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…

On a recent jaunt in Midwood, Brooklyn I made sure to check on a pair of classic neon drugstore signs I’ve been aware of for quite some time. Unfortunately the…

Tucked between the Bronx Community College campus, where the Hall of Fame of Great Americans is located, and the Jerome Park Reservoir is a little network of streets that seems…