THE Moore Street Retail Market in East Williamsburg is a LaGuardia-era establishment on Humboldt Street, stretching from Moore to Varet Streets. Filled with produce vendors, small food stalls, crafts-makers and…
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Continued from Part 1 5th Avenue in Brooklyn is merely one of a sequence of numbered avenues in western Brooklyn that run from 1st to 28th Avenues. While some like…
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THE iron fence at Owl’s Head Park in Bay Ridge is inscribed with the letters EWB. What, or who, do these letters refer to? Owls Head Park is Bay Ridge’s…
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RETURNING to a well-worn route in my experience, 5th Avenue. Five happens to be my favorite number for some reason, as I have spent considerable time on 5th Avenue. Not…
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THE only elevated section of the Independent Subway, built by the City of New York in the 1930s to compete with the privately-run IRT and BMT systems, ascends on a…
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When I have an opportunity for a weekend off, I take it and am handing over the reins to Sergey today. –Ed. By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten New York Correspondent In 2001…
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TODAY’S “ancient ad” is a bit less ancient that usual on FNY, but it is at least a good 40 years old if not 50. I had gotten off the…
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On a visit to Bay Ridge in June 2024, I got a photo of the Emphasis Diner on 4th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue (69th Street). It’s in a propitious…
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In May 2024 I decided to walk the full length of Humboldt Street in Williamsburg and Greenpount from south to north, and sooner or later, a post will appear concerning…
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NOT many physical relics or manifestations remain of the original World Trade Center Twin Towers (1971-2001), except in photographs and memories. However, here’s a remembrance, in a very old peak-roofed…
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Continued from Part One WHEN I left off Part One of this feature, I had made my way in Hunters Point to the Gantry Park ferry landing and rode to…
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On July 5, 2024 I felt like getting in a boat, as July has been especially hot and humid this year even by recent standards. As I am chained to…