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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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On a recent outing I ran across this abandoned luncheonette, complete with green and gold “privilege” sign, on Tuskegee Airmen Way off 150th Street. The yellow tin letters on green background…
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Though most color-coded NYC street signs were removed in the 1980s after a run of only about twenty years, a group of them on Jamaica Avenue between Sutphin Boulevard and…
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For the first time in about 12 years I was called in for jury duty last week (October 2015). In the past, I’ve had to go to the Queens County…