East New York, a neighborhood in Brooklyn south of Highland Park and the cemetery belt, has been largely rebuilt since it was allowed to fall into decrepitude in the 1950s…
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Perhaps the handsomest building in a neighborhood full of them, the Herman Behr House, 84 Pierrepont Street at Henry, is an exquisite Romanesque Revival mansion designed in 1890 by Frank…
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The Antenna King, Henry Langan, ruled the rooftops of Brooklyn from founding the store in 1967 at 6th Avenue and 65th Street on through the rooftop satellite dish era in…
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This long, low building on the corner of Richards and Van Dyke Street has a distinctive exterior, consisting of 20” thick stones, reminiscent of some churches. It originally was the…
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New York City’s Type F lampposts, one in a series of early 20th-Century lampposts named by letter from A to G, once lined side streets in Manhattan and the Bronx…
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Here’s another photo from ForgottenTour #1, June 1st, 1999, on a walk down Brooklyn’s Broadway. I caught sight of this ancient sign for the Glenwood Hotel on Broadway near Rodney…
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Revisiting some more photos from 1999: today I have a pair of pictures from ForgottenTour #1, on June 1st of that year. We met at Kent Avenue and Broadway and…
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Continued from Part 2 I’ve spent time both on New Utrecht Avenue and under elevated trains in my Forgotten New York years. I’m absolutely fascinated by streets that run underneath…
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Continued from Part 1 I’ve spent time both on New Utrecht Avenue and under elevated trains in my Forgotten New York years. I’m absolutely fascinated by streets that run underneath…
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I’ve spent time both on New Utrecht Avenue and under elevated trains in my Forgotten New York years. I’m absolutely fascinated by streets that run underneath elevated trains, and New…
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By GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY correspondent Your webmaster Kevin Walsh missed this sign for the former Orloff Shoes at 753 Grand Street in East Williamsburgh, Brooklyn in a recent Grand…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten New York correspondent Among the city streets that follow elevated subway lines today, none are completely in the shade. McDonald Avenue, New Utrecht Avenue, and Roosevelt…