RECENTLY I took a walk on the entire length of Bleecker Street, from 8th Avenue east to the Bowery. I will have a full post sooner or later, but a…

386 Fulton Street, now home to a Duane Reade drugstore, as also known as #1 Smith Street. In the late 19th century, this location was the home of impresario Alexander…

AFTER several years of discussion and planning, Penn Station’s western concourse was extended to encompass Amtrak tracks and limited LIRR, and is now known as the Moynihan Train Hall, after…

As many Forgotten New York readers know I worked an overnight shift in the Grand Central Terminal area for a financial printing firm in spring 2018. I dislike reading financial…

I once again walked the length of West Broadway from the World Trade Center north to Washington Square Park in June 2026. I had done this on a couple of…

WHILE journeying to Randall’s Island via Mott Haven and Port Morris recently I was making my way east checking the ancient piano factories on Bruckner Boulevard. I wanted to see…

THE Cheyenne Diner began as the Market Diner in this location, 9th Avenue at West 33rd, sometime in the early 1940s. The diner manufacturer was Paramount Modular Concepts of Oakland,…

DURING summer 2026, I walked the length of a number of roads around town. Caton Avenue in Brooklyn was one. I have been familiar with Caton Avenue from way back…

THE time between the leaves fall in November and when they come back again in April can be the best time for street photography but can also be the worst.…

THIS building at #56 Bleecker Street, NE corner of Crosby, isn’t officially called the “Roosevelt House” but I’ll give it a name, as it was constructed by James Roosevelt in…

PART of the fun in exploring NYC neighborhoods is that you can look up the block and see a random gilded onion dome. The one seen here, on 118th Street…

SEEN at 5th Avenue and 23rd Street at Madison Square are a trio of gems I snapped in May 2026. At left is perhaps, by the magnificent Flatiron (Fuller) Building…