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deeds: Kool Rah...I came up in Doddtown too. lived on girard ave. lived in that apt from 1970-1983...moved to WO then for high school. i loved living in doddtown...best memories from then. spent every day of......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Doc S.......: Yo, Mitch - I don't think my uncle owned the store - he was just employed there as a pharmacist. Did you go to 241 also??I'm trying to remember some of the other stores in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

islam: Waya qawmi malee adAAookum ila alnnajati watadAAoonanee ila alnnari 'O my people! How strange that I should beckon you towards redemption whilst you beckon me towards the Fire! TadAAoonanee li-akfura biAllahi waoshrika bihi ma laysa lee......

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

margarita kontarovich : www.bigger.com blospost www.blospost.com i have my book of lots 400 in my parents's house ...

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Peter: yeah, ana. thats a lyric from a song about the pedantic nature of putting up too many signs to control what people can and cant do. i was poking fun at your reference to the......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Ana: they should ban flying Kites at Milleken Park. One more thing i've noticed about some people who go to that park is that they always feed the birds although there is a sign not to......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

needa_dayoff@hotmail.com: I grew up on knickerbocker avenue parallel to the park in an appartment just over the italian cafe and across from the bar always interesting outside my window I was a little kid when we......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Mike's little sister: I grew up in Regent Park, almost 18 years there, and left in 1981. I am far away and only have been told about the revitalization. Lot of sadness and a lot of happiness found......

in response to: Regent Park Revitalization by jeeff

Warren S. : Jeeeezzzz... guys! Richie... Joe, thanks for the support on this one. Once I had my responding comment out there, I couldn't return for a while just to cycle it out of my system a tad.......

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

EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch. And thanks for the explanations, editor. From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

dena: I have lived in the Humboldt Park area all my 50 years and seen many changes for the better yet the gangs are a big problem still in our community and schools in the area......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Frank Sulman's: Dear fellow people of Montreal City, it is sad to see that we are losing a great piece of history and landmark Bens Restaurant. It was brought to my attention at a meeting this summer that......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: About the disappearing pictures...I forgot to add comments/descriptions and inadvertently sandwiched them together edge-to-edge, making them look as one. Asked the editors to remove my post so I could repost it properly, which got done......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Matt: We recently inherited a 27 year old corella. he is a fantastic talker and entertainer. He loves my wife and also the lady who gave him to us but he seems quite keen to bite......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Humboldt1: I am happy to get rid of all the gangbangers. I have confronted drug dealers and will surely do it again. I do not want the kids on my street living around this......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

punsterbill: Born in Williamsburg Hospital in '41. Lived on first floor of 99 Stockholm St until '47 when we moved to Cornelia Street. went to PS 56 on Bushwick Ave, Halsey JHS and one......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

alin: sall am 13 ani preactic parkour de 5 luni sun in klan cu stefy...

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

stefy: sall am 11 ani practic parkour de 8 luni este supeeeeeeerrrr parkourul...

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

procyon: Medicalfools: I also know that some higher-ups want the best for it--someone posted a letter to that effect from Dorothy Lewandowski elsewhere on citynoise, and I recently read that they've started applying for a spot......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

Andy yerks: its just the coolest feeling being there, because its just history torn apart :C...

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

medicalfools: "procyon: Some people suspect the Parks Department is hoping for exactly that, so they'll have an excuse to tear it down." this is BS. i know for a fact that higher-ups within the parks dept. loves......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

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

BOB: The congress theater as of a few years ago is completely unused last of the occupants out of business.The Rivera on St. Johns and Kingston was demolished. Cameo on Eastern Pkwy is being used as a church. Utica is......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jason: I'm learnin spanish in school and i have to do a project on something i'm interested in but to do with spain. How can i find out about parkour in spain?...

in response to: Le Parkour: An Introduction by 3flow

CartLegger: Peter: I hate to disagree with you, but a quick look at your sources points out a flaw in your conclusion. Scorecard, a generally dependable site for a wide range of release, is way off......

in response to: Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility by Peter

Andy yerks: Im working for metro north now, and for the past week weve been parking our cars at the old plant, im going to get some pictures tomorrow and post them here for u guys, i......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

luna park: it was a giant, impressive piece of rooftop graffiti done by a guy who goes by read more books AKA reader AKA booker... the big skulls made me happy every time i rode past on......

in response to: Lofts for Rent by Peter

luna park: this building used to have the most incredible read more piece... until recently....

in response to: Lofts for Rent by Peter

Allan: I seem to recognize the name Carole Cohen. Just a blur. I think the last time I saw Judy O was about 1959 and I'm sure I wouldn't recognize her today. I seem to recall......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I had a dream about Webb's Bakery the other night. I woke up dying for one of their butter cookies with the chocolate center drop. I Googled Webb's and this is what I found! OMG--just......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

jan: My grandparents (Rankin) and my Mom later (Raney) lived on Barren Island for a lot of years-they brought their houses by boat to "Bergan Beach" to continue living, They had to leave because of Floyd......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

TheDude: have any of you ever been inside the building? I think you're being too quick to judge, compared to the drivel that is going up in the rest of the city - most with......

in response to: M9 by CE

Rolf: hey lets all get off the computer, get out there and parkour.stay sweet y'all....

in response to: le parkour: london waterloo jam by 3flow

Jay Parker: I was there on 9/20/08. I was visiting my home town with my son for the first time and wanted to show him this spot [along with E Manual on 66th & Montifore in Queens......

in response to: Shearith Israel Cemetery by Peter

Doc S.......: ...I graduated from P.S. 241 in 1958 - lived on Union Street (1060) between Franklin and Bedford. I vividly remember Ben & Sol's, and Radin's delicatessens - I ate at both. The Pharmacist at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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

Humboldt1: I am one of those yuppies moving in and buying up property. I see real opportunity in areas like Humboldt Park and Logan Square. Now, I live in Humboldt Park in an apartment......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Chillygirl: I don't live on Kauai, but I think I understand both points of view. As both a hunter and a conservationist, I have a suggestion for both sides to consider. Since the chickens are suffering......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

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

Allan: Richie, What year did you graduate from 167? Me - 59. Judy also had another brother I think. We lived in same apartment house and same floor. I think I recognize the name Joel Bercy. Right......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

luna park: it's on north 14th street in williamsburg, pretty close to kent ave. what's the connection with all those terms, bushwick?...

in response to: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by luna park

procyon: ...otherwise it might try to climb the wall using those conveniently placed pegs and go hang out on the roof? The Curb Your Dog signs in the park near my old building had terrific '60's-looking Scotty......

in response to: Curb Your Dog by Peter

Gonebutnot forgotten: Grew up on Montrose Avenue across from Most Holy Trinity Church. What a beautiful church. Always reminded me of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Had cousins who went to school there and remember walking to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Allan: Found this site, and these posts are fascinating. PS 167 brings back memories. Graduated in 1959. Sorry I hardly recall any of my teachers' names. Might remember if I heard them. I do recall my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Humboldt1: Arquitecto, Seriously, you don't need to use all the 5 dollar words. I have been in Humboldt Park for the past 3 years, having purchased an apartment building here in which I live. I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Humboldt1: I have been in Humboldt Park for the last 3 years. I have seen some slight improvements but admit the area has a long way to go. ...

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Vanesa: this actually wasn't temporary. the torch stayed lit all throughout the olympics and all throughout the paralympics as well. just wanted to point that out:)...

in response to: The Olympic Rings and Flame by EvilGentleman

Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Warren S.: PS. There is nothing like the truth to set things right. As Jesus taught: "The truth will set you free." Dancing around it never did anything of the sort. Apparently Sister D.P. forgot to teach......

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

scott: Happiness comes where ever you are...it is up to you to find it. Oh, and don't look for it in your neighborhood or part of town...it comes from within. Those of you who......

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

Mary: oh and another thing, in Toronto we have are friendly to our environment and eco green and it's great and all but STUPID People insist on putting their COMPOST bucket outside beside their house and......

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

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Fran: I lived in Luna Park in one of the buildings on west 12th Street til the early 70's and remember the Bonomo Turkish Taffy factory on west 8th Street. Anyone know when that was built?...

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

David: Past comments indicate Tower St. now mostly new developments. My mother in law was born at 26 Tower St in 1904. Does anyone know if that building is still there? We live in......

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

Michael: Just took a tour of Franklin Avenue. Anyone remember eating at Radin's Deli or Ben & Sol? My friends used to argue which deli had the best french fries. I lived at 334 Eastern Parkway.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Marybel Perez Ridley: I lived in Sunset Park from 1962-1989 I moved to the midwest and I visit alot still have family there. I grew up going to sunset park and had a lot of great memories.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

surfer: Answer to Megan> Bensonhurst is changing from Italian to Chinese. Still a good neighborhood. Answer to Danielle> Sunset park is now called the 2nd Chinatown. Excellent neighborhood. I grew up there in the 50's & 60's.......

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

fiona : very fond memories, in fact i visited 3 years ago, i remember my dad walking me round & getting stung by nettles! my great grandfather was the blacksmith ( believe the vets car park is......

in response to: Castle Balfour by barry

Anon: Pac's original nick name was "PacMAN" but later changed to pac. KTA is a crew, not a person. It consists of a few good friends of mine, PAC, LOWF, HAVIK, GNAR, SYGLE, MOD and a......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Marinus Abrahamse: These are very valuable photos. I am a Hydrometric Surveys Technologist with Water Survey of Canada (part of Environment Canada). We have a water level monitoring gauge a few hundred feet below the Pottery Road......

in response to: Don River Flood by Michelle

RUTH NELSON SHERMAN: MY MEMORIES GO FURTHER BACK. I NEVER LIVED IN bROOKLYN BUT WOULD SPEND A LOT OF SUMMERS WITH MY BUBBY AND UNCLE A 1710 CARROL ST. MY PARENTS MET ON A BENCH ON EASTERN PKWY AND......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JP1515JeffersonAve: I find it amazing that so many have so many different views yet we all have a common thread...the Love of our hood. I grew up in Bushwick back in the 70's through the 90's.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

chris: That looks pretty good compared to this rat trap. Don't ever come to Wisconsin unless your some dipshit cheesehead. Boring beyond belief.If you took every fucking German and threw them into a furnace it could......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Lexxi: Great to know that the legend of Mr. Rufus Rockhead lives on with the naming of the street near Atwater Market, unfortunately most Montrealers have no idea of the history associated with this brilliant man......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

Alan (Silver) Glasgow: Listen up you heathens , yeds I hate the pope... but don't get me wrong al this ftp and uda or uff or ''whatever'' is the in-thing to say (cos you prods of which......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Danielle : i probably will rent a room in brooklyn sunset park ...is it save ? I will be working in manhattan and coming late from work ...i never been in new york and im scared hearing......

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

mike: im from the philippines, and i think all cities are awesome, specially shanghai and dubai with its fast growing rise of structures. Also the Global city in Taguig is developing fast. i heard the Tallest bldg......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Steve - Albox, Almeria: If (en español) Si puedes mantener tu cabeza cuando todos acerca de usted Están perdiendo el suyo, y que culpar a usted, Si puedes confiar en ti cuando todos los hombres duda usted, Sin embargo, para......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

anon (c-66-229-236-128.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): any body live on 61st street near Bay Parkway in Bensonherst back in early 1970s say hello larry2.0@comcast.net...

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Joe Drexler: I was born in Bushwick and lived on Himrod St. between Central and Wilson Aves.from 1962 to 1974.I enjoyed reading the blackout article but must say that there was an approximate 17 year downward spiral......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Guitarista81: We went to manhattan in 05' and felt so safe, 1st time ever been there im 26 walked all around uptown-downtown at night, I felt safe as shit. People like force could be believable if......

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

Bill Diggins: i grew up on granite street off bushwick in the 50s and early 60s. went to our lady of lourdes off desales pl.granite was a dead end. led up to bing belly hill over the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Bill Diggins: i grew up at 77 granite street. off bushwick ave. pilling and chauncey and halsey streets nearby..dead end street that led to the bing belly hill over the tracks near aberdeen park. railroad boys??? ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Xavi: Humboldt Park has its social ills (and as you can see from the rest of my diatribe, there are specific historical/social/political reasons why) but it is a ghetto struggling to maintain the rich social networks,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

thesouthernapple: Hey everyone, I'm sad to see the neighborhood in such decline. But I'm glad to see so many memories here, about the Ave. I graduated Valerdictorian from St. Marks in 1985, and I know that......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Tracy 3rd Sep 2008 21:30 GMT: All I want to say is I walked that road day in and day out for one reason being to take my daughters to school . On the odd Occision when I looked around me I......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Maz: Just for you Peter - http://www.cr5.co.uk/tour/Tourviewer_CR5.html Click on the third Netherne picture and you will see the old mental hospital buildings which are now apartments, mentioned by Simon Cornwell in his posting about Netherne. Netherne is the village......

in response to: Private Parts ! by Maz

C, B and Ontario: It is great to read all of those who remember how we grew up and how things used to be. It brings back tons of great memories, I moved out of the area once I......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

nk: You may not have intended for this to be a "school-choosing" site, but don't sit there and pretend that coming across a picture like this would not influence your decision in choosing a school for......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

nk: This picture is not a picture of the school - and it's sad that you would want to give the impression that the school actually looks like this. This is the back of the school......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

ken vaughan: we used to call this "the old castle, when we played here as children in the fiftys and early sixtys. my father told several ghost stories about the place , one very scary and particulary......

in response to: Portora Castle by barry

herb weitz: got to union & kingston around 1938-9 went to 167 for 1 semester then the crown heights yeshiva (310 crown)next to ps161 at 13 I discovered Shwabies poolroom HEAVEN, a warm place to play hookey and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

d saunders: these photos of the website are wonderful as i mentioned earlier, my great uncle ernest died aged 12 at netherne asylum in 1920 and i am trying to find out if he was buried there......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Karlo: Wrong.None of the people who walked their children to school were involved in any attacks.There had been a number of incidents involving people from both communities previous to this,and im not going to argue who......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

CrazeOne: Hey Trans. I was also in KOF nad still keep in touch with TASK. He is SWIPE's cuz but I dont think he was actually part of the crew. Do I know you? Damn you......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Megan: Hello, I have recently relocated to NY and am living in Bensonhurst, near Bay Parkway and 66th. I was wondering if I could get people's opinions on how safe it is for a single, white......

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

Maz: Another one for Botany fans. [[img:29017]] Taken at a farm near Leatherhead, Surrey UK this week where they are experimenting with a new crop. In early spring a spark plug is placed in the soil and come......

in response to: Exotic Slurpee Plant? by zagg

Lucifer: Fred is a likeable rogue, always drunk but more often than not he is polite with it. He likes women with large breasts who he refers to as Dolly Parton. I worked with him in......

in response to: Dancing Fred by clarky

Babushkah Zblcowszksky: Hell NO....The place is spot-less..WHERE? I was there with my Husband Stanislaw last Monday,August 25-th and we took a walk through the path at the end of the railroad ties walking east towards the Marine......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

madamep: I was there then, and you really nailed it for what it was like. I was the groupie mom's roommate. I still don't know what that was about. Her trip not mine. I wasn't into......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

Antoine Whitfield: yo, I get a rush nostalgia when i hear you all talk about the the old hood... i didn't realize our shared history and how diverse we are as people "Bushwick Bred". Wow, i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Frankie Five Angels: My nana lived at 154 Wilson Avenue until 1970...belonged to St. Joseph Patron and lived next door to Bonsignore Funeral Home..which is now a church. I have very fond memories of LaRossa bakery, Giangrasso's and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

WinstonSmith: Great image and yes it was once the world's tallest. My most profound memory of the Woolworth Building was being on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade late on the night of 9-12-01 and seeing the......

in response to: Was World\'s Tallest by Peter