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    HEMPSTEAD AVENUE, Queens Village

    by Kevin Walsh March 6, 2023
    by Kevin Walsh March 6, 2023 9 comments

    NASSAU County residents know all about Hempstead Turnpike, one of its main east-west auto routes, synonymous with NY 24 for its entire length from the Queens line to East Farmingdale.…

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  • Ads

    CASTLE BATHS, South Jamaica

    by Kevin Walsh September 4, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh September 4, 2022 2 comments

    By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten New York correspondent WE don’t usually associate southeastern Queens with mural ads as this is largely a corner of the borough covered by single-family tract houses. But…

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    JACK KEMP, Terrace Gardens

    by Kevin Walsh August 3, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh August 3, 2022 3 comments

    WHILE taking a daily walk around Terrace Gardens, a development just over the Nassau line near my own Westmoreland Gardens, I found the remains of a Dole-Kemp campaign sticker. Longtime…

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  • One ShotsOut of Town

    RIP DENTON AVENUE BRIDGE, Garden City Park

    by Kevin Walsh April 19, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh April 19, 2022 16 comments

    WHEN I moved to fabulous Flushing in 1993, I was still bicycling far distances in roadways, ranging as far west as Ridgewood and as far east as Garden City; these…

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  • One Shots

    MY ELUSIVE KEENE, Floral Park

    by Kevin Walsh March 5, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh March 5, 2022 6 comments

    I have found what is, without a doubt, the shortest street in the NYC metropolitan area and possibly, the shortest in the United States. It’s found at the undefended border…

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  • Street Lamps

    JERICHO LAMPS

    by Kevin Walsh March 3, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh March 3, 2022 4 comments

    In 2016 and 2017, all of New York City’s streetlamps were replaced by bright white Light Emitting Diode bulbs, which shine a bright white. Regular readers of Forgotten NY know…

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  • One Shots

    JERICHO TURNPIKE, Bellerose

    by Kevin Walsh December 2, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh December 2, 2021 13 comments

    INFRASTRUCTURALLY, there’s a lot going on here at the undefended Queens-Nassau borderline where Jericho Turnpike/Jamaica Avenue encounter Braddock Avenue and the Cross Island Parkway. On the left, we see the…

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  • Out of Town

    THE VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD

    by Kevin Walsh October 7, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh October 7, 2021 19 comments

    Today in Forgotten NY, we’ll talk about a place I’ve never been to. But Sergey has…. –Ed. BY SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On the colonial landscape of Long Island, the…

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  • Out of TownStreet Lamps

    RUSSELL GARDENS INFRASTRUCTURE

    by Kevin Walsh September 16, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh September 16, 2021 3 comments

    PERIODICALLY, I cross the border — completely undefended by barbed wire, rifle toting guads and dogs — from Little Neck into Nassau County. The reasons for this have been diverse…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    CUTTER AVENUE, Great Neck

    by Kevin Walsh July 7, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh July 7, 2021 2 comments

    BLOODGOOD Haviland Cutter (1817-1906) was a miller, potato farmer, property owner (he once owned the land where my garden apartment complex, Westmoreland Village, stands) and composer of light doggerel. He…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    ATLANTIC BEACH BRIDGE

    by Kevin Walsh August 12, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh August 12, 2020 10 comments

    This white enamel directional sign can be found on Seagirt Boulevard just east of Beach 9th Street. It was probably placed there and is incomplete; it likely had an arrow…

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  • Forgotten SlicesRoads

    95TH AVENUE

    by Kevin Walsh July 7, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh July 7, 2020 5 comments

    During the week I was scuttling around Floral Park, just south of Little Neck, testing out a healing sore calf and looking for some shade, since it was 95 degrees.…

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