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Alan Kupperberg: Yep, Richie, I remember the Coca Cola bottling plant on Linden Blvd between Georgia and Pennsylvania Avenues. Grandma Ann and Aunt Nettie lived in Starrett City. Coney Island Joe's was little more than a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: ALAN K:`Coney Island Joes'[in brownsville/E.N.Y]W/train tracks behind da joint..yep,great`hotdogs'[franks were made of 100%beef[parts]&greasy fries!I usta work a few blks down Linden Blvd @ COCA-COLA bottling plant nr Georgia st.in early`60's,did anyone ever go to the `batting cage'/min.golf on Penn.ave.nr Belt......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: My pal David Helbon and I used to swim at the Brownsville Boys Club on Linden Blvd. Then, reeking of chlorine, we'd bop across the boulevard to "Coney Island Joe's," for great franks n'......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: Hi Richie--a trifecta between two Tilden guys. My father took me to the St. George pool during the 1950s and once to Betsy Head pool around 1960 and to the Coney Island fireworks several times. Here's......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

BK: I both disagree and agree with alot of these people. I feel that if you're not looking for trouble, generally no harm will come to you. But that isnt always the case. There are in......

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

Rich: Hey, anybody got any pictures of the long ramp (at the coney island stop) that you walked up or down from the "D" train? How about some pix of under the boardwalk, (when it was......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

Rich: Great pix of Coney Island Jack, the colors are so vivid!...

in response to: Coney Island and the Bank That Is Coming Down by jack

EvilGentleman: I never got to see Coney Island, and now it's shutting down forever. I feel like I've been robbed of the chance to see one of America's true icons....

in response to: The Cyclone by Peter

Ellen : What can anyone tell me about Prospect Heights Hospital where I was born 9/19/1942? Dad worked at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, mom came to NY from Michigan and they were married in Little Church......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

RICHIE .RUBIN: BACK TO CROWN HTS,REMEMBER:`BILLY BOYS' CANDYSTORE?GREFF'S DELI BOTH ST,JOHNS PL. &`SKIN-NECK-TITTY'AVE[LOCAL JOKE,AS MANY OF US KID'S COULDN'T SPELL THE REAL STREET NAME!WHEN THE B'KLYN DODGERS WON THE 1955 WORLD SERIES ALL DELIS GAVE OUT FREE`FRANKS' & PIZZA JOINTS FREE SLICES!WHAT A......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

jack: now this area i know well since i grew up in bensonhurst and gravesend and the last picture looks like the sea beach express which is in gravesend and kinda skirts bensonhurst, better know as......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Ty: Coney Island is lovely. ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

db: I wonder if it was built by the same company, but its amazing that while the one at Coney Island is gone the one in Sydney Australia is still in operation, and the gate is......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

ci boy\\\'s: to mr. nobody, It is sometimes better keeping your mouth shut & have people think your a fool then to speak & remove all doubt. THE CONEY ISLAND BOY;S ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

YoYo: What I enjoyed when I would get out of the F train was walking to Coney Island and seeing that little store on the left that sold Candy Apples, Big lollipops, Caramel corn, fudge, Salt......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

Nobody: Saul- thats a nice, random factoid. But what does it have to do with this thread? Or Coney Island? Once again, I urge you to stick to fleshing out the statements that you, yourself, originally posted,......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Nobody: Saul- I might have something to say about your views if I knew what they were. You completely failed to address any of my specific points. So in regards to "stepping up to the plate",......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Peter: i never made it to the shore in summer 05. come to think of it, i havent been down the shore since, shit, 2001? wow. thats the [[wiki:jersey shore]]. i mean, ive been to [[wiki:coney......

in response to: Untitled by elaine

saul altman: i get sick to my stomach when i go home to visit CONEY ISLAND.The city of New York created an area to supply there county jails & state prisons with people who see no way......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jack: you know, 86th street, under the el, in the summer, hot, sweltering days, but the shadows of the el always kept me cool, that was my area for awhile because all my family was housed......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Kenny: I lived on Saratoga and Blake 43-57. It was the best times that a child could ever live thru. Went to PS 156, Somer's JHS then Tilden High. Spent my entire youth playing in school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Cloud: I live near Coney Island and I use the Q train to get around. I tell you what, I've been robbed 3 times over 1 school year so far. One of the robberies almost ended......

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

little ukraine: I'm with Lefty, EG, you should post them. I have similar regrets; my grandmother grew up on Chauncey Street (right next to the Kramdens, right?) and my father says he remembers her talking about......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

HAWK: Man, I used to hop on the D train after school just to get some shit. that's a hump coming all the way from Coney Island. Shit, I still remember it as BOMB THE SYSTEM.......

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

Saul Altman: I grew up on Coney Island and I remember when the city of New York decided to create the slimy drug infested getto Coney became instead of investing in the seaside community, and......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Robyn: Rick I have a picture of our moms and your Aunt at Coney Island.Get my e-mail from Robert and I can mail it to you...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: Hey i might as well add since i'm reading through the posts, I myself grew up in coney island. I am now 25 and love to check out old photos at times , i've seen......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

JOEY TPA - THE PUBLIC ANIIMALS: I used to eat at the Childs restaurants. There was one up by Columbus Circle where I spent a lot of my youth.[[img:24194]] Here's a shot of the boardwalk leading up to the Child's building......

in response to: Child\'s Restaurant, Coney Island by Peter

jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

Christina: It's actually still very much in use. It was built in the 70s, I think. I know they definitely still use the ice rink. There's a few apartment complexes nearby as well and the place......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

M.A.V: iv been living in in coney island graveson for 5 years. it wasent to bad. when i moved to east flatbush the first thing i saw was that the nieghbohood was runed by crips. iv......

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

Ganja joe: im moving to coney island soon, how hard is it to buy buds? like r there alot of under cover popos or what, hit me up and blaze on......

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

bed sty-cee!: born and raised in brooklyn--coney island was the boroughs(family getaway) i can't beleive that politician let it rot--but just like all of brooklyn, gentrification will take hold. so all you blacks and puerto ricans better......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

JoEllen: I just came back from the beach in Coney Island. I moved to Jersey but still love to come back to Brooklyn to see my freinds and hang out on the Boardwalk. Coney......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

caron June 22 2007: I too grew up in Luna Park. We moved in when it opened in the early 60's and my parents lived there until 2000. I didn't realize when I was growing up how wonderful Coney......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

JuneNY: is it true that after the 2007 season, Coney Island as we have known it will be gone forever?...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

robert: I agree 100%. I dont think Brooklyn is a borough for something like that and Coneyisland is always gonna be a piece of shit no matter what they try to do. People from places around......

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

dougieESQ: I think with all the changes coming to coney island in the next few years people will say its getting better but I think it will actually be worse. Luxury lofts and condos do not......

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

robert: Ok well i can get what yall are saying. Yea I know where Ft.Greene is i got alot of family that live there real shitty place in some areas.Oh and Bensonhurst aint that by Lafayette......

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

dougieESQ: there is no east williamsburg...it is bushwick. If you haven't lived in NYC before you will find Coney Island to be sketch unless you are riding the Cyclone. Also, if you are a Brooklyn newbie......

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

robert: Thanks man, but ConeyIsland have mad clicks in my hood and shit. They got nfo im sure you heard of them niggas and some other ones that i cant recall at the moment. I live......

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

robert: I know yall moved off the subject of ConeyIsland but some ppl talkin like its a nice place. Maybe if you stay by the amusmentpark you will be okay but if you go into places......

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

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

gary: jack, yes. i rode a steeplechase horse. i was very small. i was born in '52 in brooklyn and grew up a few miles from coney island and steeplechase park. on......

in response to: Coney Island from the Air by sine

LK: It's on Coney Island Ave, between H and I (closer to I). I shop there a few times a week. It's owned by Pakistanis and it has all kinds of food; Kosher, halal, Russian, you......

in response to: Who Can Resist? by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jose: i lived in brooklyn at 36 morgan ave,went to ps 145.i was 11yrs old when i came to brooklyn and i left in 1987,i miss the old brooklyn,chocolate egg creams,knishes,nathan;s dog at coney island.i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jamie: {coney island} looks a lot like {cleethorpes}. i may have made this comparison {before}...

in response to: Who\'s Got a Gun by jack

Robert G: I moved to Trump Village when I was 5 years old, that was the year it opened, we lived on the 23rd floor facing the ocean. When I was a kid I use to watch......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

aer suzuki: so...what, in "shoot the freak" do they have a real live freak runnin' around in a sunken cage you shoot at? i'm a freak, i'll take that job, what does it pay? should i pack......

in response to: Who\'s Got a Gun by jack

Peter: wow. now ##this## was a nice read. curiously, ive been to the fair site a couple of times, even ridden my bike in the empty unisphere fountain and gazed forlornly at the decay of the......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

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

aer suzuki: thankya...always wanted to visit nyc since i was a teen, have wanted to visit coney island since seeing photos on this site....

in response to: The Walrus Edifice by aer suzuki

GGP: that is SO great! reminds me of some of the architecture at coney island....

in response to: The Walrus Edifice by aer suzuki

athar elhassan: i enjoyed coney island alot because of all the rides were so exciting i liked the most was the pirate ship to all future commers your going to like it...

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

jack: EG i was about 3 yrs old at wars end but i remember curtains on our windows for blackout because we lived too close to coney island. check out the movie, 'radio days' and......

in response to: To Jersey Shore by jack

gsis: that pic is very artistic. i like it in black n white coney island, im from canada and the only thing it reminds me of is requeim for a dream. heh...

in response to: Winter by Oneon

Peter: yay {coney island}! i had heard they were gonna light it up, but hadnt gotten around to seeing any pics yet, so thanks. wow, the second and third shots are grand....

in response to: Parachute Jump by oneon

Matt: Sane? Who's that? I lived in Coney Island for 20+ years (70's-90's) and while I was not the best kid growing up, I knew not to defame other people's property. I'm not trying to open......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Matt: Jack, I have thoroughly read and enjoyed your posts on this site, particularly as I am a former NYer, now living in the South, with fond memories of my childhood growing up in Coney Island.......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Dont matter: Coney island is my hometown when i look in the past and see how prosperous it was it makes me sad.I lived here for my whole 14 years and want coney island to have a......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Peter: cg: sally's photos are tons better (digicam v. cameraphone)... see above comment. sally: you should post the rest of the {coney island} photos you took... you got some nice ones! *grumble. i need my own digicam*...

in response to: School Busses by Peter

Peter: here's a differently-styled one i spotted on {mermaid} avenue on {coney island} this past weekend: [[img:12293]] ...

in response to: I Double-Dare You to Pull It by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: since i was at {coney island} this past weekend, i snapped a photo of the same sign (but fixed), almost one year later: [[img:12287]] ...

in response to: Dog Eating Contest? by sine

force: nah nah nah.. yall got it allllllllll wrong sweet hearts.... 1st of all.. ghettos n slums never change.. white civilizations will never change.... coney island is ghetto.... u aint realizin it... cuz u focusin on......

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

sally: coney island is fine by day but i've seen some really, really bad things go down there at night....

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

anon (cache-dtc-ac06.proxy.aol.com): I grew up in Marine Park. It is a safe, residental, working class area where a high population of police and firefighters live. Not pretentious, and with a nice middle-income suburban vibe. Most places in Marine......

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

Mitch Waxman: Marine Park is really nice, coney island a 20-30 minute drive away (belt pkwy is alway traffic plagued, so learn the local street way to go). Standard NYC logic applies- trust your instincts & if......

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

jack: jayne its bad anywhere bad people are. look at the kids getting killed by stray bullets. lets put it this way, a guy has a better chance than a pretty white girl. ......

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

Kakumei: I'm a 20 year old white female and I live in Brooklyn (Flatbush) - I go around to Coney Island, Crown Heights, Marine Park, Williamsburg, Sunset Park, etc by myself during the day _and_ night......

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

Peter: no its not dangerous at all to walk around {coney island}, especially in the daytime. its not 1970 anymore, you know, nor the crack-wars of the 80s ;)...

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

Peter: this is a great entry, eg. i love entries like this. ive seen em rip up quite a few rails like this in nyc... its the final passing of an already-gone era, unfortunately. what i......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

jack: if you want to see coney island in its 50's days then get the flick, "the little fugitive'....

in response to: Coney Island by sally

cookie 10: My family moved to Brighton Beach in the 60's and coney island in the 70's. In the 60's it was beautiful. In the mid 70's both Brighton and Coney Island had turn to sh*t. All......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jack: holy shit, you mean 1984 is now classic. i must be ancient. i still think of 1958 as the summer of my youth. the best of rock and roll was being played......

in response to: A Little Taste of Screwed & Chopped to Metal Classics by Arthur Mercadante

Peter: i love the sentiment of this piece. i wish that neighborhood was still filled with the sort of people that have a zest for life. also: i can only day-dream about riding a {trolley} to {coney......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Jerome: i don't care what anyone says (NATHAN'S) is the place to go in coney island....

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

MC Em CeE: I live in coney island to an lola is soo right. I love it cuz of my homies but thea's fiends bums hoes everywhea. when i was younger it wasnt as bad but now i......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jack: no. but i had some friends in the coney island bike gang and one of them let me ride his for awhile. it was fun, the wind blowing thru my hair, my shirt......

in response to: Biker Rally by Guy McLaren

Debbie Feb. 17, 2006: I enjoy looking at wed sites about Coney Island. I've found interesting photos on a site called "Unforgotten New York". Check it out. ...

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

jack: there used to be trolleys on mcdonald avenue and 86th street in brooklyn. and yes we used to hang on them for a free ride to coney island....

in response to: Urban Decay by Chris Fuerth

Jamie: This is a bit like the **{Coney Island} [[2604:Polar Bears]]** is it not...

in response to: Cool Dip by barry

Peter: jack: ever seen coney island in the snow? ive always wanted to, but never manage to get out there in a snowstorm... {stillwell} avenue seems like a million miles away in bad weather. but i......

in response to: Brooding and Almost Disappearing, in Color by joey

jack: maybe thats true but think, if i had stayed in brooklyn in the coney island area would it be better today. perhaps we have to educate the parents of these children to stay home......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

GGP: things change, indeed. coney island is the proverbial canary in the coalmine....

in response to: Coney Memorial by Oneon

jack: coney island really changed. ...

in response to: Coney Memorial by Oneon

BoogyDoNw NYC: wassup up brooklynnnn! shitttt ha ha:bed-stuy,bushwick,brownsville,east newyork,crown heights,flatbush,coney island,red hook,fort greene,williamsburg,canarsie,old mill basin,cypress hills,NOW dats wassup yo .put ya lightas up!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Oldschool NYC by Graffiti

jack: crush the potatoes and then boil them andlet the steam run through a hose to a bottle. now tomatoes are different. theyre red and have a better shape. and when they rot......

in response to: The Bodegas of Washington Avenue by Peter

Lola: I live in coney island and u cant imagine wat people have to do to survive we have to have our homies to stand by side and always have eachothers backs I really like coney......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Balloonhedz: YAAAY CONEY!~ Hey Jack...have you (or are you already) considered posting on the Coney Island USA Message Boards? ...

in response to: Subway Roulette by Balloonhedz

jack: listen, if you want to see coney island the way it was in the early fifties get a movie called, "the little fugitive" i was the same age as the kid in the movie......

in response to: The ~old~ BMT Stillwell Ave Terminal by Balloonhedz

jack: these are great. i traveled that train everyday when i lived in bklyn. it was called the sea beach line. i remember running down the ramp to get to surf ave to cross......

in response to: The ~old~ BMT Stillwell Ave Terminal by Balloonhedz

jack: are the baldies still around? i sat on the curb of my street in 1958 in brooklyn with a baseball bat because i wanted to help the coney island gang in the big fight.......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

jack: very interesting, has anyone seen the mermaid parade in coney island?...

in response to: The Whittlesea Straw Bear by Jamie

jack: i had friends that hanged out on ave j. they were the ave j boys. they thought they were rough but the ave u boys could push them around. that area from......

in response to: Graveyard Train by Peter

jack: i believe there were apartment buildings and cottages for summer renters at brighton beach. the hand ball courts are famous for some of the best games in the country. if you were travelling down ocean......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Peter: i can parallel park like nobody's business... and take great pride in backing into a spot only 6 inches longer than my car... at about 25 mph, heh ;) jack: ill check out that area next......

in response to: Nice Parking Job by Peter

jack: so. thats the way we park in brooklyn. we want to keep an end up on things. peter, go to macdonald avenue up to avenue x and just as you turn to......

in response to: Nice Parking Job by Peter

jack: that man is seymore schwartz. he died in 1950 and is often seen walking around the city. now it is reported that he has been seen in numerous countries around the globe. ......

in response to: Disappearing Act by Peter