It’s been over seventeen years since the very first Forgotten NY post (which concerned a repurposed trolley depot on Northern Boulevard and Woodside Avenue) and while I’ve covered a lot…
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As early as 1890, Polish immigrants chose Maspeth in which to settle. In 1921, the Polish National Home (or in Polish, “Polski Dom Narodowy”) was founded in order to teach…
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Continued from Part 4 For this trip, I transferred from the J train to the 7 train. The two lines do not have a transfer point at any station —…
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As you’re passing the large mansion called Oak Ridge on Forest Park Drive about 3/4 mile north of Park Lane South in Forest Park, it looks as if a private domicile that…
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Continued from Part 3 For this trip, I transferred from the J train to the 7 train. The two lines do not have a transfer point at any station —…
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I was staggering down 91st Avenue in what was western Richmond Hill or eastern Woodhaven just past the old Long Island Rail Road Rockaway branch overpass that some wish to…
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104-29 Jamaica Avenue is a long way from Austin Street, but there’s a reason for the name on this worn sign under the Jamaica elevated. In 1954, Bernard Titowsky opened a…
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Continued from Part 2 For this trip, I transferred from the J train to the 7 train. The two lines do not have a transfer point at any station —…
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It’s unusual to see stoplights mounted like this in New York City, where they’re usually found on large, thick guy-wired stanchions (as they have since the early 1950s). This unusual…
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Richmond Hill’s public library was built in 1905 by the architectural firm Tuthill and Higgins with a grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie on land donated by Albon Man, the original…
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It could be the end of the line for the Cameo Pet Shop, a venerable Richmond Hill institution at Jamaica Avenue and 116th Street, as well as its venerable handpainted…
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Glad to be with you this week — for most of the day I began to compose the page it looked like I wouldn’t be able to do it, as…