The Van der Ende-Onderdonk House. Flushing and Onderdonk Avenues just past the undefended Brooklyn-Queens border, was once a working farm, and now has a big back yard. In the middle…
Ridgewood
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Time to do a little bit of catchup in FNY. I go out with the camera all the time, so there’s no surprise that a lot of pictures are in…
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Idling in Ridgewood the other day, I spotted this truly ancient painted ad on Seneca Avenue between Stanhope and Himrod. Other bits of the ad are visible but have mostly…
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Tonsor Street runs from Metropolitan Avenue at Andrews Avenue three blocks southeast to Greene Avenue in Ridgewood. Toward its north end it makes a dramatic curve on a hill, permitting a view…
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I feel like doing another quick Sunday page this week instead of beginning a multi-parter, so I’ll draw on some images I got while visiting friends on Stockholm Street in…
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I had fun doing FNY’s second Mixed Bag page from two weeks ago, which featured photos taken in January 2017 on my IPhone, so I decided to do another one…
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A couple of weeks ago in the spring of 2017 I rode the “Train of Many Colors” in honor of the 7 train centennial, which was the recent subject of…
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Today I once again wind the clock back into the past with a look at my newly acquired Hagstrom Queens map from 1922. The border of Brooklyn and Queens is…
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Continued from Part 1 Every couple of weeks I grab the camera and walk for a few miles; I wish it was more than that, but I’d have to be…
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Every couple of weeks I grab the camera and walk for a few miles; I wish it was more than that, but I’d have to be underemployed again. In late…
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Continued from Part 1 I walked Wyckoff Avenue, which is on the Brooklyn-Queens line for most of its route, back in 2008 (we now speak of Forgotten New York as…
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I keep hearing that the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. I think the current Forgotten Feature will disprove the…