Brooklyn

In May 2023, I walked Humboldt Street’s near-entire length, from Flushing Avenue north to Greenpoint Avenue. In many ways it’s the north-south axis of East Williamsburg. I remember my very…

NATHAN Hale Court is one of a number of apartment houses on Eastyern Parrkway near Franklin Avenue with patriotic names; the Thomas Jefferson is nearby. The name Nathan Hale is synonymous with…

I recently went on a jaunt in Green-Wood Cemetery for the first time in a few years, and I’ll likely do a full page eventually; I plan another visit in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…