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 Islandis the final cinematic resting place of Vito Corleone Some real people buried in the cemetery are Annie Moore the first … to the community board asking for help converting a vacant triangle of land into a park So far nothing has …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM
Senator Street in Bay Ridge: A historic block without landmark protections

… off the corner of Fourth Avenue the 300 block of Senator Street is the only block in Bay Ridge with brownstones on … floors and manage their expenses by renting a onebedroom apartment on the third floor … Senator Street was named … was incorporated into New York City He was a congressman a state senator and an ambassador to the Hague Whats more he …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 26, 2017 - 9:00AM
Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… To many Newark NJ is the name in front of an airport a place for a Portuguese food crawl or the … some things to know before you go … Newark has history A lot of it … The Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee … changes of ownership the store closed in 1987 and remained vacant It was listed o n the National Register of Historic …

By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… in Flatbush explains Andrew Scott Dolkart professor of historic preservation at Columbia University School of … of ProspectLefferts Gardens was designated as an official landmark by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission so the … is too confining   Among the nofee apartments that are vacant are 10J a onebedroom for $2706month  21G a twobedroom …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM