STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- We wonder how many are aware that the town of Castleton Corners was originally named for Cassiltowne in County Kildare, Ireland. It was the hometown of Gov. Thomas Dongan ...

There was a toll gate at Ryckman’s Corners and two more between there ... (Taken from the original caption that accompanied this 1950s photo) ...

Here's a gallery of the "corner drug stores" that served our needs in New Jersey. Click on the links in the final slide to see more vintage photos. And if you have vintage photos you'd like to see ...

And fortunately for a city like New York, with such a rich history, there are a lot of vintage photographs ... there's a lot of photos — one or more for nearly every street corner.