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  • Street Lamps

    EVOLUTION OF A LAMP

    by Kevin Walsh January 17, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 17, 2023 12 comments

    BROOKLYN Heights can boast a number of dead end alleys, which are rare in New York City. In Brooklyn Heights, these alleys owe their continued existence to Henry Ford, the…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    LONG ISLAND WEST

    by Kevin Walsh March 16, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh March 16, 2022 3 comments

    FEW Brooklynites prefer to admit it but Brooklyn is indeed the western end of Long Island. Long Island University still acknowledges this, but the Long Island Historical Society long ago…

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  • Walks

    ATLANTIC ANTIC

    by Kevin Walsh March 13, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh March 13, 2022 8 comments

    TIME for some more “gloaming roaming,” as this time I was stumbling around DUMBO on the day after Christmas 2021. It remains a favorite part of town despite the plethora…

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  • Neighborhoods

    CAR CHARGERS, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh February 16, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh February 16, 2022 16 comments

    A new addition to the streetside infrastructure the last couple of years has been charging stations for electric-powered vehicles. If you watched the Super Bowl this year, you saw electric…

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  • One Shots

    WEIR FLORIST, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh January 13, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh January 13, 2022 11 comments

    YOU have probably never heard of James Weir, he lived and died in the 19th Century. But his fingerprints can still be found in Brooklyn. Montague Street in recent years…

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  • One Shots

    OLD SQUIBB BRIDGE, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh November 18, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh November 18, 2021 2 comments

    FROM the Forgotten New York archives of January 2018 comes this look at the first Squibb Bridge spanning Furman Street, from Squibb Park at Columbia Heights north of Cranberry Street…

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  • One Shots

    ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE: MOVING ON

    by Kevin Walsh May 20, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh May 20, 2021 6 comments

    Word came this week that my alma mater, St. Francis College, which I attended from 1975-1980, will be moving out of its longtime home at #180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights,…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    COLUMBIA PLACE, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh March 9, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh March 9, 2021 4 comments

    After finishing my walk on State Street, I continued into Brooklyn Bridge Park to take a look, but that’s perhaps a page for another day. To get there, I went…

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  • AdsOne Shots

    RENTAL AD, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh March 8, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh March 8, 2021 4 comments

    I was bemused by an article in the NY Times by columnist Lindsay Crouse, about how her life was changed by being unable to run outdoors during the covid pandemic.…

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  • Walks

    STATE STREET, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh March 7, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh March 7, 2021 11 comments

    In November 2020 I was in the mood for a compact voyage of discovery on a crisp fall day and I recognized I had not yet walked the entire length…

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  • One Shots

    YOUR DAILY PODPHONE, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh February 19, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 19, 2021 5 comments

    Over on my Facebook page (you should try it — if you’re a Facebook subscriber, “friend me” — it’s 100% fun with no nastiness, politics and personal attacks) I occasionally…

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  • One Shots

    FIREBOAT STATION, DUMBO

    by Kevin Walsh October 20, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh October 20, 2020 8 comments

    Now home to an ice cream franchise, this building, opened in 1926,  was formerly used to berth fireboats and dry firehoses, hence the tower. On this spot, at the north…

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