RYDER-Van Cleef House, constructed in 1840 by Lawrence Ryder, stood at 26 Village Road north before it was moved to #38 in 1930. A Ryder daughter married a Van Cleef,…
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I’ve been round these parts before — in fact, I’ve done a survey of Canarsie’s still-numerous, but dwindling number of alleys before, in 2008 as a matter of fact. However I…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On my previous visit to Coney Island, I documented a former bathhouse that became a Parks Department garage. I was informed that it will soon…
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THERE’S a genuine log cabin in Canarsie at Flatlands Avenue and East 93rd Street. It was built by the Lloyd Doubleday family from 1936-1939 and was originally an ice cream parlor. Today…
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SADLY the Narrows Coffee Shop closed in 2020, and I only had the pleasure of eating there once. At #10001 4th Avenue, it’s one of a handful of addresses in…
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BROOKLYN has a lengthy Park Avenue, as does Manhattan and the Bronx. In Manhattan, Park Avenue, for its entire length, was once 4th Avenue, though only a short section remains…
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THIS abandoned structure abutting Erie Basin in Red Hook has long been an attraction for the Forgotten NY camera, so I’m reaching into the archives to show it off today.…
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Continued from Across the Creek: July 4th in Greenpoint I have not taken many lengthy walks in the summer of 2022 and the last really ambitious one I did was…
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POLY Prep Country Day School has had its distinctive Georgian campus on 7th Avenue and 92nd Street since 1916. Its four-sided clock tower is a Bay Ridge landmark and can…
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I have not taken many lengthy walks in the summer of 2022 and the last really ambitious one I did was from Hunters Point through Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Ridgewood and Glendale…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent EARLIER this month I stopped by the Jewish Community House in Bensonhurst to assist Ukrainian refugees who had landed in New York fleeing the war…
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As I am writing this in early August 2022 we’re in the midst of a long slog of hot, humid weather which is increasingly the trend in NYC as cool…