I don’t get out to Cypress Hills often and I have a hard time getting a handle on it when I do. The neighborhood sits between East New York, one…
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THOUGH it’s a good problem to have, I’ve now accumulated a very large backlog of photos to use in Forgotten NY. In 2026 alone I have taken nearly 5000 photos…
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SUNSET Park and its neighbor to the south, Bay Ridge, once boasted a considerable Scandinavian population, primarily Norwegian (Nordisk Tidende was to be found on most newsstands, and a number of…
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HIDING in plain sight on a Williamsburg corner, #85 Broadway at Berry Street, is a one-story building, a shack really, that has been a diner for the better part of…
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In this century it is more common for the city to demap streets than to add new roads as it wages an ongoing war on cars. That’s why I was…
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CONTINUED FROM PART ONE EVEN though I’m having a busy year with photography, having added over 4000 photos to my archive this year alone up to August, I’ve decided to…
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Is the Studebaker Building on the NE corner of Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place the most beautiful building on Bedford Avenue? It’s certainly the best-preserved building associated with the defunct…
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EVEN though I’m having a busy year with photography, having added over 4000 photos to my archive this year alone up to August, I’ve decided to use the most recent…
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On a scenic bluff overlooking The Narrows, 19th century Bay Ridge was a refuge from city life with the views and breezes from this vital waterway. Insititutions valued such places…
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I have a fascination, or perhaps even a slight problem, with short streets that emanate from longer streets that are named for the street they are on. It’s like a…
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In the early to mid 20th century, monumental high schools were popular, as there were apparently many more public school students. Like banks, high school architects tried to impart permanency…
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By PATRICK O’CONNORForgotten NY correspondent In the ever-changing landscape that is NYC housing, there have been a few examples of churches repurposed as apartments. In his article on Bushwick, Kevin…