Prospect Park South was developed at the turn of the 19th-20th Century by upstate New Yorker Dean Alvord, who purchased a parcel of land in Flatbush from the estate of…

Back in Bay Ridge again, eh? I can’t help it, I lived there for 35 years after my birth at Maimonides Hospital in Borough Park in 1957. Gradually my connections…

I’ve begun to think about “stuff” lately. Forgotten New York celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, and I didn’t start on it until 1998, when I was 40 years old.…

The Works Progress Administration Guide to NYC is a dense, 700-page volume with tightly-spaced type in a small but readable Garamond font, with a generous use of maps, art and…

By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent The newest neighborhood in Manhattan is promoted as something new where nothing stood before, a blank slate atop a railyard that awaited development. The $55…

A short time ago I did an article for StreetEasy about six American presidents who had streets named for them in New York City. Actually, I’ve researched all 45 presidents,…

Take a residential neighborhood, build a linear pedestrian park spanning several city blocks, add spectacular views across a nearby body of water, shake and stir. The recipe for overdevelopment, gentrification…

Something about North Brooklyn attracts me during the Christmas season. I have done surveys of both Manhattan and Graham Avenues in December. Today, I chose Humboldt Street, as I have a…

Today I’m going to expand on a recent piece I did in SpliceToday, as I am able to get a lot more expansive here with a lot more photos, and…

In August I went on a “ramble” from the Canal Street A/C/E subway up through SoHo, Greenwich Village, and the East Side, getting as far as East 59th where I…

Prospect Avenue is the spine of Windsor Terrace, running from 3rd and Hamilton Avenues southeast and south to Ocean Parkway. It’s named for nearby Prospect Park and its high hills…

I’ve been saying I want to do shorter pieces for the Sunday feature, and I’m putting that into practice this week. I stumbled across some photos online that were taken…