In mid-August I was looking for a walk that wasn’t too taxing yet would get my steps in. I have been undergoing PT since early August and will be wrapping…
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JUNCTION Boulevard splits the heart of western Queens, dividing neighborhoods as it goes. It forms the undefended barrier between Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst north of Roosevelt Avenue at the…
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JUNCTION Boulevard’s name is somewhat mysterious. Literally, from Latin, “junction” means “joining” or where things come together. But what originally came together here in western Queens? My guess is either…
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TODAY’S view in older Queens takes us back to 1937 and this view of Saultell Avenue looking north toward Corona Avenue/111th Street, with the still undeveloped Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in…
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BEFORE the land between Elmhurst and Flushing was developed in the 1850′s, there were only a dozen families living in the area. From the highest point on a hill 108…
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An aspect of subways and railroads in New York City that has never gotten deserved scrutiny is the wide variety of platform lighting found around town both in the subways…
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On Facebook, William Padron supplies this map displayed map inside a vintage-1917 IRT Lo-V type trailer subway car #4902 at the New York Transit Museum. Lincoln (52nd), Fisk (69th), Junction Avenue…
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I have chronicled the various Statue of Liberty knockoffs around town since the very beginnings of Forgotten New York over 20 years ago, most notably the 37-foot high replica that…
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In Corona, there’s a street that runs between two railroads that’s named for a racetrack. National Street, running diagonally in the Corona street grid, is the community’s main shopping strip,…
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After a walk from Flushing straight through Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and into Corona, which I’ll discuss on a separate FNY page, it was time to get the #7 back to…
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There are but two streets in New York City that begin with X. Both are fairly nondescript, but I’m glad they’re there, since X has always gotten short shrift in…
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent With the Coronavirus compelling New Yorkers into a springtime quarantine, my hometown borough has two small parks with “Health” in their names. Their locations take…