The Tap & Grill was a holdout—maybe the only holdout remaining—from bygone Rockaway days, when the neighborhood was a Coney Island-li...

This wonderful old photo (borrowed from the wonderful blog Rockaway Memories , which is a treasure trove of, well, Rockway memories) was ta...

In response to my query about the past of this interesting Rockaway Beach building, a reader writes in: The building housed one of the be...

"The Science of Hair," Man! Check out the beakers. And who the hell is named Hubert anymore?! In Rockaway Beach.

This is a building at 90-01 Rockaway Beach Boulevard that quickly captured my imagination. I think the mid-century architecture—part pragma...

The Tap & Grill in Rockaway Beach was a real find. I had no idea it existed when I walked by it by accident, when on my way to Rockaway...

I love this decrepit, once-grand, old house in Rockaway Beach. It's a perfect model for a haunted house, with its pillars, recessed upp...

The Ward's Island Footbridge is the oddest and most under-appreciated bridge in NYC. The Plaza "Hotel"'s fabled Oak Room...