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Glendale

A family farm’s road to a modern Glendale: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

An early 20th-century photo of the Fresh Pond Depot in Ridgewood

Ridgewood

A bumpy build on Ridgewood’s Cypress Avenue: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

An early 20th-century postcard of Fresh Pond Road near present-day 67th Avenue in Ridgewood

Maspeth

Exploring the history of Fresh Pond Road from Ridgewood to Maspeth: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Ridgewood

A Ridgewood spot that was once a popular place of rest & refreshment: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

How Prohibition changed Ridgewood and Glendale forever: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Now covered in cement, the platform between the tracks at the Metropolitan Avenue station in Middle Village were originally lined with wooden planks, similar to a beach boardwalk.

Ridgewood

When the Myrtle Avenue El connected Ridgewood to Downtown Brooklyn: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The July 21, 1977, Ridgewood Times front page (the word "Charged" was reproduced for this version, as part of the word was cut off on the microfilm copy)

Ridgewood

Huge fire made Ridgewood Times headlines in the sweltering summer of ’77: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Ridgewood

A Ridgewood farmhouse that harvested history: Our Neighborhood: The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

How a Glendale match company went up in smoke following fire: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Ridgewood

Ridgewood’s most famous arena revival, and its link to WWE history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

The ‘Montauk Options,’ and a subway dream for Queens cut short: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

When the Ridgewood area mobilized for war: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Maspeth

From a school to a precinct to Maspeth’s ‘Town Hall’: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The Battle of Long Island

Ridgewood

Historic Ridgewood family’s link to the American Revolution: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Girl Scouts marching during the 2012 Ridgewood-Glendale Memorial Day Parade

Glendale

A tradition of pride in Ridgewood and Glendale continues this Memorial Day: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

How a Glendale school grew (and grew) into something special: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Forest Hills’ Geraldine Ferraro helped set the stage for Kamala Harris: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Dexter Park in Woodhaven, as shown in the early 1930s. The ballpark had a seating capacity of 15,400. Note the light towers for night games, which provided the first focused lighting system for baseball.

Woodhaven

The greats once took this long-lost Queens baseball diamond: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Ridgewood Democratic Club

Ridgewood

More than just a political powerhouse in Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Rise of the Myrtle Avenue Line, and the fall of transit service in 1918: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The exterior of the former Karl Ehmer store and manufacturing plant on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, as pictured in February 2011.

Glendale

When ‘The Best Butcher on the Block’ reigned in Ridgewood and beyond: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Woodhaven

The ‘Butcher of Bellerose’ approved for parole decades after killing 4-year-old neighbor, 18-year-old immigrant: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

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Ridgewood

The Civil War in Greater Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Long Island City

Brief lesson on the rise of a Long Island City art mecca: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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