I took a quick stroll east on 125th Street, crossing the 3rd Avenue Bridge into Mott Haven, west across the Madison Avenue Bridge back into Harlem again. Got some air…
Bronx
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As Mr. Spock would say, I was “in pursuit of a feral waterfowl.” In August I went tearing about the extreme northeast Bronx because I saw a singular item on…
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Continued from Part 2 I had an interregnum of work this past spring (2018), the better part of two months for a financial printer in Midtown. The hours were overnights…
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There’s an unmarked dead end on the east side of Eagle Avenue south of Westchester Avenue in Melrose in the Bronx. Though it’s gated off now, it certainly appears as…
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Continued from Part 1 I had an interregnum of work this past spring (2018), the better part of two months for a financial printer in Midtown. The hours were overnights…
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Forgotten Fan Rolando Pujol provided this shot of a small shack on East 180th Street just east of Crotona Avenue and the ancient neon Crotona TV sign. The neon has…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent At the southern tip of Soundview Avenue in the Bronx is the newest NYCFerry dock, providing a one-seat ride from this corner of the…
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In a city filled with World War I monuments, one of the most distinctive is just across Van Cortlandt Park East in the triangle formed by E. 238th and Oneida Ave, across…
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I was feeling pretty good in November 2011. After an arduous process, Forgotten NY had been moved over to a WordPress platform, though the initial phase was botched by the…
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On the July 4th, I braved a sore back and the unlivable heat for a brief stroll around Woodlawn (the neighborhood, not the cemetery, though I did go past it).…
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I enjoy every Forgotten NY page I write but I think I’m in for some extra enjoyment this week. I stumbled on a folder full of classic signs, part of…
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I was surprised to find a remaining ITT Model 25 in Woodlawn during the week. Most 1970s-era lights were purged for new sodium vapor models in 2009, only to be…