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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.

  • One Shots

    EAST RIVER TOWER

    by Kevin Walsh October 29, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 29, 2025 8 comments

    EAST River Tower, 11-24 31st Avenue, is a new 20-story luxury building that towers over the competition in gentrifying Ravenswood, Queens, from this view from Carl Schurz Park on Manhattan’s…

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  • One Shots

    BOWLING GREEN FENCE

    by Kevin Walsh October 28, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 28, 2025 9 comments

    BOWLING GREEN is still mapped as a street, a short connector between Broadway and Whitehall Street just east of Battery Park. Its adjoining triangle park, featuring the Delacorte Fountain, is…

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  • Signs

    HONEY HOUSE, ASTORIA

    by Kevin Walsh October 27, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 27, 2025 2 comments

    I have always been wary about bees and their relatives, the hornets. They have stingers on their butts and aren’t afraid to use them, the hornets especially. Worker bees that…

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  • NeighborhoodsWalks

    INWOOD 2025

    by Kevin Walsh October 26, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 26, 2025 16 comments

    I last traipsed around Inwood back in 2019, the same year FNY did a very successful tour of Inwood and its neighbor across the Harlem River, Marble Hill. Inwood was…

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  • One Shots

    TUGBOAT STEPHEN B, EAST RIVER

    by Kevin Walsh October 25, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 25, 2025 5 comments

    THE tug Stephen B assists the barge John Blanche in the East River on a recent weekend afternoon. Behind it is the “gentrified” Domino Sugar refinery on the waterfront, which…

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  • One Shots

    LADIES’ PAVILION, CENTRAL PARK

    by Kevin Walsh October 23, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 23, 2025 0 comment

    A short peninsula juts into Central Park Lake at about West 76th Street, affording stellar photo opportunities. “Hernshead” is Anglo-Saxon for “heron head” but according to the birdwatchers, the wading…

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  • Signs

    WIENHOLZ DRUGS, GREENPOINT

    by Kevin Walsh October 22, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 22, 2025 13 comments

    NEWTOWN Historical Society founder and president, and Forgotten NY correspondent Christina Wilkinson recently tipped me about some gorgeous old signage that had recently been revealed at #705 Manhattan Avenue near…

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  • One Shots

    BROOKLYN’S COFFEYS

    by Kevin Walsh October 21, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 21, 2025 0 comment

    I made another visit to Red Hook in August 2024, but I haven’t done a full page review yet because I don’t think I can surpass my other Red Hook…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    INSIDE ASTROLAND’S ROCKET

    by Kevin Walsh October 20, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 20, 2025 8 comments

    CONEY Island’s amusement district has Luna Park enveloping Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and in the center of Deno’s park is an artifact from Astroland, which entertained visitors between 1962 and…

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  • Walks

    108TH STREET, FOREST HILLS, CORONA

    by Kevin Walsh October 19, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 19, 2025 8 comments

    In mid-August I was looking for a walk that wasn’t too taxing yet would get my steps in. I have been undergoing PT since early August and will be wrapping…

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  • One Shots

    PUTNAM BRIDGE, HARLEM

    by Kevin Walsh October 17, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 17, 2025 6 comments

    MANY of the Harlem River bridges have been lost over the years, including the Third Avenue and Willis Avenue bridges, which were replaced with new bridges several years ago. Before…

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  • One ShotsTours

    FORGOTTEN NEW YORK’S TOUR LEGACY

    by Kevin Walsh October 16, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh October 16, 2025 4 comments

    On Wednesday, October 15th, Greater Astoria Historical Society‘s 40th Anniversary was celebrated. While western Queens is the primary focus of its activities, GAHS has a hand (and a foot) in…

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