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    MEN’S CLOTHES, Ridgewood

    by Kevin Walsh March 12, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh March 12, 2018 9 comments

    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, Ridgewood

    by Kevin Walsh November 24, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh November 24, 2017 8 comments

    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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  • Street Scenes

    NORTH RIDGEWOOD

    by Kevin Walsh August 6, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh August 6, 2017 16 comments

    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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  • Street Scenes

    MIXED BAG Part 3

    by Kevin Walsh July 3, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh July 3, 2017 5 comments

    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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    RIDGEWOOD 2017

    by Kevin Walsh May 14, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh May 14, 2017 19 comments

    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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    HAGSTROM 1922 — RIDGEWOOD and BUSHWICK

    by Kevin Walsh January 21, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh January 21, 2017 1 comment

    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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  • Walks

    MASPETH TO WOODHAVEN, Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh August 14, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh August 14, 2016 0 comment

    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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  • Walks

    MASPETH TO WOODHAVEN: A Forgotten NY walk, Part 1

    by Kevin Walsh August 7, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh August 7, 2016 0 comment

    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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  • Walks

    WYCKOFF AVENUE 2016, Bushwick-Ridgewood, Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh April 24, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh April 24, 2016 9 comments

    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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  • Walks

    WYCKOFF AVENUE 2016, Bushwick-Ridgewood, Part 1

    by Kevin Walsh April 17, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh April 17, 2016 9 comments

    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…

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    HALSEY STREET STATION, Canarsie Line (L)

    by Kevin Walsh February 19, 2016
    by Kevin Walsh February 19, 2016 8 comments

    After a few hours of wanderings along Wyckoff Avenue, part of which forms an undefended border between Bushwick and Ridgewood, it was time to end things for the day. My…

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  • Walks

    METROPOLITAN AVENUE, Part 3

    by Kevin Walsh September 20, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh September 20, 2015 12 comments

    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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