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    LAST NYC SLECO, CANARSIE

    by Kevin Walsh January 13, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh January 13, 2023 4 comments

    THIS ancient warrior has survived this long In Canarsie, so I don’t think I’m putting it in danger by featuring it here. Located on obscure Nolan’s Lane off East 96th…

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  • Alleys

    TRUCKLEMAN’S LANE, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2022 5 comments

    I’ve been round these parts before — in fact, I’ve done a survey of Canarsie’s still-numerous, but dwindling number of alleys before, in 2008 as a matter of fact. However I…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    NYC’s LOG CABINS

    by Kevin Walsh September 30, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh September 30, 2022 9 comments

    THERE’S a genuine log cabin in Canarsie at Flatlands Avenue and East 93rd Street. It was built by the Lloyd Doubleday family from 1936-1939 and was originally an ice cream parlor. Today…

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  • One ShotsSubways & Trains

    ROCKAWAY PARKWAY STATION, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh March 11, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh March 11, 2021 8 comments

    This is the end of the line for the L train in Canarsie. It’s anchored by Armando Piazza, just out of the picture on the left. When I was a…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    BROOKLYN TERMINAL MARKET, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh February 27, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh February 27, 2021 6 comments

    Time for another Sunday with Sergey, as I am taking another weekend “off.” Rest and relaxation at last! By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten New York correspondent On the northern edge of Canarsie…

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  • Forgotten SlicesSubways & Trains

    TURNBULL AVENUE, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh October 2, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh October 2, 2020 18 comments

    While the other kids were out playing stickball, running in the street or causing various ruckuses in the age before Xbox, I was busy in my room doing a singular…

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  • Alleys

    LANE TO TYLER DAVIS, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh March 25, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh March 25, 2020 6 comments

    While sitting around and stewing at home in rage and fear (as a participant in the gig economy I did that a lot even before the Great Infection of 2020)…

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  • Forgotten SlicesStreet Lamps

    CANARSIE CROOK

    by Kevin Walsh July 20, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh July 20, 2018 3 comments

    At Ralph Avenue and Flatlands at the west end of Canrsie, near the old Canarsie High School, there’s a handsome brick building with arched windows, with entablature proclaiming it to be…

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  • One ShotsRoads

    BEDELL LANE, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh September 6, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh September 6, 2017 1 comment

    Bedell Lane is a quiet side street in Canarsie, running from west to east from East 87th to East 92nd Streets, just south of Foster Avenue. I’ve been aware of…

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  • AlleysOne Shots

    SAVAGE LANE, Canarsie, 1999

    by Kevin Walsh April 21, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh April 21, 2017 9 comments

    In 1999 I investigated and photographed a Canarsie dead end called Savage Lane, which I have found on only one map: the Colorprint NYC atlas produced by the American Map…

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  • One ShotsTrolleys

    TROLLEY POLE, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh December 1, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh December 1, 2015 14 comments

    This massive, rusty pole with a pair of crossbars at the top has been in place on Glenwood Road near Rockaway Parkway for almost a hundred years, and pure inertia…

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  • One ShotsStreet Lamps

    NEW AND OLD TECHNOLOGY, Canarsie

    by Kevin Walsh October 22, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh October 22, 2015 3 comments

    I was stumbling around Canarsie, crazed from the 75-degree heat in October, when I spotted a reminder of how technologies considered cutting-edge in their day seem comically out of time…

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