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John Piraino: I lived at 62 Harman Street between 1949 to 1964. A few posts before was the name Mary Aguanno. I remember her well, she went with a guy named John Bove who lived across the......

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

Hoe: It can be boring, and some of the people are f'd up....just like in Brooklyn.... there are just more f'd up ones in your city Peter. Manhattan/NYC is the real deal, not your place...Brooklyn?? Why......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

Robert: Reminds me of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway......

in response to: 45 North to Downtown and ST Joseph Parkway by Know

SAR TMB: [[img:36904]] CAV*SAR*IZ THE WIZ*SIKE* THE MASTER BLASTERS BROOKLYN N.Y....

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Betty: This is for Willie who posted on December 24, 2008. Just found this board. I was so excited. I lived in the apartment building above Tung Sang. I went to Lefferts......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ed: On Election Day, took my grandson to the Brooklyn Museum & the Botanic Gardens. Museum is now closed every Monday & Tuesday, but convenient free parking in the lot behind the museum....where I used to......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Robert: Thiess, you're right, but that one leads to Brooklyn anyway... Jack must've been confused due to the cold and cloudy day....

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge by jack

Steve: There was a wedding Bar Mitzvah place on Eastern Parkway across from Brooklyn Womans Hospital (where I was born), the something? Mansion. (where I was Bar Mitzvahed) Anyone recall the name? It started with......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Frank C.: Just a little extra....According to the New York Times, "In a five-year period in the late 1960s and early 70's, the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn was transformed from a neatly maintained community of wood houses......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Frank C.: I grew up on the corner of 1330 Halsey and Irving back in the late 60's until I escaped in 1979. I had to run home from PS151,(On Knickerbocker) because of the racial attacks form......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Velvel: I lived in the apartment building at 972 Eastern Parkway and went to school right across the street at the Yeshivah of Eastern Parkway. I think I was born in the Women's Hospital on St.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Frank Gunja: Great pictures! I was part of the crew that recommisioned the USS Pocono (AGC-16) that sat in mothballs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Brought back many memories....

in response to: Dry Dock #1, Brooklyn Navy Yard by NWhyC

Louie Tsihlis: Hey guys im from Brooklyn and i went to seaview last week. We entered through the fence and and actually went in the main building of the hospital around 930 at night for chills before......

in response to: SeaView Hospital by Sean Hopkins

Robert: [[img:36785]] Just got this very good image and text from the Anderson Associates site: Vanderbilt Place Residences (Old P.S. 9) 279 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238 279 Sterling Place in Brooklyn is an historic landmark built in 1893. When......

in response to: PS9 by Robert

Dan Marra/Melucci: Hey All: I lived in Brooklyn up to 20 years old. I lived at 394 Lincoln Place (between Washington ave & Underhill Ave. attended P.S.9 remember Town Hill night club, Liffey's Bar and Randall's bar......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Robert: Peter, articles like this are what makes City Noise such a fascinating site. At first I thought it was because it dealt mainly with NYC and Brooklyn where I partly grew up and now miss, but......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Robert: [[img:36762]] Here's a photo taken by my father at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in 1957 of my mother, sister and me. Just to brighten up this article with a little bit of color... ...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Gordy: I moved to 41 Eastern Parkway (Copley Plaza) in 1952. I attended P.S. 241. My 3rd grade teacher was Mrs. Lightcap, 4th grade, Miss Sternfeld, 5th grade was in the High School of Homemaking next......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allen : Hi I wrote just a few days ago (re: Oct. 16), asking for if anyone perhaps knew of some friends of mine from some years back. (I see there are a lot......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Allen : Hi I wrote just a few days ago (re: Oct. 16), asking for if anyone perhaps knew of some friends of mine from some years back. (I see there are a lot......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

cookie rall: Central Ave. Then there was another crowd. Tommy Danburger, Lenny Leggio, Fizzy, Jean Marie tivili(all they guys loved her) Phil Pinion (all from around Menahan St. - Mike Motto, Billy Kiley, Lena, and of course......

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

Mary Ann: Hi, I attended Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School which was the girls Catholic High School at 260 Eastern Parkway right near Prospect Heights girls high school around the corner. These blogs bring back memories,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

robert: Yes, Peter, that's exactly from where I took the model for the building I painted... Wasn't able to go to Brooklyn so I used the photo on the cover of a Led Zeppelin cassette that I......

in response to: My Other Building by Robert

Robert: Surprised to see how much Schenectady looks like a mixture of parts of Brooklyn and parts of Queens. Thanks for this such good post!...

in response to: A Schlepp Through Schenectady - State Street by Franny Wentzel

CartLegger: Yep, thats it--the Brooklyn House of Detention, they call it now! I pass it a few times a week, on my way to the grocery or gym. There are lots of lots of ideas about......

in response to: Atlantic Avenue 1956 - 57 by Robert

Me, me, me, meeeeeee!: I was born in Wycoff Hospital and grew up in Bushwick in the 70's. REMEMBER the "blackout"??? My family lived at 248 Irving Avenue between Bleeker St. and Greene. My dad was German/Irish and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Allen : This site brings back some good memories!! I wonder if anyone might know of some of my old friends who I knew there in that area during the mid to late......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: are you talking about [[9915:this post]]? if so, it might be that the "recent articles" list to the left only lists the ten most recent posts, and many more posts have been posted since sunday. if......

in response to: Tomato Soup Under Brooklyn Bridge by Robert

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner : Doesn't anyone remember the yearly Memorial day parade down Sterling Place? This was in the 1950's. War veterans marched or were taken in wheel chairs. I think many of them may have been from WWI.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sol: Recently took my 5 year old grandson to the Brooklyn Children's Museum at Brooklyn Ave & St. Marks. First time I've been back there since 12/7/41 which was a memorable day. Neighborhood near......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Robert: Cartlegger, I´ve been enjoying many of your posts for the last few years. You've really helped me, as well as Peter and others to make many a virtual trip to where I grew up: Dear......

in response to: Old Willy by Robert

Robert: Very nice images, the structure appears to be some kind of cousin to the Williamsburg Bank in Flatbush and Hanson, Brooklyn, without the clock....

in response to: Commerce Building by Franny Wentzel

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner : Does anyone remember Edie and Al's candy store on Kinston Ave, corner Stereling Place, and the rival store across Sterling Place owned by Izie and a fatter man? There was a cigar store on the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

SAR TMB: thanks brother , enjoy!!! blast from the past, a lot of stuff gets forgotten,alot of guys put in work and get no recognition because it was prior to subway art. there were a lot of......

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

Peter: hahaha im loving hte [[9902:funny menus]] lately :) this sort of post tends to be one of my favorite kinds... its the sort of place that you might go or pass every day and not think......

in response to: Hot Chick $5.90 by EvilGentleman

linda snyder reiner: going to ny -lived on st johns and we moved when i was nine yrs old in 1950- went to ps 241 and remember well so many things- the brooklyn museum and botanical gardens -the library- is the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rick F.: Esther - The Brooklyn Jewish Center was taken over by the Lubavitchers, at least, 25 years ago. The Rebbe's home was right across Eastern Parkway from the shul, so it is very convenient for them....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner : Wasn't ther once a bank on the north-east corner of Franklin Ave. and Eastern Parkway? Does anyone know what happened to the Brooklyn Jewish Center (located on Eastern Parkway betwen Brooklyn and New York Ave.?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Walking Brooklyn: Living in Williamsburg, I have been doing a lot of walking all around Bushwick lately and almost cannot believe these photos. It's like it all took place in a different world and a different lifetime.......

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

Kirsty Smith: Hey guys some beautiful photos and some interesting points. I think the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most beautiful bridges in the world. I hope to cross it some day myself, funds allowing. ...

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

krazy snake from brooklyn: i was a graffitti artist in the 70s i loved it then i love it now im 48 and i still draw its in us for life prisoners of graffitti...

in response to: Queens Graffitti by Frank Chang

Pope John Paul II Family Academy: Hello all. I am Jim Viola, VP for Development & Community Development at the new Pope John Paul II Family Academy. It is wonderful to read all your comments. We have renovated the old building......

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

Sixgun: ^^^ between Brooklyn and Rockaway? *snicker*...

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

different patrick: Where is the Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge that connects Brooklyn to Rockaway?...

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Maggie Cook (Garcia): Hi: I lived in Brooklyn, NY, and attended Bushwich High School on 400 Irvine Avenue. I graduated in 1979 and I have been trying to find a yearbook from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Growing up in East Flatbush: I grew up in the Glenwood houses from 1952-1965 it was the worst experience a young person could have , nosy neighbors turning you into the housing athority because your mother had a part-time job......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (pool-96-225-139-181.nrflva.east.verizon.net): Brooklyn the best place in the world and my home forever, no matter where I live....

in response to: How Sweet It Is! by Quinn Media

Clocker: Brooklyn!...

in response to: At the Same Moment... by Peter

TruthTeller: For those interested in learning more about Eastern Parkway's rich history, I recommend you do a Google search on Eastern Park. It was a famous baseball/football field in East New York where Broadway Junction is......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sol: I remember the "Circus Box" toy store on Franklin, near Union St. Also a nice bike store on Nostrand, near President. For a kid, owning a bike in Brooklyn was risky...even back in the 50's,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Norman Schimmel: Did anyone go to "Reading Time" on Thursdays at The Brooklyn Public Library ? They had chairs and a story was read by one of the people who worked there; to all ?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sammy Perez: As a former graduate of the JHS 111 Class of '76 who moved away to Pennsylvania that summer after graduation, I am happy very happy that I found this site. Because of it I've......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Doc S.......: ....there is a "you-tube" movie showing Brooklyn trolleys, mentioned much earlier in this blog....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (205.214.176.27): Lived on Eastern Parkway and attended PS 241 1948-52. Played punch ball in front of the Brooklyn Museum and in the winter used to sleigh ride behind it. Great memories...

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

Ann Fratangelo Wolsky: Julia Astralla: 17th Aug 2009 - 18:06 GMT I went to Wingate but a year earlier then you and Judi. Yep Judi is still in Brooklyn. She just emailed me and I sent her this website.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Joey La Rosa: What a real pleasure to read REAL passion when all you good people talk about your childhood in brooklyn. Being that I am all Italian I can't help but smile when I read all......

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

Ann Fratangelo Wolsky: In answer to Julia A.: 16th Jul 2009 - Just found this site. Judi Ruben Murphy and I still email each other and I also still see Phyllis Weinberg, her brother Marty is her twin.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: [[6897:they do it in brooklyn, too]] [[img:35281]] its sad....

in response to: Chattanooga Bank Building Vault(s) by Mary Barnett

jack: Yeah, that'll be pretty much like Brooklyn if Ratner ever gets to reach his goal....

in response to: 59th St. by Jessikah Vee.

jack: I came back to Coney Island a few nights ago and when I approached the Wonder Wheel, this big guy that's standing there asks, How do you get to Bensonhurst from here? I turned around,......

in response to: Coney Island Memories by Sean Hopkins

TS: Very nice. Looks like Ladder 106 in Brooklyn was the last to use it. Probably as a spare rig....

in response to: FDNY Ladder 6 out to Stud by ntatap

Robert: Hey, that guy looks exactly like me, except for the sneakers, he could perfectly be me... but I haven't been in Brooklyn since 1960. ...

in response to: Disappearing Act by Peter

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner: I remember Jay Gutchman, Alan Rosenblum and Bobby (Robert) Crwford. They lived in a big orange house on St.Johns Place corner Brooklyn Avemue. I remeber Allen Rosenthal. He lived near Albany Avenue on Carroll or......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter H: Born Brooklyn 1955. Lived at 50th x 2nd 60th btw 3rd and 4th and the corner of 61st and 4th. I'd like to know if anyone has photos of the old PS2 in Sunset......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

Peter: most [[7799:definitely]]. though admittedly, i live in a neighborhood that is known for being pretty trashy. ha. not all of brooklyn/nyc is that messy....

in response to: Saturday Walk : Brás - Part III by livia

Jay Oshinsky: Art, Wish Steve the best and a Happy Birthday also as his birthday is Sunday, 8/2. Sorry to hear about his medical problems. Last summer this time I went through bladder cancer surgery and all is......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: im really loving this series... some of these photos look like they could have been taken in my neighborhood in {brooklyn}... except that your streets are much cleaner ;)...

in response to: Saturday Walk : Brás - Part III by livia

Peter: theres an awesome renik burner on a billboard (i think its this one, i couldnt flick it as i was driving) on 153 near grubb road, headed towards hixson pike... you should flick it if......

in response to: Graf Check 01 by fuzzytank

PippyPonyTail: Lived in Fort Greene Brooklyn for 20 years and was flat in the middle of the gang wars that took the life of Killer Ben. Let's not forget the lives lost by his hand......

in response to: A Cut Above the Rest by Peter

JAYROCK: Listen...You just have to understand that living in a big city means you're taking a risk. If you're a middle class white person you're a rich white person to everyone else in the projects.......

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

Arthur Bernstein: Kind of stumbled across this thread. Lived on Eastern Parkway from 1954 to 1964, two doors away from the library at the corner of Schnectady Ave. Went to P.S. 167 until the 6th grade (June......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kath: 2curious: Finally! Someone else remembers that "drink you eat with a spoon." I used to buy them at a counter in the lower level of A & S on Fulton Street, Brooklyn.......

in response to: The Death Of A Giant by RickNunn

anon (cache-dtc-af11.proxy.aol.com): Believe it or not it may be one of Frank Serpicos relatives who reside in Brooklyn. They also used to own and operate the Auto Gobbler on Preston Court...

in response to: RIP Serpico by Peter

p. johnson: I went to PS 75 in Brooklyn in the 50s's lived at 1156 Gates Avenue would love to get a picture of PS 75 and also of 1156 Gates Avenue. Anyone have any? would appreciate......

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

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

Ganymede: NY native here. It's all relative to what you are used to and what you consider "safe". It's not hard to tell when your in a bad neighborhood or some "precarious" position. Is Brooklyn safe......

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

MaryAnn: to Paula Reading your note gave me good vivid memories of Bishops, the school song....Memorial Memorial we pledge eternal loyalty through all our days we'll sing your praise with hearts and courage true....etc...I too graduated from......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (pool-173-52-64-129.nycmny.fios.verizon.net): I was bapitzed @ Fourteen Holy Marytyrs in Brooklyn, NY and grew up on Greene Ave between Central and Knickerbocker. It's sad to see BUSHWICKI ...

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

CartLegger: Amazing portrait series, a great tribute to this totally Brooklyn event! Keep it alive, Coney Island Mermakers!!! ...

in response to: The 2009 Coney Island Mermaid Parade by Sean Hopkins

Keith Bernstein: Hi Janet--Miss Farnan was my first and second grade teacher in the 1953-55 school years (in room 101, I think). I can still remember her first lesson in reading and writing: we wrote "it" and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: Memory rubs away the sharp edges of bad experiences. I walked around the corner from P.S. 167 for lunch every day though I was reminded not long ago that 167 served hot lunches in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Paula Giangreco Cullison: I googled and found you! It dawned on me just this morning that next year will be the 50th anniversary of my graduation from Bishop McDonnell Memorial HS (1960) which was located at 260 Eastern......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Marie: I remember Dubrow's cafeteria on Eastern Parkway at Utica Ave, and Friedman's on St. John's Place, the Utica theater on St. John's Pl, the pickel barrel on corner Schenectady ave at Lincoln Pl, the library......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

M. P. Murray: Wow!!!! Eastern Parkway must be known around the world. I have no connection at all, but it seems to have been Heaven on Earth, as I read so many interesting happenings. I did grow up......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JWT: My father worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and told me stories of the dry docks. Thanks for the images to go with the stories....

in response to: Dry Dock #1, Brooklyn Navy Yard by NWhyC

Anthony G.: You've got to love the Internet. I am in the midst of writing about my childhood to keep some memories safe somewhere before it all fades away, and every time I remember something, I do......

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

anon (205.214.176.27): Does anyone remember Wohls Drug Store and the Bell Cinema, both were on Washington Avenue just off Eastern Parkway or playing punch ball in front of the Brooklyn Museum and being chased away and sleigh......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Maria in Maine: Hi again Barbara, WOW your message to me brought back so many old memories. I checked my 210 autograph book last night to see if you had signed it. I don't think you did.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: ALL of YOUSE;hey!,if WE love/miss BROOKLYN so much,howcum WE moved away?.I did in`69,after Woodstock,x-country just to go to`Altamont'concert near San Francisco,whew! how different it was from NYC,real breathtaking views,not just other bldgs!& so much free music in the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rey cintron: wow that pic brings back so much memories as a kid watching my cousin fly birds on our roof in 666 6th ave. thats a big part of brooklyn's history...

in response to: Pigeoning by Peter

Barbara Ehrentreu (Levine): Hi Maria, I haven't looked at that picture in so long. I think it's somewhere with all the other umpteen souvenirs I have.:) I remember that Roller Rink. I used to go skating there with my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Maria in Maine: Hi Barbara, I checked my JHS 210 graduation picture. I found a B.Levine. It's on the left side. Is that you? My picture is on the right side a little lower than yours.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Me: Reading some of the posts have brought back many memories. I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Ridgewood queens..Putnam and Myrtle. I spent alot of time at the movie theater on Myrtle (I forgot......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Brooklynite: There are basically two sides to Brooklyn, on the west side, and along the water, it tends to be very safe middle and upper middle class neighborhoods with a few rough spots like parts of......

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

Esther (Herschman)Rechtschafner: I thought a bit more and now also remember:Alan Rosenberg, Phyllis Asch, Robie Globus, Floyd Green,Lind Meranus, Floydene Coleman, Alan Rosenboom, Jay Gutchman, Robert Crawford ( the last 2 lived iin an orange appartment house......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: To Maria in Maine: I remember the explosion, having heard it myself. It sounded like "poof" (rather than "bang") from far away and lasted a couple of seconds. It was pretty loud and gave......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: oh totally, and thats a great site, richie. i was just thinking maybe more personal and less generic photos. havent checked brooklynpix in a while, though, so ill definitely do that now......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: PETER, hit:> brooklynpix.com < terrif pix of ALL B'klyn hoods Crown hts. has 2 links,but ALL pix will make YOU smile!...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: lol. fuck all yall. i live in brooklyn....

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent