Pirates, glue factories, and mob graves: Blissville is Queens's dumping ground

… bordered by Calvary Cemetery the Long Island Expressway and Newtown Creek is a roughhewn mostly forgotten outpost of New York City Once a bustling industrial hub most of Blissville today is occupied by … Island songwriter Joe Howard I Wonder Whos Kissing her Now Mafia Boss of Bosses Joe Masseria Tess Gardella a white …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… Prospect Park had been created so all signals were go for real estate development According to Dolkart Collins plan was a … noted in its report remarkably wellpreserved with original clay tile roofs on all of the homes and some historic wooden …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM
Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

… If youre walking down East 136th Street between Willis Avenue and Brook Avenue in the Mott … to Jordan L Mott Mott the inventor of a coalburning iron cooking stove built an iron works plant there and … the Bronx       … 5 … Modern day Bertines are building new apartments and attracting new residents to a changing Mott …

By Marjorie Cohen |December 22, 2016 - 9:12AM