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    101st AVENUE, Brooklyn

    by Kevin Walsh June 22, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh June 22, 2021 12 comments

    For my purposes the one-block stretch of 101st Avenue between Forbell and Drew Streets is one of the most unusual in the city. Why? Well, it’s the only street in…

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  • AdsOne Shots

    P.C. RICHARD, Ozone Park

    by Kevin Walsh June 15, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh June 15, 2021 7 comments

    I’d say there are relatively few New Yorkers who haven’t picked up an TV set or an air conditioner at P.C. Richard, or at least knows a friend who has.…

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  • One Shots

    CROSS BAY THEATRE, Ozone Park

    by Kevin Walsh June 15, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh June 15, 2021 6 comments

    The old Cross Bay Theatre, 94-11 Rockaway Boulevard, at the junction of two of Queens’ busiest, pedal to the metal thoroughfares: Rockaway Boulevard, which connects Brooklyn with the Five Towns of…

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  • Street ScenesSubways & Trains

    LOST STREETS THE EL REMEMBERS

    by Kevin Walsh June 13, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh June 13, 2021 4 comments

    On two recent days, braving ungodly heat in the upper 80s with matching humidity, I marched around with the camera in Ozone Park, specifically up and down Liberty Avenue and…

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  • One Shots

    SALADA TEA, Ozone Park

    by Kevin Walsh July 22, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh July 22, 2020 9 comments

    There’s a lot going on in this 1929 E.E. Rutter photo of Pitkin Avenue and Sitka Street. For example, note the stacked street signs. If you look carefully you can…

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  • Roads

    LINDEN BOULEVARD

    by Kevin Walsh May 26, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh May 26, 2020 22 comments

    From beginning to end, from Brooklyn through Queens and into Nassau County, Linden Boulevard is one of NYC’s lengthiest thoroughfares, running a total of 12.3 miles. However it’s also unique…

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  • One ShotsRoads

    ORPHAN LINDEN, Ozone Park

    by Kevin Walsh June 5, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh June 5, 2019 1 comment

    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…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    TRIANGLES OF ROCKAWAY BOULEVARD

    by Kevin Walsh May 14, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh May 14, 2019 2 comments

    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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  • Neighborhoods

    OZONE PARK, Queens

    by Kevin Walsh October 28, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh October 28, 2018 20 comments

    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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  • CemeteriesOne Shots

    SOUTHSIDE CEMETERY, Ozone Park

    by Kevin Walsh August 14, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh August 14, 2018 0 comment

    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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  • One Shots

    VAN WICKLEN ROAD, Ozone Park

    by Kevin Walsh July 2, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh July 2, 2018 0 comment

    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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  • One ShotsSigns

    CRON’S BAKERY, Ozone Park

    by Kevin Walsh October 5, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh October 5, 2017 4 comments

    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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