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    ASTORIA TO WOODSIDE

    by Kevin Walsh May 26, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh May 26, 2025 9 comments

    CATCHING up on some places I haven’t been yet, I decided to go over some well-worn territory for me at least, from Astoria to Woodside. From 2012 to 2018 I…

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  • One Shots

    BRONX IN QUEENS

    by Kevin Walsh January 16, 2025
    by Kevin Walsh January 16, 2025 6 comments

    MANY New Yorkers cite 1993’s A Bronx Tale, written and acted in by Chazz Palminteri and produced and acted in by Robert De Niro, as their favorite movie. Though A Bronx Tale was…

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  • Signs

    23RD AVENUE SIGNS

    by Kevin Walsh December 24, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 24, 2024 2 comments

    AFTER concluding my Crescent Street walk in late September 2024 I decided to head east on 23rd Avenue toward the Astoria el to get the N train back to Queensboro…

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    CRESCENT STREET LONG ISLAND CITY

    by Kevin Walsh December 22, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 22, 2024 7 comments

    After 4 out of 5 weekends when I handed the reins over to Sergey Kadinsky, I’m returning to weekend longform this week and I have a large backlog to get…

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  • Subways & Trains

    END OF THE LINE, DITMARS

    by Kevin Walsh December 7, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh December 7, 2024 0 comment

    In September 2024 I walked Crescent Street in Long Island City almost its entire length and then headed east to 31st Street to get the N train at the end…

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    COLUMBUS PIZZA, ASTORIA

    by Kevin Walsh October 31, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh October 31, 2024 4 comments

    HERE’S a shot from the descending staircase at 31st Street and Astoria Boulevard at the elevated train serving the N and sometimes W. The elevated was built and opened in…

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    GENOVESE BROS., INC., ASTORIA

    by Kevin Walsh October 3, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh October 3, 2024 4 comments

    GENOVESE was formerly a big name in the pharmacy world, operating over 100 drugstores in the NY metropolitan area. The company was founded by Joseph Genovese in Astoria in 1924,…

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  • One Shots

    SOHMER PIANO, ASTORIA

    by Kevin Walsh October 1, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh October 1, 2024 7 comments

    VERNON Boulevard’s most venerable structure may be the former Sohmer Piano factory, 11-31 Vernon at 31st Avenue. I first encountered the building several years ago when it was still occupied by the…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    MOOSE ARE LOOSE IN QUEENS

    by Kevin Walsh September 5, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh September 5, 2024 6 comments

    THE Loyal Order of Moose is a fraternal and service organization founded in Louisville, KY in 1888 by Dr. John Henry Wilson. The organization was tainted by racism for its first few…

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  • Alleys

    WELLING COURT, ASTORIA VILLAGE

    by Kevin Walsh August 18, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh August 18, 2024 6 comments

    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…

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  • One Shots

    OVERSTUFFED, 30TH DRIVE

    by Kevin Walsh August 12, 2024
    by Kevin Walsh August 12, 2024 10 comments

    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.…

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  • One Shots

    SILKS BUILDING, ASTORIA

    by Kevin Walsh August 3, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh August 3, 2023 1 comment

    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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