Flushing’s boom began in the 1980s, when the relatively sleepy intersection, Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street and the surrounding streets were revitalized with an influx of immigrants from East Asia.…
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By BOB SINGLETON Executive Director, Greater Astoria Historical Society “Every picture tells a story,” sang Rod Stewart in 1971. With Long Island City it seems every building has a story…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent In the section of Queens Village to the south of the train tracks where Springfield Boulevard meets Hollis Avenue is a remarkable building: the…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent The northeast tip of Queens was once known as Willets Point after the family that purchased this peninsula in 1829. It was acquired by…
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A week or so ago, FNY posted a survey of a number of Flushing cemeteries that are relatively close together: Mount St. Mary’s, Flushing Cemetery, and what is known as…
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Here’s a painted ad I hadn’t noticed before on Merrick Boulevard between the Long Island Rail Road overpass and Douglas Avenue for what was apparently the Jamaica Soda Fountain Fixture…
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Though some of my gigs haven’t ended the way I would’ve liked, I’m pretty proud of where I’ve been over the years. My longest term was two stints totaling 12 years…
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Today I’m going to expand on a recent piece I did in SpliceToday, as I am able to get a lot more expansive here with a lot more photos, and…
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Though Riis Park and its boardwalk and beach is quite busy indeed with sunseekers for a relatively short time, May through September, it can be forbidding indeed during the other months,…
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A bit short on time today, so I thought I would do a short item on the unique Flushing Meadows-Corona Park signage, which uses different fonts than other fonts used…
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It’s a shame to see a classic chrome diner sitting empty and going to waste, but that’s exactly what has happened at 21-17 49th Avenue adjacent to the Sunnyside railroad…
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Here’s 32-14 Steinway Street in Astoria between Broadway and 34th Avenue, a street I have passed often in the last decade since the (soon former) headquarters of my associate entity,…