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

… an identity crisis because of it It is impossible to talk about the history of the two neighborhoods without …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 9:00AM
Senator Street in Bay Ridge: A historic block without landmark protections

… turned into a public park By then the acreage had shrunk to about half the size Bliss had originally proposed The offer …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 26, 2017 - 9:00AM
Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… 6 stop the strip includes row houses lowrise apartment buildings and two government buildings and is bookended by two historic churches and a … remains in the neighborhood … One of the original public buildings on the avenue is about to be repurposed … The …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
Looking back at Harlem's history as a major Jewish enclave

… at Yeshiva University wrote When Harlem was Jewish a book about the Jews who lived uptown from 1870 to 1930 Now Gurock has released his second tome about the neighborhood The Jews of Harlem the Rise Decline … be known as Harlems Jewish Historian Here are five things about Gurocks Jewish Harlem that you may not have known …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 25, 2017 - 8:59AM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… Apparently hes not the only American who has felt that way about the town  Not long ago Chester was voted the fifth …

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

… district per Ultans book Read on for more interesting facts about Bertine block both from back then and from now … 1  … for rentals is scarce according to Karten but he told us about a building around the corner from the Bertine Block …

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