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    ASTORIA PARK AND DITMARS

    by Kevin Walsh July 24, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh July 24, 2022 14 comments

    It was a pleasant day in May and I had completed the Astoria Village leg of my planned excursion that included AV, the west end of Astoria Park, and then…

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  • One ShotsStreet LampsSubways & Trains

    ASTORIA EL LAMP

    by Kevin Walsh May 31, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh May 31, 2022 4 comments

    I’ve said repeatedly to watch carefully when walking under elevated trains. Not for falling debris (not that that can’t happen) but for outmoded or unusual signage or lamp fixtures, because…

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  • One Shots

    ASTORIA PARK WAR MEMORIAL

    by Kevin Walsh May 30, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh May 30, 2022 5 comments

    SOMEDAY a definitive book, or even a webpage, will be written about the hundreds of war memorials that are scattered all over the five boroughs, ranging from tiny to massive.…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    THEN AND NOW IN QUEENS

    by Kevin Walsh September 21, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh September 21, 2021 8 comments

    I should take more advantage of the cache of Queens photos I acquired during my research for the book I wrote with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, Forgotten Queens. Many…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    BARTUNEK HARDWARE 2021

    by Kevin Walsh September 7, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh September 7, 2021 9 comments

    Back in 2016 I was enthusiastically noting Bartunek Hardware’s ancient sign at its #28-07 23 Avenue location, nearby the Ditmars Boulevard N train station. The store has been in business…

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  • CemeteriesWalks

    KNOCKIN’ EM DEAD IN ASTORIA

    by Kevin Walsh July 11, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh July 11, 2021 13 comments

    What follows is an expansion of a piece that recently appeared in SpliceToday. I added more information and photos taken during a recent walk in Astoria’s northern end. After fur…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    HALSEY’S OLD HOME, Astoria

    by Kevin Walsh January 31, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh January 31, 2021 6 comments

    I’ve decided to take this Sunday “off,” so FNY’s Sergey Kadinsky is filling in with an item about a part of Queens west of Astoria Village where I’m rarely found,…

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  • AlleysOne Shots

    SOUND STREET, Astoria

    by Kevin Walsh January 12, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh January 12, 2021 2 comments

    Sound Street runs for only a block in Astoria, between 23rd Avenue and Astoria Boulevard, one-way south, yet it does bring traffic to a bridge crossing the Grand Central Parkway.…

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  • One Shots

    (FORMERLY) GLEASON’S, Astoria

    by Kevin Walsh January 5, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh January 5, 2021 9 comments

    Why write about a bar on Broadway in Astoria that closed a couple of years ago? It turns out there’s probably some Long Island City history in the name. It’s…

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  • EatsOne Shots

    BOHEMIAN HALL, Astoria

    by Kevin Walsh November 5, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh November 5, 2020 3 comments

    Remember when there could be large gatherings of facemask-free people for purely recreational purposes with no guilt trips? I know, the memory is fading. I remember them, though. I regretted…

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  • Cemeteries

    LAWRENCE FAMILY CEMETERY, Astoria

    by Kevin Walsh October 23, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh October 23, 2020 2 comments

    I have been thinking lately of all the places I have been to once, and only once, since I began work on Forgotten New York in 1998. I will try…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    KOUWENHOVEN LANES

    by Kevin Walsh October 13, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh October 13, 2020 18 comments

    There are plenty of Dutch place names around town … Spuyten Duyvil, Knickerbocker, Onderdonk, and just about every name with a “Van” in front of it from Van Buren to…

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