I was idling around Williamsburg in January 2014 and found this grand old plastic-lettered liquor store sign at Rodney (named for Caesar Rodney, the president of Delaware — before the…
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A “hat tip” for ForgottenFan Paul Lukas of Uniwatch fame for finding this painted sign at a bar in Gravesend between West 9th and 10th Streets on Kings Highway at…
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After a few hours of wanderings along Wyckoff Avenue, part of which forms an undefended border between Bushwick and Ridgewood, it was time to end things for the day. My…
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By GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY correspondent Due to NYC’s massive subway system, there is bound to be some distinctive features. Among these differences are subway entrances. Subway entrances, something riders…
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St. Mark’s Avenue runs from Park Slope in Brooklyn east from 5th Avenue to East New York Avenue in its titular neighborhood, with some interruptions. Actually it is a much…
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by GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY correspondent It seems like “mom and pop” businesses are closing at a rapid pace in NYC. Small bakeries, pizzerias, hardware stores, donut shops have…
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There are two Ford Streets in Brooklyn– just as there are two West Streets (Gravesend, Greenpoint) two West 9th Streets (Gravesend, Red Hook) and even two Atlantic Avenues (Boerum Heights…
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No, it’s not what you think, this isn’t really “nude” Utrecht, and I didn’t stumble on a Spencer Tunick (link NSFW) tableau when out adventuring. I was actually on my way…
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Crown Prince Olav, who ruled as the popular Olav V of Norway from 1957-1991, dedicated this replica of a Viking rune stone in Tune, Norway on a 1939 visit. The stone stands on Leif…
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Several years ago (1994) during park renovations, the image of the Alaskan mountain Denali was installed at the Bay Ridge Parkway entrance to McKinley Park, a wedge of green between…
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CONTINUED FROM PART 1 When I left off… I had just arrived at the former Kenmore Theater and Beverly Hills Bridal at East 21st Street, a mere block west of…
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While open-air markets have mightily multiplied in New York City in the last 20 to 30 years or so (the farmers’ markets in Union Square and Grand Army Plaza in…