Since Sergey’s office is now in Far Rockaway, he will be offering numerous posts in the neighborhood, which has been underrepresented in Forgotten NY through the years. PRIOR to 1898,…

By PATRICK O’CONNORForgotten NY correspondent In the ever-changing landscape that is NYC housing, there have been a few examples of churches repurposed as apartments. In his article on Bushwick, Kevin…

By DAVID MELTZERForgotten NY contributor THE Korean War lasted for three years, from June of 1950 until the armistice signed in July of 1953.  It is often called “The Forgotten…

In the Orthodox Jewish community of the Five Towns and Rockaways, Simcha Day Camp is among the popular summer choices for boys on account of its sizable campus. The superblock…

As Queens residents know, the vast amount of its streets are numbered; in general, Avenues run west to east, while Streets run from north to south. When this system was…

New York is filled with Dutch names resulting from its history. On the Rockaway peninsula, Amstel Boulevard takes its name from Amsterdam’s namesake river. Running for five blocks, it can…

By DAVID MELTZERForgotten NY contributor SEPARATING the working class neighborhood of College Point, and the mansion studded neighborhood of Malba, there is Powell’s Cove. Before the earliest settlers came, this was…

By PATRICK O’CONNORForgotten NY correspondent On a recent Friday afternoon, I was driving to drop my daughter off at a friend’s house in Queens Village.  Google driving directions decided that…

By PATRICK O’CONNORContributor, Forgotten New York In 2021, Kevin posted an article on National Street in Corona and mentioned some facts about the National Race Course that once existed in…

By PATRICK O’CONNORFNY Contributor It always amazes me how many times I find things while fishing around for something else.  I was recently poking around on the 1924 aerial photos…

OVERSHADOWED, perhaps, by the magnificent Flatiron (Fuller) Building across the street, which has been occasionally fully or partially shadowed by construction netting the past couple of decades, is the Sohmer…

Previously in 2026, First Reformed Church of Astoria (1888) and  South Bushwick Church (1853) perished by fire; more recently, St. Columba Catholic Church in Chelsea has been demolished. Not a…