Upper East Side

AROUND the corner from the Museum Mile of Fifth Avenue at 6 East 87th Street in a private alley is a detailed statue more worthy of a public space, known…

KEEP looking down…you may see a piece of New York City forgotten history. A few years ago I was ambling east on East 95th Street near Hunter College High School…

I knew I had seen this sidewalk sign for Corner Deli before, as I was pacing around the Upper East Side at #1400 2nd Avenue at East 73rd Street. It…

My forays into Manhattan’s Upper East Side have been shamefully few; only a handful of times in the 26+ years and counting of Forgotten New York. That’s why I was…

FOR the latest FNY Crosstown, I selected an uptown street in Yorkville/Upper East Side, an area I have neglected over the years and like many neighborhoods around town, a spot…

A recent building teardown at 2nd Avenue and East 72nd Street revealed this partial ad for Pearline Soap. Though Pearline is represented in a great number of color advertising cards…

J.G. Melon, a tavern at 3rd Avenue and East 74th Street, is hardly Forgotten, as it is famed far and wide for its burger as so many taverns in the…

Depending on who you speak to, there’s a wide opinion on the accomplishments and career of Dr. James Marion Sims. Dr. James Marion Sims (1813-1883) is often called the father of gynecology; he founded…

Back in 2011, I got a photo of this temporary lamppost on 2nd Avenue, placed by the Department of Transportation while 2nd Avenue was being ripped up to build the…

As I usually do in December I rode the MTA’s “holiday special” trainset, which is a unit of older cars that the Transit Museum put together from its vintage car…

Continued from Part 1 Well, the 2nd Avenue Subway, which opened on 1/1/17, was among the most talked-about events in NYC in late 2016 and early 2017. How can it…

Well, the 2nd Avenue Subway, which opened on 1/1/17, was among the most talked-about events in NYC in late 2016 and early 2017. How can it be Forgotten? I’ll find…