In the Shadow of the Empire – Blissville and Laurel Hill

I SERIOUSLY doubt that half of any New York City guidebooks even mention the two areas in southwest Queens we’ll visit today, ensconced on either side of Calvary Cemetery just east of Greenpoint, north of Ridgewood and in the middle of exactly nowhere. Surprises, however, can be squeezed from these unknown realms like juice from a coconut.  More…

No doubt some of the locations from this great article have changed since 2005!