THURSDAY, November 23, 2017, Thanksgiving Day, dawned sunny and bright. I usually have been at one cousin or the other’s Thanksgiving extravaganza but that year, they were doing it on…
Brooklyn
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RECENTLY, Forgotten New York took a look at three separate street in downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO named Fleet, for an early landowner, Samuel Fleet. I’m not done with lost streets…
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As Forgotten New York readers know I have an enthusiasm for short streets and alleys, of which New York simply does not have enough, compared to cities such as Philly…
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As many NYC railbuffs (but a decreasing number of them) remember, the last NYC subways grade crossing was way out at the far southeast of Brooklyn in Canarsie, at the…
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KEEP looking down…you may see a piece of New York City forgotten history. A few years ago I was ambling east on East 95th Street near Hunter College High School…
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WAY BACK in 1999. the dawn of the Forgotten NY era, I profiled Lake Place, an odd east-west alley in Gravesend running east from 86th Street at West 11th Street…
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THE tug Stephen B assists the barge John Blanche in the East River on a recent weekend afternoon. Behind it is the “gentrified” Domino Sugar refinery on the waterfront, which…
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NEWTOWN Historical Society founder and president, and Forgotten NY correspondent Christina Wilkinson recently tipped me about some gorgeous old signage that had recently been revealed at #705 Manhattan Avenue near…
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I made another visit to Red Hook in August 2024, but I haven’t done a full page review yet because I don’t think I can surpass my other Red Hook…
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CONEY Island’s amusement district has Luna Park enveloping Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and in the center of Deno’s park is an artifact from Astroland, which entertained visitors between 1962 and…
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On Wednesday, October 15th, Greater Astoria Historical Society‘s 40th Anniversary was celebrated. While western Queens is the primary focus of its activities, GAHS has a hand (and a foot) in…
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I have never gotten a real handle on the Long Island Rail Road Brooklyn branch, which runs from Jamaica west to Flatbush Avenue. I’m surprised the LIRR has retained it,…