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    NEW YORK STATE 27, Kensington

    by Kevin Walsh October 26, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh October 26, 2020 6 comments

    One of these days… months … years I’ll write a Forgotten New York page on all the New York state routes that run along local streets. There are a number…

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  • One ShotsSubways & Trains

    CULVER SPUR, Kensington

    by Kevin Walsh June 6, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh June 6, 2020 7 comments

    This spur track off the “Culver elevated” serving the F train at McDonald Avenue and Cortelyou Road is one of the only tangible reminders of the Culver Shuttle that connected…

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  • One Shots

    MARTENSE LANE, Kensington

    by Kevin Walsh April 7, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh April 7, 2020 3 comments

    I’ve written before about that little Brooklyn neighborhood wedged between Borough Park and Kensington, located between 36th Street, Dahill Road, Fort Hamilton Parkway (the edge of Green-Wood Cemetery) and Church…

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  • Neighborhoods

    MAPLETON, Brooklyn

    by Kevin Walsh March 1, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh March 1, 2020 18 comments

    with SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent I imagine that you weren’t aware that there’s a neighborhood called Mapleton in Brooklyn. It’s barely there anymore, as the larger neighborhoods of Bensonhurst and…

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  • Street Scenes

    PROSPECT AVENUE, Windsor Terrace

    by Kevin Walsh November 4, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh November 4, 2018 35 comments

    Prospect Avenue is the spine of Windsor Terrace, running from 3rd and Hamilton Avenues southeast and south to Ocean Parkway. It’s named for nearby Prospect Park and its high hills…

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  • One Shots

    BILLS and MICIELI PLACES, Brooklyn

    by Kevin Walsh August 23, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh August 23, 2018 7 comments

    There is a small wedge of Brooklyn, between Church Avenue, 36th Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway and McDonald Avenue, that’s not quite Borough Park and not quite Kensington; I imagine both…

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  • Walks

    CHURCH AVENUE, Flatbush, Part 1

    by Kevin Walsh January 10, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh January 10, 2016 55 comments

    Brooklyn’s Church Avenue runs from 37th Street between 13th and 14th Avenues on the Borough Park-Kensington border east and northeast to East 98th Street near Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville. The…

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  • Walks

    CARROLL GARDENS TO PARKVILLE, Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh June 1, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh June 1, 2014 7 comments

    So, where were we? In Part 1 I had gotten from the Bergen Street F line station by meandering down Smith and 3rd Streets, over the noxious and noisome Gowanus…

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  • Walks

    CARROLL GARDENS to PARKVILLE, Part 1

    by Kevin Walsh May 26, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh May 26, 2014 11 comments

    There’s about a 2-week window in the spring and another in the fall when New York City is tolerably walkable. Of course, I will walk in all weather except below…

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  • Alleys

    LANES OF KENSINGTON

    by Kevin Walsh July 21, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh July 21, 2012 31 comments

    Kensington, the section of Brooklyn located just south of Windsor Terrace, SW of Prospect Park and SE of Green-Wood Cemetery, is named for a western borough of London — many…

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  • NeighborhoodsStreet ScenesWalks

    From WINDSOR TERRACE to KENSINGTON

    by Kevin Walsh August 8, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh August 8, 2010 0 comment

    This sign reminded me of something: I do most of my Forgottening by myself,  though I do tours that have accommodated between 30 and 60 people. (I’m not much  use…

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  • Subways & Trains

    COME ON IN More subway oddities

    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2009
    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2009 0 comment

    My fascination with the NYC subway’s infrastructure continues unabated and my love affair with the subways remains unrequited. That is made clear every weekend, when the MTA runs most lines completely…

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