TODAY’S “ancient ad” is a bit less ancient that usual on FNY, but it is at least a good 40 years old if not 50. I had gotten off the…

I was plodding along West 23rd Street west of 5th Avenue in June 2024 when I spotted something curious. Over the past 20 years, a new species of lamppost has…

I have been paying more attention to the shingle signs that are found outside doctors’ offices, because some of them are old indeed and have been in place for a…

ASTORIA Village has suffered greatly from building speculators with large sums of cash in hand. Numerous important houses have been demolished, only to be replaced with large, boxy multi-family dwellings. The…

If you know where to look, some old Uneeda Biscuit painted ads can still be seen around town, or out of town: in this case, Syracuse. A fire at a…

On a visit to Bay Ridge in June 2024, I got a photo of the Emphasis Diner on 4th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue (69th Street). It’s in a propitious…

At 463 West Street you will find the old Bell Labs HQ whose various buildings take up an entire block, between Washington, West, Bank and Bethune Streets. This complex was…

In May 2024 I decided to walk the full length of Humboldt Street in Williamsburg and Greenpount from south to north, and sooner or later, a post will appear concerning…

I have nothing historical to note or anything horrible to complain about here in Astoria at 30th Drive and 29th Street, except to take note of this “overstuffed” telephone pole.…

I was tipped off about a couple of items of interest in Forest Hills, so I thought I would take the R train over there. Because I was out of…

By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On the A train heading south, the tracks split into two branches, east to Far Rockaway, and west to Rockaway Park. Connecting this split is…

THIS photo of the long-gone West Side Highway in Manhattan has been making the rounds today (it’s in Facebook’s Lost New York page) so I thought I’d wade in. Surprisingly…