I’m planning a big series in Forgotten New York — I have been walking the downtown numbered streets from east to west, or vice versa, looking for interesting stuff. Surprisingly,…

Maspeth isn’t a location many associate with DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), a founding father who served as NY State Assemblyman, NYS Senator, NYS Governor, US Senator and NYC Mayor during an…

Dipping into the archives for some images from late 2011: The small green and white signs here on Jamaica Avenue where it meets Myrtle Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard were placed…

LaGuardia Airport was constructed in 1929 as Glenn Curtiss Field, and later, North Beach Airport, replacing a former North Beach amusement area called the Gala Amusement Park, opened in 1889…

I was meandering my way northeast in Bushwick the other day, heading for 69th Street in Maspeth where I would catch the Q18 bus back to Woodside, and the LIRR…

Jackson Avenue begins an almost 100-mile run at Vernon Boulevard just north of Borden Avenue and the west end of the LIRR Queens yards. It was built as a toll…

I don’t trouble the exclusive areas of mid-Staten Island, say, in Todt Hill, Richmondtown, Lighthouse Hill that much. I keep meaning to, but expenses, circumstances, and weather seem to get…

From Ossie McGennie in the Facebook New York’s Railroads, Subways & Trolleys Past & Present group (hence the watermark) comes this extraordinary glimpse into the past at the 138th Street/Grand…

Wedged between the Sheridan Expressway and the Bronx River north of Westchester Avenue is Marine Boiler and Welding, which attracts views from the (sparser than usual for NYC expressways) Sheridan…

Hugh L. Carey (1919-2011) was the formidably sideburned NY State Governor from 1975 to 1982; before that, the World War II veteran served as a US Representative from NY State…

Since May I have spent not a little time on Broadway between Times Square and Columbus Circle for a freelance job, noticing the infrastructure. This stretch of Broadway features the…

Philip Gringer established a small storefront hardware store at #29 1st Avenue, between East 1st and 2nd Streets, in 1918. The store was a success, and now the floor space…