Comments about bushwick

There are 100 comments about "bushwick"

Peter: there are more good spots in bushwick than in many other brooklyn neighborhoods. get out there and explore!...

in response to: Graf on the Tracks, Pt. 3 by Peter

Dennis: Hey did anyone attend P.S.45 on Bushwick and Schaeffer? Remember a really cool teacher by the name of Mr. Roger Wilbeck? Hard to find teachers like him. He was always there for his students.I'd like......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: at onderdonk and troutman, in {Bushwick}: [[img:29556]] ...

in response to: Graf Trux 21: Bushwick by Peter

Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the......

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

Peter: as a current bushwicker, ive really been enjoying reading you guys' reminiscence here about the old days. you guys should also check out other bushwick posts at [[http://citynoise.org/search/bushwick]] and see if any of the neighborhood......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Barry: I remember Mr. Tomaselli. A teacher for all time. I lived in the heart of Bushwick Avenue from 1967-91. Attended PS274 where he taught. Knew my siblings who also attended his classes. He did worked......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Santana: Brodidly AB and all the rest of you who got to live in Bushwick during the 60s and 70s are so lucky. Those were the years when "minorities" took over and made Bushwick what it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Santana: Advice to all people curious about life in Bushwick. I spent 20 years of my lifes in bushwick. Left NY as a whole for 7 years to see what the world had to offer me.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Santana: And outsiders call it graffiti. but we all know its art. damn thats talent. Bushwick!!!...

in response to: Painting in Bushwick 3: by Peter

Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bushwicklady: I took a pic of that wall right when thay started...I took it from inside of a car......go!! Obama...

in response to: Painting in Bushwick 3: by Peter

bushwicklady: I took a pic of that wall right when thay start...from inside of a car......go!! Obama...

in response to: Painting in Bushwick 3: by Peter

I.C. Eric: [[img:29408]] Ah, i like taking pictures but i am not a photographer, so theres a high possibility that they will suck. I had alot of pictures of bushwick in my phone but that phone died, alot......

in response to: Flushing Ave by I.C. Eric

I.C. Eric: Resnick was my history teacher!!!!! i graduated in 04, and i just started college... ive been following your work for some time. I know it was just a project but i learned alot from the......

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

upfromflames: Dang! You are right! I am so used to going to this shop, getting out at this subway stop, that I did not realise I was in Ridgewood the whole time! Well, it does not......

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

Ithaca college student: It is a tricky matter... I could be wrong but i thought this store was located on myrtle, which is why the mcdonalds flag can be seen beuase if it is then its right across......

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

Peter: hahaha, you know, because people cant seem to resist bringing up some contention whenever brooklyn neighborhoods are concerned, when i first saw this photo, i thought "hmm, its only a matter of time before someone......

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

upfromflames: the border is a tricky matter, careful reader. If I may refer you to my Google Map of Bushwick, you will see Wyckoff is the border. And since, this is on the Bushwick side of......

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

Ithaca college student: Wait, isnt this place in ridgewood and not bushwick???? If im not mistaken, then this is should be right of the mrytle-wyckoff station, isnt that ridgewood?...

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

bushwicklady: Wow , I grew up on bleecker between wilson and central lived there from birth 82 to 2002 I still be there til this veryday but that pic. Does not look familiar to me mayb......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

bushwicklady: That's the block that holds a lot of memories......myrtle btwn menahan n bleecker.......

in response to: Menahan by Peter

tanya: Hey everyone......those memories .......BORN IN 82 I grew up on bleecker bTWN wilson ansd cental ......ST. BABARAS CHURCH........went to Ps.75 Is 291..........bushwick is beautiful.......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Bea K.: Just goes to prove there's good and bad 'no matter where we live' and that includes Bushwick. For those who've moved on to "safer areas" (whatever that constitutes these days, as I most certainly 'don't'......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Carlos: It's not people . It's also the sanitation dept and Construction going on .I live in Bushwick for about 40 yrs. when the Germans where here before the Italians. you still have rodents,roaches they travel......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

punsterbill: Born in Williamsburg Hospital in '41. Lived on first floor of 99 Stockholm St until '47 when we moved to Cornelia Street. went to PS 56 on Bushwick Ave, Halsey JHS and one......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

John: I agree. My family business has been in bushwick since the 80's and there has been such a transformation. The area is cleaning up and becoming safer. I do everything I can to encourage this......

in response to: Bushwick: the Next Hot Neighborhood? by upfromflames

joseph g. klinger: I spent all of my youth in the Bushwick section and I can remember when it was getting ready to rain or if the wind was right you could smell the creek for miles but......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: i love this flick. the blue sky and golden light make make me happy. it still makes me think of cauliflower, too. mm, cauliflower. im afraid "bushwick" has made the faux-pas of inadvertently replying here to......

in response to: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by luna park

luna park: it's on north 14th street in williamsburg, pretty close to kent ave. what's the connection with all those terms, bushwick?...

in response to: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by luna park

adam: bushwick......

in response to: Curb Your Dog by Peter

Gonebutnot forgotten: Grew up on Montrose Avenue across from Most Holy Trinity Church. What a beautiful church. Always reminded me of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Had cousins who went to school there and remember walking to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

arty lady: Planning on renting an artist loft in Bushwick in one of the large loft buildings on Siegel st. I'm a woman of color and will be taking the L train. Don't really know Brooklyn well.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bushwick: See if these terms are familiar to you: Cellophane, Sach's Cigars, vestibule, 2 cents plain, Marks Men Clothes, the Verderber Family, ...

in response to: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by luna park

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

ooooo: any chill spots to paint in bushwick?? can you paint this spot in the daytime...

in response to: Graf on the Tracks, Pt. 3 by Peter

JP1515JeffersonAve: I find it amazing that so many have so many different views yet we all have a common thread...the Love of our hood. I grew up in Bushwick back in the 70's through the 90's.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: WOW! You win the prize good sir! that is indeed why Bushwick burned! May I offer you as a prize an invitation to come speak to my class? I teach Urban history at the Academy......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Joe Drexler: I was born in Bushwick and lived on Himrod St. between Central and Wilson Aves.from 1962 to 1974.I enjoyed reading the blackout article but must say that there was an approximate 17 year downward spiral......

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

Bill Diggins: i grew up on granite street off bushwick in the 50s and early 60s. went to our lady of lourdes off desales pl.granite was a dead end. led up to bing belly hill over the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Bill Diggins: i grew up at 77 granite street. off bushwick ave. pilling and chauncey and halsey streets nearby..dead end street that led to the bing belly hill over the tracks near aberdeen park. railroad boys??? ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

antblack: Whats up Antoine. I lived on Stanhope btw Bushwick and Evergreen. I only had one brother who (shockingly!) didn't like NY and subsequntly moved to NC when I was about 9. Now I wander if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Antoine Whitfield: yo, I get a rush nostalgia when i hear you all talk about the the old hood... i didn't realize our shared history and how diverse we are as people "Bushwick Bred". Wow, i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Lou Romero: Thanks AABK, For the info on Sr.Ann Melanie, she was my fifth grade teacher at FHM, a very serious nun who often made you laugh with her antics. And its good to hear Sr. Betty is still around,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

nancye: all i can say is WOW best of everything I remember when Bushwick was burning and no one cared It's great to see things have changed. Ke ep up your work and hold your dreams...

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

Sara: Anyone familiar with Bushwick Ave., close to the Halsey St stop? Safe or to be avoided?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CHRISSY-46: what a cool site. I can't even believe I found people that came from my childhood, teenage, neighborhood. I grew up on Melrose St. between Knickerbock and Wilson in the early 50's. ......

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

Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

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

landlord: mami ,your kind is not welcomed back in bushwick ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

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

Eleanor: Lou, UFF and everyone else who is reading this post. I certainly don't think that Bushwick Buddies is too crowded ... as a matter of fact we have more and more interesting pictures every......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Steven H.: I just love this site! Growing up in Bushwick was a big part of my life.I had friends in all walks of life. I grew up at St. Mark's Lutheran at Bushwick and Jefferson. A......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

always a Bushwick kid: What a great site... I've read almost all the comments and they ring true for most of it. I grew up in Bushwick- lived on Jefferson in the 60’s, moved to Bleecker Street in the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

mami: I.S49 in bushwick.i atteded 49 from 1994until1997.i had so much fun in that school.i still remember mr witney ms morrinson ms bostic ms raina mr lango ms love mr fernandez and mr rodriquez,did any one......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ecto 5000: i lived on Menahan st and Wilson ave rite on the corner in the projects.They were called p60 now they are called Hope Gardens, ive moved away and came back and things have change.But for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

mami: bushwick cant wait to go back............. i lived in bushwick|flushing until i moved into my housing apartment in coneyisland and let me tell you i can:t wait to go back.... i miss siting in front......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

MaverickMuze: Check a Film they did on Bushwick Projects @ www.youtube.com/maverickmuze...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Excuzmepleez: To emc, Where is your "friends place" located? There are sections of Bushwick that I would consider fairly safe and other areas very questionable. What is good for the goose is not always good for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

BushwickBaBY08: i live in Bushwick..right on Knickbocker Ave.btw.Jefferson n Troutman..well to start it off.. Bushwick needes to be shut down..its full of 14-16 yer old girls whom are pregnate..thats so uncalled for..but what can we do......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

MTA: This is a great thread and really shows everyone's perspective on the past, the changes, and ideas about the future. I want to check in and see what folks think about Jefferson Ave. between Evergreen......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Excuzmepleez: This post is in response to "remember 1966." I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Sonja (Sandra): Love the posts. I also grew up in Bushwick. I remember the Starr Pretzel factory, passed it on the way to Junior High School 162. I still love the smell of pretzels. In fact, I......

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

Ed: Bushwick Buddies is a private web site devoted to former residents of Bushwick, Brooklyn. You can register by contacting the administrator at bushwickbuddies.com. For the most part the site consists of pictures of 1950s Bushwick and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ed: ARE THERE ANY CURRENT OR FORMER BUSHWICK BUDDIES HERE AT CITYNOISE? ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: hahaha! ive ridden my bike past that bus 100 times... when i was moving to my bushwick place form my {prospect heights} place, i drove past him many times, too. good score! i smiled when i saw......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

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

upfromflames: Yeah, trends are very general, so I don't want to stereotype at all. I meant poor relative to the earlier families. Thanks for correcting me on that one. I am a little blurry on the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, your response was almost totally on the money, except for the "poor Puerto Rican families" part. Many PR families were hard-working and wanted a better living conditions as well as good schools, many who......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: Lou: It depends on what part of Bushwick you are talking about, as the process of demographic change proceeded differently in different part of the neighborhood. In ther southern side of Bushwick--south of Myrtle--the process......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: historically yes, but currently, no--according to the boundaries of Community Board 4 Bushwick stops at Flushing on the North... Broadway on the West... Wyckoff (roughly) on the East... MostHoly Trinity Cemetery on the South... So where you are talking......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon: does the bushwick neighborhood extend to the intersection of montrose ave and humboldt street?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jackie: does anyone remember of a factory on 69 troutman street between evergreen and bushwick? Did they make stuffed animals?...

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Renee: Just stumbled on this site. I was born in an apt Bushwick and Gates. We later owned a house on Linden just off Bushwick during the Depression. Went to what was then......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Mitch Vernace: Grew up on the "other side" of Myrtle Avenue, on Knickerbocker between Putnam and Madison Street between 1961 and 1978. Went to St. Martin of Tours and we always felt our competitors were from......

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

Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, I am a member of BushwickBuddies, maybe a little to crowded for me now (lol) A cousin of mine forward us to CityNoise, showcasing the pictures of Bushwick. I'm hoping to hear from more Fourteen Holy......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: I'm glad ya'll have found each other here. Bushwick has an important place in the hearts of CityNoise contributors and editors. If you have any photos of Bushwick from your youth, you are welcome to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Bertha Gibson (Sanchez): Hello to all. Great blog here. Louis (Koochie....smile) Oh my goodness, I remember viewing Father Heitz' body in the rectory (1970?). Fourteen Holy Martyrs (on Central/Schaffer St) merged with St. Martin's (on Knickerbocker/Weirfield St) and......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

serlingrod: moral of the story, everyone - deindustrialization ruined these neighbors that so many people who grew up in them loved so much. hard economic times and social/political injustice has transformed them into hotbeds for illegal......

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

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

Peter: serlingrod: i get the same shit about {bushwick}. some people (usually the ones who least-closely read your commentary) just cant resist twisting and misinterpreting anything you say about the place thats vaguely positive, and automatically......

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

The GumbyUF MSD: Bushwick...oh, Bushwick. How I love and miss thee. Sorry I left you, but I had to explore other states and neighborhoods. Needless to say, you are still the very, very best piece of real estate......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: yep, {bushwick} ave... this is a photo from last summer's walking-tour that i rediscovered and wanted to post... ...

in response to: Fire Damage by Peter

upfromflames: that's on Bushwick Ave, no? ...

in response to: Fire Damage by Peter

jack: shizen, could it be the sadist, 'lockinglear decrebided' he was in southern france and would take pictures of people and reproduced them onto models and used them for, (you know what) they were life size......

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

Michael Worsley: I Love The Bushwick Section Even Though I Was Raised In Bed-Stuy Right Now I'm Working On A Poetry Project About Bushwick The Years I Lived There,I'm Willing To Share With Other Bushwick Natives About......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Eleanor: Have read this article many times and I'm pleased to see it is still drawing comments. NewYorkDave ... you said you were on Bushwick Buddies but left because of the "right-wing" politics ... You're probably right......

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

Peter: 20 Harman... is that the yellow house? in regards to "who would buy in {bushwick}"... i would! er, if i could afford it. a lot has changed since 1988, for sure......

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

anon (cache-mtc-ad08.proxy.aol.com): I have been at 20 Harman Street since we bought it in 1988. Of course everyone thought I was crazy! Among the many comments was this one "Who would buy a house in Bushwick?" smile.......

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

Busy MSD: Hey Angela Bentley... I remember Raymond, last time I knew from him in 1993 he used to live on wilson Ave. he has a sister named Maria,... Are we talking about the same person? ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ERIC BUSHWICK TAX CREW : please if any one knows were my dauther is I was a teen father and her mother went to clevland I Was in 111 her mothers name is nelly she grew up on dekalb bet......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: neat and clean, i really enjoy your pictures, and the way you bring your history into the light of day, i guess its all of our history also, did i ever tell you about the......

in response to: Upstairs on Jefferson Street by upfromflames

Peter: yes, its that time of year, once again, for [[7004:bushwick hydrant posts]].......

in response to: Heat Wave by Peter

Peter: yeah, i skipped that movie. i think they were just trying to capitalize on the fabled {23 enigma}, anyway. nice graf... theres some {23 graffiti} around {bushwick}, too. ill snap a pic next time i......

in response to: 23 Van by Peter

Busy MSD: It's really hard to forget a place like Bushwick, I used to live on Central Ave, between Putnam and Cornelia, and I still keep great memories. I used to hang out on Putnam, Between Knickerbocker......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: Those numbers you are quoting are from back in the bad old days. There is not one Bushwick High anymore. The graduation rate for the Academy of Urban Planning, where I work, is around......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Well, there is not one Bushwick High anymore, but rather four campuses drawing students from all over the city. I work in the Academy of Urban Planning, myself, and our rates are between 60-70% (depending......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew