Continued from Part 3 GOOGLE MAP: WOODSIDE TO BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Having walked Greene Avenue for the most part, alternating with Bleecker Street, through Ridgewood, I decided to continue on Greene westward…

Continued from Part 2 I hope you’re not getting tired of Brooklyn and Queens, as this turned out into an epic walk between Queens and Brooklyn — I shot over…

Continued from Part 1 Woodside is often the jump-off point for some of my lengthier walks. The reason is simple. It’s the westernmost Long Island Rail Road stop in Queens…

Woodside is often the jump-off point for some of my lengthier walks. The reason is simple. It’s the westernmost Long Island Rail Road stop in Queens (on my branch, that…

Continued from Part 2 In my collection of NYC books I think I can count the number of books on (exclusively) Staten Island with two hands. There’s Holden’s Staten Island, Secret…

Continued from Part 1 In my collection of NYC books I think I can count the number of books on (exclusively) Staten Island with two hands. There’s Holden’s Staten Island, Secret…

I think this one is going to take a number of pages to finish. In December 2014, before the winter got really harsh, I decided to walk around certain parts…

I took a walk from Madison Square southeast to Kips Bay and then generally north to the East 34th Street ferry landing in mid- December 2014, before it started getting…

It was a Saturday, the warmest day of the spring yet, and I had come to Manhattan’s east side to search for relics. The #7 train was running between Queens…

Continued from Part 2 I’ve been on Fulton Street a lot. Over a decade ago I learned that the classic restaurant Gage & Tollner, at Fulton and Smith, had just closed,…

Continued from Part 1 I’ve been on Fulton Street a lot. Over a decade ago I learned that the classic restaurant Gage & Tollner, at Fulton and Smith, had just closed,…

I’ve been on Fulton Street a lot. Over a decade ago I learned that the classic restaurant Gage & Tollner, at Fulton and Smith, had just closed, so I did…