Comments about prospect

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Rich: This is the back of this school and a small section at that. It's located right across the street from Prospect Heights HS. The school for the deaf used to be Bishop McLocklin HS an......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mrs.Gradstein was my sixth gradeteacher in 1955-6. I remember the old furniture. I never new it had been changed up till now. Therr were fruit and vegetable stores across the street from the school on Schenecktady......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rich: Hi Everybody, I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: aww yeah! he used to roll past my old place in {prospect heights}. this is the one with the big bell on the driver's side of his truck?...

in response to: The Knifeman Is Here! by CartLegger

Ellen : What can anyone tell me about Prospect Heights Hospital where I was born 9/19/1942? Dad worked at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, mom came to NY from Michigan and they were married in Little Church......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

BillH: Liz when you were born I was 24 and living in Colorado so I am a "few" years older than you. I am probably about the same age as your parents. Where did you......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Liz: Dear Mr. Hammond, I was born 1948, so I don't think we hung out together, but my Mom was a nurse at St. Mary's, probably at the time your siblings were born I have......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (cache-ntc-ab03.proxy.aol.com): Liz: My sister was born in St Marys Hospital in 1929,the only one of seve siblings born in a hospital. We all went to St Matthews school and church in the 1930s. The boys......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: hahaha! ive ridden my bike past that bus 100 times... when i was moving to my bushwick place form my {prospect heights} place, i drove past him many times, too. good score! i smiled when i saw......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

Stephen Barnes: I might go back to work there though cause Acorn was better than most schools. We were small but we had alot of heart, especially those days when we used to figh prospect heights and......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Gaynor Miller: I've just come back to this site after a year away and what a great load of memories. I used to live on Prospect Road just down from Lennie's. You all talk about the doctors......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

laz81: wow!have read with interest, the coments posted about the HAMC, sadly, its clear many know very little about the club. and i say club because it is just that, a club not a gang! to the bros and......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

prospects wife: I hear ya. It just makes me so made that people would rather believe stupid crap than ask questions. I never really intended to attack lames on this site. The one particular person I......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Michelle: "prospects wife", the only reason I wrote to you is because all the lamo-s who are keyboard jockey's on here are a joke. I can't believe every article I read and you seem to be......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

prospects wife: Michelle, I have commented on on this page. No I am not the moderator of this page. Clearly the message I left was not intended for evweryone to understand. You ask me why I am so......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Michelle: "prospects wife", are you the moderater of this page? Suddenly my opinion is down. It's fun to come here now and read all the nonsense bullsheisse people have written down. All I'm trying to say......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

YoYo: I'll never forget coming upon this cemetery as a child with my brother. While exploring Prospect park we just happen to come across it. We were in awe. My brother and I tried to climb......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

prospects wife: Hi Mikey, I see your getting around!!...

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, Was Lennie's near Prospect Rd. in Cadishead? The name is very familiar, but I just can't quite place it. Do you remember the name of Beswick's......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent......

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

Hunter: I'd like to make two points at this time. First, it seems that most of the dissatisfaction with Hutchinson revolves around the lack of "good", i.e. well-paid jobs. As I mentioned earlier, there are no......

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

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

Chris: Loew's Pitkin, 5 cent hot dog war, Jungle Jim's coconut drinks (Strauss off Pitkin), Pizza DEn (HOme of the Square Pizza- Amboy off Pitkin). Wuhan Tea Garden (Pitkin between SAratoga and Strauss), Rainbow, Barton's, Barricini,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: guy: thanks for your posts; im glad to see youre taking a crack at going pro- best of luck! additionally, ive enjoyed looking at your posts; the ones concerning exotic animals, especially, are just so......

in response to: Its Been Almost Two Years Since I Posted by Guy McLaren

Dick: The neighborhood during the early 40's was fabulous. PS 241 on President Street was new. In the schoolyard, softball center & right field were along the fence to the BMT trench. A home run hit......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rick: I lived at 881 Washington Ave (Carroll St) across from Botanic Gardens, Clara Barton (H.S. for Homemaking) and PS 241. What a place to grow up - deadend street to play in plus three school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: Whoops, That's not Prospect road, it is New Moss Road opposite the George. I have been away too long. John....

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: [[img:24335]] George Hotel on left, Prospect Rd on right. Working mens club was the Salvation Army hall when I was young. [[img:24336]] Early picture of the George Hotel. ...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: im 30. im not rich. i live in bushwick because i can afford it and because its, for the most part, a hard-working, family-rich neighborhood thats free of yuppie condos, starbucks and the like. it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Sandra (Savain)Fernandez: I lived on Eastern Parkway in the late60s-70s, 763 to be exact it was a beautiful building. I loved going to the Musuem , the Botanical Garden , the Brooklyn Library, Grand Army......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mama Mia: Wife of Angel to be...I wish your husband luck prospecting. Thanks for the comments also, I felt like someone had to put a lil light on the subject. And Miguel...the bike HA's own have......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Sheila Hilton: Very nice to hear from you, Cyril. I do now remember that your shop was on Fiddlers Lane. I was confusing the shop with another greengrocer near to where Culshaw's shop was on the corner......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

miguel ayala aka Mike: To greg w so would I and maybe someday i'll get the chance to go back to New York and stop by E3rd st and try to prospect for the brotherhood of the HA...

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Bosley Latimore: It appears that young persons who are currently considering relocating to sections of Brooklyn such as Cobble Hill, Borum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Grand Army Plaza, or even Brooklyn Heights, would be well advised to consider......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Peter: im in the middle of moving to {bushwick} from {prospect heights} right now, actually. ill keep you posted. so far, i really like it in bushwick. if i was worried even the slightest bit, i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Peter: cay: firstly, i think its humorously ironic that you qualify "not scaremongering" by saying "god knows {nyc} is scary enough". thats a dated, inaccurate and stereotypical statement that i dont appreciate much, as a {new......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Me: The cemetery in Prospect Park has been used for decades by devil worshipers. When I was a kid, a few friends & I found dead chickens & voodoo dolls in this cemetery. We would......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Alan D.: Thanks for the photo. Like Joan, I was born in Prospect Heights Hospital, but in 1945; unhappily moved to the Bronx in 1955. BUT, Brooklyn is still in my blood. Andrea Kaufman and Tibby Ludden,......

in response to: Park Place by Peter

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

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

K Bernstein: I lived in an apartment building at Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue in the 1950s. Eastern Parkway was a beautiful street, with its two pedestrian malls with benches and trees. The street was lined with......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: you must have been in my neck of the woods... the shot of the roses stuck in the signpost is totally {prospect heights}... actually, the brown building in the background is on the corner of......

in response to: Brooklyn Wanderings by bk racer

SULLIVAN: The Prospect Park zoo had elephants, polar bears, monkeys, lions, tigers, and a pony track where kids could get a ride in a poney wagon. In addition, there were row boats & peddle boats on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Joan: I was born at Prospect Heights Hospital in l94l and lived on Park Place until l95l. I have not been back for many, many years, and I love this......

in response to: Park Place by Peter

colavitos ghost: i´ve always thought that prospect heights had a timeless feel about it, and i think you´ve captured that in these shots. kudos!...

in response to: I\'ve Lived in Crown Heights for Just About Fifteen Days by little ukraine

ROBERT: I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM PROSPECT PARK AND WAS JUST WATCHING MONTY CLIFT BIOGRAPHY AND IT MENTIONED THE CEMETERY. WAS MY PARTNER AND I SHOCKED AND HAPPY CLIFT IS NEAR US. I WISH I......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

toast: I live one block away, and they are the nicest people. I just bought my bike, and needed a place to get it inspected, and they were really helpful. How can I join?......

in response to: Imperial Bikers Motorcycle Club by Peter

Peter: there are many geno's. this one is in {prospect heights}......

in response to: Gino\'s Pizza by Peter

Schrodinger's Cat: Actually the construction of this building started in late 1989 . It was supposed to be a 58 storey high office tower called the Bay Adelaide Tower. It was......

in response to: White Elephant Down by Tom Miller

Nug Flex: Thanks Pete, the diffusion of misinformation is a dangerous prospect for us all....

in response to: Hells Kitchen by jack

colavitos ghost: peter, i've always meant to ask you if you've read "the fortress of solitude" by jonathan lethem. it's a really wonderful book, and is set in prospect heights (it takes the gentrification issue head-on). anybody......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

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

jay: this pic is grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! but it it vanderbilt and park or vanderbilt and prospect? looks like prospect to me....

in response to: Vanderbilt Avenue by Night by Peter

jfilip: I'm going to be in Sarnia this weekend, with my bicycle in tow. I plan to spend a day tooling around the city taking photos. I'm half-slightly excited about the prospect....

in response to: Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night by zagg

az: can anyone tell me which block this is? it's gorgeous. my grandparents and great grand-parents and great aunts and uncles occupied a building at 1522 park place in the 30s,40s, and after. i wonder......

in response to: park place by sine

jamie: you have some real tacky shopfronts around prospect heights...

in response to: Around Prospect Heights by Peter

EvilGentleman: Yes indeed, it was hard at first, but once bag-tagging was taken to hand, a good stiff competition soon developed. One great prospect after another would rise to the forefront, only to be sacked shortly......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Peggy: To Barbara Wagoner I too have relatives buried in Prospect. First you need to call Friends in Manhattan and make an appointment with them to have someone meet you at the cemetery. When you......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

Charlie Lupo: I think Riverside Park is stunning and beautiful and offer's New Yorker's many different ways to enjoy a piece of green space in a city as complex as we are. But to say......

in response to: Riverside Park by Peter

Peter: random curious fact: in {prospect heights}, the signs for {st marks} just say {st marks}, and do not include the {ave} notation at the end, as they do in {park slope}. same goes for most......

in response to: No Horn Blowing Except for Anger by Peter

Peter: the [[4216:bajaj of brooklyn]], chained up to the [[3911:drinking water sampling station]] in {prospect heights}: [[img:12687]] ...

in response to: Vespas by Peter

EvilGentleman: I am surprised at how much of my weather training has been forgotten in the seven years since I last worked at the weather station. I guess that is why they made us work a......

in response to: Mt. Rainier & Lenticular Clouds by aer suzuki

Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,......

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

Peter: a stella parked in {prospect heights}, {brooklyn}: [[img:12078]] [[http://www.genuinescooters.com/stella.html]]...

in response to: Vespas by Peter

Jamie: i like the big sky in your recent photos of {Prospect Heights}...

in response to: Buy One Carlos, Get One Free by Peter

Peter: a classic 1971 p-1800 volvo coupe spotted in {prospect heights}, {brooklyn}: [[img:11293]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_P1800]]...

in response to: Volvos and Vespas by Peter

jeeff: the major mechanism in rental increases isn't the capped yearly increase that landlords get with current tenants, it's the unlimited increase landlords get by kicking out their tenants en masse to redevelop a property. ......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

indykid: One of the most visited places on the Marsh is Prospect Cottage: "Derek Jarman was drawn to Dungeness by its desolate character; he used it as the setting for his film The Last of England, an......

in response to: Looking Down Danger Nose by elaine

Peter: franklin is a littel far north, sort of pushing {crown heights}, but id recommend {prospect heights}, for sure. its safe, of course. this isnt hte {brooklyn} of the 1970s anymore, you know ;)...

in response to: Building Slice by Peter

alison: Hi there: I'm considering moving to Prospect Heights (renting). Could you tell me how the neighborhood is? I saw a listing for a place on the corner of Franklin and Bergen. Is that is safe area?......

in response to: Building Slice by Peter

anon (nytgate05.nytimes.com): I been back and forth between E O and Newark in the early 80's. No matter if you live on N. Maple or Renshaw...if you're from Nutley or some shit like that...If they......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

LOL : Chicago Gang Watch Journal: “Ready to fuck” Humboldt park: Hernando “King Cock” Martinez, leader of the Almighty Crazy Gay Latin Kings (ACGLK’s) has split from the gang. Rumor has it that he was kidnapped by......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: i found some more oldskool ones in {prospect heights}, what with the torch/ice-cream finial atop: [[img:9056]] [[img:9057]] [[img:9058]] (the sticker on the closeup reminded me of [[wiki:Robert Indiana]] and elaine's "if you see kay" friend...) ...

in response to: I Double-Dare You to Pull It by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: jack: ive got a kawasaki! incidentally, its a pain to ride over cobbles. especially the rough, torn up cobbles near the {prospect heights} {post office} on {fulton}. wheres your camera? are you still taking photos?...

in response to: Swarm of Bikes by Guy McLaren

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Thanks EvilGentleman! I know to the Canadians, a couple of feet of snow is practically summer, but I was quite surprised when the schneider shovel and I went out there. I'm thrilled at the prospect......

in response to: Cat\'s Brave Battle with the Snow. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: adam, there are three ways to get to Kangirsujuaq, but only two of them are realistic. The primary mode of transportation into town is by airline. The only airline that goes there on a scheduled......

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

Eric the Yellow-bellied: Eric: "I'm a cyclist and a motorist, so maybe I have a unique prospective..." WhatEVER. Many of us who are primarily cyclists also have cars -- I'll lay odds you're a motorist who owns a bike.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Eric: I'm a cyclist and a motorist, so maybe I have a unique prospective...I would never litter, but IF I DID, and this self righteous tree hugger threw it back in my car, I would have......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Pondering: I do not understand folks trying to stir things up after Leah said she's letting it drop. She admitted that she was not blameless and could be charged with assault. Why persuade her to become......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Scunny: Back in the day (25 years ago), when I first started as a bike courier, I too was guilty of returning litter to motorized slobs in much the same manner (although I never actually had......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Peter: yeah, i figured it had to be in {prospect heights} :)...

in response to: Van-o-plane by Peter

GGP: ooh, boy. not sure i remember. over in prospect heights somewhere, a few months back, actually. perhaps on washington?...

in response to: Van-o-plane by Peter

Peter: I do that with the shuttle train where it surfaces up near the {brooklyn botanic garden}, and also where it crosses {park place} in {prospect heights} (like in [[1534:this entry]])... i love watching them go......

in response to: Peterborough and the Smells of Pollution, Etc... by Colin James Watling

Peter: mine parked in front of {Soda Bar} in {Prospect Heights}: [[img:7337]] ...

in response to: Vespas by Peter

Peter: more {boner}, spotted in {prospect heights}: [[img:7088]] ...

in response to: GGP\'s Voo-Voo Building by Peter

kc: I'll vote with GGP on the red-tailed, though I am no hawk expert. Still, size looks right and I think that stripe-y necklace around the neck may be somewhat diagnostic. Plus it looks just like......

in response to: Grubbin\' by Nairi

Peter: wow! i caught that "bureau of bridges" truck again at a redlight yesterday morning over in {prospect heights}: [[img:6960]] [[img:6961]] note {leeto} tag......

in response to: Graf Trux 12: The Vans of Williamsburg by Peter

Peter: i spotted another kronan in {prospect heights}... what a rare sight: [[img:6959]] ...

in response to: Tankbike by Peter

Peter: morgan: check out the {prospect heights} blog at [[http://www.dailyheights.com]] and the neighborhood forum at [[http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=2]] theyre both very useful, especially if youre moving to the neighborhood... so much info and community....

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

Morgan: I just got an apartment in Prospect Heights on St. Johns Place. Can anyone give me any info about that part of town? ...

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

makr1: then why do you take credit? youre nothing but a skill-less hypocrite. i saw your "art" in prospect heights.... it sucks ass. for all the shit talking and posturing you do, i expected far more. plus,......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

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