TIL you can ride the subway for free by tapping an empty OMNY card *
* depends on how long ago was last paid tap…and at least until next time you want to use your card
* depends on how long ago was last paid tap…and at least until next time you want to use your card
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
TIL you can ride the subway for free by tapping an empty OMNY card *
* depends on how long ago was last paid tap…and at least until next time you want to use your card
* depends on how long ago was last paid tap…and at least until next time you want to use your card
RIP to a real one, part II
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
RIP to a real one, part II
RIP to a real one
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
RIP to a real one
Just count your lucky stars they didn’t keep the hyphen in “Long-Island” like was the fashion in the early 1830s (both for the rail road/railroad, and this Brooklyn newspaper!)
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just count your lucky stars they didn’t keep the hyphen in “Long-Island” like was the fashion in the early 1830s (both for the rail road/railroad, and this Brooklyn newspaper!)
Wait, you’re telling me the average Brooklynite doesn’t keep one of these cart coins handy in their wallet?!
(Ironically they’ve been phasing these out in Spain)
(Ironically they’ve been phasing these out in Spain)
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Wait, you’re telling me the average Brooklynite doesn’t keep one of these cart coins handy in their wallet?!
(Ironically they’ve been phasing these out in Spain)
(Ironically they’ve been phasing these out in Spain)
Northern Lights aurora reflected in Madison’s Lake Mendota just now
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Northern Lights aurora reflected in Madison’s Lake Mendota just now
NYC’s Chelsea Piers has entered the chat
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NYC’s Chelsea Piers has entered the chat
Scenes from this morning’s NYC Municipal Archives book sale inside the gorgeous Surrogate’s Court atrium. Building is a gem, go just for the architecture. (Yes there’s a line to get in!)
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Scenes from this morning’s NYC Municipal Archives book sale inside the gorgeous Surrogate’s Court atrium. Building is a gem, go just for the architecture. (Yes there’s a line to get in!)
Congrats to NYC on starting down the road to a unified streets map. Took only 125+ yrs after consolidation 😉
Scanning each borough’s paper maps will be (mostly) easy, actually digitizing all the metadata would be really really hard. Here’s a close-up of what one of these paper maps looks like.
Scanning each borough’s paper maps will be (mostly) easy, actually digitizing all the metadata would be really really hard. Here’s a close-up of what one of these paper maps looks like.
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Congrats to NYC on starting down the road to a unified streets map. Took only 125+ yrs after consolidation 😉
Scanning each borough’s paper maps will be (mostly) easy, actually digitizing all the metadata would be really really hard. Here’s a close-up of what one of these paper maps looks like.
Scanning each borough’s paper maps will be (mostly) easy, actually digitizing all the metadata would be really really hard. Here’s a close-up of what one of these paper maps looks like.
Lol, the Brooklyn spaceship car has an ancestor
(via Long Island Tercentenary parade down Eastern Parkway in 1936)
(via Long Island Tercentenary parade down Eastern Parkway in 1936)
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Lol, the Brooklyn spaceship car has an ancestor
(via Long Island Tercentenary parade down Eastern Parkway in 1936)
(via Long Island Tercentenary parade down Eastern Parkway in 1936)
And hello to these street tree bed tomatoes 🍅
August 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
And hello to these street tree bed tomatoes 🍅
You can get your tower cranes, if you’re the city paying $3 billion for a new Brooklyn jail (~340 ft tall, # of stories seems to vary by report)
July 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You can get your tower cranes, if you’re the city paying $3 billion for a new Brooklyn jail (~340 ft tall, # of stories seems to vary by report)
Counterpoint (sort of): this ~1910 postcard says Sunset Park is in Bay Ridge. More here: www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2025/07...
July 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Counterpoint (sort of): this ~1910 postcard says Sunset Park is in Bay Ridge. More here: www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2025/07...
Squibb / Watchtower skybridge in Brooklyn Heights - inside & out
July 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Squibb / Watchtower skybridge in Brooklyn Heights - inside & out
DUMBO’s borders are fluid…but when it comes to Furman Street below Brooklyn Heights, the people have spoken
July 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
DUMBO’s borders are fluid…but when it comes to Furman Street below Brooklyn Heights, the people have spoken
200 yrs ago OTD: Just some Brooklyn neighbors complaining in the local media about the garbage, summer smells, businesses taking over the sidewalks, potholes and never-ending construction.
City cranks never change 🤷♂️
City cranks never change 🤷♂️
July 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
200 yrs ago OTD: Just some Brooklyn neighbors complaining in the local media about the garbage, summer smells, businesses taking over the sidewalks, potholes and never-ending construction.
City cranks never change 🤷♂️
City cranks never change 🤷♂️
This Gremlin was parked on UES about a year ago and wouldn’t be surprised at all to find it’s in the exact same spot today
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This Gremlin was parked on UES about a year ago and wouldn’t be surprised at all to find it’s in the exact same spot today
1899 Atlantic Avenue…lol
March 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
1899 Atlantic Avenue…lol
Best wishes to 1-day-old Baby W and her mom.
DYK that NYC transit babies pre-date the subway?!
125 yrs ago, "B R T Colomba" was born in a Coney Island streetcar. Proud papa proclaimed he'd name her Beatrice Regina Teresa to match her first initials with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company!
DYK that NYC transit babies pre-date the subway?!
125 yrs ago, "B R T Colomba" was born in a Coney Island streetcar. Proud papa proclaimed he'd name her Beatrice Regina Teresa to match her first initials with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company!
February 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Best wishes to 1-day-old Baby W and her mom.
DYK that NYC transit babies pre-date the subway?!
125 yrs ago, "B R T Colomba" was born in a Coney Island streetcar. Proud papa proclaimed he'd name her Beatrice Regina Teresa to match her first initials with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company!
DYK that NYC transit babies pre-date the subway?!
125 yrs ago, "B R T Colomba" was born in a Coney Island streetcar. Proud papa proclaimed he'd name her Beatrice Regina Teresa to match her first initials with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company!
New metro dropped
Γεια σου Θεσσαλονίκη!
Γεια σου Θεσσαλονίκη!
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
New metro dropped
Γεια σου Θεσσαλονίκη!
Γεια σου Θεσσαλονίκη!
THE WAIT IS OVER, BROOKLYN
L&B Spumoni Gardens on Old Fulton Street now open
L&B Spumoni Gardens on Old Fulton Street now open
December 9, 2024 at 1:50 AM
THE WAIT IS OVER, BROOKLYN
L&B Spumoni Gardens on Old Fulton Street now open
L&B Spumoni Gardens on Old Fulton Street now open
Lol. Even the detail map left out a name. But it had one on the 1855 map! Barber’s Alley
December 5, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Lol. Even the detail map left out a name. But it had one on the 1855 map! Barber’s Alley
A few bits and ends still survive…and Fleet Alley in Dumbo even has a street sign. Though unceremoniously (and probably illegally) locked up behind a fence.
December 5, 2024 at 2:23 AM
A few bits and ends still survive…and Fleet Alley in Dumbo even has a street sign. Though unceremoniously (and probably illegally) locked up behind a fence.