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Robert: Very nice images, the structure appears to be some kind of cousin to the Williamsburg Bank in Flatbush and Hanson, Brooklyn, without the clock....

in response to: Commerce Building by Franny Wentzel

mike : i used to hitch those boxcars while growing up in flatbush bklyn...

in response to: NYC Boxcars 1 by Peter

Growing up in East Flatbush: I grew up in the Glenwood houses from 1952-1965 it was the worst experience a young person could have , nosy neighbors turning you into the housing athority because your mother had a part-time job......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rob21: coney island is not bad comparing to some other nieghborhoods in east flatbush, brownsville, bed stuy, east new york or bushwick. i know this because i live in west 33. its probly the worst nieghborhood......

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

anon (ool-18be1cf0.dyn.optonline.net): hey you guys ever took photos of triangle sports on flatbush and 5th ave, my uncle ernie has been working there for over 20 yrs and that store been there before automobiles. if you go......

in response to: Laundromnt by Peter

Gabriel Reese: Thank you all for your great memories. I am an artist working on a public art Project for the Department Of Transportation. We are looking for participants who grew up in the Crown Heights......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

sweet_girl4705: hey - love all the comments - i have a great job offer at kingsborough hospital and i want to take it - schedule is day and night hours in east flatbush. i'm living......

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

Peter Puleo: The plant on display in the photograph is a Phragmite. However there are both a native and imported species of this plant, but it was not until the 20th century that the out of control......

in response to: Prairie Brooklyn by Peter

Bill H: Peter: Your photos are really something to be seen. Brooklyn has really changed since I grew up there. My parents bought a house at 1187 St Marks Ave in 1929 just before the great......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Louie Sep: when i was a kid we use to fish off a bridge that was half rotten with a big pipe that ran across you had to walk the pipe to get to the middle were......

in response to: Visit Barren Island by CartLegger

CartLegger: Ok, I've spent a little time looking around, and I see that you are referring to this toys r us: [[http://wikimapia.org/4426302/Toys-R-Us-on-Flatbush-Ave]] and probably referring to Salt Marsh Nature Center: [[http://wikimapia.org/4907786/Salt-Marsh-Nature-Center]] I believe that island is called White......

in response to: Visit Barren Island by CartLegger

George D: That looks more like Dead Horse Bay. Barren Island is an island accessible only by skiff [or any shallow water boat] due to submerged abandoned cars. It is located on opposite side of......

in response to: Visit Barren Island by CartLegger

Peter: {canal} to {flatbush}! nice......

in response to: Manhattan Bridge Arch by Lou

davida: still trying to locate Stephen Coward an old wonderful friend. ANYBODY !!!!!!!!!!!! Bube lives in Flatbush. I'm the aunt of his son Dywayne....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Iank: I went to PS241/Erasmus59'with Norms. We recently got in touch. May go to the 50th reunion in Aug 09'. What a great childhood. Brooklyn Museum, Botanic(al) Gardens, empire bowling alley. Ben and Sols deli, Stickball......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Joe "Bubsy" Sullivan: This is in response to AJ Schure dated Dec 7, 2008. The Sullivans lived on the second floor at 1326 Sterling Place. The Morans lived in the apartment above us. I understand that your family......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CartLegger: Well, it sure is a part of NYC. Ya gotta stick the trash somewhere, right? In this case, it was a long time animal rendering location. Later, from the 1940's-60's I believe, it was a landfill. Its......

in response to: Visit Barren Island by CartLegger

Danny Fuchs: Don't know how I came upon this blog? Think I am older than most of you. My family moved around a lot. I was born on St.John's Place at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in 1939. One......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Richie Rubin: Davida,you wrote`a club opened on Flatbush ave.'Ben Mastiks'town& country club'was all the way down near belt p'kwy..after ave U! & I usta go dere & see top notch acts..I even have a menu from there[c.1957]but`Town Hill'[bedford/Eastern pkwy]was da......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Ben Massick's Town & Country Club in Brooklyn was even farther down Flatbush Avenue than Avenue U. I believe it was between Avenue U and the Belt Parkway. Out among the bulrushes, as......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Willie: Doc, Rick - Town Hill at Eastern Parkway and Bedford Avenue was in the 1950s a place to have a drink and catch live entertainment. My mom and older sister remember seeing Sam Cook......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: Davida;it was`Ben Masticks'club,down near ave.U/Flatbush ave. & the`Jewelbox Revue'was an all male dressed as females show but many top entertainers performed there..fun place..no?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

davida: there was a place that opened up on flatbush ave many years ago that had alot of entertainment. I remember seeing that moments there I know I'm telling my age. I really hope someone remembers......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Audrey: Does anyone have or know any information about Prospect Heights Hospital from 1945-1948. I was born there on Oct. 7, 1947 and lived in Brooklyn on Kings Highway in the Flatbush area most of my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

booking12: a guy was found dead on a grcoery store in regent place flatbush wensday night. regent place in flatbush is terrible...

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

Alan Kupperberg: Richie, I've gotta admit I have no affection for organ meats, except for chopped liver. So lungen stew doesn't sound appealing to me. Your family's recipe for kishke sounds like "moider!" I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s. I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: What a collection of memories--things that surely resonate throughout this remarkable site. Just a few comments, Alan, though the Rochester-Buffalo-Ralph neighborhood from St. Johns to Eastern Parkway was not our neighborhood. The Congress......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Flatbush Boy: Keep it real yo...

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

GUS BRENNAN: flatbush, whats that all about looks well run down, you are all welcome to this, billboards, graffiti, building sites, give me old "barnoldswick" anytime, this is a real town, not a make believe slum.... ...

in response to: Flatbush Avenue by GGP

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: sure hes got no eyes, but he's got the [[427:toothiest]] grin around! [[img:12080]] ({flatbush} at {Plaza} street, {Brooklyn}...)...

in response to: robot building by elaine

Peter: so far, hands down, its "ashleys", the little hole-in-the-wall with the bright orange facade and the plastic chairs out front sitting in the wedge-shaped storefront at/near the intersection of {sterling} and {flatbush}, just up flatbush......

in response to: Bigges by Peter

anon (x2-018.duke-energy.com): can anyone give me any information on flatbush garden apartments...

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

Peter: lol jamie! check the comments on [[1680:this entry]]. blech! {yummy taco} is one of zillions of "ghetto-chinese" places that are a phenomenon in {brooklyn}, that though they serve cheap, fast (and often low-quality) chinese take-away,......

in response to: Building Slice by Peter

Leon: "Peter: 3rd May 2004 - 15:33 GMT I live in NYC. I rarely tro ever see gang-related drama. maybe im just lucky!" I'm with Peter on that one ... I've spent late nights sitting outside on Flatbush, without......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Flipsider: well i guess the whites are now considered minorities in Bushwick ! I jus recently moved from Da Wick 2 upstate new york, bushwick is not really that bad of a place compared 2 brownsville......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Balloonhedz: yup..you usually smell it before you see it. Even after the exhaust has been run through the water filter. Theyre not supposed to run diesels underground. The LIRR used to have diesel hauled......

in response to: Subway Roulette by Balloonhedz

Duke of Flatbush: I think this guy was caught. NYT Metro section had a blurb about a pre-vert who was aprehended for flashing on the subway. Apparently he owned a restaurant downtown and on the upper......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

GGP: Neighbor Peter, the tree/art is on Flatbush, near the Charcuterie at the corner--it's somewhere between the veterinary office and the Charc. If facing the clocktower, you will see it up in the tree. (I HOPE......

in response to: Freemont & MLK Blvd by stillseeingred

GGP: [[img:3857]] OK, what about this, hanging from a tree on Flatbush Avenue (bklyn) near sixth ave....

in response to: Freemont & MLK Blvd by stillseeingred

Peter: yay thats my neighborhood too! :D :D did you happen to catch the hennessy billboard before the ad was put up and it had graffiti tags on it? that was pretty cool. i love that......

in response to: Flatbush Avenue by GGP

elementary: sillies...its the shelfs for sale...$9.99!!!love thoses pipping hot flatbush deals....

in response to: Shopping on Flatbush by Peter

half loc: yall niggaz iz hot all up on tv & shit ....(smh) i'm a learnZ u though cuZz , im a learnZ u LoCc....6up crips 19HoOver neighborhoOd Crip...19st...LoCcs in here homie bklyn flatbush ave......

in response to: Crip Graffiti: Brooklyn by anon