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Forgotten New York Forgotten NY is a website about the hidden, out of the way and off the radar places that NYC guidebooks ignore.

Tour time October 21!
10/10/2026

Tour time October 21!

Join me and the Greater Astoria Historical Society for a look at Skillman Avenue, the road that runs along Sunnyside Yards and Sunnyside

New on Substack!
10/09/2026

New on Substack!

So there I was, minding my own business, unsteadily piecing my way east on East 83rd in the Upper East Side, a part of town that I shamefully haven’t paid much attention to because it’s relatively inaccessible from Queens.

Today's SpliceToday today
10/07/2026

Today's SpliceToday today

On the oldest settlement in Brooklyn (and Long Island). || Kevin Walsh

New on Substack!
10/05/2026

New on Substack!

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 history had been wiped out at this venerable mixed-use building at 13th Avenue and 39th Street.

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