Comments about grand street brooklyn

There are 15 comments about "grand street brooklyn"

Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

EvilGentleman: The first picture is very close to my grandparents' old apartment, which was at the corner of Water and Fulton. Of course, Fulton is now known as either Old Fulton or Cadman Plaza West, but......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

jack: great barbara, nice writing, it is a beautiful time of year, in brooklyn in the 40's and 50's the old men in the neighborhood would gather up leaves in piles in the streets and burn......

in response to: We All Enjoy the Colors of Autumn Leaves by Barbara Christensen

Smudgy: Well, I guess I discovered this site just a bit too late. I missed the walking tour and I missed the show at the BHS. I was born at Bushwick hospital in 1949.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: thank you wally, my great-grandfather was one of the workers on that bridge and he also worked on the battery tunnel, roebling has a town named after him, roebling new jersey where his wire factory......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade Center by WallyG

Brooklyn-Pete: Bushwick is not the worst neighborhood in Brooklyn, it's definately no Park Slope but it is not as bad as some would have others believe. The neighborhood is very noisy and extremely filthy on many......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

JoeAnn: I enjoyed reading all the comments on Eastern Parkway. I am helping my mother write her memoirs and we have been talking about this area. Her Aunt Fanny Lamy Clough lived in the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Laura: My mother lived in a large apartment building on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza in the early 1970s. What a place it must have been in its heyday. It still had touches of grandeur......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

jack: ssgt sheldon, your right on with cory booker he is a good man. i had many clients in newark and am well acquainted with every street there and i know the dangers and bad......

in response to: No More Ice-Cream Man by SSGT (USAF Police) Sheldon

hikerman: great shot! any chance of getting an updated shot of the 4th avenue station! my grandma used to live right near it just off 8th street and I haven't been to brooklyn in years....

in response to: Franklin Avenue Station by Peter

jack: wow that was great, but have you seen 17th avenue in brooklyn, the non-neon lights. how about court street's dazzeling display of red, yellow and green stop lights on almost every street! now......

in response to: Tokyo Neon by Chris Jongkind

NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops by Cathy Hong SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP