Eastchester

As Mr. Spock would say, I was “in pursuit of  a feral waterfowl.” In August I went tearing about the extreme northeast Bronx because I saw a singular item on…

This section of a Hyde map of the northeast Bronx shows a small area called The Kernels. Its pedigree goes back to the colonial era when a Cornelius Jones, known as…

I was looking through some photos in my IPhoto collection (I rarely discard any photos from Forgotten NY missions) from the summer of 2011, one of the relatively few times…

By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent When the Bronx was annexed by New York City, the street grid of Manhattan was extended north and found itself facing topographical obstacles. In…

Boston Road in the Bronx roars from Third (not 3rd, in the Bronx) Avenue in Morrisania northeast to the city line with Westchester County, and as Boston Post Road and…

As most FNY fans know I have been an aficionado of old street and road maps, and have been ever since I obtained my first Hagstrom street map of Brooklyn…

Forgotten New York, as of March 2014, has been around 16 years, and I’m glad I’m still alive, well, and contributing. Since I’m almost discussing the site in terms of…

Bronx’ own Little Red Schoolhouse, PS 15, is at 4010 Dyre Avenue, near the end of the line on the #5 train. The architectural gem was built in 1877, designed…

Just as archaeologists search for arrowheads to ascertain ancient Native American settlements, so do I look for arrowheads — arrowhead signs that point the way to NYC bridges. These first…

Nuvern Avenue runs for a few blocks in Mount Vernon, near the Bronx line, in Westchester. But, there is a small piece of it in the Bronx, near its intersection…

CONTINUED FROM PART 1 In early April 2012 I walked the route of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, or the closest possible approximation along the tracks, from the…

There’s a New England undercurrent running through the Bronx. The New York Yankees’ rivalry with the Boston Red Sox began when the Sox’ owner Harry Frazee sold his pitching and…