Construction began for the Long Island Rail Road between Brooklyn and Jamaica, and points beyond, in 1836. The railroad ran down the center of Atlantic Avenue, a major route running…
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PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 Metropolitan Avenue is one of the lengthiest routes between Brooklyn and Queens. It was first built in 1815, give or take a year, as…
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I found the San Miguel Beverage Corporation on 39th Avenue in Woodside at just the right time. The sign, using ecclesiastical lettering or what, with a different design, is called…
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PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 Metropolitan Avenue is one of the lengthiest routes between Brooklyn and Queens. It was first built in 1815, give or take a year,…
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Every so often while prowling around the lesser-known NYC neighborhoods (OK, who am I kidding, it’s usually only me that prowls like this, but I’ll stick with the phrasing) you…
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Dominie’s Hoek (Hook), originally the western end of the town of Newtown, was originally settled when a tract of land was awarded to Everard Bogardus, a Dutch Reformed minister (dominie),…
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Telephone exchanges in the USA used to feature two initial letters, and if you have an old-fashioned dial or pushbutton telephone, you can still use them if you know what…
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photo: Kyle DeMilo For aficionados of ancient painted signage, Fletcher’s Castoria ads have been a staple for decades: the mild children’s stomach remedy has been sold since 1871 and formerly…
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The residents of this small house on the northwest corner of 39th Avenue and 57th Street in Woodside probably don’t know it but they’re living in one of the former…
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In a supermarket parking lot, surrounded by shopping carts, stands the Woodhaven Historical Society’s monument to a native son, Frederick Christ (pronounced “krist”with i as in “bit”) Trump (1905-1999). Fred…
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So I was hanging around on the west end of the Queensboro Plaza station in the brain-melting heat of the NYC summer, trying to get to Astoria, when I saw…
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The Childs restaurant chain was the creation of Samuel and William Childs. They revolutionized the American restaurant chain by creating a uniform look to each of their branches in order…