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Mr. Eng Teach.: I hope none of you mind, but with your permission I would love to use some of these posts for discussion in my English class. I teach English and we are currently reading There are......

in response to: Crooked Post by GGP

been here since 1979: I do agree on alot of things people say about Hutchinson. For someone like me that has been on both sides of the fence with a good life and a life with drugs. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

ED: My family and I lived at 103 Stockholm Street from 1944-1959. I went to PS 74, JHS57,and Brooklyn Tech. Bushwick back then had its good and bad. Alot of fun for kids. However, the Bonnanno......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Lavette1: I rather live in E.O, Than Nwk. I lived in newark all my life. Until I was carjacked at gunpoint. The boy wasn't even 18 yrs old. I felt so violated. I could not believe......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Blondie: I ran from Wichita after being kidnapped, robbed, and raped there all in broad daylight. I ran to Hutchinson where I felt I could be safe. I have had three children here and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

outside observer : Wandered into the Maple Leaf one night. Some wench named Kim does the Karaoke there with some guy who likes to show the crack of his ass and take his shirt off(I doubt he showers......

in response to: Toronto Dive Bars by JayEastsider

Mary: I lived on 49th street from 1965 till 1983, near St. Agatha's. Even as a little blonde girl, I played stickball, skellies, tag...you name it, there were so many kids it was wonderful! There were......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

Maria in Maine: For Keith Bernstein, Until I had my own children and got them through JHS did I realize what a hard transition it is for students to make the changes that are needed to become more independent......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Puerto Rican Girl: I am Puerto Rican. I was born and raised in the area, went to fancy university, and moved back into the community. I hate the gang violence, the drug dealing, and the tagging as much......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

daniella.: hello im 15 years old & its amazing reading about 111 which is now 2 schools ( 349 & 347) & also ps.145 i went to both schools.i would like to knw more about them like......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

cl: I'll add that I am black AND white, born and raised, grew up in Chicago, in Lincoln Park before it was "Lincoln Park" when Agazzi, (the corner public elementary school) was a playground of Unknowns,......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

ChiPhi: Arrested Development, Thanks for the input. You are certainly entitled to your opnions and I respect that. I respect that enough not to call you names since that just dilutes an otherwise interesting......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Humboldt1: Arrest Development, I have an degree in history in addition to economics and marketing and have taken several urban sociology classes. I also have an undergrad in biomedical engineering so I know a thing or......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Irving: Dear brothers in Humanity from all faiths ,creeds , colors ,nationalities : Most of the internet sites are talking about sex , genitals of both men and women , boys and girls . Sex is......

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

a stripper from super sexe for tyler: I agree that super sexe from two years changed, changed a lot. I'm dancing there from 5 years ok, from when it was no contact. I stop dancing there when it change contact, but I'm......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Unknown: like i was sayin i from Garysburg North Carolina were them crips get it in at we trey point crown jamel tookie and raymond no 6 point star thats folk 6 which we still fucc......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

InColdBlood: Humboldt Park is rife with anti-white racism. The real problems are the gangs, drug dealers and complacent ghetto mentality that supports them, first, because drug dealing is still a potentially lucrative activity and a viable......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

dreamsbushwick: wow some people are so dumb..it isnt safe anywhere right now you could be in the most whitest or richest place in ny and anything can happened of course you have to be careful everywhere......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cindy from Oslo: The crime has rised with 20% since dec.2007 according to TV2News channel. And according to Aftenposten (newspaper), there are 4 times more crime in Oslo then in New York ( http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2299327.ece ) I believe the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Matty Paris: Roger Brown and Connie Hawkins were completely different ballplayers from very different cultures. Connie lived in a railroad flat off Franklin and Fulton Street with his mother and brother. She did maid work. He played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Melissa: I'm a single female living in Bushwick. All the bad descriptions of the area may seem daunting (like the history of Maria Hernandez park or Knickerbocker ave), but honestly the place is a gem.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Richie Rubin: ALLAN,Yep,dem daze are gone..4-ever! & I had:both albums `Paragons meet the Jesters' &`Rumble'then Link Wray came out w/an instumental:`Rumble'all in mid`50's,sure there were`gangs'in our`hood[mostly in Albany & Kingsboro projects & many members went to P.S.167..I knew a few,but there......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

hobson: yeah in parts of essex county life is like that.. newark is getting calmer, and the smaller cities like e.o., and orange, and especially irvington are getting worse and worse. just clowns with no common......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

dena: I have lived in the Humboldt Park area all my 50 years and seen many changes for the better yet the gangs are a big problem still in our community and schools in the area......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Humboldt1: I am happy to get rid of all the gangbangers. I have confronted drug dealers and will surely do it again. I do not want the kids on my street living around this......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Allan: Richie, I lived in the same building as Judy Oshinsky. I have a few photos of us back around '55-58. She had 2(I think) brothers. On the corner of Schenectidy and Union was a dry cleaner......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Humboldt1: Arquitecto, Seriously, you don't need to use all the 5 dollar words. I have been in Humboldt Park for the past 3 years, having purchased an apartment building here in which I live. I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Nina: La Junta is not a bad place to live. I lived in another small town next to it called Las Animas. And were not creepy hick people. There is no gangs not really......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Anonimus: Werribee Stations is becoming a really dangerous place. Specailly at night time because lots of gang members meet up and start fights, hit random people. Werribee has become dangerous because of this gangs tha have......

in response to: Werribee Station by benji

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

hils34: wow this stuff is crazy!!! yeah i agree with everyone. i have to research about a book. and i got here. everyone has different opinions. people shood not regret what they had done in the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

CaptainVideo: What you are doing is no different that all white communities banning together to keep blacks from moving in because they are afraid that they will bring crime and lower property values. Humbolt is not......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Atasha: It's wonderful hearing all these stories about my hometown. I was born in 1991 and attended PS 123K and JS 291. I used to live on Stockholm St., between Irving and Wyckoff Avenues, but 5......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

67502 May 7, 2008: Hutch has not grown since I came here in 1978. It's a retirement town with lots of low income housing and those people DO NOT support our downtown or help us stay in business.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Mrs.L: For all of the people who are down on Hutch; how old are you?? For the people who think this town is such an awful place, you must be young. I am still in my......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Cherie: Okay, can someone help me out? I'm looking at an apartment at corner of Broadway and Hart in Bed-Sty or is it Bushwick? Landlord says Bed-Sty. It's a good deal and the Myrtle subway's close.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Arnie: When I lived in NYC, the Biker Gangs where almost non-existent. When they started to show up in the 60's, the other pedestrian gangs would kick their asses, for being loud mouth assholes. I now live in......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

Steven H.: antBlack is right. I grew up in Bushwick in the 60's and 70's, and moved to the other side of Brooklyn in 78. I remember it being a true neighborhood, my friends were black, hispanic,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

none ya: i grew up on suydam and knickerbocker till i was 21 im 28 now i still go back all the time and bushwick ain't what it used to be shit i remember when even the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

E$MONEY(1920 BABY 4EVA): I lived in 1920 for most of my life apt,209.My name is eric a.k.a(egg)and i've seen many people from that area fall from chidhood to adult.Caugt up in gangs,drugs,and life hardships.I'm not saying that im......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Ms fresh {F.Y.G}ALL DAY: ACHS is da most borin skool in history nd I mean it.yea imma freshmen nd already wanna leave.We only in da second semester nd I still have sum same classes,I have da same teacher twice,my......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Yola: I also went to JHS 111. I've been searching the web for this school. I feel wonderful that I finally found a site. I graduated in 1969. Gangs, I don't remember....

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

belleville person: Belleville is pretty cool. And as John said why do you all have to put us down from beeing from a small towns. We dont have gangs like the people in the big city. We......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

anon (ppp-69-219-38-192.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net): Thats so true sb people should not go by every thing that they read and every thing you said is true, when ever the gangs was in war they will tell every one to get......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jd: truly brave people don't need gangs or clubs to fight their battles. the real bad ass crazy will come after you alone, not that it's a good thing. most people are brave and better fighters......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

New York: So what has become of the Rivers family and the two boys? (Lafayette and Pharoah)? Anyone out there know? I heard Kotlowitz speak about 6 or 7 years ago here in Brooklyn and I liked......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Pettis - December 09, 2007: Your comments resonate the truth in so many ways. When you peel back the years, you'll find that many families raise their children in the Henry Horner Homes. The Mitchell family was a......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Logan: I am a 38 year old man born and raised in bushwick. I have seen bushwick go through many changes. I can remember when the wiseguys used to spend their days in the coffee shops......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

UpFromFlames: MaGoo: I'm really sorry to see that some knucklehead is deleting your comments here. This is sad, as it makes an informed dialogue impossible. Could whoever is doing this worry more about gangsters and profanity......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Stephen Weir: What a great site for all those that grew up in Irlam & Cadishead, a real trip down memory lane.I spent the best part of my childhood (60's early 70's) in Irlam.Bestmemories include venturing on......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Momma' Becky's daughter: Well, I actually Don't think that Hutchinson Is all THAT terrible... I mean, I know it's really not a whole lotta' fun, and there isn't much to do here... but the beauty of becoming an......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

bill w: i was rasied there also i use to box in harrowgate gym alot has changed,i do return to feed the the drug addicts and the prostitutes and offer a better way i am now a......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

lil chan reppin columbus georgia : 74 till the world 6low niggas fuck all hatin ass slobs 6 bangin 5 hangin, 6 crownin 5 drownin FOLK NATION BITCH when i die show no pitty bring my soul to a gangsta city......

in response to: The London Police by Jamie

lil chan reppin columbus georgia : 74 till the world 6low niggas fuck all hatin ass slobs 6 bangin 5 hangin, 6 crownin 5 drownin FOLK NATION BITCH when i die show no pitty bring my soul to a gangsta city......

in response to: The London Police by Jamie

lil chan reppin columbus georgia : 74 till the world 6low niggas fuck all hatin ass slobs 6 bangin 5 hangin, 6 crownin 5 drownin FOLK NATION BITCH when i die show no pitty bring my soul to a gangsta city......

in response to: The London Police by Jamie

Xavi: I live in Humboldt Park, in the Paseo Boricua commercial strip. Reading through most of these comments, I have this to write: In order to understand the state of Humboldt Park and the Puerto Rican......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Will B: I went to JHS111 and graduated in 1978. I was in the Band with Mr. Montesanto and I remember some great days. The rebel devils were there, the stockholm boys and savage skulls.......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

winter: I grew up in Essex County, and E.O. was one of my stomping grounds back and forth for 24 years. Back in the late 90's and early 2000's E.O was the spot you had Springdale......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Eric: CCP project was absolutely the worst. I had many friends (good people) who lived there. I only hope they made it out OK. I graduated from Kennedy back in 1983 and went on to earn......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

RickC: I wish we would stop refering to Bushwick as the Ghetto. It is a community in transition. I was there when it was great and celebrities such as Jackie Gleason lived on Chauncey Street. Will......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

steelisreal: I kinda gave up on the site instead of doing anything to help it but my feelings still stand in what I posted in my hot topics post that didn't get much attention, so I......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

jack: i remember masim's on chambers street, as a matter of fact from cedar street at washington to church street to chambers was litterally an electronics street fair, every store had radio components laid out on......

in response to: Maxim Radio, et Al by GGP

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John: Well the reason from the sudden Crime wave and violence is because of the Muslim immigrant groups who migrated to Norway such as the pakistani gangs the Albanian gangs and the Moroccans who are all......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

iman: hey evilgentlemen, i actually did not know this was not a gang website at first, because i looked up gangs on google and that's how i found this site. but i'm not all about that......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

EvilGentleman: jack, no matter what the wannabe gangsta kids say, I appreciate your humour. And although your spelling may not be perfect, it's a damn sight better than what I see in the gang shout-outs all......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

Swedish student: There is in fact a lot of crime in Oslo, but this can be said to be a problem in most capitols in the world. If you take a look at statistics from crime in......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

EvilGentleman: jack, see what happens when you use the word "gang" in the name of your post? These "geniuses" don't even bother reading the actual post itself, they are just tagging cyberspace via comments. If they......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

baseballmomma: I live just outside of Nashville. In response to boston baller, youre right. Most of the time, when you see shoes on power lines, they are generally from gangs marking their territory or......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

timdog : im black and im 19 i live in fot greene brooklyn I love it out ther when im ther it is all good but when i leave peaple get shot stapped arrested all that......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

jack: once upon a time, an aging man, was left home, alone, his wife had gone off to work, his children all at their places and with their families, and this old man, well older gentleman,......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I agree with most previous comments. The hot topics doesn't function as I expect you'd hoped. It just highlights the searches for gangs and sex. I think that the overall grey is perfect. Color will detract......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Antoine Whitfield: Yo, I was born & raised in bushwick (Wilson ave btwn. cooper & moffat st). Growing up in bushwick btwn yr. 71'& 88' I was fortunate to see the neighborhood go through transition.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

pierre: i graduated in 1977, it was a good school in the mid-seventies, i was in the band, we had a orchestra and a chorus. i remember that we couldn't go past a certain point......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

This is real!!!: I sit here sad as hell listening to all the disrespect everyone has for each other. WOW. im trying to understand how can we be so ignorant and not get our act together. I lived......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

genn: i can see that everyone has their own personal opinion about hellz angels. Its like a well known family. they have their business, problems, just like a normal family would. yes the sell yes they......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

iR: Thanks for the visual memories. I to grew up in Fredericton and lived on the north side up on Highland Ave. I can recall as a teen getting up in the......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Bean: I see Drunken fights in Bergen (Norways second largest city) every Friday and Saturday/Sunday, But the situation is different here, Oslo got these immigrant gangs that chase eachother all the time making trouble. About the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Yo Miss: i've been teaching at one of the neighborhood middle schools in bushwick for 5 years now, and even in just that short amount of time i have seen a TREMENDOUS amount of positive change in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ringo: Susannah, christian bashing is not acceptable either, the object here is to point out that the actions of the few do not define the whole. I have a friend who is deeply christian and at......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

jeeff: one more comment on the subject before i'm officially done: to be absolutely clear, i question the morality of hell's angels members because biker gangs are ##voluntary organizations##, as opposed to racial, ethnic, or state groups,......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

jeeff: [[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/bikergangs/ont-massmurder-timeline.html]] that happened just outside my hometown. one of the victims lived right around the corner from my house in toronto. not saying i met him, but these guys are active in our......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

joseph: i was born in the 60s in b'wick and i still live in the area.i seen it all from the imergence of graffiti to the constant fightings from all the gangs that imerged in the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

crlsgll: This conversation about Bushwick is great. I love reading the personal narratives that fuel each story and shed light in our differences; which is a blessing in disguise, for if we all agreed then this......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Phill: just to let you no, new yorks crime has gone done signifcantly, as well as gang activity, so though there may be gangs, and such and drugs, new york is nothing at all compared to......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

anon (65.69.27.7): i think that we should helpe stop the violece and all kinds of gangs...

in response to: Pie The Gang! by groovehouse

Børge: I don't think the fact that oslo is an expensive city has anything to do with the high crime number. It's also a fact that oslo is unique in norwegian matter. I live in the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

don't worry about it!: Coney Island is the safest neiborhood in brooklyn. I lived here for all my 15yrs and it's great. I go by myself alot of places and never had a problum. about the gangs their wannabes.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

WindyCity4life: I would ay Cabrini would be considered still dangerous.Last time i was their,their was a bunch of Gangster diciples walking around outside of the remaining high rises on west division street.My dad used to have......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

KING CISCO 95TH ROSLAND: IM READIN ALOT OF SHIT ABOUT HUMBOLDT MY AUNT LIVED THER FOR 4 YEARS AND I SPENT ALOT OF TIME OUT THERE. (IM MEXICAN). I GOT SOMTHIN TO SAY ABOUT THE FOOL TALKIN ABOUT EDUCATION......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti