Continued from Part 3 For this trip, I transferred from the J train to the 7 train. The two lines do not have a transfer point at any station —…
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This no-nonsense, Machine Age sign appears at the employee entrance of the underground NYC Pitkin Avenue Yards at Sutter and Grant Avenues in East New York. Why not Sutter Avenue…
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Continued from Part 2 For this trip, I transferred from the J train to the 7 train. The two lines do not have a transfer point at any station —…
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Glad to be with you this week — for most of the day I began to compose the page it looked like I wouldn’t be able to do it, as…
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Barely discernible at this point on a garage wall on Patchen Avenue between Putnam Avenue and Madison Street is an ad for B.F. Goodrich tires. The company was founded by…
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On a recent jaunt in Midwood, Brooklyn I made sure to check on a pair of classic neon drugstore signs I’ve been aware of for quite some time. Unfortunately the…
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I admit, I learned cursive writing in grade school but I haven’t used it since, except to write my name (I am one of those people who try to make…
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By GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY correspondent There have been many signs chronicled in FNY over the years. Many can still be read, despite their vintage Some have even faded to…
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By GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY correspondent I had great pleasure in doing two entries concerning trolley tracks that were breaking through many levels of asphalt that made them seemingly disappear from NYC’s streets. …
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Continued from Part 1 I walked Wyckoff Avenue, which is on the Brooklyn-Queens line for most of its route, back in 2008 (we now speak of Forgotten New York as…
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The Seeley Street Bridge is one of NYC’s “secret” bridges, in that it doesn’t show up on maps; I’ve only found a couple more like this, such as the cast-iron…
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I keep hearing that the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. I think the current Forgotten Feature will disprove the…