I’m not sure, but sometimes things lose just a bit of their charm when they get landmarked. Bomelstein’s Clock, #753 Manhattan Avenue between Meserole and Norman was rusty, its paint…
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I had been unaware that the former Bishop Ford High School, on 19th Street between 10th Avenue and Prospect Park West on the Park Slope-Windsor Terrace border, boasted a distinctive…
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My affinity for stolid brick buildings, whether factories or dwellings, has been stated repeatedly in FNY. Greenpoint is one of those Brooklyn neighborhoods that is changing rapidly, with glassy residential…
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In contrast to Western mores, in which some cemeteries have been left to overgrow with weeds (as happened with Prospect Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens and Sylvan Cemetery in Travis, Staten…
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I like to say that Forgotten New York is not only a website that tries to shine a light on parts of New York City that don’t make the guidebooks,…
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BRENNAN and Carr was founded in 1938 at Gravesend Neck Road and Nostrand Avenue and has sold roast beef sandwiches as a staple from the very beginning. It’s famed for its…
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A relatively rare midday post, or posts, today as I injured my back during the usual morning routine and decided to take a day off from working at home for…
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BEEN a few years since I walked Vanderbilt Avenue, so I decided to do a section of it on a walk in August 2021 that took me from Fulton Street…
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LIKE most Brooklyn parents, mine accompanied me to Coney Island on numerous Sundays when I was a kid; I seem to remember getting a string of tickets that would let…
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BROOKLYN Heights can boast a number of dead end alleys, which are rare in New York City. In Brooklyn Heights, these alleys owe their continued existence to Henry Ford, the…
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WHEN The Retrologist‘s Rolando Pujol posted this photo of a shop called “Hot Bagels” I recognized it immediately, as I had passed it for many years while slouching down 86th…
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THIS ancient warrior has survived this long In Canarsie, so I don’t think I’m putting it in danger by featuring it here. Located on obscure Nolan’s Lane off East 96th…