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desToNe.! FTR : JA .. KING . HE IS NEWYORK NUFF SAID .....

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

Larry B.: Just discovered this wonderful Eastern Parkway thread through our collective lives. My father and uncles owned the Famous Restaurant on Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave.(now occupied by McDonald's). Does anyone have recollections of the Famous......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Franny Wentzel: New York is alright... if you love saxophones......

in response to: New York Is... by Peter

Bayside Watcher: Check out this new article: http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a17139/News/New_York.html How about the quote where the cemetery guy says that the cemetery is "like a Ponzi scheme"? Is that what Bayside Cemetery is? Congregation Shaare Zedek, Bayside Cemetery and CAJAC are......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Joseph Loughlin: I went to Steeplechase at Coney Island in the 1930.s as a kid and it was like going to another planet. Absolutley fantastic! I guess we've just gotten too sophisticated to enjoy such......

in response to: Coney Island Deconstruction by luna park

Frank C.: Just a little extra....According to the New York Times, "In a five-year period in the late 1960s and early 70's, the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn was transformed from a neatly maintained community of wood houses......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Berry Parsons: We came into New York in 1956 on the SS President Monroe, which was sailing from Italy (Leghorn, I think) -- arrived around the end of June (I was 9 years old). What pier......

in response to: The Dilapidated Piers off the West Side Highway: NYC by Peter

aroosa: iiiiiiiiiiiiii loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee newwwwwwwwww yorkkkkkkkkk ...................................................................

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

aroosa: New York City is beatiful...

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

aroosa: New York City is beatiful...

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

aroosa: New York City is beatiful...

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

Lurker: There's the rub, Den. You say "re-discovered". I say "How can a neighborhood be re-discovered when its already peopled by tens of thousands of residents?" Who, pray tell, is doing this "rediscovering"? It's certainly not the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mary Ann: Hi, I attended Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School which was the girls Catholic High School at 260 Eastern Parkway right near Prospect Heights girls high school around the corner. These blogs bring back memories,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Franny Wentzel: Well some people try to pick up girls And get called assholes This never happened to Pablo Picasso He could walk down your street And girls could not resist his stare and So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole Well......

in response to: Frank and Pablo by Robert

robert: [[img:36481]] Peter, don't forget to send a few words through my email, seems that I lost your email contact long ago and would like to send you some old photos though the mail. The photo of......

in response to: Tomato Soup Under Brooklyn Bridge by Robert

Howard: I spotted a nice bike at Uncle Jacobs on Spadina via Craigslist. Do you think it's stolen? Is uncle Jacob a regular buyer of hot bikes from Toronto's crackheads? If I was going to buy......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

sebel1: new york is were itall started baby ...

in response to: 1990s NYC Graffiti: Part 1 by Peter

Noah: I moved to Bushwick (Troutman between Irving and Knickerbocker) shortly after graduating from college last December. Reading all the stories about the old neighborhood as well as your comments have been tremendously interesting and make......

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

anon (ool-45733f37.dyn.optonline.net): Thank you for posting this...I too grew up on 90th St. between 2nd and 3rd Ave. right across the street from the Brewery. Went to O.L.G.C., made my communion, confirmation and graduated there. ......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

My Block: Wow Laura, great story, I'm sure you got an "A" especially if the responses your article received had anything to do with grading you. I read every one of the responses and enjoyed them immensely.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner : Wasn't ther once a bank on the north-east corner of Franklin Ave. and Eastern Parkway? Does anyone know what happened to the Brooklyn Jewish Center (located on Eastern Parkway betwen Brooklyn and New York Ave.?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Eric: As horrific as the conditions at Bayside are, the sad fact is that others in New York, particularly in Staten Island, teeter on the brink of a similar fate. To be sure the congregation's stewardship......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Maggie Cook (Garcia): Hi: I lived in Brooklyn, NY, and attended Bushwich High School on 400 Irvine Avenue. I graduated in 1979 and I have been trying to find a yearbook from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

novice-bella2009: Well thanks for all your helpful comments. I feel like I've been enlightened. Why? Who could live without a curse and a link to the local botanica. Thanks so much! Now if anyone else could......

in response to: Is Moving to Troutman St. Between Knickerbocker Ave. and Irving Ave. a Good/safe Idea? by novice-bella2009

JimmyC: first my Yorkville credentials:born in Doctors Hospital across from Gracie Manson;lived on 92nd bet. 1nd & 2nd from 1955-1968;and then at 93rd st. (lex/park) form 68-2006(when ma died). I still live,love and play in yorkville(85th......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Franny Wentzel: Their previous HQ was a couple blocks away where {New York Plaza} now stands... [[img:35924]] On top was a memorial to the {Titanic} disaster. When that building was demoloished the memorial was preserved... [[img:35925]] Stands in the {South Street......

in response to: 17 State Street by Peter

Antônio: I'm solidary to your campaing against degradation of New York, with zones turned trash by real estate speculation. It happens all over the world. I ask you to persist and call together all people to......

in response to: 17 State Street by Peter

TruthTeller: For those interested in learning more about Eastern Parkway's rich history, I recommend you do a Google search on Eastern Park. It was a famous baseball/football field in East New York where Broadway Junction is......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

juanoclock: Avast, me hearties! It be New York! Give 'em another broadside! Put ye backs into it, ye lilly-livered scalawags, or there'll be nay grog fer ye tonight! ...

in response to: Rainy Lower Manhattan by Peter

larry prusak: Hello Jay; Nice to hear form you after half a century! I live in the Boston area and became a consultant, teacher and a writer. Steve......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

i see u: i hope we get the people who did this 2 new york R.I.P 2 all....

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Herb: I have lived in Jacksonville for 17 years. I then moved to New York City and all I can say it was the best thing I ever did. NYC is not for......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

average joe: I visited New York from a small town on the West coast I have never seen anything as old and beautiful as this place I hope that it is treated with the respect it deserves in the......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

top 20 skylines in world: 1.Hong Kong,China 2.Chicago,USA 3.Sydney,Australia 4.Shanghai,China 5.Singapore,Singapore 6.Tokyo,Japan 7.Dallas,USA 8.Vancouver,Canada 9.Toronto,Canada 10.New York,USA 11.Shenzhen,China 12.Kuala lumpar,Malaysia 13.Dubai,Emirates or Arab 14.Sao Paolo,Brazil 15.Guangzhou,China 16.Rio De Janeiro,Brazil 17.Seattle,USA 18.San Fransisco,USA 19.Montreal,Canada 20.Frankfurt,Germany...

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

top 20 skylines in North America: 1.Chicago 2.Dallas 3.Vancouver 4.Toronto 5.New York 6.Seattle 7.San Fransisco 8.Montreal 9.Los Angeles 10.Pittsburgh 11.Calgary 12.Philadelphia 13.Miami 14.Mexico City 15.Detroit 16.Atlanta 17.Edmonton 18.St.louis 19.Victoria 20.Minneapolis...

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Ed Plowman: Hi. I'm 77. My sisters and I lived on E. Cumberland St., between Cedar and Gaul, and attended Hackett elementary school in the mid- to late-1930s. I took my 16-year-old grandson (we live between Dulles......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

Mcgee: It's true that all cities and towns create trash/pollution to one degree or another. A certain amount is inevitable. And each era has its own particular concerns regarding what's actually garbage and what is......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Sanzay: It is all started nicely like this beach landscape [[img:35380]] And suddenly some ghost called me from this chair. [[img:35381]] Ghost said that there is the {abandoned} engine in an East salt marsh [[img:35382]] and raise of the dead horseshoe crab. [[img:35383]] No......

in response to: Plum Beach Cleanup July 26, 2009 by Sanzay

Frank Language: Love love love those old trains; that was one of the first things that attracted me to New York City in the 70s!...

in response to: Musta Been Dusted by Peter

Maria: It was nice reading all the comments here. I happend to stumble into this site while doing some reading of Bushwick. My name is Maria and I lived in Bushwick since I was 11 months......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Franny Wentzel: BTW New York City has it's own wiggly apartment building... [[http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=114791]] ...in the Chatham Green Apartments just north of the {Civic Center}. Unfortunately... it wasn't designed by {Oscar Neimeyer}....

in response to: Saturday Walk : Brás - Part IX by livia

Franny Wentzel: The Edifício Itália looks like the core of a building I drew... [[img:35188]] I'm writing a novel about an architect and that was a building she designed for showing at the 1964/5 New York Worlds Fair. When......

in response to: Overexposure by livia

aloysius ferguson: wow!!!!!! i was delighted to know there are black cowboys in the new york area! i'm from the south, so i've always known they were still with us, but never expected that......

in response to: The Federation of Black Cowboys by Peter

Kathy G: Which Papaya King are you talking about. There was one on 85th and 86th. For years the one on 86th had a joke on the wall. The last time I saw Gus (the owner) the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Franny Wentzel: On account of the movies, everytime I get a new map of New York State I always have to look for the town of Amityville... so it bugs me to no end that everytime someone posts......

in response to: World\'s Fair Pavilion and Unisphere by Seaniedawg

Franny Wentzel: Stephen... some more pictures can be found at this thread... [[http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?p=278567]] ...about lost NYC buildings. Otherwise try Google image search....

in response to: Airlines Terminal Building by Franny Wentzel

Franny Wentzel: Ask some of the survivors of genocide from Darfur or Rwanda or Cambodia or a million other places around the world if they would've objected to 'American cops' walking the beat in their baileywick. The truth......

in response to: Exremist school.. by Rune

HutchNomad: The author of this is either disingenuous or stupid. I could go to Kansas City, or even New York City and cherry pick photos of "abandoned buildings" and empty alleys and streets and say,......

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

US Service Member: I was 12 years old when the twin towers fell that day in september... And now I am going to be depolyed with my unit sometime this month... Hopefully without any losses... But that day......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Pat: Hi guys, WOW, I'm travelling to New York City in December 2009(from Johannesburg, South Africa), and I've developed a fascination for New York's bridges and your website has cerainly opened my eyes. I truly......

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

Blondie: I ran from Wichita after being kidnapped, robbed, and raped there all in broad daylight. I ran to Hutchinson where I felt I could be safe. I have had three children here and......

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

Franny Wentzel: These were taken from at least three separate books. Most images came from "New York - Beautiful Cities Series" authored by Kitty Grime for Crescent Books. Edition was copyrighted 1987 but clearly never updated since......

in response to: New York City in the 1970s by Franny Wentzel

Franny Wentzel: Images were from a 1970s picture book of New York City....

in response to: New York City in the 1970s by Franny Wentzel

romaincarrier: I am writing novel (in French) and I need a precise information on costs of Greyhound's tickets back in the 1960'S. Does anybody know how much a one-way ticket New York-Montreal (or Montreal-New York) costed......

in response to: Penn Station Greyhound by Peter

Sheeds: Agree with Donny. I've owned a very nice bike but I bought a Kryptonite New York Lock. You cant totally tell that the lock has been slashed and hacked at by bike thieves......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

A.R.: And come on, New York has some distinctive entrances as well. I'm thinking of those antique ones with the coloured light....

in response to: Montreal or Paris? by CE

Paula Giangreco Cullison: I googled and found you! It dawned on me just this morning that next year will be the 50th anniversary of my graduation from Bishop McDonnell Memorial HS (1960) which was located at 260 Eastern......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rosie: Hola! Garicia I'm looking to buy a cart, but I want the old fashioned New York or Puerto Rico style just to kind of bring back that old look and everything that comes with it. kind......

in response to: Piraguas by CartLegger

Franny Wentzel: I would suspect most of the people locked in metro New York car trunks are long since past the ability to open an escape latch......

in response to: Pull Tab to Escape Trunk! by Animl

belle Mears: I lived in and loved living in the romantic area of Manhattan called Yorkville from 1973-1989. My recollections and favorite impressions live inside me forever as a most treasured part of my life. One of......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Josef: This is one of the most fascinating collection of past accounts I have ever read about Bushwick. Being a farm boy from Nebraska and only having lived in New York for two years, I have......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

David Berger: Been going to Plum Beach on and off since, probably, the 1940s, certainly the 50s. Still one of the great places of New York. I've actually picked beach plums there for pie!...

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

anon (207-237-48-145.c3-0.80w-ubr9.nyr-80w.ny.cable.rcn.com): John: I have many happy memories of my childhood in Bushwick, although at the time my block was always called Ridgewood. I lived on Linden St. (between Wilson and Knickerbocker Aves.) ......

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

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

new york trains rock MTAMAN: I SAW THIS AT KET RIS SHOW IN SOHO NYC...

in response to: Optimus Prime Canvas by METRO1

rey : i remember the railroad tracks on morgan ave and montrose or meserole not to sure, but we use to walk that area as kids and it was like an adventure for us. we walk all......

in response to: Morgan Avenue by Peter

Maria in Maine: Hi again Barbara, WOW your message to me brought back so many old memories. I checked my 210 autograph book last night to see if you had signed it. I don't think you did.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner: I remember going to s roller skating ring on the other side of the Parkway, not far from New York Ave, (possibly on Union Street).I went there with Brenda Patterson. Barbara, if Mrs. Gradstein was your......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rey cintron: now thats NEW YORK baby...

in response to: Bushwick Burners by Peter

new york trains rock MTAMAN: nyc is the birthplace of graffiti trains! The red train are the tuff vintage trains that made there mark in all 5 BRONX BROOK: QUEENS MANHATON STAT ISALND...

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

Brooklynite: There are basically two sides to Brooklyn, on the west side, and along the water, it tends to be very safe middle and upper middle class neighborhoods with a few rough spots like parts of......

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

Frank from Queens New York: Just got back from driving around Pilgram State. What an awesome place. took some digital photos on the outside of the buildings. Would love to get inside & explore....

in response to: Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center by Sean Hopkins

RWgirl: My first post disappeared:( Anyway, the person who says you can be happy wherever you live is 100% wrong. In no way is that true. Even though I was born and spent my childhood......

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

anon (c-76-98-166-243.hsd1.nj.comcast.net): Hi Laura, I don't know a thing about Yorkville excepte that my daughter and family are looking favorably at an apartment on 89th, near Lexington and 3rd. I'd be much obliged if you, or anyone else......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Shaya Kilimnick: Lincoln Terrace park....a real treat on Saturday ( shabbos) afternoon....in the 50s...all the students from the crown heights yeshiva, from brownsville, chaim berlin, and from east new york, etc..used to meet and it was just......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jethro: Very nice, very nice. And wait, didn't I see this location of new york in the movie dark night? LOOOL. cool....

in response to: Vanishing Point by Peter

Sexbomb: Wow. it's rare to see a free way in new york city. ...

in response to: Trabant in NYC by ntatap

killacozzy.com/selfportrait: THE BAD PART: I've lived in this city for about seven or eight years. I moved from Detroit, Michigan. For the few years, my home was in Arlington, and I worked in......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Peter: wow, now THIS is an instant favorite. im so glad you took photos of this... and shared them with us today. i dig it. just this weekend, i was out in {east new york}, looking......

in response to: Jamaica El Being Torn Down by ntatap

Richard/19 May 2009: Sonya, so nice of you to respond. That area of New York City was one of our favorites during the summer of 1953. Our ship, USS Bennington, was at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, for......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

jethro: great shots! I would like to go to New York to practice my photography (but first I need to actually get into photography :P)...

in response to: Demolition Interruptus by CartLegger

Howard Mendes: Anyone remember Dugan's Bakery trucks? Milk bottles delivered to your door? The seltzer man? World War II rationing (gasoline, shoes, sugar, etc.) and air raid blackouts? We were told by the Civilian Defense to......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

pierre: 347- New York City 718- New York City 917- New York City 212- Manhattan Only 646- Manhattan Only ...

in response to: Flashmaps: Main Arteries into New York City & Important Telephone Numbers by Peter

Shawno: And no area codes on any of the numbers. Something tells me there's more than one area code now for New York City....

in response to: Flashmaps: Main Arteries into New York City & Important Telephone Numbers by Peter

I love graffiti...: Seems like right after I came to New York, they started cleaning up the graffiti. Thanks for posting this....

in response to: Lazer Prairie by Peter

elaine: aha! is he, now. i was surprised to see such a high quality stencil in london that wasn't banksy. but the first stencil graf i ever saw was in new york....

in response to: Kray Stencil Graf by elaine

Franny Wentzel: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cross_Harbor_Railroad]]...

in response to: Mid Atlantic States - Ports and Shipping Facilities by Franny Wentzel

Franny Wentzel: You can blame card five for a lot of it... As part of the agreement to build the {World Trade Center} New Jersey was given the nod to build metro New York's container port....

in response to: Mid Atlantic States - Ports and Shipping Facilities by Franny Wentzel

anon (111-138-58-66.gci.net): Hell yeah, old school. I didn't know dealers even used colored top vials anymore. The small blue one would go for $5 in a big city like New York or LA and more......

in response to: Crack Vials by Peter

Franny Wentzel: Correction: The building identified as the Roosevelt Hotel is in fact the Postum Building [[http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=postumbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa]]...

in response to: The Park Avenue Portal by Franny Wentzel

Progrock71: Lived in Bushwick from 1975 to 1992 and I have to say it wasn't as bad as some people make it out to be BUT it depended on which part you were in since it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

knut: Accoring to the nowegian newspapir Dagbladet, Oslo got 4 times higher crime rate than New York(new york got a very low crime rate compared to other us citys). Most off the crime in oslo is......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Doug: I enjoyed this article and the comments. Takes you right back! I grew up in Yorkville in the 1970's, living near 79th street/York Ave. Softball and Roller Hockey at John Jay, Pizza at......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

RobT: I have no problem with having a warm place to sleep but this goes beyond the warmness for homeless. There's a health issue here which can cause an epidemic if the atmosphere is right. I've......

in response to: Naptime in Newark by Peter

CartLegger: Yes, and Manahatta might have meant "place of general inebriation". [[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-45298801.html]] that's the great thing about NYC history: its a multiple choice question with multiple answers. But you do bring a up a very good point:......

in response to: Hell Gate, NY by CartLegger

Billy F.: For those people living in L.A., New York and all the large cities, all I got to say is, stay there so the plains states can stay boring. Smog, noise, rude people and traffic......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

Clare Anne: How intrigueing! My Great Grandmother's sister, Mary Bushell, was listed as a nun in the 1900 US census. She was at the Venite Adoremus Convent, 13th Street, District 60, Newark, Essex, New Jersey. Mary had a......

in response to: About Convents by jack

Dunny: These are some great picture I live in New York for a while,well on Long Island I didn't know there were that many bridges. These are some great photos Thanks...

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

Hal G: I was born in 1953 at Unity Hospital on St. John's Place. We lived at 1420 Eastern Parkway (between Ralph and Howard) in a 3 bedroom apartment across from the Eastern Parkway Arena and Brooklyn......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rusty: I remember a different Brooklyn. One that was cohesive. Had the Brooklyn Dodgers and had pride in living in that borough. Grew up in Brownsville of the 1930's to 50's. Good memories but happy to......

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