Today’s topic in Forgotten New York may be a bit confusing at first, but bear with me. Have you ever been walking through a neighborhood in which all or the…
Bronx
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photo: Gary Fonville Red bricked streets are now relatively rare in NYC, but that doesn’t mean they always have been; while they haven’t gotten the press time that “cobblestoned” or…
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Continued from Part 1 I’ve done pages on Riverdale before (notably, here), it’s one of my favorite Bronx sites, albeit a little hilly. Strike that, it’s a lot hilly. But…
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I’ve done pages on Riverdale before (notably, here), it’s one of my favorite Bronx sites, albeit a little hilly. Strike that, it’s a lot hilly. But I have been on…
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ForgottenFan Ben Hagen passed along photos of a pair of decades-old ads that have been in view on West Kingsbridge Road west of University Avenue that have apparently been in…
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Issuing north from West 251st Street west of Broadway is a dirt trace that can be mistaken for a driveway, which is its modern-day chief function. It is actually a…
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New York’s first water system was built between 1837 and 1842. Prior to those years, water was obtained from cisterns, wells and barrels from rain. Construction began in 1837 on…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent While traveling to the scenic Barretto Point Park in Hunts Point, Bronx, I experienced an unexpected Redbird sighting on Tiffany Street. This beloved subway…
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Back in the summer of 2012 I was wandering about in northern Riverdale at the Bronx-Westchester County city line. Hilly Spencer Avenue — named for Herbert Spencer, the British philosopher and…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent When the Bronx was annexed by New York City, the street grid of Manhattan was extended north and found itself facing topographical obstacles. In…
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Continued from Part 1 Fordham, a bustling shopping district in center-west Bronx, was named for a small settlement along the Harlem River begun in 1669 but later devastated by the…
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Fordham, a bustling shopping district in center-west Bronx, was named for a small settlement along the Harlem River begun in 1669 but later devastated by the Revolutionary War. Belmont takes…