Williamsburg

So there I was in February 2021, wandering down Boerum Street in Williamsburg. How did I wind up there? Sometimes I just pore over online maps when I feel like…

So a new era begins with Forgotten New York today: this is really the first piece consisting of more than one image I am composing on my new computer, a…

In July, during a temporary cessation of the insane heat and humidity, I walked past a simple building with a wide red door at #411 Kent, just south of Broadway.…

I don’t feel shame in admitting that I have pizza at least twice a week, usually one slice for lunch or maybe two for dinner. I’m not adventurous, though; I…

Teddy’s is a Williamsburg institution that has been here since 1887. A vintage stained glass sign for Peter Doelger’s Extra Beer is on the Berry Street side. The Doelgers operated…

Deep in the heart of Williamsburg is a remnant of its former street numbering system, as Roebling Street is here rendered as “Sixth Street.” North-south Williamsburg streets were originally numbered…

Back in 2015 I was wandering around Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows and somehow found my way onto the dirt bike trail. Understand, that trail wasn’t built as a way…

It’s getting to be that time of year when all of us, or those of us who despise humid air, should genuflect in the direction of East Williamsburg, or southern…

I braved the ice floes in the first week of February 2021 and hit the 7 and G trains to the Broadway stop at Union Avenue. I had a desire…

10th and Broadway in Williamsburg? You might think these signs would be found in the Union Square area, where East 10th and Broadway do intersect (at Grace Church, one of…

Here’s an attractive brick apartment building at #778 Driggs Avenue between South 3rd and 4th Streets in Brooklyn. I enjoyed the green and gray terra cotta trim at the entrance.…

Many of the buildings along Flushing Avenue between Marcy and Tompkins Avenues are emblazoned with signs denoting the Pfizer Company. The drug manufacturer was opened by Charles Pfizer and cousin Charles…