STRANGE that we remember things somewhat fondly after awhile that at the time, were borderline dangerous or scary. In April 2011 I was patrolling the Newtown Creek area with Mitch…

I have begun to pay more attention to platform lighting on elevated subway stations, which comes in a variety of posts from the earliest ornate ones, to the purely functional…

WHEN I moved to Little Neck in 2007 I really thought I had found the last Westinghouse MO-8 mercury streetlamp remaining in NYC. But when I visited Hamilton Beach in…

THERE”S a lot going on in this scene in The Hub region of the Bronx, looking south on Elton Avenue toward where it meets Third Avenue (in the Bronx, 3rd…

WHY am I using the Streetlamps stamp here at Tudor City’s Windsor Tower at 1st Avenue and East 40th Street, the largest building in the luxury apartment campus found between…

PERIODICALLY, I cross the border — completely undefended by barbed wire, rifle toting guads and dogs — from Little Neck into Nassau County. The reasons for this have been diverse…

If you haven’t noticed it yet in Forgotten New York, I do enjoy walking under elevated trains. You never know what you’ll find under there, infrastructure-wise; I’ve located 50-75 year…

WHEN traveling on Northern Boulevard (25A) east of Route 101 (Port Washington Boulevard) one of the abiding mysteries, to me at least, is the presence of these scrolled masts seen…

BEFORE I talk about the lamppost I plan on discussing today, I’ll say a few words about the building that, in effect, provides its home. (Don’t worry, I’ll explain.) By…

So there’s lamppost news this month, and it’s up to you whether it’s good lamppost news. For a very long time…since the 1970s, in my estimation…the “downtown” section of Bell…

I’ve discussed these fire alarm indicator lamps before — Forgotten NY has been around now for 22 years as of 2021 — but I never get tired of featuring them,…

When conceived, it was assumed that the former New York, Westchester and Boston RR would eventually reach Boston, but instead at its lengthiest, it ran from southern Mott Haven in…