Continued from Part 1 I still have grand dreams and ambitions. Publish a book and own my own place? Done years ago. Marriage? Make millions? Let’s not get crazy. However,…

I still have grand dreams and ambitions. Publish a book and own my own place? Done years ago. Marriage? Make millions? Let’s not get crazy. However, it popped into my…

I have to admit, this one caught me by surprise after almost 25 years doing Forgotten New York. I was doing some Google Maps reconnaissance of Edgewater Park, a private…

RED Hook Lane, in Downtown Brooklyn, can be added to the list of New York City streets that are nowhere near the locations they are named for, joining routes like…

My fascination of the narrow strip along Old Fulton Street where Brooklyn Heights meets DUMBO is ever-engrossing for me, as it has breathtaking views of Manhattan and interesting brick-dominated architecture.…

I’ve been aware of Dennet Place, between Luquer and Nelson Streets just west of the IND elevated and Smith Street, since I first started perusing Hagstrom maps, specifically September 1968 (age…

IT’S wrong to say that the Eastchester Bridge on Boston Road in the Bronx’s extreme northeast crosses over into Westchester County as the Hutchinson River does not form the city…

DOUGHTY Street is one of a network of short streets and alleys adjacent to the Fulton Ferry landing that were built in the early 1800s, making them some of Brooklyn’s…

NEW York City’s alleys aren’t often photographed; the largest troves of old photos of New York City are in the tax photos from the 1940s and 1980s in the Municipal…

UNMARKED on street maps and un-signed by the Department of Transportation, Stable Court is a crack of pavement between Two Cooper Square, an upscale highrise with a rooftop pool (a…

I have a keen eye for spotting ancient alleys and driveways that were once roads. When I lived in Brooklyn between 1957 and 1993 I spent springs and summers in…

ONE of Queens’ obscurest alleys is just a few blocks away from Forgotten New York headquarters. It’s a short dead end called Jessie Court and it sits on Northern Boulevard…