By PATRICK O’CONNORForgotten NY contributor A comment on the recent FNY piece “Otto Road, Glendale’s Railroad Road” suggested another article on nearby Traffic Avenue in Ridgewood. Traffic Avenue is like…

Continued from Part One DURING the Forgotten New York era, I’ve only discussed Travis, Staten Island, in depth twice, in 2006 and 2015. Thus, I decided a repeat visit was more than warranted…

DURING the Forgotten New York era, I’ve only discussed Travis, Staten Island, in depth twice, in 2006 and 2015. Thus, I decided a repeat visit was more than warranted in…

OVER the years, this site has documented many former firehouses repurposed as offices and residences. Usually the reason for their closing was in favor of a new firehouse nearby that…

ACCORDING to the undefeated AI robot on the Google, the Public National Bank and Trust Company of New York (Charter Number 11034) was a prominent commercial bank that grew significantly…

QUEENS used to be the borough for horse racing, with traces of the sport evident on the map with Trotting Course Lane, National Street, artworks on the Q53 bus stops…

LONG ago, there was a Federal Express office or dropoff/retail location at #56 Duane and Elk Streets near Foley Square. (A couple of weekends ago I was puttering around on…

GIVEN that I last walked in Canarsie for any length in 2019 (much of those photos remain unused as I seek a context) I thought I would get the BMT…

GOOGLE MAP: WALKING TOTTENVILLE 2025 Continued from Part One It had been since 2017 since I walked extensively around Tottenville, the southernmost point in New York State (it would be the…

In 2019 I finally had the opportunity to visit the Brooks 1890 restaurant at Jackson Avenue and Court Square after attending a book signing by 1969 Miracle Met Art Shamsky.…

GOOGLE MAP: WALKING TOTTENVILLE 2025 It had been since 2017 since I walked extensively around Tottenville, the southernmost point in New York State (it would be the southernmost town in…

LONG before the cluster of glass towers arose at Hudson Yards, Javits Center was the pioneer on the wild west side of Midtown Manhattan. It is not the biggest convention…