Part of the fun in exploring NYC neighborhoods is that you can look up the block and see a random gilded onion dome

On a visit to Borough Park this past weekend (I am working on a lengthy examination of some of its lost roads for Forgotten New York) I was disappointed, though not surprised, to see that a bit of its...

This time I thought I would walk Bowne Street in its entirety from Northern Boulevard from Flushing High School to Kissena Park

This black and gold sign hasn't been there that long, but the hand-lettered sign has been present for many years

The handsome red brick, dormered building sent messages via pneumatic tube two and a half miles to a downtown office

Little Neck boasts a one of a kind public school, at least architecturally, in the Spanish Colonial-tinged PS 94 on Little Neck Parkway and 42nd Avenue down the block from my place.

Little Neck has no real neighborhood taverns, but Astoria and LIC remain chockablock with them, despite ever-changing demographics

Upon arrival, the large arched doors struck me as possibly being stable and prompted an investigation of what this building once was

A history of churches, old movies, books, and experimental theater. || Kevin Walsh

Other buildings in the row have been eliminated in favor of new, taller buildings; this is in line with NYC's push for higher density

The letter “G” pops up on numerous buildings around town, but when you see a “G” by itself it’s usually accompanied by a compass and a square ruler, and marks the present or former location of a Mason...

I can’t imagine the difficulty that delivery vans and garbage trucks have reaching homes on this street

Traffic enters it at the Johnson-Palisade "junction" and must turn right, traveling to the Spuyten-Duyvil Metro-North station

Matthias Stuart (1829-1886) founded the iron works, which was in business at  137 8th Ave., 636-638 Columbus Ave.

I worked for Tiffany & Co.

#81 Essex, south of Ridgewood Avenue is hidden behind aluminum siding. But it has a mighty portico, fronted by four stout Corinthian columns

The church is cathedral-sized; the bell tower was once taller than it is today, as its original 250-foot height was lowered in 1912

Many say never look back, only look forward. I’ve never heeded that advice. || Kevin Walsh

Spanning Sheepshead Bay is a weird, wooden bridge with a low fence that looks as if you could easily jump over it into the bay

For a few years now, the ad has been obscured by a series of pasted-on ads which are easier to change out.

I last reviewed 57th Street in Forgotten NY way back in 2010, paying attention to its architectural treasures from 1880-1910; I was only walking West 57th on that occasion.

CONTINUED FROM PART ONE In May 2026, before the humidity set in for good, I took LIRR, subway, boat and Staten Island Railway to Pleasant Plains, a neighborhood in Staten…

The Mormon Temple in Lincoln Center was dedicated in 2002, with the gilded figure of Moroni placed on its "steeple" two years later

Note the tiled columns and large plaques. || Kevin Walsh

I had found Crosby one of SoHo's quietest streets, but things have gotten very busy as high-end retailers have arrived

Terminal Warehouse and Starrett Lehigh Building, seen from High Line walkway on West 30th Street

Having documented a long-demolished bathhouse across the street from John Jay Park on the Upper East Side, I learned that it had a Beaux Arts counterpart on the west side…

In May 2026, before the humidity set in for good, I took LIRR, subway, boat and Staten Island Railway to Pleasant Plains, a neighborhood in Staten Island I had probably…

On the Isham Street side of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Inwood you will find a 9/11/01 memorial garden featuring iron beams salvaged from the site of the terrorist attack, and a display of the na...

The longevity of this building, and its history hosting diners, is impressive. I never see any published pieces about it

Traffic Avenue parallels the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Railroad between Menahan and Woodbine Streets

Surrounding New York's smallest and most unusual museum. || Kevin Walsh

While puttering around the Farley building on the way to the Loews I saw this inscription on the 31st Street side

I was surprised to see a new two-block street recently completed in Coney Island: Ocean Way, between West 20th and West 22nd Streets

East 21st Street between Church Avenue and Albemarle Road rewards with gorgeous cul-de-sacs Albemarle and Kenmore Terraces

The original Sans Souci was the summer palace of Prussian King Frederick the Great in Potsdam, Germany.

Interestingly I have been in the Fanelli Cafe just once, in early 2006, since I tend to be an aficionado of old-time saloons. Circumstances tend to dictate which ones I visit but hopefully, the occasi...

I was arrested by the sight of these gangly, guy-wired lampposts that look like NYC's thick-trunked guy-wired stoplights after a bender

The Revolutionary War was plotted, fought and negotiated on several sites in all five boroughs, including the Bronx. || Kevin Walsh

Is the Studebaker Building on the NE corner of Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place the most beautiful building on Bedford Avenue?

A Victorian-era residence, the kind that have long been displaced in Flushing by boring, monolithic apartments and blond brick two-family homes (you know the type…concrete driveways and prominent wate...

Otto Road runs for 0.6 miles, in Glendale, between the intersection of Cypress Hills Street and Central Avenue to 69th Place

I found the area compelling and also it was fresh in my mind since I hadn't visited the area in nearly a decade if not longer

There’s a park trail in Van Cortlandt Park that was once a railroad.

The IRT emerges here from a tunnel under a hill and then proceeds over a valley; engineers decided to keep the tracks level by elevating them

Each street was developed by a northern Bronx landowner, George Opdyke, who served as NYC mayor from 1862-1864

Opened as a warehouse in 1900 and it has housed electrics dealers and dairy suppliers in what was once the "butter and egg district"

I was born in Brooklyn in August 1957 and thus, the Brooklyn Dodgers and I coexisted for approximately one month.

In the summer of 2026, the Sisters of the Visitation announced that the 7.5-acre Academy of the Visitation was sold for $42 million