CORONA, the neighborhood in Queens west of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, has three separate historic firehouses, one of which is still used for its original purpose. I recently noticed two of…
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WHILE working on a longform piece I realized I wouldn’t be done by the weekend, and while I wait for some kind of employment, the weekdays are available for walks…
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THE platform lamps seen here at the 103rd Street station on the IRT Flushing Line (known as the 7 train) are interesting, as the sodium fixture, day burning here, was…
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THE most unfortunate year for Queens in my recent memory must have been 2009. That was when the borough lost the Catholic-run Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica and St. John’s…
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THE Hell Gate Bridge was the final piece in the puzzle of running railroad trains into Midtown Manhattan. The tubes connecting Long Island with Penn Station opened in 1910, and Hell…
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Time for another entry in Sergey Kadinsky’s ongoing series featuring ethnic parks and monuments, following Irish Town, Latino Town and Italian Town. Once again, listings are not presented in strict…
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By PATRICK O’CONNORForgotten NY guest post FROM late February through the end of March, I had a few occasions that necessitated riding the J train, during midday periods from Sutphin…
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UPON ambling through Douglaston to take in the crisp spring air (an El Niño is developing that will keep it hot and humid for a few months soon enough) I…
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AFTER having the list of city parks named after Irish-Americans deleted on Wikipedia for stupid reasons, I brought it back to life on this website. Following on that example, I…
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ASK any person on the street in Queens where they think Bayside Cemetery is, and the inevitable answer would be … Bayside. Not the case. Bayside Cemetery is actually one…
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AFTER a long cold winter when I couldn’t really get out because of snow, cold and wind from December through much of February, I have been making up a bit,…
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THE Reformed Dutch Church of Hallets Cove (later Good Church of Deliverance) at 27-26 12th Street in Astoria Village was built in 1888; its verdigris’ed steeple replaced the original in 1900.…