NOT a whole lot of “faded ads” I found in the early days of Forgotten NY survive, but a pair on Jamaica Avenue between Marginal Street East and Vermont Avenue…
Cypress Hills
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IT’S been quite awhile…2005, to be exact… when I last extensively walked in Brownsville, East New York and that deliberately nonmaintained backwater known as The Hole (even Google Maps calls…
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In my now lost youth, I would bicycle all over Brooklyn and Queens from Bay Ridge before bicycling became a religion at whose altar politicians worshiped, creating green bicycle lanes…
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In contrast to Western mores, in which some cemeteries have been left to overgrow with weeds (as happened with Prospect Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens and Sylvan Cemetery in Travis, Staten…
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No sooner had I learned about the imminent demise of the 19th-Century Ryder-Van Cleef House in Gravesend than I was notified about the destruction of the Wilhelmus Stoothoff House a…
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For my purposes the one-block stretch of 101st Avenue between Forbell and Drew Streets is one of the most unusual in the city. Why? Well, it’s the only street in…
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The oldest house on Jamaica Avenue is at #494, between Elton and Linwood Streets. The house was built a short time after 1800 and was located on the farm belonging…
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I had fun doing FNY’s second Mixed Bag page from two weeks ago, which featured photos taken in January 2017 on my IPhone, so I decided to do another one…
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There are some parts of town that your ancient Webmaster doesn’t get around to all that much. Cypress Hills is one of those; I do visit National Cemetery from time…
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Continued from Part 2 I’ve been on Fulton Street a lot. Over a decade ago I learned that the classic restaurant Gage & Tollner, at Fulton and Smith, had just closed,…
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Continued from Part 1 I’ve been on Fulton Street a lot. Over a decade ago I learned that the classic restaurant Gage & Tollner, at Fulton and Smith, had just closed,…
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I’ve been on Fulton Street a lot. Over a decade ago I learned that the classic restaurant Gage & Tollner, at Fulton and Smith, had just closed, so I did…