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    POWHATAN DEMOCRATIC CLUB, Astoria

    by Kevin Walsh December 14, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh December 14, 2022 4 comments

    At the Powhatan Democratic Club, 41-05 Newtown Road, the sign looks much the same as it did in 1940. The political club is now officially known as the Powhatan and Pocahontas Democratic…

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  • Signs

    RICKARD’S, Astoria

    by Kevin Walsh September 14, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh September 14, 2022 4 comments

    Photo courtesy: Thomas Rinaldi, Facebook Cricket Wireless recently moved out of 30-29 Steinway Street in Astoria, a hop, skip and jump away from my former haunts at the Quinn Funeral…

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  • Signs

    GAŠPAR’S DELI, Astoria

    by Kevin Walsh September 6, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh September 6, 2022 2 comments

    WHILE in Astoria on a partly sunny Sunday, I found a pair of plastic-lettered signs on the corner of 44th Street and 25th Avenue for Gašpar’s Deli. First of all,…

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  • Alleys

    JEFFERSON PLACE, Long Island City

    by Kevin Walsh September 5, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh September 5, 2022 15 comments

    I was stumbling around Astoria in September 2022 when I found something interesting on 45th Street just south of 31st Avenue. I have always found Astoria and Long Island City…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    QUEENS’ LITTLEST BOULEVARDS

    by Kevin Walsh August 31, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh August 31, 2022 12 comments

    EARLIER in 2022, FNY discussed Cloverdale Boulevard, one of the “lesser” boulevards found in Queens, a borough in which quite a few main routes are known as “Boulevard.” In the…

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  • Walks

    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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