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    FARLEY ABIDES AT THE MOYNIHAN

    by Kevin Walsh January 8, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 8, 2023 10 comments

    THE McKim, Mead and White architectural firm designed the enormous former James Farley post office, which opened in 1913, as a companion to Pennsylvania Station, just across 8th Avenue. A…

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    ELTINGVILLE ROUNDHOUSE

    by Kevin Walsh January 7, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 7, 2023 6 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent WITH more than two decades of travels around the city, what hasn’t Kevin Walsh already seen? In the Staten Island neighborhood of Eltingville, Kevin documented…

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    CHITTENDEN AVENUE, Washington Heights

    by Kevin Walsh January 5, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 5, 2023 5 comments

    THE shortest north-south “Avenue” in Manhattan runs for one short block between West 186th and 187th Streets one block west of Cabrini Boulevard. It could better be classified as a…

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    GLENMORE AVENUE, East New York

    by Kevin Walsh November 29, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh November 29, 2022 7 comments

    GLENMORE Avenue is a narrow, one-way route (running east to west) a block south of Liberty Avenue; it formerly was continuous to auto traffic, but in 1955 the Howard Houses,…

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    HARRISON STREET, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh November 27, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh November 27, 2022 10 comments

    To begin, I’ll quote myself from the ForgottenBook… Stapleton and Clifton are two adjacent neighborhoods on Staten Island’s northeast coast along Upper New York Bay. The Vanderbilt family held much…

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    NYC RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS

    by Kevin Walsh November 5, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh November 5, 2022 8 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On the map, the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn appears nearly unchanged since the mid-19th century, with few superblocks, and not one grid-defiant street. But on…

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    VAN SIC(K)LENS OF KINGS COUNTY

    by Kevin Walsh October 15, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh October 15, 2022 11 comments

    THE Van Siclens, who spelt their name in two ways as was common in the colonial era before spellings were codified, settled in western Long Island in the mid-17th Century…

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    MONT SEC HOUSES, Fort Wadsworth

    by Kevin Walsh October 11, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh October 11, 2022 6 comments

    THE southeastern tip of Staten Island, its closest approach to Long Island, has been protected by fortifications since 1663, when a Dutch blockhouse was established. The area was known as…

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    WHERE THE BOARDWALK ENDS

    by Kevin Walsh October 2, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh October 2, 2022 10 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On my previous visit to Coney Island, I documented a former bathhouse that became a Parks Department garage. I was informed that it will soon…

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    NYC’s LOG CABINS

    by Kevin Walsh September 30, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh September 30, 2022 9 comments

    THERE’S a genuine log cabin in Canarsie at Flatlands Avenue and East 93rd Street. It was built by the Lloyd Doubleday family from 1936-1939 and was originally an ice cream parlor. Today…

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    TURNSTYLE, Columbus Circle

    by Kevin Walsh September 2, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh September 2, 2022 6 comments

    THIS post is primarily for out of towners because if you live and work in midtown Manhattan, you’re likely aware of Turnstyle, the mini-mall in the incredibly huge connecting corridor…

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    QUEENS’ LITTLEST BOULEVARDS

    by Kevin Walsh August 31, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh August 31, 2022 12 comments

    EARLIER in 2022, FNY discussed Cloverdale Boulevard, one of the “lesser” boulevards found in Queens, a borough in which quite a few main routes are known as “Boulevard.” In the…

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