Forgotten NY

As a resident of New York for the past 4 years I feel that I have learned enough to consider myself a true “New Yorker”. I have done the usual tourist attractions such as visiting the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and taking the Double Decker tour bus through Manhattan, and I can find my way to just about any location in the city, be it in a car or by subway. Therefore I entered my exploration of the Forgotten-NY.com website somewhat skeptic about what I could possibly learn about NY that I didn’t already know.
The first thing that caught my eye on the website was the link to the history of the subway and trains. I ride the subway regularly and I have always been fascinated by the innovation and convenience of this mode of travel as we don’t have this luxury back in my home country of Lithuania. The most interesting section to this part of the website was the “A Staircase too far Below the Platforms” link. It reminded me of some kind of horror movie title so I decided to explore it. Most of the pictures were from the 1930s but the construction seemed fairly modern, and by the looks of the walls I was pretty surprised to see that they were doing graffiti even back then in the 1970s?
Of course my next stop had to be to the link with the most unique name, “Queens Crap”. I’ve lived in queens as long as I have been here in the United States so I figured why not learn a little more about what’s going on around me. First off, the mascot of the site is hilarious. It is a so-called Crap-O-Sphere named "Crappy", which is a picture of a globe sitting on a toilet. But the site turned out to be mainly a news page giving updates about what’s going on in queens. It appears to be updated daily, and I noticed a few things that were reported here that were also reported in the 10 o’clock news, but it is very specific to queens.
The main page contains many pictures to links that will give you information about almost any neighborhood in New York. It contains countless links and could occupy a curious mind for hours. I would recommend this website to anyone doing research on New York, or to someone who is just interested in learning more about the history and current status of this great city.