By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent With the Coronavirus compelling New Yorkers into a springtime quarantine, my hometown borough has two small parks with “Health” in their names. Their locations take…
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A short while ago I wrote a piece that showed you all the streets that carry presidential names in NYC, whether or not they were actually named for presidents. This…
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I had a request for some Bronx material, so here’s a classic example from the Borough of Apartments. There’s more from the Bronx on the way but this should tide…
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Sometimes my most productive walks are when I’m scouting Forgotten NY tours. I’m especially attuned to my surroundings and noticing anything I can talk about on the tour that will…
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The website I’ve run for 20 years, Forgotten New York, is sometimes like the NFL. I’ll explain. The NFL is divided into two conferences, the AFC and the NFC, which…
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by SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent Kevin Walsh has been to the Bronx neighborhood of Bedford Park in 2008, but his observations were limited to the sidewalk. With historical maps and…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent One does not need to wear a bulletproof vest to travel on Gun Hill Road, the 3.4-mile north Bronx road running between Mosholu Parkway to…
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From Ossie McGennie in the Facebook New York’s Railroads, Subways & Trolleys Past & Present group (hence the watermark) comes this extraordinary glimpse into the past at the 138th Street/Grand…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent In October 2018 a new park was completed in the center of the Melrose neighborhood in the South Bronx. Previously known as Block 2381 Lot…
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Wedged between the Sheridan Expressway and the Bronx River north of Westchester Avenue is Marine Boiler and Welding, which attracts views from the (sparser than usual for NYC expressways) Sheridan…
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While poring through old maps and street directories ( I do it so you don’t have to) I occasionally see some great old street names that I wish had been…
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The FNY Tour of September 8, 2019 took us once again to the Westchester Square area, the site of two previous tours. There’s a lot of history concentrated in the…