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HERE’S a handsome Tudor-ish apartment complex at 30th Drive and 29th Street in Long Island City. Though eastern Queens can sometimes resemble Nassau County, with shady residential streets and wide,…
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It turns out that Brooklyn had a “dry” or alcohol-free town decades before Staten Island’s Prohibition Park, now known as Westerleigh. While Prohibition Park was established in 1887 and strictly…
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BACK in 2019, I walked Victory Boulevard from Clove Road to the Staten Island Expressway as part of a walk that clocked in at over 9 miles. It was intended…
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THE Loyal Order of Moose is a fraternal and service organization founded in Louisville, KY in 1888 by Dr. John Henry Wilson. The organization was tainted by racism for its first few…
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When I have an opportunity for a weekend off, I take it and am handing over the reins to Sergey today. –Ed. By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten New York Correspondent In 2001…
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In May 2024 I decided to walk the full length of Humboldt Street in Williamsburg and Greenpount from south to north, and sooner or later, a post will appear concerning…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent HAVING documented post-millennial changes to the streetscapes of Melrose and Mott Haven, one would not expect much to change on the Grand Concourse, the boulevard…
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In an area rich with architectural gems like the Yale Club, General Society of Mechanics and tradesmen and the Algonquin Hotel, all on West 44th, FDNY Engine Company #56, a…
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As Forgotten NY readers know I am an infrastructure buff and FNY is at its heart an infrastructure blog, so when something like a new pedestrian bridge opens, I’m usually…
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Your boy is laid up with sciatica this week, so it’s Sergey Time as FNY’s correspondent checks in with some Bronx Art Deco buildings. By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent HAVING…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent FLATBUSH Avenue is not the longest road in Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue edges it out) but it comes close to the record on its lengthy route…
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JUST a quick one this week, as I will be occupied much of Easter Sunday and I am busy assembling the FNY 25th anniversary event presentation scheduled for Thursday, April…