Have I ever mentioned that I got a B in a college math class? It was a proud B, since it was one of a handful of A’s and B’s…

120 Broadway, the Equitable Building, is one of those rare NYC buildings that occupy an entire block, between Broadway and Nasssau, Pine and Cedar Streets. It was designed by architect…

By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent   In the 1870s, the southern shoreline of Manhattan Beach was straightened with an 8-block waterfront walkway running between the southern ends of Corbin Place…

I have no intention to Dylan Thomas you, or even Greg Lake you, with this particular page. I decided, after a recent tour of the Brooklyn Army Terminal on the…

Of the many bridges that cross the noxious and noisome Newtown Creek, which includes the Pulaski (McGuiness Boulevard), J.J. Byrne (Greenpoint Avenue) Kosciuszko (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway), the Metropolitan Avenue bridge, and…

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only President elected for four terms, served from 1933 to 1945, seeing the USA through the Great Depression and most of World War II. He…

There’s a comely young woman in a diaphanous dress reclining on a pedestal facing north on Broadway and West 106th Street, pensively looking at the ground.  She’s always there! Unfortunately,…

photo: Wayne Whitehorne, courtesy NYC Subways When it was opened on February 11th, 1933 as part of the new Independent Subway System, the High Street station on today’s A and…

I had never known where the entrance was for the Bushwick Avenue-Aberdeen Street station on the Canarsie Line, popularly known as the L train. I was always looking around for…

By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent As you know, every borough in NYC has its own Broadway and a Main Street. When it comes to Park Avenue, the one in…

Is there anyplace more inviting than a classic railroad-car diner? It’s a matter of taste of course, in more ways than one. I’d eat in one every day, but my cholesterol…

Before I begin, I’ll get this out of the way right away, since Forgotten NY’s nitpickers are legion. No, nothing on this page is technically a tunnel, but they’re reasonable…