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…
Coney Island
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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…
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March 2019 marks Forgotten New York’s 20th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, I’ve re-scanned about 150 key images from the early days of FNY from 35MM prints. In the early…
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I’ve been checking some things out, as you may expect, on the 1940-era tax photos newly uploaded to the NYC Municipal Archives site. I’ve looked at the well-known buildings in Manhattan…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent On the windswept block of West 24th Street between Surf Avenue and the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island stands the Parks Department’s Coney Island Garage…
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Before about 2000 or so, there was an object that closely resembled a tombstone, at least from the back, at Ocean Parkway and Neptune Avenue in Coney Island. That year…