A small traffic triangle is formed on the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill by long-ago cvil engineers’ insistence on letting Washington Avenue go its own way. South of Atlantic…
Bedford-Stuyvesant
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Looking somewhat like a horseshoe or, perhaps, Star Trek’s Guardian of Forever is Freedom’s Gate, a sculpture by Philadelphia- based Charles Searles (1937-2004) at Fulton Street and Ralph Avenue at…
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Howard Avenue runs in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville. The avenue was named for tavern keeper William Howard (1725-1777) who ran the Rising Sun Tavern at the Jamaica and Cripplebush roads, now…
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The former Prudential Savings Bank on Stuyvesant and Vernon Avenues, just south of Broadway, the border of Bushwick, is a worthy sentinel at the uneasy line separating the two deep-Brooklyn…
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Vinyl signs that had been installed on a drugstore on the corner of Ralph Avenue and Park Place have recently been removed, revealing a pair of signs from different eras:…
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Claver Place runs for two blocks from Fulton Street north to Putnam Avenue just east of Classon Avenue. Nothing really unusual about it… until you spot the small sign on…
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I had gotten on a C train at Franklin Avenue and I was heading east when I wanted to head west (I rarely make that mistake but transferring from the…
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Woodside is often the jump-off point for some of my lengthier walks. The reason is simple. It’s the westernmost Long Island Rail Road stop in Queens (on my branch, that…
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If I didn’t tell you where this sign is located, your natural assumption would be Manhattan, whose Broadway runs from the Battery to the Harlem River and beyond. Actually, I…
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Believe me, this page has been a long time coming. It’s not that it’s been heavily researched and photographed; no more so than most FNY pages. These photos were taken…
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Cascade Linen Service, which supplied table napkins and tablecloths to restaurants citywide, called this modest red brick building at Myrtle and Marcy Avenues home from 1898-2010, but developers have had…
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photo: Rachel Dahill-fuchel Came across this just recently, on Marcy Avenue and Madison Street across from the old Boys’ High in Bed-Stuy. Has an ancient ad recently been uncovered? Sadly,…