Continuing my recent spate of stories about what the streets underneath elevated lines look like (Livonia Avenue, New Utrecht Avenue) I decided to head to an area I have appreciated…

By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten New York correspondent Among the city streets that follow elevated subway lines today, none are completely in the shade. McDonald Avenue, New Utrecht Avenue, and Roosevelt…

A little something special in Forgotten New York this week. I obtained permission from my friend Susan Fensten to publish her set of images taken of the NYC City Walls Project,…

In late December 2001 I had a toothache and so found myself in the dentist chair in Bay Ridge on Christmas Eve for some emergency treatment. With mouth still numb,…

I have been somewhat time strapped in the summer of 2016, with a (temporary) full time job in Hoboken that demands 9 or 10 hours daily, a desire to relax…

Continued from Part 1 Where was I? On one of the strangest city borderlines you’ll ever encounter… For this January lidlifter on the 2016 exploring season I took the IRT…

By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent   New York City has more colleges than any other city in the country, ranging from leafy academic villages such as Brooklyn College and…

By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent This piece originally appeared in FNY in April 2010, but was never transcribed when I switched to the WordPress platform the following year. Sergey…

No, it’s not what you think, this isn’t really “nude” Utrecht, and I didn’t stumble on a Spencer Tunick (link NSFW) tableau when out adventuring. I was actually on my way…

By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent  This city has more college campuses than any other in the nation. On our previous campus sojourns, we visited CCNY, the Hall of Fame…

A few weeks ago I walked Meserole Street west, then Montrose Avenue (which is a block south of Meserole) east, then Bushwick Avenue as far south as the Aberdeen Street…

In mid-July 2015 I had just attended a show at Poe Park in Fordham, at  the Grand Concourse and East Kingsbridge Road, featuring photographs taken on and around the recently…