Comments about linden

There are 33 comments about "linden"

joseph g. klinger: I spent all of my youth in the Bushwick section and I can remember when it was getting ready to rain or if the wind was right you could smell the creek for miles but......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

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

Ecto 5000: i lived on Menahan st and Wilson ave rite on the corner in the projects.They were called p60 now they are called Hope Gardens, ive moved away and came back and things have change.But for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

upfromflames: Lou: It depends on what part of Bushwick you are talking about, as the process of demographic change proceeded differently in different part of the neighborhood. In ther southern side of Bushwick--south of Myrtle--the process......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Renee: Just stumbled on this site. I was born in an apt Bushwick and Gates. We later owned a house on Linden just off Bushwick during the Depression. Went to what was then......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

truthteller facts: the houses on jeffferson starr troutman that are drug infested. Signs on the houses telling people to stay out or get arrested, the drug problem so bad on knick that the nypd has cameras to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Puffy: Can anyone tell me what it's like today on linden street around central ave and evergreen?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

lil nancy: Anyone remember Nancy and Felo's Candy Store on Knickerbocker and Linden? All the kids from 116 and 291 would hang out in there at lunch time buying penny candies and playing video games. Those were......

in response to: Winter in Brooklyn reminds me of spring in Moscow by shoshannah

lil nancy: anyone remember Nancy and Felo's candy store on Knickerbocker Ave between Linden St. and Grove St., then she moved to the corner of Knickerbocker and Linden St.? She sold great sandwiches, the only penny candies......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

howie: Iwas born in 1948 at 75 Linden Street between Evergreen and Central went to St. Barbaras catholic school anyone fromm thta block or neighborhood?...

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

John Dereszewski: Smudgy, your block is not doing that badly. Most of the really nice buildings on Linden between Bushwick and Evergreen, e.g., #64, are still there and doing very well. The few buildings that were lost......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Africarose: I'm no New Yorker no American, I have just been in the US for few weeks and came here to work with an organization. I come from Africa. I have found an apartment in Linden......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

John Dereszewski: The recent "pretzel post" brought back some very dear - albeit fattening - Bushwick memories. When I served as District Manager of Community Board 4 in the late 1970's, I would walk to our......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: [[www.brooklynhistory.org]] for directions and such.... And don't miss the walking tour this saturday... meeting at Gates Ave Station on the J--Linden Ave and Broadway, that is--at 1PM. Its a two hour tour catching sites old and new.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

RickC: I thought the chicken place was on Myrtle between Linden and Gates. It has been there since I was a child over 40 years. ...

in response to: Blinding Success: Urban Signage by upfromflames

upfromflames: Bushwick, Grove or Linden st....

in response to: No Children at Play by upfromflames

upfromflames: Dunno where you are coming from with that. I am working out there now interviewing some of the folks of the block association, which helped the neighborhood to stay solid after the blackout, like starting......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

JimQV: Linden, from Bushwick to Evergreen Aves? I worked in Bushwick, it's pretty horrible. Very dangerous, and it's not going to get better. You have "newbies" to NYC on this message board who think cheap rent......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

howie: i grew up on linden street between bushwick and evergreen/ went to st. barbara'sthis was from 1948 till 1959 any one know what this area is like now? ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

crlsgll: This conversation about Bushwick is great. I love reading the personal narratives that fuel each story and shed light in our differences; which is a blessing in disguise, for if we all agreed then this......

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

Red: Moved into 2555 Linden Blvd. in Cypress Projects when they were new; until I got into a fight (1964) with one of the black neighbors...we were all so friendly for a few years and......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

Marilyn a twin: Before there was the Federation - there was just us guys riding the Blvd-riding up to the take out window of Burger King - riding the beach area and the streets of Brooklyn and Queens......

in response to: The Federation of Black Cowboys by sine

friend of Bill Wilson...: Speaking of Bushwick - how many of you have ever been to yogi Bear Sunday School.... Well it's still going strong with over 20,000 kids in attendance every week Stop by 403 Evergreen Ave. Between......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ardis: I am thinking of moving to Linden and Bushwick on the Gates "J" stop, I've walked around at night, seemed low key enough, anyone from around there have anything to say? What about those guys......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

pscarcelone: I lived in bushwick and attended st.brigids on Grove Street - lived on Menahan - between linden and wykoff. In FL now but went back this summer - Knickerbocker is looking a little rough but......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

yadontknowboutstreets: First i have to say that Bushwick is not something to be scared of. There are way more dangerous streets than this neighborhood that has a whole bunch of little boys that think they......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bwicked: I GREW UP IN BUSHWICK AND I LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE WHAT GOES ON IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, DON'T LIVE HERE. PS. STAY AWAY FROM LINDEN......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

elaine: Re: An Alley in the 900 Block of Linden Thanks, I think! (still embarrassed)...

in response to: An Alley in the 900 Block of Linden by SOD