Rotary International bills itself as an organization dedicated “to bring[ing] together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.”…
Woodhaven
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Sorry, folks, this building is one of the symbols of Woodhaven, and I’m going to keep saying it’s in Woodhaven. On one of the historic Woodhaven pages in Facebook, some…
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During the week I was scuttling around Floral Park, just south of Little Neck, testing out a healing sore calf and looking for some shade, since it was 95 degrees.…
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Word arrived midweek that Woodhaven’s nearly two-century institution, Neir’s Taven, 88th Avenue and 78th Street, would close on January 12, 2020. I have spent many happy times here, and it’s…
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Subways & TrainsWalks
TRACKING THE LIRR ROCKAWAY BRANCH: PART 2, FOREST PARK-WOODHAVEN-OZONE PARK
by Kevin WalshContinued from Part 1 Back in March 2000 I set out with a band of urban explorers that walked the old LIRR Rockaway Branch from Rego Park to Woodhaven. The…
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“The Bull Durham brand … grew out of an incident in Durham, North Carolina that occurred at the close of the war. Soldiers from both sides raided a farmer’s tobacco…
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There are a lot of interesting items from a Forgotten NY aspect scuffling around under the Jamaica Avenue el on Woodhaven, such as outmoded street lighting, hidden cemeteries a block…
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Deep in the streets of Woodhaven are a couple of remnants of Union Course, the racetrack that dominated the area before it was fully developed and streets laid out. Woodhaven and…
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At first hearing, “Culloden and Digby” sounds like a heavily-advertised TV law firm, or perhaps a brand of Worcestershire sauce, but they are actually a pair of streets in Woodhaven…
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I was lurching around Woodhaven recently, and as part of my immersive Forgotten New York experience, I check the bases of lampposts to see when they were installed. Most of…
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FNY’s Saturday, June 18th, 2016 tour was a repeat of the 2015 Woodhaven tour with a slightly shortened and revised tour route, beginning on Forest Parkway where we took in…
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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…