Though passenger service on the Bushwick LIRR branch ended in the 1920s, the original station near Montrose Avenue was still standing up until a few years ago -- this site will be one of the many stops along John Dereszewski’s walking tour. -- photo from Forgotten NY Local historian John Dereszewski invites you on a walking tour down Bushwick Avenue to ...

The Ridgewood Theater. -- Photo by Michael Perlman In addition to the Gates-Palmetto Mathews flats and the Ulmer Brewery complex on Beaver, the ornate limestone and terra cotta façade of the Ridgewood Theater may be added to the growing list of Greater Bushwick structures up for historic landmark consideration. A hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday [pdf] to determine if the Landmarks ...

An overpass found along rarely used train tracks that run from Long Island City to Fresh Pond Junction -- Photos by Diego Cupolo. + launch slideshow to see the rest>> In recent years, new development has been paving over New York City’s industrial landscape at a feverish pace. While a chapter of the city’s manufacturing past is lost with each razed ...

Wall-to-wall crowds throng Ad Hoc's "Delineations" exhibit. -- Photos by Diego Cupolo Maybe it was the free cranberry and vodka drinks. Perhaps the surprise noise show next door. Whatever it was, Ad Hoc Art gallery was overflowing with curious people on Friday night during its latest opening reception. “I don’t think it’s ever been this packed in here,” said Andrew Ford, director ...

We have begun pulling up the several layers of parquet, vinyl, asbestos, and linoleum that add up to two inches on top of the original plank subfloors. Under all that mess is sticky tar paper, likely put down to help that first layer of linoleum stick better. In the process, in a spot where a wall might have stood decades ...