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    RENTAL AD, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh March 8, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh March 8, 2021 1 comment

    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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    STATE STREET, Brooklyn Heights

    by Kevin Walsh March 7, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh March 7, 2021 5 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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    BROOKLYN TERMINAL MARKET, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh February 27, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 27, 2021 6 comments

    Time for another Sunday with Sergey, as I am taking another weekend “off.” Rest and relaxation at last! By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten New York correspondent On the northern edge of Canarsie…

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    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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    FLATBUSH TOWN HALL

    by Kevin Walsh February 18, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 18, 2021 3 comments

    Central Flatbush, clustered around Flatbush and Church Avenues, boasts a number of historic buildings in a relatively small area, similar to other originally Dutch Colonial NYC towns like Flushing and…

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    GRAND STREET, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh February 14, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 14, 2021 18 comments

    I braved the ice floes in the first week of February 2021 and hit the 7 and G trains to the Broadway stop at Union Avenue. I had a desire…

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  • Street Scenes

    SANDS STREET, Navy Yard

    by Kevin Walsh February 11, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 11, 2021 11 comments

    Sergey’s recent piece on the Brooklyn Navy Yard reminded me of the street that I think has changed more than any other in New York City since the mid-20th Century.…

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    PULASKI BRIDGE, Newtown Creek

    by Kevin Walsh February 10, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 10, 2021 3 comments

    Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko isn’t the only Polish Revolutionary-era patriot honored with a bridge across Newtown Creek. Manhattan Avenue formerly connected with Vernon Avenue (now Boulevard) in Long Island City via a…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    10th AND BROADWAY, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh February 3, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 3, 2021 4 comments

    10th and Broadway in Williamsburg? You might think these signs would be found in the Union Square area, where East 10th and Broadway do intersect (at Grace Church, one of…

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  • One Shots

    NOVELTY COURT, Williamsburg

    by Kevin Walsh January 29, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh January 29, 2021 2 comments

    Here’s an attractive brick apartment building at #778 Driggs Avenue between South 3rd and 4th Streets in Brooklyn. I enjoyed the green and gray terra cotta trim at the entrance.…

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    BENZIGERS OF NEW YORK

    by Kevin Walsh January 27, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh January 27, 2021 3 comments

    If we’ve learned anything from the 2020 election cycle, it’s that Georgians do not pronounce the “L” in the state’s DeKalb County. Brooklynites, however, don’t like to let a perfectly…

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    BROOKLYN 1898

    by Kevin Walsh January 25, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh January 25, 2021 7 comments

    I have been looking over a topographical map of sections of Brooklyn and Queens published in 1898 by the United States Geological Survey: topography by the US Coast and Geodetic…

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