIKE the hands on a clock, or the sun and moon in the sky, New York is under constant movement not always apparent to the naked eye. In the nearly…

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    ELDRIDGE MOVIE SET

    by Kevin Walsh December 28, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 28, 2024 4 comments

    What we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time, as Sergey visits a movie set starring the hottest name in the business in December 2024,…

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  • Signs

    CHARLES RUEGGER, 6TH AVENUE

    by Kevin Walsh December 27, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 27, 2024 1 comment

    THE influence of Charles R. Ruegger can be found on 6th Avenue between West 20th and 21st Streets decades after his brief dominance. That’s what happens when you install quality…

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  • Alleys

    SNIFFEN COURT

    by Kevin Walsh December 26, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 26, 2024 5 comments

    YOU always want what you cannot have. NYC is very short on mewses and small dead ends lined by picturesque dwellings. I’d settle for a key to get in and…

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  • Signs

    23RD AVENUE SIGNS

    by Kevin Walsh December 24, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 24, 2024 2 comments

    AFTER concluding my Crescent Street walk in late September 2024 I decided to head east on 23rd Avenue toward the Astoria el to get the N train back to Queensboro…

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  • Signs

    JACOBS STREET TOTTENVILLE

    by Kevin Walsh December 23, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 23, 2024 6 comments

    HERE’S a vintage shot that didn’t make “the cut” in the images shown during FNY’s 25th Anniversary “tours,” a series of live and Zoom presentations I have given during 2024.…

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  • Walks

    CRESCENT STREET LONG ISLAND CITY

    by Kevin Walsh December 22, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 22, 2024 7 comments

    After 4 out of 5 weekends when I handed the reins over to Sergey Kadinsky, I’m returning to weekend longform this week and I have a large backlog to get…

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  • Subways & Trains

    M-3 CAR LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD

    by Kevin Walsh December 19, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 19, 2024 11 comments

    I was always sure to photograph the interior or exterior of a M-1 or M-3 Long Island Rail Road car whenever one pulled into the station where I was waiting.…

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  • Alleys

    SCHWEICKERTS WALK CONEY ISLAND

    by Kevin Walsh December 18, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 18, 2024 8 comments

    I made my first pilgrimage to Coney Island in a few years recently. Believe it or not I hadn’t had a hotdog since early 2022. Though I don’t intend to…

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  • One Shots

    NEW YORK’S LAST SLOT MAILBOX

    by Kevin Walsh December 17, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 17, 2024 6 comments

    WAY back at the Dawn of Forgotten New York around 1999-2000, one of my Bronx contacts, Jon Halabi, supplied me with a photo of a slot mailbox on Palisade avenue…

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  • Trolleys

    TROLLEY POLES, BRONX

    by Kevin Walsh December 16, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 16, 2024 4 comments

    WELL, it’s only taken 25 years, but I finally have a pair of remaining iron trolley poles to talk about in the Bronx. During my Bronx presentation for the Bronx…

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