IT’S not mentioned often but Astoria and its neighbor Ravenswood were once a hotbed for silk manufacture and production. Several remaining buildings scattered over the region are former silk production…
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A foray into what was formerly called “South Brooklyn” when it was actually the southern end of the City of Brooklyn before it absorbed the rest of Kings County and…
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DOUGHTY Street is one of a network of short streets and alleys adjacent to the Fulton Ferry landing that were built in the early 1800s, making them some of Brooklyn’s…
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AUGUST is the month of my birth. I breathed my first in Maimonides Hospital, a now-sprawling complex between 9th Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 48th and 49th Streets in Borough Park,…
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I was checking out some 1940 Municipal Archives photos and scrolled over to the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, known officially as Ocean Promenade on maps. I dug those boardwalk lamps, of…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent ONE of the greatest art museums in the world is hardly “forgotten” and nearly every inch inside and around this structure has been documented in…
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A few years ago, I reached into the archives to feature a photo from 1932 featuring a sign pointing to Glenn Curtiss Airfield, which is now the mighty LaGuardia Airport.…
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THERE are multiple numbered street intersections in NYC where each cross street has the same number. Maspeth, Queens is the most egregious example, with multiple intersections of 59 and 59,…
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HOW the mighty have fallen! The former United National Bank of Long Island at 101st Avenue and 95th Street is now used as a 99-cent store. Amazingly, it has retained…
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THESE are the remains of the old Ozone Park LIRR station just south of 101st Avenue at 100th Street. This was once a very important transfer point on the LIRR. The present…
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ROLANDO Pujol, the indefatigable finder of ancient NYC objects at The Retrologist, recently located this ancient vinyl sign (formerly with neon tubing) for Barney’s Ladies’ Shoes on 82nd Street off…
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BY SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent SINCE the demolition of Shea Stadium in early 2009, Forgotten-NY has been documenting hidden train station signs that directed travelers to this former ballpark. With…