TIME once again to look at some ancient maps depicting the New York City of long ago. Here’s a map excerpt of the area where East Flatbush, Brownsville and East…
Brownsville
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At the triangle formed by East New York Avenue and Prospect Place where they meet Rockaway Avenue, you will find a tall building with a bricked-up picture window, as well…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent WHEN driving from Queens to the heart of Brooklyn, the Jackie Robinson Parkway abruptly ends at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Bushwick…
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GLENMORE Avenue is a narrow, one-way route (running east to west) a block south of Liberty Avenue; it formerly was continuous to auto traffic, but in 1955 the Howard Houses,…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent One of the great roads of Brooklyn is Eastern Parkway, a designated city landmark, the city’s first Olmstedian parkway, a ribbon of greenery connecting Prospect…
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Continued from Part 1 I took a number of walks in mid-December before a 2+ week deep freeze set in after Christmas, and a few of these occurred on some…
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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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The triangle of Pitkin and East New York Avenues and Legion Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn was called Zion Park as early as 1911. The Zion Park War Memorial, also known as the…
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HERE are some NYC neighborhoods I find myself in again, again and again. I never tire of Coney, and I always seem to be in the Long Island City–Astoria area (the theme this year…
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Follow me and I’ll take you to where the superannuated ads of Brooklyn still lurk. Need a room for a quickie? Well, you can’t get one at the Majestic Hotel and Fulton…