By GARY FONVILLE Forgotten New York correspondent At the President Street station, on the IRT Nostrand Avenue line, this may be the oldest remaining sign of any kind in that…

In a supermarket parking lot, surrounded by shopping carts, stands the Woodhaven Historical Society’s monument to a native son, Frederick Christ (pronounced “krist”with i as in “bit”) Trump (1905-1999). Fred…

I have written FNY over 16 years (as of 2015) yet, a large number of items have escaped my view over that time, such as this neon vertical sign for…

Until now, I have somehow missed this terrific neon sign for Mitchell’s Wines • Liquors on West 86th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway. It’s just one of a large…

When I passed what was the Rocco Restaurant on 181 Thompson Street a few years ago I found two-thirds of its iconic sign still lighting up. I can’t afford restaurants…

I usually make it a habit to stay out of police precincts — I’ve never been hauled in for a crime, and the only other occasion I’d have to visit…

Here’s an unusual sign stanchion at Northern Boulevard and 55th Street; it may not look all that unusual at first glance, but this is a post that generally supports stoplights…

Found recently on Bushwick Avenue. Photo: Gary Fonville 6/8/15

The Breifne Pub at Crocheron Avenue and 169th Street in Flushing has a nifty illuminated sign with raised lettering, though I’m unsure if it works at night. The name refers…

At #354 Bowery between East 3rd and 4th, a road that somehow resists all efforts of local developers to tame it despite the construction of numerous high-rise glass-walled apartment buildings…

Extra-large Department of Transportation street signs appear at intervals along fast and furious Kings Highway in East Flatbush. I can’t really say, but I imagine the DOT devised this method…

I was clattering around in Bayside in 2007 when I spotted this one-way sign outside a thrift shop. I didn’t buy it, but I shot it. I’m not sure when…