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    STATEN ISLAND WATERFRONT

    by Kevin Walsh March 27, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh March 27, 2022 10 comments

    TIME for another sojourn in Staten Island, this time along the waterfront areas of St. George, Tompkinsville, Stapleton, Clifton and Rosebank along Upper New York Bay where it becomes The…

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  • Walks

    FORT WADSWORTH TO STAPLETON: PART 2

    by Kevin Walsh May 17, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh May 17, 2020 4 comments

    Continued from Part 1: Fort Wadsworth and Clifton In 2019, I made three separate pilgrimages and Walks of Penance in Fort Wadsworth, Rosebank and Clifton areas on the east shore…

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  • One Shots

    PARAMOUNT, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh February 5, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh February 5, 2019 4 comments

    The Paramount Theatre, at 560 Bay Street near Prospect, is now likely Staten Island’s premier ‘ghost theater’ now that the St. George has been reactivated. It was designed by architects…

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  • Walks

    ST. GEORGE to TOMPKINSVILLE to PARK HILL to STAPLETON, Part 3

    by Kevin Walsh May 24, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 24, 2015 14 comments

    Continued from Part 2 In my collection of NYC books I think I can count the number of books on (exclusively) Staten Island with two hands. There’s Holden’s Staten Island, Secret…

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  • Walks

    ST. GEORGE to TOMPKINSVILLE to PARK HILL to STAPLETON, Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh May 17, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 17, 2015 3 comments

    Continued from Part 1 In my collection of NYC books I think I can count the number of books on (exclusively) Staten Island with two hands. There’s Holden’s Staten Island, Secret…

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  • Walks

    ST. GEORGE to TOMPKINSVILLE to PARK HILL to STAPLETON

    by Kevin Walsh May 10, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 10, 2015 10 comments

    I think this one is going to take a number of pages to finish. In December 2014, before the winter got really harsh, I decided to walk around certain parts…

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  • One Shots

    CLAPBOARD HOUSE, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh December 31, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh December 31, 2014 4 comments

    Well, as the great Bob Grant used to say, that slams the lid on things for 2014. Closing out the year with a green clapboard house at Clinton and Brewster…

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  • One Shots

    390 VAN DUZER STREET, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh August 19, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh August 19, 2014 0 comment

    If you missed FNY’s Stapleton tour in June 2014, you missed some very interesting architectural highlights! In 1833, Minthorne Tompkins, son of the late Vice President under James Monroe, Daniel…

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  • AdsOne Shots

    UNEEDA BISCUIT, Stapleton

    by Kevin Walsh July 17, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh July 17, 2014 4 comments

    The National Biscuit Company was formed in 1898 by a merger of the midwest American Bakeries and the eastern New York Biscuit Company, while these companies, in turn, had been…

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  • Tours

    FORGOTTENTOUR #81: STAPLETON, STATEN ISLAND

    by Kevin Walsh July 14, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh July 14, 2014 6 comments

    On Saturday, July 12th, 2014, 15 ForgottenFans took advantage of yet more pleasant weather (sunny, 85 degrees), taking the ferry and Staten Island Railway to Stapleton, Staten Island, where we…

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  • One Shots

    STATEN ISLAND’S SANITATION BARN

    by Kevin Walsh March 4, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh March 4, 2012 5 comments

    A few years ago, when ForgottenTour 16 was swinging through Tompkinsville, Staten Island, we saw this ancient barn-like structure on Swan Street, labeled “Encumbrance Depot” and wondered what it was.…

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  • Neighborhoods

    TOMPKINSVILLE, Staten Island

    by Kevin Walsh January 9, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh January 9, 2011 1 comment

    I recently walked from the St. George Ferry in Staten Island through Tompkinsville, Stapleton, and West Brighton, finishing at Clove Lakes Park, and had intended originally to do a Forgotten…

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