RENTAL AD, Brooklyn Heights
Forgotten New York - I was bemused by an article in the NY Times by columnist Lindsay Crouse, about how her life was changed by being unable to run outdoors during the covid pandemic.… Forgotten New...
View ArticleCOLUMBIA PLACE, Brooklyn Heights
Forgotten New York - After finishing my walk on State Street, I continued into Brooklyn Bridge Park to take a look, but that’s perhaps a page for another day. To get there, I went… Forgotten New York -
View ArticleST. FRANCIS COLLEGE: MOVING ON
Forgotten New York - Word came this week that my alma mater, St. Francis College, which I attended from 1975-1980, will be moving out of its longtime home at #180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights,…...
View ArticleOLD SQUIBB BRIDGE, Brooklyn Heights
Forgotten New York - FROM the Forgotten New York archives of January 2018 comes this look at the first Squibb Bridge spanning Furman Street, from Squibb Park at Columbia Heights north of Cranberry...
View ArticleWEIR FLORIST, Brooklyn Heights
Forgotten New York - YOU have probably never heard of James Weir, he lived and died in the 19th Century. But his fingerprints can still be found in Brooklyn. Montague Street in recent years… Forgotten...
View ArticleCAR CHARGERS, Brooklyn Heights
Forgotten New York - A new addition to the streetside infrastructure the last couple of years has been charging stations for electric-powered vehicles. If you watched the Super Bowl this year, you saw...
View ArticleATLANTIC ANTIC
Forgotten New York - TIME for some more “gloaming roaming,” as this time I was stumbling around DUMBO on the day after Christmas 2021. It remains a favorite part of town despite the plethora… Forgotten...
View ArticleLONG ISLAND WEST
Forgotten New York - FEW Brooklynites prefer to admit it but Brooklyn is indeed the western end of Long Island. Long Island University still acknowledges this, but the Long Island Historical Society...
View ArticleEVOLUTION OF A LAMP
Forgotten New York - BROOKLYN Heights can boast a number of dead end alleys, which are rare in New York City. In Brooklyn Heights, these alleys owe their continued existence to Henry Ford, the…...
View ArticleTHE BEECHERS OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Forgotten New York - THERE are two monuments to famed 19th Century preacher Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) in the Boro Hall — Brooklyn Heights area, the one seen here and one at Beecher’s church,…...
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