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Bosley: Don't forget the "Patio"movie theater, on Flatbush Avenue, across from the 711 Chinese restaurants. I think it belonged to the "Century" chain. Before the Patio apartments were built on the site, I loved to walk......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mike L.: Taken somewhere near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade with cell-phone. Post-processed with Corel PSP/Topaz Adjust to flatten digital noise, smeared sky for effect, enhanced water detail, gave whole thing vague yellowish sepia cast. ...

in response to: Waterfall, Brooklyn Bridge by Mike L.

EvilGentleman: Heh, I used to do 50 km/h on flat roads on my clunky old $99 mountain bike from Canadian Tire. I could peak at 58 to 60. Mind you, I could only keep that pace......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Jesus: Not a very good bike, considering a good Montreal Police budget. They can afford good performance hybrids, Scott or Specialized, w/stronger wheels, disk brakes and much more, instead they buy cheap stuff. Montreal Police has......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Waltson: My grandfather owned the Midwood Inn & the Paramont Inn, both in Flatbush during the pre-depression 1920's & 1930's....before my time. He told me that Rudi Valee sang there....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

POWcityblog: In Toronto the authorities are pretty quick to get rid of abandoned cars. They never last more than a day or so. Having said that there is a '89 or '90 black Honda Civic hatchback......

in response to: A Sign of Past Times? by CartLegger

Peter: ha... i passed a convoy of {nacirema} demolition equipment this morning, in {newark}, on its way somewhere atop a huge flat-bed semi truck... but alas, few will mourn the passing of the 22 year old......

in response to: Governors Island: The Death of Motel 8 by CartLegger

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

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

Sheila Hilton: Gary Sparkes - re shopping centre: There was also a shoe shop opposite the entrance and a little to the right (not too far from the bank).I remember buying my son a pair of Doc Martens......

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

Rita Spencer Knudsen: 27th Jun 2008 : I lived around Flatbush Ave. and my Mom would take me over to Decatur St. to see my Aunts Francis and Nellie. Nellie had the Nellie Cook Dance Studio on Broadway and I took dance......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Debbie from Irlam: Hi Norma and Anne, My maiden name is Buck, and I am sure Norma you will remember me, I used to knock about with you, not often, but used to come to your house in Cadishead.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Allison: Well, I was born in Flatbush and even though I've been out for 20 years the place still gives me the willies whenever I return. I live in Manhattan now and am constantly amazed at......

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

Jamie: Jesus died for me? Should I thank him? I like her tshirt almost as much as i like the {but man} tshirt in your previous post. There are so many positive things to say about......

in response to: Compilation Part Six by chiamattt

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Rob..... think I'm forming a reputation here... and I told you in confidence!! hahaha. James - I remember my younger brothers (Stuart & John), talking about Tarzan Bridge. They are the same age......

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

Turk: "Flatbush Gardener" you seem intent on dissing the Ditmas Park Blog. Do you have some personal issue with it?...

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

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

Flatbush Gardener: So, wiki-style links. Speaking of "regurgitating already widely publicized local events", you're welcome to get your information from DPB....

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

Turk Tickler: I Googled Flatbush Gardener's blog. If you haven't seen it, you're not missing anything. How Flatbush Gardener thinks that their blog "covers that area of Brooklyn" in any way beyond just regurgitating already widely publicized......

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

Flatbush Gardener: Your spam filter doesn't allow links. Flatbush Gardener is one of them. The links category "Flatbush & Neighbors" in the sidebar of my blog lists many others, including Brooklyn Junction, Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn,......

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

Flatbush Gardener: "They" have many blogs covering this area of Brooklyn. There are at least a half dozen I know of....

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

Tex : Look at that!!, change the subject and talk about trees and flat out ignore the issue of the city council brushing off a taxpayer. What a bunch of phonies, keep on posting, your own......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, Yep, I thought it was....In later years it became a Funeral directors for a short time before being converted into flats or houses...difficult to really tell. As for the camouflage pants.....don't really......

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

jeeff: jack, conflating all your enemies as "terrorists" is ridiculous and ruins your otherwise interesting account....

in response to: Berlin April 22 2008 by hool

CE: I was there during the celebrations but left before the riots began. I was going to bike back up at about 1:30am but unfortunately got a flat tire when I was leaving (and my......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

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

ya boy $$moneymike$$74: If anyone who dont know the picture on the top of this page. Taken from the street first is the gate Im sure you can see the dude walking in the back, broken windows up......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Kathy: My son, daughter-in-law- and I were just out riding around hoping to see the different wild animals in the area. My son spotted the castle and we had to stop. It was a little cold......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

anon (d58-106-117-137.adl2.sa.optusnet.com.au): Hi Anne I was brought up in one of those small cottages (Claybank Cottages) on Liverpool road opposite the old Twenty Row where your grandparents had their business. To go down to the Old River was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, The whole area around what was known as the jerry works, including Kwik Save has been redeveloped. The raised area where the Jerry works existed has been lowered and has been completely built......

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

Linda Larson Brooks: I grew up in Flatlands Bay. Some of the people from Barren Island moved to the bay. Schnieder sounds familiar. I know the Lissenden's moved there too. My uncle Bud Ackermann......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

jollyboy: english guy thinking of getting a place on clarkson in east flatbush. seems lively area, but last night when i left there were five, yes, five cops standing on the flatbush/clarkson corner. yes that's good......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, Your last picture I recall it as a thriving shop for sweets & toys and when it changed hands the new owner an ex-barber from Burtonwood AAF Base built the almost flat roofed side......

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

Andrew Smith: Marissa We lived in the flats from when they were built in the 70's to about 1986/7 - my Mum was the warden in one of them. My mates Dad was one of the builders who worked......

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

Marissa Chaplin: Hi Rob Sorry I havent, they are mainly the High School and the Margarine Estate, as thats where I live. If I get the chance to go up again, I will get some. Glad you liked the pics......

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

Andrew Smith: Cheers for those Marrissa - they're great. The block of flats just to the left of centre in the second pic, just below the school field, is where I lived for the first 13 years of......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma, Greetings from Adelaide ( arrived here in september 1980 ),and many thanks for your condolences on the passing of our much loved son Brian.He leaves his wife Jen and their 2 lovely children, Chris......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, Yep, I remember Mike and Sheila, I can remember me and my dad giving mike a lift home once after a band concert. Correct me if I am wrong, but Mike played......

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

antBlack: LOL...Well, the Orchestra did suck! The band was great and Montesano was a great teacher. I played Bflat Tenor sax...not many solos, but still, it was the Tenor sax! Anybody remember Mr Weintraub in......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

janet: Hi Stan—and all you 167 alums out there—The beautiful public library in classical style on Schenectady & Eastern Parkway was a place to visit, to use, but for me not to hang out in and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

HutchGrrl: I'm from Hutchinson and I can spell! I graduated from HHS in 2001. I don't know anyone from my graduating class who chose to stay in town. Hutchinson is adorable. Many......

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

Andrew Smith: Roy - it wasn't me, I'm afraid. I did know a few people who lived in the police houses on Fiddlers Lane and was friends with the Richardson's. My address was Fiddlers Lane but it was actually......

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

John Cooper: Hi Anne Hunt, Sorry for the late reply. I think Bob Salmon is correct in that it was the forerunner to the since flattened Wesleyan Church on the corner of Bob's Lane. I was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

joey: actually it left in the bart parking lot. this morning; the frame is now 10 feet from this photo location and lying flat on the ground. glass all smahsed to bits . . ....

in response to: Lost Art by joey

janet: Dubrows on Eastern P’kway, just off Utica: the name was set in big art deco letters (red neon?). Inside, cafeteria style. with big windows, a cashier that you gave a punched card to.. Was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (79-66-222-235.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com): I LOVE the Barbican, I just stumbled accross this when looking for property. I am begging my parents to get a flat there!...

in response to: Barbican Love by elaine

Ezera: Stepha, The "711" Chinese restaurant I think was on Flatbush Avenue, directly across from the Patio movie theater. I also remember McGovern's bar near St. John's place had a nice steak & chop section. During the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

brdntyler@yahoo.com: I been around that spot also. But I'm from east flatbush, 89th and church by Brookdale ave.It's been a mintue since I been around but I'm glad to hear some real brooklynites talk about they......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

rachael: hmmm... many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway... i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

tron: stencil is really nice, really new, really real, really street, really down, really brave. keep up the production of a popular flat out banal squized to the last drop culture. Make someone think, and do something......

in response to: graffiti stencil making a statement... by Skulz

John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: Firstly, thanks for this site. I will see what I can scavenge in photos to contribute a bit. I lived in Allenby Road, Cadishead from 1947-1970 when I moved to Australia, I have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Hello Helen Did you go to Fiddlers Lane primary before leaving Irlam? If so I would have been a couple of years above you and my brother (Matthew) would have been in the same year as......

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

Larry, Curly & Moe raccoon removal?: The bright woman that lives next to us, has allowed a tree to grow against the foundation wall to three stories high. This is a perfect stepladder for our raccoons. Now "we need trees for......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Frank: I have 3 or 4 huge fat raccoons that visit regularly on my flat garage roof. The mess they leave behind is utterly disgusting! I have to go up there at least once a week......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

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

becks: M.A.V. where are you living? i'm thinking of moving to e. flatbush, is it real bad? looks pretty family to me. you think it's just street by street, some parts better than others?......

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

CartLegger: In the narrative sense of things, yes, there's no denying that. But I am thinking of the statistical matrix that holds us all in its grasp, and could throw us down in front of a......

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

colavitos ghost: in the sixth picture note the extreme proximity of the industrial flats and downtown. i've never seen another city in which the urban core and the industrial core are so close together. i......

in response to: De Tocqueville Was Here by little ukraine

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

Glad I moved : what about the puerto rican families who have been in the humboldt area for along time and the buildings they own have gone up dramtically in price. They are selling for the money and......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Shimbo: Get this, I live in Brooklyn N.Y., I got a raccoon caught in the cage right now but, i tried calling the city to relocate it, but they say they dont do that. He's a......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

joey: now that looks like a fun hardware store. my next door neighbor is from flatbush. i'll have to ask him about this Pinchik's Hardware. [[img:21234]]...

in response to: Pinchik\'s Undersea Kingdom by CartLegger

Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

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

Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

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

kobie: well tenements in scotland vary in quality, think it depends on the building materials used. from what i know the grey sandstone ones tend to suffer from more problems than the red or blond......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes4 by kobie

kobie: well a lot of these tenements probably arent even housing association or council owned anymore cos a lot of the people who live in these better quality tenements usually buy them then sell them and......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

iggy: it is only a matter of time that you will see that house flat and a three or possibly four family will be in the air. It takes time to research the owners and then......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

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

Philip Wilkinson: In the late 1950's I lived with my parents, brother and sister in the flat within this building, which at that time was still operating as a small electrical factory. My father was part time......

in response to: A Hidden Gem from the Past by I.T.U.C.

Chris: Just read the piece its pritty poor, i guess its supposed to be creative writing but its jumbled hard to read and pointless whats rapid got to do with living in a cheap flat amoungst......

in response to: rapid hardware by elaine

timdog : im black and im 19 i live in fot greene brooklyn I love it out ther when im ther it is all good but when i leave peaple get shot stapped arrested all that......

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

kathryn: I grew up near Eastern Parkway....I have not been in Brooklyn in over 30 years but I do remember the area known as Prospect Heights...I remember Ebbets Field on Sullivasn Place and Bedford Ave......I remember......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: Bienvenue. Editor, before you mis-read and delete the above anon comment from march 7th, I believe it actually translates into a quite nice compliment. According to my french-english dictionary, "terrible" in French translates into either......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By) by EvilGentleman

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Thank you for your interest. I would like to start with a very brief history of Bushwick to establish both philosophy and development for use as foundation to buttress the argument that the communities of......

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

joey: and without the flatiron building. i always stop by this photo when it shows up in 'from the archives' bin...

in response to: New York by Gem Stevens

bk racer: i would recognize that inflatable rat anywhere....

in response to: NYC. 3.3.07 by barry

grange: I almost got arrested in cuba for taking a picture of a T-72 tank being moved on a flatbed truck. Good thing I was wearing my best tourist " flamingo "shirt . Must have scrared......

in response to: Police State Coming to a Country Near You Soon by elaine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Just found this thread. Those last few comments are not only mean-spirited but way off the mark. In the very first line Elaine establishes it's Liverpool of 1982, during a much rougher time. She's studying......

in response to: rapid hardware by elaine

Cay: Also, does anybody have any info about bus lines from Bushwick to Flatbush? How late do they run? ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Nancy D'Elia: Of course you would not call her bimbo - you would call her bimba - the feminine ending for the noun. Sheesh! You really don't know nutnin!!! If one should say of her "ma......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Esmee: There's a lot of sand indeed, but also a lot of mountains with all kinds of orchards and even vineyards and fertile, grassy flatlands, and you can even go snowboarding over there. And the cities......

in response to: Mountain City by Esmee Lacle

Paul: Dave, Thanks for the picture of Galliers. It looks just like I remember it. I remember going in there to pick up "The Pink" with all the football results. You mentioned it is......

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

anon (localhost): How is east flatbush? I want to buy a coop around there, is it safe? ...

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

MGerlich: The red bridge is the Columbus Ave or Road bridge, which is a link between the East and West banks of the the river (and The Flats)...

in response to: Bridges of Cuyahoga County by Jon

little ukraine: very nice - the colors in that first one are great. the reflections in #3 are also beautiful. I love night shots. I don't have a tripod, but every once in a......

in response to: A Night-time Jaunt by firecraker

Monica: To answer Mala's question the Flat Iron Building, which is the main venue for the Around the Coyote Art Festival in Wicker Park has been in it's location for years and still houses many artists......

in response to: wicker park by corsakti

jeeff: i agree it is ugly, but i found its ugliness kind of endearing. i liked having it parked on our street. about a month ago it got buffed. now the truck is......

in response to: Another TO Graf Truck by jeeff

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

Denis: : A favourite walk, now that I'm knocking on a bit. Flat and scenic, capped by a meal at the Horse & Farrier in Threlkeld, and the bus back to Keswick. Dreamland!...

in response to: Old Railway Walk by Andrew Smith

little ukraine: This building dates to the Civil War, does it not? Or is that the other Brooklyn Armory? Also, I believe this is the one you see from the LIRR train just before it......

in response to: Armory by Peter

Ex-Fighter: As an ex UDA freedom fighter,that done my time for my so called God and Ulster crime.Im broke living in a dingy flat,wife gone with the kids while i was inside.cant get a job.Who the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Andrew Smith: Brian - They are very typical of the 'apartments' (flats, we used to call them!) springing up everywhere now. Here's a few more from the Flixton side of the canal the same day [[img:16482]] [[img:16483]] [[img:16484]] [[img:16485]] ...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Brian: Hi Reita, I remember once taking a short cut through your uncles field with a mate of mine when we were about 11. He caught us and threatened next time to throw us in the stable......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: I beg to differ, Sam. There are a great many wonderful and fascinating, and sometimes even outright awesome articles on here by many different authors. But thank you very much for the praise, it is very......

in response to: Hot Air Balloons by EvilGentleman

Peter: maybe it looks askew because these buildings could be on a hill, and the photo was lined up to mke the road flatter than it is? [[img:16155]] i hope not, though. it would be alot cooler if......

in response to: Violins Etc... by CE