Follow the yellow brick: Tracing Ridgewood's history through a single picturesque block

… A few blocks from the Dekalb Avenue L station just over the Brooklyn border in Ridgewood Queens a block of Stockholm … The full length of Stockholm Street runs through both neighborhoods Writing in Forgotten New York Christina … mills attracting even more German workers who wanted to live close to their work … Oz wasnt the only place with …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 9:00AM
Pirates, glue factories, and mob graves: Blissville is Queens's dumping ground

… Blissville a slice of Long Island City bordered by Calvary Cemetery the Long Island … is now largely unknown and ignored even by those who live in the nearby neighborhoods of Long Island City and …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM
Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… public library and a resident of the Ironbound Districtnot officially designated but known for its Portuguese … Places in 1994   Ground broke in 2015 on a $174 million adaptive reuse of that building that is set to include an …

By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM