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    RICHMOND HILL 2014

    by Kevin Walsh June 7, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh June 7, 2020 12 comments

    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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    RICHMOND HILL SIGNS

    by Kevin Walsh January 28, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh January 28, 2020 1 comment

    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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  • One ShotsSubways & Trains

    LIRR MP15, Richmond Hill

    by Kevin Walsh September 21, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh September 21, 2018 2 comments

    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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    RECAP: FORGOTTENTOUR #104: RICHMOND HILL, Queens

    by Kevin Walsh October 31, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh October 31, 2017 0 comment

    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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    JAMAICA AVENUE SIGNS, 2011

    by Kevin Walsh May 5, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh May 5, 2017 4 comments

    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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    ALONG THE LIRR EL IN RICHMOND HILL

    by Kevin Walsh October 2, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh October 2, 2016 22 comments

    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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  • One ShotsSubways & Trains

    UNDERUTILIZED INFRASTRUCTURE, Richmond Hill

    by Kevin Walsh August 23, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh August 23, 2016 0 comment

    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…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    BANGERT’S FLORISTS, Richmond Hill

    by Kevin Walsh August 17, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh August 17, 2016 0 comment

    There’s just a bit of bad news in Richmond Hill, where two panels of the historic Bangert’s Florists sign have been removed — so I noticed during a Richmond Hill…

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    CORBITT’S WINES & LIQUORS, Richmond Hill

    by Kevin Walsh June 22, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh June 22, 2016 0 comment

    At Corbitt’s Wines & Liquors, 118-04 Jamaica Avenue opposite the old Triangle Hotel where Myrtle Avenue ceases its unrelenting march eastward from downtown Brooklyn, it could be 2006, 1996, 1986,…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    MARCY FOUNDRY valve cap, Richmond Hill

    by Kevin Walsh June 1, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh June 1, 2016 0 comment

    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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    AUSTIN BOOK SHOP, Richmond Hill

    by Kevin Walsh May 31, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh May 31, 2016 2 comments

    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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    LEFFERTS BLVD. STOPLIGHTS, Richmond Hill

    by Kevin Walsh May 27, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh May 27, 2016 0 comment

    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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