HARD to believe but it’s been since October 2017 since I was in Killmeyer’s, on Staten Island’s south shore, when I wrapped up a Forgotten NY tour there. This vintage…
Charleston
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One ShotsYou'd Never Believe You're in NYC
STATEN ISLAND MOONSHINERS: CHARLESTON’S “STILL HOUSE”
by Kevin WalshGuest post PAUL SHARROTTStaten Island Historian I just came across an article in the New Yorker by Joseph Mitchell, published in1956 about him exploring along the southern part of Staten…
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In 1854, at about the same time that Henry Steinway Sr. was starting his piano empire, Balthazar Kreischer was building a brick factory in Charleston, Staten Island (Richmond County was…
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I discovered a very old lane in Charleston, or Kreischerville, Staten Island on 10/1/17 in an unusual circumstance: A Forgotten New York tour I was leading. The group was making…
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NeighborhoodsWalks
SOUTHERN STATEN ISLAND: Richmond Valley, Charleston, Kreischerville, Part 2
by Kevin WalshContinued from Part 1 About once or twice a year, I’m in south-southwest Staten Island, the southernmost point in New York State. Though “suburbanity” long ago made its way into…
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NeighborhoodsWalks
SOUTHERN STATEN ISLAND: Richmond Valley, Charleston, Kreischerville, Part 1
by Kevin WalshAbout once or twice a year, I’m in south-southwest Staten Island, the southernmost point in New York State. Though “suburbanity” long ago made its way into places like Tottenville, Richmond Valley, and Charleston there are still pockets of wilderness and still touches of small town life left over. Soon enough, these small patches will be filled in.