In the mid-1970s a new variety of street lighting, or in this case, sidewalk lighting, was introduced in the Garment District, roughly on side streets between East 35th and 40th…
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THE twin towers of St. Aloysius (pronounced “alla WISH us”) Roman Catholic Church at Stockholm Street and Onderdonk Avenue can be seen for miles in Ridgewood and nearby Maspeth. It…
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HIDDEN histories abound in New York City’s street names. In Gravesend, a one-block street, Boynton Place, connects West 7th Street and Avenue X between 86th Street and the MTA’s Coney…
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Continued from Part 1 In April 2017, Mitch Waxman, a member of the Newtown Creek Alliance, conducted one of his Newtown Creek tours, his most comprehensive, which he called “Creek-a-Thon”. It…
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Why would there be a Toledo Court at 92-30 56th Avenue in Elmhurst, adjacent to Elmhurst Park and close by Queens Center Mall? The answer, it would seem, is that…
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THE Port Authority Trans-Hudson Railroad, or the PATH train, is NYC’s “other” subway, running under 6th Avenue, Christopher Street, Greenwich Street and Morton Street and from Church Street at the World…
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My posts will be intermittent for awhile as I recover from surgery, but I am feeling better. My father was just as much a photo buff as I turned out…
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I am having a hernia fixed on Monday, September 18, so will be taking a few days off from Forgotten NY and “real work” for rest and recuperation. Post-op, my…
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In April 2017, Mitch Waxman, a member of the Newtown Creek Alliance, conducted one of his Newtown Creek tours, his most comprehensive, which he called “Creek-a-Thon”. It was an all-day affair…
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EVERY so often I like to check in on my favorite buildings, one of which is the Renken Dairy offices at #584 Myrtle Avenue and Classon Avenue. The bottling plant…
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In November 2017, Thanksgiving to be exact, I embarked on one of my lengthiest forays, walking from Sunset Park to Maspeth. The family had informed me that the Thanksgiving stuff…
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CREEDMOOR Psychiatric Center is located on the old grounds of the Creedmoor rifle range, deeded to New York State for that use by the National Guard in 1872. International matches…