By PATRICK O’CONNORForgotten NY guest post BRIARWOOD, Queens was developed in stages beginning in 1905 by the Briarwood Land Company and bounded by the Van Wyck Expressway to the west,…
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Time for another entry in Sergey Kadinsky’s ongoing series featuring ethnic parks and monuments, following Irish Town, Latino Town and Italian Town. Once again, listings are not presented in strict…
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AFTER having the list of city parks named after Irish-Americans deleted on Wikipedia for stupid reasons, I brought it back to life on this website. Following on that example, I…
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BY DAVID MELTZERForgotten New York guest post THERE are three parks in the southeast Bronx – Soundview Park, Pugsley Creek Park, and Ferry Point Park. But if you exit the…
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AFTER having the list of city parks named after Irish-Americans deleted on Wikipedia for stupid reasons, I brought it back to life on this website. Following on that example, here…
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ANY educator worth their reputation would never permit students to use Wikipedia as a source, as any individual can edit its articles. Having contributed pages to the world’s largest free…
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BEFORE heading off to see the recently reopened section of East River Park (on an upcoming FNY post) I decided to check out Rutgers Street, because I had never walked…
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RECENTLY, Forgotten New York took a look at three separate street in downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO named Fleet, for an early landowner, Samuel Fleet. I’m not done with lost streets…
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As Forgotten New York readers know I have an enthusiasm for short streets and alleys, of which New York simply does not have enough, compared to cities such as Philly…
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In October I took advantage of the preternaturally balmy and clear weather (Central Park recorded .01″ of rain the entire month) and walked through Chelsea and The West Village, catching…
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Continued from Part One WITH this page, I am proposing/inaugurating a new Forgotten NY series, Greatest Hits, that will be appearing periodically, much like the series began earlier in 2024, One…
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WITH this page, I am proposing/inaugurating a new Forgotten NY series, Greatest Hits, that will be appearing periodically, much like the series began earlier in 2024, One and Done, concerning…