I grew up in Bay Ridge, in which 86th Street, along with 3rd and 5th Avenues, was the main shopping drag. To get to Shore Road, we took the B16…
Gravesend
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The MTA trots out ancient subway rolling stock a few times a year, on Mets and Yankees opening days and other events, but most notably on Sundays during the holiday…
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It was a pretty dull day, lead-pipe overcast, but it was a weekend, and I prefer not to travel much for Forgotten New York outings during the week because of…
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Standing on Avenue V just west of 86th Street in Gravesend is one of NYC’s very few decorative structures associated with its sewers, all due respects for the gigantic…
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Sheepshead Bay is well-worn territory for Forgotten NY — my first comprehensive page on the neighborhood appeared in 2006, and earlier this year I posted an account of my very…
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Well-plumbed NYC territory for Forgotten NY, I realize, but it was time for my annual winter or early spring pilgrimage to Nathan’s in Coney Island. I have joined the Polar…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent In my appreciation of the city’s eternal green public spaces, I enjoy documenting the history of parks big and small. Throughout the Five Boroughs,…
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In late December 2001 I had a toothache and so found myself in the dentist chair in Bay Ridge on Christmas Eve for some emergency treatment. With mouth still numb,…
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A “hat tip” for ForgottenFan Paul Lukas of Uniwatch fame for finding this painted sign at a bar in Gravesend between West 9th and 10th Streets on Kings Highway at…
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Proving that the art of the painted wall ad isn’t dead is this recently inscribed ad on 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue. Unless it’s repainted, succeeding generations will be poring…
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There’s no Avenue Q in Brooklyn, and there’s no E or G, either; E became Foster Avenue and G became Glenwood Road long ago. The reasons for those switcheroos are…
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Gravesend historian Joseph Ditta passes along that the classic neon Harold’s for Prescriptions sign at the corner of McDonald Avenue and Avenue U, under the el station, has been replaced…