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Avenue H

A collection of 19 issues

How Gross Is Your Subway Station? New Map Shows Bacteria Linked To Urinary Tract Infections, Toxic Cleanup, Food Poisoning & More In Our Area

Now you don’t have to wonder what exactly you’re touching — or avoiding — on the subway because there’s a comprehensive map [http://graphics.wsj.com/patho-map/] of almost every type of species (of bacteria, food remnants and other organic material) there, and it’s conveniently organized by train

CBS’ Person Of Interest To Film On Argyle This Friday – Move Your Cars By Thursday Night

The CBS show “Person of Interest,” [http://www.cbs.com/shows/person_of_interest/] a science fiction crime drama that stars Jim Caviezel [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001029/] and Michael Emerson [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256237/], will be filming on Argyle Road, between Avenue H and Glenwood Road,

Thousands Celebrate Pakistan’s Independence At Brooklyn Mela

Thousands of people flocked to Coney Island Avenue Sunday to celebrate Pakistan’s independence day with food, dancing, and an appearance by Mayor Bill de Blasio – the first mayor in 20 years to attend the Brooklyn Mela festivities in New York City’s largest Pakistani community. Photo by Rob Bennett/

A Look At The Past Life Of The Avenue H Station House

If you’ve ever used the subway at Avenue H, chances are you’ve noticed how wonderfully unique it is compared to our other local stops–or really, stops all across New York City. Forgotten New York [http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/04/avenue-h-brighton-line/] took a closer look this week at

Yafai 99 Cent & Discount Open On Avenue H

The suspected 99 cent store we posted about last month [/blog/business/1602-avenue-h-gets-a-new-price-tag-a-new-commercial-tenant] has come to fruition at the much-dreamt-about [/blog/business/building-for-sale-on-avenue-h-e16th]1602 Avenue H on the corner of E 16th Street, offering all the stationery, socks, doodads and last-minute wares neighbors in the southern end of the area

Building For Sale On Avenue H & E16th

A neighbor wrote us to say that 1602 Avenue H, the building that formerly housed P & L Laundry [http://www.yelp.com/biz/p-and-l-laundry-brooklyn], is up for sale [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1602-Avenue-H-Brooklyn-NY-11230/2117969343_zpid/] –and what she wishes would go in its vacant retail space. > My

See Avenue H Covered in ’80s Graffiti

A collection [http://imgur.com/a/NcAAM]of John Conn [http://johnconnphotography.com/] and Bruce Davidson’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Davidson_%28photographer%29] old photographs from New York City subways in the ’70s and ’80s have been making the social media rounds lately, gaining a whole new

Great Expectations at the Hotel Oak

Day three in a series [/?s=%22the+hotel+oak%22] exploring how the Hotel Oak (on the corner of East 12th Street and Avenue H) has changed through the decades. You can read day one [/blog/history/the-first-days-of-the-hotel-oak] and day two [/blog/history/the-decline-of-the-hotel-oak]. Over the course of its history,

Avenue H Subway House Tour Tomorrow

Take a closer look at a subway station you may see every day (or that you maybe haven’t seen in a while, or ever). The New York Transit Museum is hosting a tour [http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=5002] of the landmarked Avenue H subway house