LIKE a favorite book or movie that you reread or rewatch, there are some NYC neighborhoods I return to again and again because there are infrastructural or historical aspects I…
Richmond Hill
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RICHMOND Hill preserves its very own classic movie palace of yore… and this one has a marquee that has at least retained the look it had in its halcyon days,…
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Of late, I have been sifting and rummaging through the Forgotten NY archives. Over the course of a quarter century, a lot of pictures can fall by the wayside. In…
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If you know where to look, there are a number of abandoned stations, unusual stations, as well as intact stations that have been closed for quite awhile if you are…
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If you haven’t noticed it yet in Forgotten New York, I do enjoy walking under elevated trains. You never know what you’ll find under there, infrastructure-wise; I’ve located 50-75 year…
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Well, it had to happen: I’m running out of fresh images to populate Forgotten New York with, as I’ve been mostly restricted to eastern Queens with the Covid Crisis. Fear…
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Dipping into the archives for some images from late 2011: The small green and white signs here on Jamaica Avenue where it meets Myrtle Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard were placed…
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Though the Long Island Rail Road “Montauk Branch” between Long Island City and Jamaica has not played host to regular passenger service for about a decade, and several stations along…
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ForgottenTour #103, Saturday, May 21, 2016, was a repeat of 2014’s Richmond Hill tour. We visited the now-repurposed sites of the Republican Club, RKO Keiths Theatre, Triangle Hotel, took in…
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At some point in the Easy Eighties, the Department of Transportation did a little experiment with the pillars for the Jamaica El on Jamaica Avenue, placing square street signs on…
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Continuing my recent spate of stories about what the streets underneath elevated lines look like (Livonia Avenue, New Utrecht Avenue) I decided to head to an area I have appreciated…
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Now, that’s a mouthful. Both Richmond Hill, Queens — and NYC transit as a whole — are missing out on what should be a major transit system interchange here at…