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    VENTURE HOUSE, Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh February 10, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh February 10, 2022 5 comments

    I had made my way to Jamaica from Flushing in abominable 28-degree weather (at least there were no snowmen) and about a half hour before packing it in for the…

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    REDISCOVER JAMAICA

    by Kevin Walsh February 8, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh February 8, 2022 8 comments

    JAMAICA is one of Queens’ three oldest neighborhoods, along with Newtown and Flushing, and it’s no surprise that those three neighborhoods have the lion’s share of colonial-era buildings and locations.…

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    LAMPPOST HUNTING ON JAMAICA AVENUE

    by Kevin Walsh September 12, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh September 12, 2021 10 comments

    If you haven’t noticed it yet in Forgotten New York, I do enjoy walking under elevated trains. You never know what you’ll find under there, infrastructure-wise; I’ve located 50-75 year…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    ROCHDALE VILLAGE, Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh February 19, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh February 19, 2019 17 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent There is so much that can be said about Rochdale Village, the 120-acre co-op in southeastern Queens that was built on the site of a…

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    JAMAICA CEMETERY TOUR

    by Kevin Walsh December 20, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh December 20, 2018 4 comments

    A week or so ago, FNY posted a survey of a number of Flushing cemeteries that are relatively close together: Mount St. Mary’s, Flushing Cemetery, and what is known as…

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    JAMAICA SODA FOUNTAIN

    by Kevin Walsh December 18, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh December 18, 2018 3 comments

    Here’s a painted ad I hadn’t noticed before on Merrick Boulevard between the Long Island Rail Road overpass and Douglas Avenue for what was apparently the Jamaica Soda Fountain Fixture…

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    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh July 25, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh July 25, 2018 5 comments

    The First Presbyterian Church complex, including the parsonage, at 89-60 164th Street just north of Jamaica Avenue is another in Jamaica’s collection of very old church buildings that includes First Reformed (1859;…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    YORK COLLEGE-ASHMEAD PARK, Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2018 2 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent When it comes to parks that are less than an acre in size, such spaces are usually designated as squares, triangles, malls, gores, and…

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  • Neighborhoods

    PARSONS BOULEVARD, Flushing-Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh April 16, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh April 16, 2018 23 comments

    Parsons Boulevard is one of Queens’ lengthier roads, although NYC’s various traffic agencies and city planners haven’t shown it a great amount of respect. It begins way up north in…

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    RECAP: FORGOTTENTOUR #103: PROSPECT CEMETERY and KING MANOR

    by Kevin Walsh October 31, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh October 31, 2017 0 comment

    On this tour held Saturday, April 23rd, 2016, we once again visited Prospect Cemetery, which opened in 1688 in the town of Jamaica, and nearby King Manor, the home of…

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    FORMER QUEENS COUNTY FAMILY COURT, Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh September 27, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh September 27, 2017 2 comments

    The building on the west side of Parsons Boulevard at 89th Avenue has a complicated history. It opened in 1930 as the Central Library Building of Queens Public Library (the…

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    CROSLEY SUPER V, Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh August 15, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh August 15, 2017 5 comments

    During a recent stroll from Flushing to Jamaica down Parsons Boulevard, I was surprised to see this painted-on-bricks ad on the southwest corner of Parsons and Hillside Avenue had reappeared.…

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