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little ukraine: i recognize this from my years commuting to Flatbush Ave on the LIRR. it can be seen from the train was one passes through the dark cavernous East New York LIRR station....

in response to: Apex Airtronics, Inc. by Peter

Ron: Hello again Teri, I had to smile when I bumped into your posting here. Something I didn't mention in my recent long e-mail was one time when I was playing on the Eastern Parkway mall and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

davida: Oh I forgot to say that I loved going to Ben and Sol for deli food. Do you remember Nino's Pizza that was the best on Franklin Ave. I still can't find good chinese food......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: ha, no... i still live in {bushwick}. just spent last saturday in {east new york} and {ozone park}....

in response to: Bird\'s Eye View by Peter

little ukraine: a news stand, there's something you don't see too many of these days... have you relocated to East New York Peter? nice pictures....

in response to: Bird\'s Eye View by Peter

Peter: more from today, in {east new york} and {bushwick}: [[img:29716]] [[img:29715]] [[img:29717]] [[img:29718]] ...

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

Visionsof ENY: Yo J I saw you and Veefer were in East New York a few days ago. You always liked that hood. Throwin' up "TBC" was a nice touch. Mad respect and love to you ya......

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

jEthRo a.k.a franz: i think mANila is the best because it's the most beatiful city in sOUTheast asia..bUT i think NEw YORk and LA and chicago must be at the top because all of their corners are far......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

anon (142.128.203.205.in-addr.arpa.net): I have moved back to the Upper East Side after a few years away and I am so happy to be back. I lived on 77th St. and then 3rd Ave./73rd St. for much of......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

procyon: Medicalfools: I also know that some higher-ups want the best for it--someone posted a letter to that effect from Dorothy Lewandowski elsewhere on citynoise, and I recently read that they've started applying for a spot......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

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

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

js1 homie east new york: ja true graff king xtc all the way...

in response to: JA: A True NYC King 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

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

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

ante croatia: oooooh my god every bridge in new york has it's own charisma.i am 13 and i love all bridges especially suspension ones and cable stayed bridges but new york bridges-paradise for me.i especially love the......

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

NewYorkDave: Hmmm, I just realized that that route wouldn't have made any sense considering the number of blocks involved. The pretzels surely would have been cold by the time he reached Onderdonk--unless he were running the......

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

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

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

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

the in: wow this is a hot issue with many different sides to it. First I'm white and poor and a hipster. My first choice was to live in Williamburg. But the prices there have gone up......

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

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

Peter: although im a {new york}er, i agree with mcarthur. ive watched this post for over a year and though its taught me a lot about a place ive never been (and about some of the......

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

Antwerp Kurzweil: dangerous citizens? man, what you need to be worried about is the dangerous NYPD. sure, there's always the chance you'll get mugged in nyc, but then again, theres also a chance you'll get an undeserved......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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.

anon (cpe-68-175-92-187.nyc.res.rr.com): I always thought the tall black monstrosity on the east side that looms over central park was the ugliest building in new york....

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

little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes... first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

Born in Hutchinson: That weird church/apartment building you describe used to be called St. Elizabeth's Mercy Hospital. I was born there. I lived for several years about three blocks east of that building, in a very nice neighborhood.......

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

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

DeadRagabash: First off, I was born in a nice little Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, lived all over Okalhoma lived all over New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. As well as 15 odd places in Germany over 2......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Kat: Lol, 'BW'. Haa... I was checking out this thing on Wikipedia. In it, they have a travel guide to Brooklyn, and when I went to look for Bushwick, they were calling it 'East Williamsburg'. I edited......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

belis: I am 17 years old and I was born and raised in Bushwick Brooklyn New York. To begin bushwick is not East Williamsburg. Thats just what it is being called to get white people to......

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

Lakim: I'm from brooklyn born and raised straight outta the section of East New York it's one of the the worst sections in brooklyn we had bloods, crips, latin kings exc. And it was broken down......

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

NAME: Brooklyn is a great place to be. I lived here since i was 2 and have seen many die, many leave, and many goin nowhere with there lives. 1st b careful about where u......

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

PhillyGuy83: People exaggerate so much about New York that its sickening. If you are from a picket fenced suburb and want to know if you'll be safe in some inner city neighborhood then more than likely......

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

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Mushi: There are mean people everywhere in this city, whether it's Bushwick, Sunnyside, Park Slope, the Upper Eastside, Soho...it doesn't matter. People with attitudes like some mentioned above really upset me. Yeah, I'd love to live......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Paradox: It's interesting to hear what people think of Brooklyn but overall it's not as bad as it used to be. I'm not saying that crime is all gone but the city has changed a lot.......

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

Eviva: I just bought a condo off the Dekalb Avenue L stop. I really like the area and while it's true that Bushwick isn't quite Williamsburg, I see ample potential. Also, real estate in Bushwick is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jimmy Legs: i'd just like to point out that bushwick's crime stats are no worse (and in most cases, significantly better) than that of bed-stuy, east new york or crown heights in the last year. sure it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: I've now lived in Bushwick for 10 months. Other than the fact that where I live feels like a dorm sometimes (loud music, loud people), I do feel safe there. Yes, as I have said,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Sonray: i wouldnt go into bed stuy,marcy projects area,east new york area in daytime if i were you...

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

racer: What do yall think about East New York? Is it a bad area to be walking around in the daytime?...

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

Budajiho: I grew up in East New York of the '50s. My pediatrician's office was on President Street, which was known as "Doctors' Row." The brownstones were beautiful, with magnificiant gardens and exquisite stonework......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

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

Brad: $$$. Insurance money was a major motivating factor among other problems at the time, in NYC, and in other major cities like Chicago. At least that's what I've read about time and time again, as......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

little ukraine: wandered past this building tonight and got some info on it- it is the ottendorfer branch of the nypl. http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/man/otinfo.html "The Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library opened in 1884 as New York City's......

in response to: Anders Celsius by little ukraine

whois: yeah brooklyn iz a good place... all east new york, brownsville, bed stuy, east flatbush, flatbush, crown heights, bushwick, east williamsburg and even williamsburg, we all in da house......

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

Ellie: Hello Everyone, I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I lived right off of Bushwick and Grand Street. I attented 196, IS 49 and Eastern District High. I moved to Florida in 1990,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Most exsqisite, I must say! Here is the EvilGentleman take on all this: 1 - The guard is doing overtime. 2 - The farmer is going into town to get his grandfather's new dentures. 3 - The child......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

wackojacko: Check the police blotters of NY papers. Brooklyn, especially the bad parts, IS bad. Even in the bad parts, what are the chances of something happening? Pretty low. Chances still higher......

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

EvilGentleman: I suspect Chris, like many who grew up around the Maritimes, has finally reached that stage of life where he must venture off to sample life in the big city before deciding where he belongs......

in response to: A Poor Puppeteer by Marlo

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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

The Truth: Remember Brownsville was nearly all white less than 40 years ago.... Should we blame black people for this...How dare they take white homes..... Italians were drivin out by black people from east new york........ So there we have......

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

Keis: I wish some affluent people would move into my neighborhood of East New York and change the way things look. You know, just for kicks. ...

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

Jamie: There's loads of empty churches going spare round here. I know of at least one that's been converted into a {massgage parlour}, but i want to buy this one [[img:9727]] in {new york}, {lincolnshire} alas; i am poor,......

in response to: New Use for Urban Ruins? by CE

jack: in southern california they hardly ever see clouds and rain, so this is something exciting for them, the poor people who live in the sunny, warm palm treed and flowers always climate. i feel......

in response to: Freeway Cloudage by joey

Margaret: Hi, I'm finishing up my senior year at Northwestern in Evanston. My parents are immigrants from Eastern Europe and I have spent most of my undergraduate career interested in communities and increased educational opportunities......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: This morning, I was driving my wife to work by a different route than normal and came to a red light. I realized that I needed to make a right turn a few blocks ahead......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

NewYorker: At least in (my old hometown) Toronto people still care about litter. In New York the fight was given up long ago. Everyone but the rich throw litter everywhere, on the subways, on......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

pennybike@aol.com: Yes, this is a Barrett Sociable Tandem. The Barrett was mfged near/in East Aruora New York, near Buffalo. It is a modern version of a bike made back in the 1890's. They......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Peter: no snow here in {new york}, either... we're having a milder winter (so far) in the northeast this year... ...though that could all change in feb/march. goodness knows it has before!...

in response to: Jan 05 2006 Toronto by hool

jack: okay here are the facts: 1=the strike started jan. 1, 1965. mayor john lindsay was arrogant and wanted to break the powerful union boss then. but both were arrogant and wanted to be......

in response to: Transit Strike! by Peter

anon (217.205.0.17): Full Listing here SANTAS GHETTO OPENS IT DOORS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR AND IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH. The ghetto is a street level free-for-all art gallery that brings you some of the most feared names......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

Peter: also, jack: CPMC is indeed one of the better hospitals in nyc... at least they didnt kill warhol, like {new york presbyterian} did ;)...

in response to: 168th Street by GGP

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

Anonymous (dialup-4.167.233.153.Dial1.NewYork1.Level3.net): Let me be clear. I do not hate Grafti art. I own 3 Dalek paintings they hang on my wall. I like the stuff that takes up a whole wall and is done durnig the day,stuff......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Deshant: High Gravity Steel Reserve... Why is it called High Gravity? Because after six of these it feels like you dropped a metal brick in your pants. I also noticed the Danish FAXE. I used to......

in response to: Beer by Peter

Paige: I just got a book on those tracks. They were part of the New York Dock railway and were in operation until the 1980s when waterfront railroads were on their last legs. The company merged......

in response to: Lower Manhattan at Sunset by sine

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

jeeff: it was recently announced that over 50% of toronto's smog is from the states. we've had 31 smog days so far already this year. our premier (provincial "governor" type) is thinking of suing......

in response to: Hard Rockin\' by Bleeagh

JA=ALL TIME GRAffiti king: ja is the king of new york,,i love it he is a beast.....

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

elaine: also, re context, our history with high rise building is very different from the US version, cheap tower blocks thrown up postwar to house the poorest when homelessness and slum clearance became acute, so we......

in response to: canary wharf porn by elaine

Joey "Compton Boy " : I Love New York, but GangBanging is L.A. shyt.Believe That Ya Fuckin Bootleg Internet Gangstas. Ya'll Aint Gangstas. Why Ya Wanna live in the East like We live in the West? Damn get of Our......

in response to: Blood Graffiti by anon

elaine: okay, so that might have been cheating in oh so many ways, not least i didn't find it, i was sent it, but check this out, that i found on Peter's 'Bridges of New York......

in response to: A Found Note by Graham

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

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

Jamie: This was great read; intensely captivating from start to finish. I have never visited new york. Never ridden it's subway but for a couple of citynoise minutes at least, i was there in the thick......

in response to: Getting Off: by Peter