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FNY chronicles unnoticed aspects of the City the tourists never see: painted building ads, abandoned subway stations, out-of-the-way neighborhoods and more.
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M-3 CAR LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/m-3-car-long-island-rail-road/
Published: December 20, 2024 04:38
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I was always sure to photograph the interior or exterior of a M-1 or M-3 Long Island Rail Road car whenever one pulled into the station where I was waiting.…
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SCHWEICKERTS WALK CONEY ISLAND
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/schweickerts-walk-coney-island/
Published: December 19, 2024 04:46
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I made my first pilgrimage to Coney Island in a few years recently. Believe it or not I hadn’t had a hotdog since early 2022. Though I don’t intend to…
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NEW YORK’S LAST SLOT MAILBOX
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/new-yorks-last-slot-mailbox/
Published: December 18, 2024 04:40
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WAY back at the Dawn of Forgotten New York around 1999-2000, one of my Bronx contacts, Jon Halabi, supplied me with a photo of a slot mailbox on Palisade avenue…
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TROLLEY POLES, BRONX
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/trolley-poles-bronx/
Published: December 17, 2024 04:34
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WELL, it’s only taken 25 years, but I finally have a pair of remaining iron trolley poles to talk about in the Bronx. During my Bronx presentation for the Bronx…
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MYSTERIOUS ALLEYS, CROWN HEIGHTS
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/mysterious-alleys-crown-heights/
Published: December 16, 2024 00:24
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It’s not often that I write about something in Forgotten New York that completely stumps me, but I’ll show what I’ve found here in case some Crowns Heightsers can fill…
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UNION FIELD CEMETERY, RIDGEWOOD
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/union-field-cemetery-ridgewood/
Published: December 14, 2024 22:47
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By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent ALONG the Jackie Robinson Parkway where the Queens-Brooklyn border runs atop the glacial terminal moraine are a set of cemeteries straddling that line, each with…
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GIMBELS PASSAGE SIGN
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/gimbels-passage-sign/
Published: December 13, 2024 04:19
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WHERE can this tiled sign pointing the way to Pennsylvania Station, the 7th Avenue Subway and the “Statler Hilton” be found? It’s in an 800-foot long pedestrian corridor beneath West…
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OLD LANE, MASPETH
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/old-lane-maspeth/
Published: December 12, 2024 04:26
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SINCE Forgotten New York seems to have wandered into several blind alleys this week, I may as well go with the flow and talk about another one. On the undefended…
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JONES ALLEY 2024
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/jones-alley-2024/
Published: December 11, 2024 04:12
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I have mentioned Jones Alley on NoHo a number of times over the years. I have a fascination with it because it’s fenced off on both ends and I can’t…
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GRACE COURT ALLEY
https://forgotten-ny.com/2024/12/grace-court-alley/
Published: December 10, 2024 04:35
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GRACE Court Alley proceeds east to a dead end from the east side of Hicks Street south of Remsen. It is not exactly on the same line as Grace Court…
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