Comments about broadway ave

There are 61 comments about "broadway ave"

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dennis: Hi neighbors,I lived at 6 Covert Street between Broadway and the almighty Bushwick Avenue. I too remember those classic games of playing skelly,stoop ball and johnny on the pony ouch! I just caught a neck......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Lou Romero: Good exchange UFF, The catholic schools other reason for closing was the declining enrollment from the local neighborhoods (ie: PRs and Blacks), many of these families could not afford the tuition. I remember classmates of mine going to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Rita Spencer Knudsen: 27th Jun 2008 : I lived around Flatbush Ave. and my Mom would take me over to Decatur St. to see my Aunts Francis and Nellie. Nellie had the Nellie Cook Dance Studio on Broadway and I took dance......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

anon (nat2.northshorelij.com): Hi I grew up in Bushwick, along with most of my cousins. I went to Fourteen Holy Martyrs School- graduated in 1964. I have wonderful memories of my growing up years in a culturaly......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: it is indeed a good store. many of their products are a bit on the pricy side ($10 for two ounces of [[goo:krink]], etc), but in all cases, you get a very good product, and......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Stuart Brennan: Hello again Deb Nice to see in your avatar that you've still got that big sunny smile! I'm not really in close touch with any of the old Irlam High lot. I last saw Gaz Siddall about six......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: cherie: {broadway}, in the area around {hart} street is the border between {bushwick} and {bed-stuy}, so i suppose it depends on which side of {broadway} the place is on, heh. the west side being {bed-stuy}......

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

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

Gem One.... INWOOD NY..: Nice place to get your inks & tools.. They had the old style minis markers there nice... just as good as the old Bombbay store on 96 street & Broadway.. you can buy there not......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Sammy Perez: Steven H., two things you mentioned bring back great memories. First of all, you mentioned theaters on Broadway. The one I remember is 'Teatro Rio Piedras' where they would show Kung Fu double features......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Sheila, the name Crossfield House rings a bell - I know I heard nanna discussing it in the past. I think you may be right! Steve - I lived at 103 Broadway, in the mid......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Deb, Just to fill you in - sorry I didn't think about others not knowing who I was referring to... I met Natalie via this site and we soon realised that I was at......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Debbie, I remember when you and Stephen first arrived from Australia and lived on Broadway up near the Boathouse end. I went to school and hung around with stephen. He had sunbleached blonde......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

ghost of grandin: elmer grandin was one of the most famous residents of patchogue, my home town. of course, it doesn't take much to be famous in patchogue -- he was a broadway star and was unfortunate enough......

in response to: Fog and a Streetlamp by ghost of grandin

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey)......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jameth: Viet Nam on Broadway/Stockton in {San Francisco}. And yeah anything on Jackson in Little Saigon is typically good, especially when you have to have a child translate for you or point at the menu. Pho Cyclo......

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

John Dereszewski: To DeSales again: My long excursion into the history of this street might not have answered your question, which probably was: How would it be to live on DeSales Pl. now? The fact is, DeSales is one......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Michael worsley: Back On October 4,1969 The Myrtle Avenue Subway Stations Were Closed Down The Demolishing From Downtown Jay Street Up To Broadway Upper Level Station The Myrtle Avenue El Was Cut From Jay Street Up To......

in response to: A Snow Falls in Brooklyn by Peter

Joe D.: Buswick late 1960's - early 1970's was the best!!! Born on Harman Street in 1965...The entire family lived within blocks of eachother..Grandparents on Starr Street next to the pretzel factory..Aunt lived on Buswick Avenue and......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned! Vicarage Road [[img:24962]] Two Churches, Liverpool Road. [[img:24963]] The Band Stand [[img:24964]] The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

joey: i really like the studies of 111 broadway. the gargoyles look like they actually fly. old buildings have much more character than those boring glass boxes in the earlier shots....

in response to: DownTown by barry

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It looks like the street fair on Broadway on Sunday Oct 14th. I was there with my dog. I brought pork, rice and plantains. We sat and ate while watching the hoopla. Quin is a funeral......

in response to: Broadway Hoopla by Queen LaLa

Tonya James-Rance: The pic dated 23Feb looks like my old church and school St. Marks Lutheran.. Bushwick Ave... Wow!! Troutman sure looks bad.. When I was younger it was much prettier.. Well.. I thought it looked nice......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Africarose: I'm no New Yorker no American, I have just been in the US for few weeks and came here to work with an organization. I come from Africa. I have found an apartment in Linden......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dee: I grew up in Bushwick as a matter of fact iwas born in Bushwick.Iwas born in Wycoff Heights hospital in 1955.I lived in the same house with my family until I married in 78 my mom......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dee: I remember this very vividly. the looters were running down my block with televisions, diapers, stereos u name it. We sat on my stoop just watching. Now I'd be petrified but then well......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Dee: I was born in Bushwick in 1955. I left when I got married in 78. Bushwick was a really nice area until the mad exodus of the 60's everyone ran.Brodway was a great shopping area......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

salt: Take a moment and notice how many people who hate Hutch kant rite so good and think the town is soooooo boringk. Can you guess why they were/are so bored/boring? Now, go take a walk in......

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

Dan: Hi, I went to university in manhattan (NYU), and during that time was privileged to live in some good areas. I hung around the Lower East Side a lot and it has obviously gotten......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: [[www.brooklynhistory.org]] for directions and such.... And don't miss the walking tour this saturday... meeting at Gates Ave Station on the J--Linden Ave and Broadway, that is--at 1PM. Its a two hour tour catching sites old and new.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Yep, thats bushwick alright, an interesting little one block street between Broadway and Bushwick Ave. close to the train, and the bustle, but a great street. Picture of it [[6257:here]]....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

sick: bushwick is probabably the heroin capital of new york i know b/c i i go to the needle exchange placed so conveniently on broadway dont raise your kids in this neighborhood they will grow up to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dcchanged man: I lived in bushwick from 1968-1982 Comfort and hell in bushwick depends on which pocket you lived in. The dead end streets of buswick Aberdeen , Granite , Desales Place and so on where a lot......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Thomas H: I grew up on Stanhope and Knickerbocker lived there and around there from 1951 to 1966. I remember Knickerbocker shops and Bargin Town on Broadway.I remember sleeping on the fire escape and hitten two and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Dave, Yes I lived on Farnham Drive ( off Broadway). Mum and dad had the end shop ( Brophys bakery)( I think we employed nearly everyone in Irlam over the years, and we sold......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi D, My family had the bakery for over 10 years, and the shop next door which we sold and it became peters boutique. When we were there on 20 row, we had Tommy Wrench......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Hi Dave Roscoe Road looks exactly the same as your photo. Grew up in Higher Irlam, though know Broadway well....

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17674]] Hi im from irlam did you live off Broadway and your family had the bakers one of the last shops on twenty row ...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

KAYO: I REMEMBER BUSHWICK OF THE '50S. RIDING THE TROLLEY THEN BUS DOWN TO GATES AVE TO SHOP AND BANK WITH MY MOTHER. SHOPPING ON BWAY IN THE CANDY STORE,BAKERY AND MR. LAST'S DELI THEN THE......

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

Rey: How come nobody talks about West Bushwick. The area that is more residential than along the L-train. You know Bushwick Ave. and Broadway along the J-M-Z trains. That area is changing too with new 24......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I will always remember all the stories my grandmother told me about wartime New York. Blackouts in case of a surprise Nazi air raid, or perhaps a U-Boat could get close enough to bombard the......

in response to: To Jersey Shore by jack

TheTruth: Yeah, Bushwick was raped. Your metaphor is better, Dave. Bushwick was hustled, pimped, beaten, raped, and left for dead. Now Bushwick is getting the bum-rush. The predatory loan-sharks are stealing houses out from......

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

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

Ardis: I am thinking of moving to Linden and Bushwick on the Gates "J" stop, I've walked around at night, seemed low key enough, anyone from around there have anything to say? What about those guys......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dizzy: I was just looking at places near bushwick avenue... around gates/palmetto. it's really close to the J train (gates avenue) - anyone have any opinions about this? Everyone keeps talking the parts of Bushwick that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

elaine: well, the middle class bohemianisation of broadway market is not all totally evil, not like some other places i could mention - like spitalfields market [[http://www.smut.org.uk/]] frinstance, which was 'dark' when i first moved to......

in response to: Broadway Squat by elaine

Peter: heh. theres a scene just like this at {broadway} and {125th} street... the overpass, a twin donut, the hobos. havent been up that ways in a while, but i used to cycle past it every......

in response to: Xmas Lights by BZZZP

NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops by Cathy Hong SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

BZZZP: those bastard lights on broadway piss me off. why half-half? why not just do whole sets further apart? arg. then again i'm never sober when i'm on broadway, so that may have something to do with......

in response to: The Bright Lights of Astoria by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: i used to walk past that every morning to go from my house ({108th}/{broadway}) to work ({72nd}/{york} ave). people tiptoe around it like a shrine. theres always some dude playing "imagine" on a guitar- even......

in response to: Imagine if this wasn\'t here by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

CAPTAIN AMERICA: email: finaljustice05@yahoo.com You take great pictures. You're Crazy! Here's one for ya. Please trust me. I live in El Paso, Texas. I lived in "East New York, Brooklyn", until I joined the Military 6 years......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

elaine: I like a lot of these and all together it's like a tune a bit like the mondrian painting broadway boogie woogie which doeslook like NY streets when you look down, this has a syncopation......

in response to: Views Around the East Side, FDR Pkwy by Peter

Peter: hi jerry... thanks for the compliments. i do truly have an affection for this city- that probably stems from moving up here from down south about 10 years ago- i literally had to fall in......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter

Jerry Hoff: I like your photography.You really have an affection for NYC. I'm from Rochester,but I lived six years in NYC,5 on Thompson & Spring,1 at Park Slope.The whole time I lived there,except to maybe pass through,I never......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter

TheCityGuide.net: Peterborough - people from outside the parkway's should be treated as outsiders and most likely have webbed feet - If someone is driving badly they are either an outsider or of an ethnic minority (i.e. "f*****g afghans!") -......

in response to: The Lost Rules of Living in NYC: by Peter

Peter: well, linda, i can see how you might be a bit befuddled, but then again, this postmodern world isnt without callousness for the inflexible. where do you live? i live equidistant from spanish harlem and upper broadway.......

in response to: Nonplussed as Ever and Loving it: by Peter