On a Sunday in January 2019, I decided to walk up and down the east-west streets of the northwest region of Greenwich Village, noting that I hadn’t yet taken a…
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On a Sunday in January 2019, I decided to walk up and down the east-west streets of the northwest region of Greenwich Village, noting that I hadn’t yet taken a…
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On a Sunday in January 2019, I decided to walk up and down the east-west streets of the northwest region of Greenwich Village, noting that I hadn’t yet taken a…
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On a Sunday in January 2019, I decided to walk up and down the east-west streets of the northwest region of Greenwich Village, noting that I hadn’t yet taken a…
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Squibb Park at Columbia Heights and the BQE overpass was named for Dr. E.R. Squibb (1819-1900), a pharmacologist whose lab was located nearby. Squibb became a major commercial manufacturer; its slogan…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent In the section of Queens Village to the south of the train tracks where Springfield Boulevard meets Hollis Avenue is a remarkable building: the…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent The northeast tip of Queens was once known as Willets Point after the family that purchased this peninsula in 1829. It was acquired by…
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The term “Wall Street” has been associated with finance and the New York Stock Exchange (suffering historic drops and selloffs in the waning days of 2018) has been at Wall…
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I’m not a good nighttime photographer — I don’t have the equipment or expertise, unlike, say, my friend Mitch Waxman at the Newtown Pentacle. However, a recent opportunity presented itself…
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A week or so ago, FNY posted a survey of a number of Flushing cemeteries that are relatively close together: Mount St. Mary’s, Flushing Cemetery, and what is known as…
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The other day when I posted my Mulberry Street page I touched on Mosco Street, which runs for a block between Mulberry and Mott, a block north of Worth. I…
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Between 1959-1964, when I was just being formatted, the city bruited the Gowanus Expressway through my neighborhood, which connected the BQE and the Belt Parkway junction at 65th Street and…