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

… Though they were once common brickpaved streets are pretty hard to find in New York these … The block between Onderdonk and Woodward avenues with its brick pavement and early 20th century homes is according to … explains until the late 1960s the church had a Brooklyn zip code but it is certainly in Queens now … It all started …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 9:00AM
Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… architects of the second half of the 19th century many with custom interiors   They were bought by affluent families … placed under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Street Improvements somewhat equivalent to todays borough president …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM