Continued from Part 1 It was a gorgeous day when I did a reconnaissance walk for a since-completed Forgotten NY tour of Uptown Trinity Cemetery. So much so that when…

It was a gorgeous day when I did a reconnaissance walk for a since-completed Forgotten NY tour of Uptown Trinity Cemetery. So much so that when I was finished, I…

Continued from Part 1 Today my idea was to walk from Jamaica Estates, one of two ritzy (or mostly ritzy, in comparison to where I’ve lived) areas in northern Jamaica,…

Today my idea was to walk from Jamaica Estates, one of two ritzy (or mostly ritzy, in comparison to where I’ve lived) areas in northern Jamaica, all the way home…

Continued from Part 1 In the 1970s, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, and Bergen Beach had not become fully homogenized into the Brooklyn “beautiful mosaic” and were still rough around the…

Sheepshead Bay is well-worn territory for Forgotten NY — my first comprehensive page on the neighborhood appeared in 2006, and earlier this year I posted an account of my very…

Continued from Part 2 It was the first really hot day in May (2017), and I went forth to DUMBO on a mission. As it turns out I had to…

Continued from Part 1 It was the first really hot day in May (2017), and I went forth to DUMBO on a mission. As it turns out I had to…

It was the first really hot day in May (2017), and I went forth to DUMBO on a mission. As it turns out I had to abort the mission, as…

Continued from Part 1 Fordham, a bustling shopping district in center-west Bronx, was named for a small settlement along the Harlem River begun in 1669 but later devastated by the…

Fordham, a bustling shopping district in center-west Bronx, was named for a small settlement along the Harlem River begun in 1669 but later devastated by the Revolutionary War. Belmont takes…

Continued from Part 2 I found myself once again in Port Richmond midweek in December 2016, the subject of a number of FNY forays over the years. The story has…