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    MOTT AVENUE STATION, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh April 28, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh April 28, 2020 10 comments

    A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the directional signs pointing to a nonexistent NY Central Railroad station at the East 149th Street station in the Bronx, where the…

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    SUBWAY TRANSFER, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh April 21, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh April 21, 2020 2 comments

    A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the tile directional sign at the East 149th Street station in the Bronx pointing to a nonexistent stop on the NY Central…

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  • One ShotsSignsSubways & Trains

    NEW YORK CENTRAL, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh April 7, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh April 7, 2020 13 comments

    The East 149th Street station serves #2, 4 and 5 trains on their way to midtown Manhattan or north to Wakefield, Woodlawn Cemetery, or Dyre Avenue, in two separate trackways…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    HEALTHY PARKS

    by Kevin Walsh March 16, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh March 16, 2020 6 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent With the Coronavirus compelling New Yorkers into a springtime quarantine, my hometown borough has two small parks with “Health” in their names. Their locations take…

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  • One ShotsSignsSubways & Trains

    138th STREET STATION, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh November 23, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh November 23, 2019 9 comments

    From Ossie McGennie in the Facebook New York’s Railroads, Subways & Trolleys Past & Present group (hence the watermark) comes this extraordinary glimpse into the past at the 138th Street/Grand…

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  • NeighborhoodsWalks

    MANHATTANVILLE TO MOTT HAVEN

    by Kevin Walsh December 30, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh December 30, 2018 4 comments

    I took a quick stroll east on 125th Street, crossing the 3rd Avenue Bridge into Mott Haven, west across the Madison Avenue Bridge back into Harlem again. Got some air…

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  • CobblestonesOne Shots

    RED BRICKED STREET, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2017 2 comments

    photo: Gary Fonville Red bricked streets are now relatively rare in NYC, but that doesn’t mean they always have been; while they haven’t gotten the press time that “cobblestoned” or…

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  • One Shots

    SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh February 22, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh February 22, 2016 4 comments

    Although it was a short war with a questionable mission, the sacrifice of American troops during the Spanish-American War is commemorated by several memorials across the city. A column erected…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    MOTT HAVEN CANAL, Bronx

    by Kevin Walsh December 25, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh December 25, 2015 8 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten New York correspondent  A nondescript row of auto repair shops located on East 138th Street stands on the former site of a South Bronx ship canal…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    MOTT AVENUE MOSAIC, 149th Street

    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2013 6 comments

    Recent station “improvements” and modernizations recently (12/13) claimed the remaining Mott Avenue mosaic signs at the #2 train station at 149th Street (years ago, its “NY Central” mosaic signs that…

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  • Neighborhoods

    MOTT HAVEN—PORT MORRIS, BRONX

    by Kevin Walsh November 3, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh November 3, 2013 62 comments

    Last summer (2012 I’m talking about), there was a day that was somewhat lessened of the stultifying heat and paralyzing humidity, and I made straight for Port Morris, the Bronx,…

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  • One Shots

    HEAVENLY TUNES, Mott Haven

    by Kevin Walsh July 19, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh July 19, 2013 5 comments

    Detail from entrance to an apartment building at Alexander Avenue and East 138th, Mott Haven, Bronx. There are other cartouches of musical angels at the entrance. Perhaps the builder was…

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