Brooklyn

This incredible painted sign at Washington and Atlantic Avenues in Brooklyn (across from my old high school) has been now been tamed and homogenized:   Because we need logos, don’t…

From the ForgottenBook: The Montauk Club is a slice of Victoriana that would be pretentious if it weren’t so enjoyable and fun to view when walking past. The club itself…

It’s a fair guess that not one person who passes this building, seemingly untenanted as of 2012, knows it is a former theater. In fact it has greatly outlived its…

BY GARY FONVILLE FNY Correspondent Again my ever ready Nikon D7000 was in use in my travels around NYC.  When you travel around NYC, as I do, you never know…

I don’t believe I have ever mentioned my college previously on Forgotten New York during the 13 years since 1999 that I have been producing this, your website chronicling the…

Shot from the Kings Highway platform in Midwood, an F train “passes under” the King of All Buildings. The Williamsburg Bank Tower, now One Hanson Place, is seen at right.

This new Corvington longarm lamp at Avenue R and Kings Highway in Brooklyn was installed missing some scrollwork.

Older sidewalks, like this one in Brooklyn Heights, often include metal name plates identifying the manufacturer. Most of them went out of business decades ago.

If you’re unfamilar with the INDependent subway, IND stations are instantly recognizable in contrast to BMT and IRT stations, which were built earlier. In fact, I’m beginning to hear from…

Side window, Child’s Restaurant, Boardwalk and West 21st, Coney. Every time I pass this building, I notice more viscous, slimy water creatures in terra cotta, many of which were on…

So, how do you feel about the new fake boardwalks at Coney Island?

On February 21st, 2012 I was laid off from a job I fought hard to obtain, and fought hard to keep. The following day I went where many Brooklynites over…