ACCORDING to a Facebook post by the Tuffet Wine Bar on Graham Avenue north of Grand in Williamsburg, realtor Jacob M. Aufrecht walked the planet from 12/12/1903-2/7/1961. (Thus, I’ve now…
Brooklyn
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DURING the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state-operated bridges and tunnels received giant medallions with the state’s emblem in a display of civic pride for some travelers, or perhaps an…
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On the eastern edge of Brooklyn is a lengthy median flanked by service roads for an unbuilt highway. As it cuts through the street grid, Conduit Boulevard has a set…
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Continued from Part 1 In June 2024, in nearly perfect shooting conditions and low humidity, I was able to execute a walk of several miles in Bay Ridge. My plan…
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JUST knowing something of interest is there can be enough, even if you never have the opportunity to see it. A lengthy storefront at Church Avenue and Dahill Road was…
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I have many homes. I lived in Flushing for 14 years and have lived in Little Neck for over 17 now. I went to school on the Bedford Stuyvesant-Clinton Hill…
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In 1940, Diamond’s Dry Goods held down 2516 Mermaid Avenue, west of West 25th Street in Coney Island. The name was displayed in a diamond-shaped motif with a window display…
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FOR years, I’ve noticed that many liquor stores in the five boroughs have the same signage they must have had decades ago…whether they’re ceramic, painted signs or my favorite, NEON.…
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I got this photo at the dawn of Forgotten NY in the winter of 1998 at Bedford Avenue and North 4th, when Williamsburg was still an industrial/ethnic Eastern European stronghold,…
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WHEN I lived in Bay Ridge, I would frequently bicycle down Ocean Parkway from Church Avenue to Coney Island. It boasts a world-class bike path and it’s flat as a…
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AND now, another image from the dawn of Forgotten New York, from 1998-2000, thereabouts. At this remove, I’m not sure where I fired off this photo, but by the tiling…
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LAST June, I wrote about the monumental former American Beverage Company Building, #118 North 11th just west of Berry Street. I was under the impression that was its original purpose.…