In Forgotten NY’s piece about “monumental” subway stations clad in concrete on street level, I wrote about the Ocean Parkway station serving Q trains… Ocean Parkway is the only “monumental”…
Coney Island
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In 1940, Diamond’s Dry Goods held down 2516 Mermaid Avenue, west of West 25th Street in Coney Island. The name was displayed in a diamond-shaped motif with a window display…
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I made my first pilgrimage to Coney Island in a few years recently. Believe it or not I hadn’t had a hotdog since early 2022. Though I don’t intend to…
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As the trestle carrying the Culver Line elevated train (F), over Neptune Avenue, the Amalgamated Dr. James Peter Warbasse Houses loom up in the background. The co-op apartments were built by United Housing Foundation and the…
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A relatively rare midday post, or posts, today as I injured my back during the usual morning routine and decided to take a day off from working at home for…
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LIKE most Brooklyn parents, mine accompanied me to Coney Island on numerous Sundays when I was a kid; I seem to remember getting a string of tickets that would let…
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A few winters ago, I walked in Coney Island in early March after a few days of light snow that had put down nearly a foot. I strolled down the…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On my previous visit to Coney Island, I documented a former bathhouse that became a Parks Department garage. I was informed that it will soon…
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So there I was, idling on a wicker seat on a 1910s BMT B-Type “Standard” subway car making its way down the Q line from 96th Street to Coney Island…
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This week’s Sunday page is an expansion of an item I did for SpliceToday in November 2020. The month was pretty mild and I was in the mood for some…
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It’s all a matter of perspective. Unlike my pal Mitch Waxman of the Newtown Pentacle, I’m not a professional photographer, and don’t use a high-end camera with plenty of settings;…
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Probably no other Brooklyn neighborhood has as many ghosts as Coney Island, from Luna Park to Steeplechase to George Tilyou to the Elephant Hotel. For over sixty years, Surf Avenue’s…