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JohnnyFDNY: The memories! Grew up on Stanhope and Central 1954 to 1960.Attended St Joseph Patron, on Suydam St, graduated 1960. Hung out as teenager on Himrod and Myrtle 1962 to 1963, belonged to Club Tesian 1963......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

RICHIE RUBIN: PACHMAN'S CANDYSTORE..A BLOCK FROM LIBRARY ON EASTERN PKWY..REMEMBER?MMM,A MALTED & L-O-N-G PRETZEL WOULD WAKE US ALL UP..NO? or A KNISH FROM ANY DELI,or FREE SELTZER @ DUBROW's BLENDE W/MAPLE SYRUP & THOSE tiny[FREE]GLASS CONTAINERS of HEAVY CREAM,ERGO,A FREE[MAPLE]`EGG-CREAM'.AAH! B'KLYN HAD SO......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: I seem to recognize the name Carole Cohen. Just a blur. I think the last time I saw Judy O was about 1959 and I'm sure I wouldn't recognize her today. I seem to recall......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Michael: Just took a tour of Franklin Avenue. Anyone remember eating at Radin's Deli or Ben & Sol? My friends used to argue which deli had the best french fries. I lived at 334 Eastern Parkway.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

RUTH NELSON SHERMAN: MY MEMORIES GO FURTHER BACK. I NEVER LIVED IN bROOKLYN BUT WOULD SPEND A LOT OF SUMMERS WITH MY BUBBY AND UNCLE A 1710 CARROL ST. MY PARENTS MET ON A BENCH ON EASTERN PKWY AND......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lucifer: Fred is a likeable rogue, always drunk but more often than not he is polite with it. He likes women with large breasts who he refers to as Dolly Parton. I worked with him in......

in response to: Dancing Fred by clarky

Babushkah Zblcowszksky: Hell NO....The place is spot-less..WHERE? I was there with my Husband Stanislaw last Monday,August 25-th and we took a walk through the path at the end of the railroad ties walking east towards the Marine......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

madamep: I was there then, and you really nailed it for what it was like. I was the groupie mom's roommate. I still don't know what that was about. Her trip not mine. I wasn't into......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea. He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never......

in response to: Baron Von Fancy by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

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

Billie: I live in Florida, my boyfriend lives in Tarrytown. The first time I saw this site it brought back sad memories of my own. My mother, father, uncles and friends all worked in factories in......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

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

maureen.downing@comcast.net: I lived on E. 89th St. between York and East End Avenues from 1940-1955 and have tons of great memories of coming of age in Yorkville during World War II & thru the 50's. ......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Tyra: I'm currently a senior [class of 09] and I've enjoyed my years in ACORN. F.Y. I: if you're going to make comments about the school then at least make them memorable ones or use proper......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Who Cares for Kensingtion: OG FROM GCC, Good piece! Take it back 1 block at a time. All in a given block may not participate, but those that do should stick together and clean it from end to end...and......

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

Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen. WHO REPRESENTS KOREA? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Ago'cs Pali / San Francisco,CA: ". . nobody should die, 'till spends at least a month in Hungary" ( Comment of a New York Times journalist.)...

in response to: Trees, Wires, and Mysterious Buildings by elif

river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and......

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

Tish: Great article, I lived at 350 East 92 Street from 1957 to 1972. Graduted from OLGC, my mother also attended the same school and graduted. I just went to visit the old neigbhor when the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Hutchinson Escapee: I'm not a religious person, but if there is a town in this county that truly is cursed, it's hutchinson, KS. The corruption at the judicial level is staggering. The forces that be actually got the......

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

Janice P.: I lived in Kensington on East Dauphin St. from 1941 until 1962. I attended H. A. Brown Elementary and Penn Treaty Junior High. Both excellent schools at that time. I then moved to......

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

Peter: im pretty sure that its either the interstellar portal opening over {nyc}, or, as mentioned above, aliens... but dont worry, they seem to be friendly. well, so far at least......

in response to: Midnight over Manhattan by Peter

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

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

Joe : I have been forced back to respond to Bill F. I am one of at least two postings that referred to the Swanson & Clearfield shop. Now I am curious as to the identity of......

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

janet: Hi Alma--Sorry, the name Rubin is not familiar (though I knew a Judy Kessler). But I certainly remember the fish store! (Thanks for reminding me that one needed to walk up a couple of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Joe Seeking Contact: Check the current demographics on Elkin school and it is evident that the neighbor hood makeup has changed. Just like Kensington was wonderful to us as kids, so it is today for the current residents.......

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

Mark: It is Victoria Day/24 Weekend once again and i hope people stay safe and not screw around with FIREARMS. That police officer should have at least been busted down to Parking Enforcement. If you happen......

in response to: Victoria Day Fireworks by Gabi

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

Peter: Ok, so I just got back, and here are the photos: [[img:27389]] the northwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}... [[img:27390]] a wider view of the same spot... [[img:27391]] the southwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}... im sure that {upfromflames} could tell us......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

jason: i use to live in east 21 between beverly and coutelyou (flatbush). thanks god i got out of there. it was terrible. Their was gunshots almost every day. my friend marlon god stab in front......

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

Mitch: Just an FYI: Ben's is safe for at least another 2 weeks, there was a newspaper article saying the public has until May 21st to fight the demolition decision. If no one challenges it (or......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

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

Ben Baillargeon: Let me tell everyone the number one way to stop bike theft! Don't be stupid for one without critisizing anyone, but if you love you bike bring it everywhere you go! seriously i ride my norco......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

jeff: i've lived here for 22 years and have often complained about wanting to "get out of here". the problem seems to be once i'm somewhere else i miss home terribly. there is something that draws......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Nobody: Saul- perhaps you'll find this constructive-- you've commented ten times on this post and managed to still not say anything constructive, yourself. So, as I have repeatedly above, I urge you to to stop merely dropping......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Jennifer: This is so not representative of Montreal! Montreal is a city where you can hang out safely at night without being scared of everyday street gang attacks. Of course, attacks happen but not......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

From P.a.: I have moved to hutch alittle over 3 years ago,and I wish I could return back to Pa. This town is not what all the other people keep bragging about. I have a 20 year......

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

From P.a.: I have moved to hutch alittle over 3 years ago,and I wish I could return back to Pa. This town is not what all the other people keep bragging about. I have a 20 year......

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

Mitch: Hi Marjie, I can't believe it. My wife and I got together with my cousin Linda and her husband Larry tonight. She remembers you quite well and was so pleased and surprised that, after all this......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Born and Raised in NYC: Incredibly condescending comments but coming from a Canadian I'm not surprised. Never judge the majority attitude of any given place by graffiti since the majority population are seldom represented in the sentiment expoused it's usually drawn/written......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

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

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

Peter: tom: i think its ludicrous to simply look at the "thousands of lives lost that day" without trying to dig deeper into the why and how of it. i think it disrespects both those who......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, I came across some (confusing to say the least)information relating to Woolden Hall. Make of it what you will: "Woolden appears as Vulueden in 1299.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Ess: To Unsure- I don't know about all the "God's children" stuff and the worn-out (and not-very-helpful) phrases like "don't give up, seek help", but I can say, as a recovered meth addict, you need to......

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

sonnet: When I hear parents talking today about arrangeing "play-dates" for their children, it makes me laugh as I think back to a real Kensington childhood. We just all played outside on the sidewalk (or......

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

Kevin: I would like to recommend a great new Yorkville book out by a Yorkville author,George Brennan,called Bats,Brats and Stats. It is about being among the last era of stickball players in Yorkville through the author's......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

jeeff: bloor west village in toronto was the very first BIA in the 1970s. for those from out of town, danforth becomes bloor as it passes west through the city, so essentially along the same......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch. As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Peter: i think youre referring to {manhattan}, as it has areas referred to as "upper east side" and "upper west side", whereas {brooklyn} generally doesnt. to me, the "upper east side/east side" is where folks move......

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

JGurl: Hey I'm only 18, and I have concerns too. I have to transfer to a university in Brooklyn within a year, and I might get an apartment on the east side since I heard it's......

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

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

{{A}}: Everyone is going to have there own personal opinion about the schooL regardl3ss. But for the ones who attend ACORN...they cant say that this school is all around bad. Just because this school may not......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Pierre: Yre's is the best chicken I ever tasted. It was a real treat to get some when I lived in Gloucester. Unfortunately, I moved 70 km east of Ottawa. I haven't been to Charlotte St.......

in response to: Save Yre\'s! by EvilGentleman

Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent......

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

Shelley: I lived in Brownsville, but went to Tilden. Mr Gold was a great English teacher who loved to act; also Mr Engber, my best friend Ricky & I had crushes on him. Dr Stoloff was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

yes it is: it is still there as a nursing home, looks somewhat forlorn to say the least. I took my m/f to old neighborhood and commented that imaging spending your golden years in that place.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ken: What are you people talking about? Kensington (at least parts of it) are getting better not worse, there are many great things going on here and I am offended by some of the comments that......

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

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: I just happened over this page while looking for something via Google, but I couldn't just let this go- I grew up in Hutch, but no longer living there. I moved to the West Coast......

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

Fred, The.: Mr. Texan.. I also look forward to being in Texas. I did attend a grade school here in Hutch years ago but I had to quit......

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

jack: i was once groped by a women, she was rather attractive, with a twinkle in her eye, i was devastated, humiliated, and violated, i turned to her and looked deeply into her brown eyes, her......

in response to: The Groping Epidemic by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well. Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem. Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

CE: Verdun is pretty bilingual. If you can speak a least some French, you'll get by no problem. It a nice part of town too. Very friendly....

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Helen Blitzer: These posts are great. Janet Grayson-I remember Dubrows very well, with a lot of characters eating there. I lived at 1285 Lincoln Pl. corner Schenectady, went to ps 167; remember pickel store; Principal......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Norma (nee Bolton): Hi Natalie, I live in East Melb in Yarra Valley (40k from City). Paul sent me a message on the 'friends re-united' site a few weeks ago, not had time to reply yet. It's......

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

Michael: I graduated PS241 in 1965. Lived at 334 Eastern Parkway. My best friend's father owned Radin's Deli. Anyone remember eating at Radin's? How about Ben and Sol's Deli at the corner of Franklin and President?......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Angel... Sunset Park Broolkyn: I was real young maybe 13 yrs old,during this black out, when the lights went out me and a some group of friends got together and tagged up the nieghborhood, atleast we weren't looting. I......

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

Bob: I have lived in Lawrence, KS as well. I have traveled this great land of ours extensively (Driven through every state east of the rockies and south of New York) I am not saying all......

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

colavitos ghost: wish i was in ny to buy my xmas gifts there. great recommendation. i was living in east harlem a while back and passed by a couple different botanicas every day. unfortunately, i never......

in response to: Bushwick Botanica by upfromflames

janet grayson: Anyone attend P.S. 167 (Mr. Lodato, principal)? Lincoln Terrace sometimes opened its skating rink (but almost never when I got there); Dubrows (directly across Eastern Parkway from St. Matthews RC Church) was a favorite--then they......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

sssss: but the saber won out in the end, didn't it? east vs west, the throwies all faded why did he diss saber anyways?...

in response to: Ja All City King by Da Letter

Peter: hey "like it is": even our 'beloved' [[4368:hutchinson, kansas]] has more sex offenders per capita than {bushwick}! your brand of reactionary bullshit is just that... bullshit. whats your point? i mean... i live in {bushwick},......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

...just lookin for a job, lookin for a job...: OMG! I thought I lived in a pretty good place until I stumbled onto this site while surfing for nursing jobs in this area. I've been HappyInHutch for 30+ years and known about......

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

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

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

janet grayson: Just reading these posts bring back very fond memories. I remember the Schenectady Ave. (at Lincoln Place) pickle lady with her barrels of sours and half-sours. Also, I too stood among the crowds......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

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

Michael: I grew up in Yorkville in the 1950's. We lived on 90th St between First and York. I remember the fireboat station at the foot of 90th St just outside the fence at Schurz park.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

gwendolyn (jillgwenward@hotmail.com): so sad to read about all the thefts as i was there myself last fall with 2 different bikes and just had my beautiful (and recovered from last year) specialized stolen again. sigh. guess i'll......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

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

EvilGentleman: Three weeks ago, my van was hit by a man from Toronto driving the wrong way down {Sainte-Catherine} Street in Montreal. I was standing outside the bar having a cigarette and drinking a Coke (I never,......

in response to: Wrong Way, Buddy! by Elicar

GGP: Now I will tell a Jack-like story. When I was a kid, we would drive home at night from visiting my grandparents in Astoria (who, by the way had a Ravenswood phone prefix: RA8-4089, I......

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

jack: thanks little ukraine, would like to know your first name, but i informed my son who lives on the street where that drug bust took place. i'm generally down there every so often and......

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

Xavi: Most of the eastern part of Humboldt Park until the mass Puerto Rican migration of the 1940's and '50's was Jewish and Polish, with some German and Italian elements. When those ethnic groups were......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

HushUp: Oh, and by the way, that list was only about 25 companies; and of those 25 they are employing over 10,000 people around here. Excuse me, they aren't all manufacturing companies, but I happen......

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

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

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

EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible. Reminds me of this guy......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Kaeleen: OMG ! Jim & Teresa, Yes, I remember you guys VERY well.Jim I lost contact with you a few yrs back.Do you still live in the eastern side of WI yet? Teresa where you living now......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

anon (pool-70-19-88-151.ny325.east.verizon.net): Aughakillymaude is on the other side of the lough from here. Though it all looks quite similar, having tried to navigate it myself (not recommended). My mother used to row from her home on......

in response to: Upper Lough Erne. by barry