Is there anyplace more inviting than a classic railroad-car diner? It’s a matter of taste of course, in more ways than one. I’d eat in one every day, but my cholesterol…
Staten Island
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CONTINUED FROM PART 2 I have an affinity for subways, trains and railroads… not at the “foamer” level, but I have enough knowledge to recognize model numbers on most NYC,…
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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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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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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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By JOE SCHIAFFINO Special to Forgotten New York Thorwald Heyerdahl built his stone house atop this hill in 1861-62 when he signed a five year lease indenture with property owner…
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Turning once again to this Rossville area Hagstrom map from 1949, I noticed the “Valley Forge” notation on the upper right. I hadn’t heard “Valley Forge” applied to a Staten…
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After wandering around northern Rossville in June 2014 I decided to probe south, curious about the enclave known as Sandy Ground, to see if anything remained of it (details on…
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Visiting Staten Island, of course, is a provocative act. I’ll paraphrase the opening line to my introduction to the ForgottenBook and say that if you’re a New Yorker not from…
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I return to Port Richmond frequently — it’s New York City’s version of one of those innumerable small towns around the country whose downtowns have been Wal-Marted to death, as…
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One of the unwritten pop music stories in New York City is the role played by everyday, humdrum neighborhood theaters and venues as rock and roll hotbeds. Some of the…
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From the FNY archives comes this pair of early 20th-Century views of the Staten Island Lighthouse, which is still operated by the Coast Guard as an aid to navigation…