In mid-August I was looking for a walk that wasn’t too taxing yet would get my steps in. I have been undergoing PT since early August and will be wrapping…

MANY of the Harlem River bridges have been lost over the years, including the Third Avenue and Willis Avenue bridges, which were replaced with new bridges several years ago. Before…

On Wednesday, October 15th, Greater Astoria Historical Society‘s 40th Anniversary was celebrated. While western Queens is the primary focus of its activities, GAHS has a hand (and a foot) in…

In many ways the stately brick edifice, St. George Episcopal Church, is the centerpiece of Astoria Village. There has been a St. George Episcopal parish in Astoria since 1825 when its…

IRONICALLY, in my opinion, Astoria and Long Island City were among the last neighborhoods in Queens to receive their street numbers in what I call the Great Renumbering in Queens…

YOU can be forgiven if you completely overlook Shrady Place, a dead end on Kingsbridge Terrace just south of Fort Independence Street in Kingsbridge Heights. The Terrace runs atop a…

I have never gotten a real handle on the Long Island Rail Road Brooklyn branch, which runs from Jamaica west to Flatbush Avenue. I’m surprised the LIRR has retained it,…

WE’VE been to the Lower East Side many times in the history of Forgotten-NY and each time we return there’s something old that we haven’t yet documented. The Tenement Museum…

A few wooden pilings and some crumbling concrete are all that remains of the Perth Amboy ferry landing at Bentley Street in Tottenville, Staten Island, the end of the line…

WHILE going through the batch of ancient Queens photographs that led to the publication of “Forgotten Queens” with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, I came upon this shot labeled Astoria…

PARAMOUNT Theatre, at 560 Bay Street near Prospect, is now likely Staten Island’s premier ‘ghost theater’ now that the St. George has been restored and reactivated. It was designed by…

TOMPKINS Lodge 471, #514 Bay Street at Sands Street, is a classical-style Masonic Temple that has not been repurposed as so many Masonic halls around towns have been, as it’s…