I was wandering around midtown Manhattan in September 2016, on the way back from “scouting” a planned tour in the Turtle Bay area. After finishing I walked downtown toward Penn…

In December 2016 I played Queens Jeopardy at Neir’s Tavern at 78th Street and 88th Avenue in Woodhaven, a neighborhood that I’m quickly finding is one of the best preserved…

Those of you who follow the Kevin J. Walsh facebook page know that I spent much of the year working for a publisher in Hoboken. I spent precious little time…

In November 2016 I was bellyaching over the impending loss of the Bayside railroad pedestrian bridge at 216th Street and 42nd Avenue, and on the same page, also complained about…

A number of years ago, I believe it was in 1999, I interviewed for American Ink Maker Magazine. The business, part of the Cygnus magazine organization, was located in a corporate park…

By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent The neighborhood of Kingsbridge lost its namesake crossing more than a century ago when the Spuyten Duyvil Creek was straightened, but in a way…

Word has recently come that the Department of Transportation intends to raze the pedestrian bridge that crosses the Long Island Rail Road at 216th Street, which has been a handy…

Since March 2016 I have been commuting to a freelance job at Pearson Educational Publishing in Hoboken, NJ. I don’t enter Hoboken Terminal (officially, Lackawanna Terminal, its original name in 1907,…

As it turns out two of New York City’s most iconic bridges — both of which link three boroughs — are celebrating key anniversaries this year. The Hell Gate Bridge,…

Indulge me for a few minutes. I was walking from 77th Street to Gravesend the other day (I used to bicycle these kind of distances but I don’t think my…

The Downtown Alliance, a business improvement district representing lower Manhattan including the Financial District, first unveiled a set of black and white street signs back in 2000, most of which…

There’s a gorgeous mosaic sign indicating the presence of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer at the bottom of the steps on the BMT (R) subway exit at the Barclays…