nickcarr
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Meet You At the Corner of 19th & Tennis Court
After I wrote about about the amusingly named Lois Lane in Staten Island, reader Brian K. wrote to me about another great one… “Tennis Court,” in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Get it? Tennis Court? How are these slipping by??
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Attention Superman: Lois Lane is in Staten Island
Haha, OK, very funny, Staten Island… Now where’s Jimmy Olsen Drive? I noticed this as I was driving down South Avenue in Staten Island last Friday. Google seems to think it’s Hughes Avenue – then again, they also insist on mislabeling the Perry White Memorial Highway as the FDR Drive, so what do they know?…
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Inside A Williamsburg Bar That’s Been Boarded Up For Nearly 19 Years: Scouting What Remains Of The Ship’s Mast
A couple of years ago, I wrote about a little boarded up storefront at the corner of North 5th & Berry in Williamsburg:
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Gone For Good: The Elk Hotel & The Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge Finally Bite The Dust
One of the weirdest little holdovers of a bygone Times Square can be found at 42nd Street and 9th Avenue, where a collection of four-story apartment buildings sit nestled in the shadow of the neighboring skyscrapers.