Brooklyn

Likely the most poignant monument in Green-Wood is the one erected by Charles Griffith to his beloved wife Jane on Greenbough Avenue in 1858. It depicts a young man going…

Deep within Green-Wood Cemetery, along Linden Avenue, is a section created by the Cemetery to inter Civil War veterans, known as Soldiers’ Lot. Several German immigrants who served their adopted country are…

One of Green-Wood’s more elaborate memorials is also one of its oldest, that of Charlotte Canda (1828-1845), at about the Cemetery’s midpoint.  Charlotte’s life ended in a carriage accident February…

How many of our present-day entertainers, or entertainers from the past fifty years or so, will be remembered a century from now? The giants such as The Beatles or Louis…

Kings Highway in Bensonhurst? For over a century, Kings Highway has run through a lot of different neighborhoods, but Bensonhurst isn’t one of them. Well, it isn’t anymore. Today, Kings…

I’ve written about tiny Dunham Place (pronounced “dunnam”) before, back in 2008. About the only thing I forgot to mention is that the alley, between South 6th Street and Broadway…

Even by Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, standards, the John Rankin House at #440 Clinton Street at Carroll is impressive. It looks to be a cube-shaped Greek Revival brick building with tasteful ornamentation such…

Here’s a remaining trolley pole at Atlantic Avenue and a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway exit, just west of Hicks Street. It once had a partner across the street and electric cable was…

If you are looking out the window of a southbound J train on Broadway in Brooklyn, a number of ancient ads from the early 20th Century or even the late…

I set my H.G. Wells model time machine for 1965, not too long ago this time, and so was not overly dizzy from whizzing through the years. After awhile you…

By GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY correspondent Over the years, throughout the NYC subway system, there have been many instances of the perceived or actual need to close subway entrances/exits.   In…

By MARIE CARTER The train rumbles through Williamsburg to Bushwick, before exiting into the bright light of day where Most Holy Trinity Cemetery becomes instantly visible. The cemetery is situated…