I’ll admit it, I had never ventured into the Bright Food Shop at 8th Avenue and West 21st Street in Chelsea. An old NY Magazine review said: Sit with your morning cup of Joe…

All five NYC boroughs have a Grand Street or Grand Avenue (Brooklyn’s Grand Street and Queens’ Grand Avenue run continuously). The late Bronx historian John McNamara, in History in Asphalt, claims the Bronx’…

Walking down 13th Street one day in November 2007, upon reaching 5th Avenue I was amazed to see that a building that hosted one of the premier clubs during my youth…

On Fridays, Barbara Corcoran, queen of New York realtors, had a column in the Daily News and takes questions from prospective buyers, sellers, and renovators.   One of the questions on Friday, November 9th, 2007, was…

Look at any street map of Borough Park that includes subways and you will see that the BMT West End line travels in a right of way north of 39th Street, turns south…

The Cryder farm water tower, Cryder Point Apartments, Whitestone GUEST POST BY JASON D. ANTOS author, Whitestone, Arcadia 2006 The Town of Whitestone was first settled by the Dutch in 1645 where…

8th Street exists in Manhattan in two distinct sections: from Cooper Square west to 6th Avenue, and from Avenue B east to Avenue D. (5th Avenue divides it East and West).…

As much as your webmaster has explored Staten Island over the years (I’ve probably spent the most time in Queens, followed by Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx in that…

A note from ForgottenFan Ron Bollerman: I wanted to write and thank you for your page on “Mott Haven”. It helped me to find a building that my great, great grandfather…

Deadlines, deadlines…we all deal with them and your webmaster is no exception. I have plenty of photos, but not a whole lot of research prepared for today’s Slice. Fortunately, there are…

On West 63rd Street near Central Park is what is likely NYC’s largest and most ornate YMCA you’ll ever see. It was designed by mostly unheralded architect Dwight James Baum (1886-1939),…

Now that it doesn’t cool off in October anymore in NYC (on October 8th, 2007, it’s 81 degrees as I write this at 10:14 PM) you have to look for other…