Continued from Part 1 Woodside is often the jump-off point for some of my lengthier walks. The reason is simple. It’s the westernmost Long Island Rail Road stop in Queens…
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As I was staggering down Roosevelt Avenue in Corona the other day, crazy from the heat, I noticed a new variety of lamppost that has appeared, a davit-style, cylindrical post.…
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Woodside is often the jump-off point for some of my lengthier walks. The reason is simple. It’s the westernmost Long Island Rail Road stop in Queens (on my branch, that…
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I’ll miss these when they are gone. Scrolled metal shafts like these used to hold fire alarm indicator lamps on telephone poles in three boroughs of New York City (I’ve…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent In recent years, the coastlines of Manhattan and Brooklyn have been reclaimed by the public as ribbons of waterfront parkland take up shores that…
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I have a history with model trains. In my youth our family set up at least two toy train layouts, on a foldout card table in my bedroom. A small…
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World-renowned muralist Richard Haas‘ work depicting Forest Hills Gardens has appeared on the bank on the southeast corner of Queens Boulevard and 71st Road since 1989. Haas, whose murals can…
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So, it was October 1975 and I’m age 18 and furiously pedaling down Rockaway Boulevard all the way out in Brookville in southeast Queens, quite a ways from home when…
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The Breifne Pub at Crocheron Avenue and 169th Street in Flushing has a nifty illuminated sign with raised lettering, though I’m unsure if it works at night. The name refers…
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FNY continued with its weather winning streak for ForgottenTour #89 in College Point on Sunday, April 26th as fifteen ForgottenFans turned up for this romp through northwest Queens. College Point…
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I was clattering around in Bayside in 2007 when I spotted this one-way sign outside a thrift shop. I didn’t buy it, but I shot it. I’m not sure when…
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A sticker indicating the Verizon phone company has sufficiently peeled away on the mezzanine of the LIRR/#7 train complex in Woodside to permit view of its predecessor, Bell Atlantic, a…