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    DYRE AVENUE 2012

    by Kevin Walsh May 14, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh May 14, 2021 13 comments

    When conceived, it was assumed that the former New York, Westchester and Boston RR would eventually reach Boston, but instead at its lengthiest, it ran from southern Mott Haven in…

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  • Walks

    EASTCHESTER-PELHAM MANOR

    by Kevin Walsh October 22, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh October 22, 2018 23 comments

    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…

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  • MAP ROOMOne Shots

    THE KERNELS, Eastchester

    by Kevin Walsh June 18, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh June 18, 2018 1 comment

    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…

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  • AdsForgotten SlicesStreet LampsSubways & Trains

    DYRE AVENUE, Eastchester

    by Kevin Walsh January 24, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh January 24, 2018 31 comments

    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…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    TILLOTSON STEPS, Eastchester

    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2017 1 comment

    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…

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  • One ShotsStreet Lamps

    BOSTON ROAD LAMPS, Eastchester

    by Kevin Walsh June 14, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh June 14, 2017 2 comments

    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…

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  • Forgotten SlicesRoads

    REED’S MILL LANE, Eastchester

    by Kevin Walsh December 23, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh December 23, 2015 5 comments

    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…

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  • Forgotten SlicesSigns

    SIGNS THAT GOT AWAY: replaced during the FNY Era

    by Kevin Walsh February 16, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh February 16, 2015 10 comments

    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…

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  • One Shots

    PS 15, Eastchester

    by Kevin Walsh February 21, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh February 21, 2013 27 comments

    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…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    ARROWHEADS

    by Kevin Walsh December 14, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh December 14, 2012 4 comments

    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…

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  • One ShotsOut of TownSigns

    NUVERN AVENUE

    by Kevin Walsh October 24, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh October 24, 2012 0 comment

    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…

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  • Subways & Trains

    WALKING THE NYW&B — Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh April 22, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh April 22, 2012 55 comments

    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…

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