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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.

  • Alleys

    MYSTERIOUS ALLEYS, CROWN HEIGHTS

    by Kevin Walsh December 15, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 15, 2024 7 comments

    It’s not often that I write about something in Forgotten New York that completely stumps me, but I’ll show what I’ve found here in case some Crowns Heightsers can fill…

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  • Cemeteries

    UNION FIELD CEMETERY, RIDGEWOOD

    by Kevin Walsh December 14, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 14, 2024 5 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent ALONG the Jackie Robinson Parkway where the Queens-Brooklyn border runs atop the glacial terminal moraine are a set of cemeteries straddling that line, each with…

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  • SignsSubways & Trains

    GIMBELS PASSAGE SIGN

    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2024 12 comments

    WHERE can this tiled sign pointing the way to Pennsylvania Station, the 7th Avenue Subway and the “Statler Hilton” be found? It’s in an 800-foot long pedestrian corridor beneath West…

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  • Alleys

    OLD LANE, MASPETH

    by Kevin Walsh December 11, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 11, 2024 5 comments

    SINCE Forgotten New York seems to have wandered into several blind alleys this week, I may as well go with the flow and talk about another one. On the undefended…

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  • Alleys

    JONES ALLEY 2024

    by Kevin Walsh December 10, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 10, 2024 1 comment

    I have mentioned Jones Alley on NoHo a number of times over the years. I have a fascination with it because it’s fenced off on both ends and I can’t…

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  • Alleys

    GRACE COURT ALLEY

    by Kevin Walsh December 9, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 9, 2024 4 comments

    GRACE Court Alley proceeds east to a dead end from the east side of Hicks Street south of Remsen. It is not exactly on the same line as Grace Court…

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  • Neighborhoods

    EAST NEW YORK

    by Kevin Walsh December 8, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 8, 2024 13 comments

    BROWNSVILLE and East New York are neighborhoods of eastern Brooklyn delineated in great part by the Bay Ridge branch of the Long Island Rail Road. In the north, Brownsville runs…

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  • Subways & Trains

    END OF THE LINE, DITMARS

    by Kevin Walsh December 7, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 7, 2024 0 comment

    In September 2024 I walked Crescent Street in Long Island City almost its entire length and then headed east to 31st Street to get the N train at the end…

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  • One Shots

    NYC PORTAL SPRING 2024

    by Kevin Walsh December 5, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 5, 2024 0 comment

    SINCE I have never been to Dublin, Ireland, and have only seen it by surfing on Google Street View, I thought I would head over to Madison Square in June…

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  • Signs

    HIGH SIGNS, MIDTOWN SOUTH

    by Kevin Walsh December 4, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 4, 2024 1 comment

    In a 1940s Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny cartoon, a mad scientist infuses carrots with super juice, turning Bugs into “Super Rabbit.” In one of the gags, Bugs is in flight…

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  • Forgotten SlicesNeighborhoods

    MALT DRIVE, HUNTERS POINT

    by Kevin Walsh December 2, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 2, 2024 1 comment

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent In the fall of 2024, a new road and waterfront park opened in Long Island City, taking its name from the neighborhood’s industrial past. With…

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  • One Shots

    INTERNATIONAL MOVING PICTURES, CARROLL GARDENS

    by Kevin Walsh December 1, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 1, 2024 11 comments

    HERE’S 101-103 Union Street between Columbia and Van Brunt, at the west end of a very long street that goes all the way to Brownsville. The building currently serves as…

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