By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent One of the most visible roads in southern Brooklyn and Queens is Linden Boulevard, which has its western start at Flatbush Avenue, running for six…
Ozone Park
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent On the map of southern Queens the most visible grid-defying road is Rockaway Boulevard, which runs for 9.5 miles from the Brooklyn-Queens border at Eldert…
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Because of its proximity to John F. Kennedy International Airport, I’d always thought Ozone Park’s name had something to do with air travel, since the ozone layer is high in…
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In an obscure corner of Ozone Park, at 149th Avenue and Redding Street a block west of the pedal-to-the-metal Cross Bay Boulevard, you can find one of Queens’ many vest…
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I have long been curious about Ozone Park, especially in the region around Cross Bay Boulevard north of the Belt Parkway. It was easily reachable for me via bicycle from…
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photo: Gary Fonville A few years ago, a sidewalk sign for Cron’s Bakery was revealed at Liberty Avenue and 121st Street in Ozone Park. This space was later occupied, in…
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Two for the price of one on Liberty Avenue at 88-17, with ads for a former local tavern, Tutie’s, and Garcia Grande Cigars. Forgotten Fan James Burke remembers Tutie’s. He writes: Tutie’s was…
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Finding ancient routes throughout the five boroughs has been challenging and rewarding for me. Some, like Broadway in Manhattan and the Bronx, or Kings Highway in Brooklyn, are just as busy,…
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I was hunting down an old road in Ozone Park just past the Brooklyn line south of the Liberty Avenue el, and followed it as far as it went. Near…
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Because of its proximity to John F. Kennedy International Airport, I had always thought Ozone Park’s name had something to do with air travel, since the ozone layer is high in…
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TO FIND RARE BEASTS, you have to know what environment they thrive in. The same principle applies to locating species of ancient NYC streetlighting…they like to hang out in the…
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The little olive-colored stoplight, with its serrated exterior and the fluted base, once was to NYC streets what the passenger pigeon was to the skies. They weren’t on every corner…traffic…