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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

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? 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

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

anon (c-69-139-11-88.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): hairsy: can,t remember the hot dog stand. I did remember cassidy's candy store at palethorpe and cambria; spring water from wissonoming park; seeing president kennedy at front and sterner st. if you get a......

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

kms: My life got flipped turned upside down. I want to type this up and tell you all about how I came to the town called Bellaire. In Cabrini Green, where I grew up and played on......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

john kearney (kearney.j@att.net): i grew up with arnie and lived in 212 west 105 street.i always wondered what became of him,he was a boy who loved to fight and had a lot of guts.last time i saw arnie......

in response to: My Old Neigborhood by Arnie Magraner

db66: i grew up at Sergeant and Coral street....went to HA Brown....Jones Jr. High and then to Frankford class of 1984. Hung out at "The Lot" and loved every minute of growing up there!!!!! ......

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

BelRoC IOFcrew: I know JA and Cope2 had a little war in the early 90's. Seen them over each other at 238th street. Never heard of them fighting over it. But I did hear a rumor of JA getting his......

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

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

EvilGentleman: I still come back and look over this article every once in a while. This time, I followed a link on Wikipedia leading here. The memories have begun to fade, yet that last shot, the one......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

Frank S: Holy cow, I can't believe it. A friend e-mailed me about the story. I did a google search and sh*t I'm back in Brooklyn. 169 Harmon -3rd floor. I hope word......

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

Roger Whitfield: Hi Guys and Girls from Cadishead I was born and bread there and fetches back memories, first time on this site the George Hotel was built and run by my family and the street at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Logan: I am a 38 year old man born and raised in bushwick. I have seen bushwick go through many changes. I can remember when the wiseguys used to spend their days in the coffee shops......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

John Dereszewski: Crystal, as I'm sure you know, the block on Covert that you lived on went through some very difficult times in the 1970's and 80's due to the many buildings that were lost through numerous......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: thanks little ukraine, would like to know your first name, but i informed my son who lives on the street where that drug bust took place. i'm generally down there every so often and......

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

Re. Hush up: If you delt with the economic conditions of this town (LIKE I DO) on an everyday basis you would see the truth. Hutchinson is a low income area! PERIOD! Why do you demand attention, you......

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

becks: M.A.V. where are you living? i'm thinking of moving to e. flatbush, is it real bad? looks pretty family to me. you think it's just street by street, some parts better than others?......

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

99˘Dreams: Car vs bike has never been a fair fight. But c'mon guys, the city was designed for HORSES, aye? Those early bikes had it rough on the cobblestones, though far less deadly. ......

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Dee: I was born in Bushwick in 1955. I left when I got married in 78. Bushwick was a really nice area until the mad exodus of the 60's everyone ran.Brodway was a great shopping area......

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

Cay: I started out hopeful and willing and embracing the challenge of fitting in and making it work. I'm just sharing with those who care to listen to go about their business, and deal with......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I want to try your technique, but your camera is an SLR, and mine is a point-and-shoot with a retractable lens, so if the lens is out, people know my camera is on. I will......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

jack: very nice pic's, i remember the area well. cruised up and down the streets in the 60's in my 56 chevy. there was a club called the 2000 club near there, a......

in response to: Two Neighborhoods by little ukraine

Gaynor Miller: Just found this site on my lunch and spent the whole hour and more just looking and remembering it was great!I can't belive a little place like Irlam and Cadishead has got this many beautiful......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

LR: Here's the lick from a lincoln park reared and raised guero who kicked it in HP (east of Cal) back in the late 80's/early 90's....Oh yeah, and before people are dismissive, let me state that......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Bean: I see Drunken fights in Bergen (Norways second largest city) every Friday and Saturday/Sunday, But the situation is different here, Oslo got these immigrant gangs that chase eachother all the time making trouble. About the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

joseph: i was born in the 60s in b'wick and i still live in the area.i seen it all from the imergence of graffiti to the constant fightings from all the gangs that imerged in the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

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

autumn: Michele,gg, keep it up. I am educated to the PhD level but also have "street smarts". Worked 20 yrs. as a CPS Social Worker. My home & 1 acre of property are the sum total......

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

JNJ: Everybody is missing the point here and underlying factor. I grew up in Humboldt Park. I lived there for 32 years. Yes, it was stressful. However, I had allot of fun......

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

EvilGentleman: If only they had digital cameras around in those days, the pictures I would have had... Then again, I suppose the dealers, crazies and cops are all groups that get upset when people take pictures......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Mitch Waxman: Marine Park is really nice, coney island a 20-30 minute drive away (belt pkwy is alway traffic plagued, so learn the local street way to go). Standard NYC logic applies- trust your instincts & if......

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

EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Lemme see, in the NWT, only Yellowknife and Fort Smith, where I trained at Thebacha Campus of Aurora College for two months in 1998. Oh, but we also had a tour of Wood Buffalo National......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

jack: nice pic peter. i had friends on bergen street years ago. got into a bad fight down that-a-way in an old saloon called the red garter. my buddy broke this guys leg......

in response to: Poor Bicycle by Peter

jack: do you remember the old garden on 48th st. and 8th ave. the fights outside were better that the fights inside. i used to eat at the old french hospital up the street......

in response to: For Jack: by Peter

anon (d149-67-171-142.col.wideopenwest.com): In 2002 I returned to N.Y. to attend my 40th High School reunion on Long Island.(My family was one of the early ones to get away when the neighborhood changed.That was in 1956 ,and I......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: [[img:8688]] on the corner of cedar street and west side highway. St. Joseph's Church was next to a Russian Orthodox Church, both disintegrated by the collapse of WTC tower. around the corner from the......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

Mach: Just btw here, didnt any Ontarians catch wind of a great film called CRASH? And I dont mean Cronenbergs sleazoid celluiod number. CRASH will make you think LONG AND HARD about incidents such as this. Mark......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Mach: WEll Observer what would you do? Whistle the theme from RAMBO through the nosehairs of your nostrils while driving the car to the paint repair shop (think BILLS + rotten burger!) or do a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Mach: I dont get it then. I pick up after people sometimes. Its no problem. I help keep my hood clean. Many cities have Adopt a Street projects, where they conduct weekly cleanups of streets they......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jestersgears: First things first, people, the street is NOT a garbage can, despite what 90% of the world thinks. Second, Don't start nothing, there wont be nothing. There's probably a whole lot of things that led......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

slapdashadam: they both did the right thing: she was standing up for what she believed in and he was standing up to the person who biffed him with her garbage. even call 1) dude shouldn't have tossed......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

angryjohnny: Kewl Dude: 2nd Feb 2006 - 18:09 GMT No, dude, you missed the point. The message is clear. If you take the law into your own hands, i.e. tossing garbage at someone, expect to get your......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

adam: ivan: read the main page.. this is a photog site (not a site for street fights)...

in response to: Storm Drains + Trolleys by Selig

Film Buff: I love it. You guys are giving me the best material for my next short. It will be a day in the life kinda thing. The first scene will be this event......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

morethanenough: Forget about banning handguns and the gun registry, these bike couriers are a threat to the very roots of our civilization. They should all be subject to detailed and thorough background and psychiatric checks, registered......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

4 mode observation: This incident is an excellent example of some of the worst features of human behaviour and the consequences that result from the actions of those who are misguided and self indulgent enough to believe they......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: On Violence Against Women: Let me first state that there is no problem of men hitting women because there are no women who are hit by men. Any male who hits a female is not a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jonesitis: Clearly this is not a case of motorist vs. cyclist. It is a prime example of urban vs. suburban lifestyle. In suburbia, it is OK to disrespect the envinronment, and people you don't......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

NewYorker: At least in (my old hometown) Toronto people still care about litter. In New York the fight was given up long ago. Everyone but the rich throw litter everywhere, on the subways, on......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (toronto-HSE-ppp4056517.sympatico.ca): I read every post from beginning to end. It wasn’t a very productive day at work… Some people made me laugh others pissed me off and a lot made me think. This is an example where you......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

To White Vest Girl: Your significant other is known to police for previous assualts, isn't he? Yes we know that. The eyewitness statements of the first incident more closely parralel the couriers side of things. The fact is your......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

observer: I am disappointed in our gutless boys in blue for not laying charges against Mr. Goliath who fights girls half his size. Never mind who hit who first. Now where are our Bay Street lawyers to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

bruce walzer: Hmmm... 1. Guy drives around irritating people by dumping garbage on the street. 2. Someone reacts to this with a display of anger. 3. Guy outright attacks the objector. 4. Sometime during the altercation guy threatens someone with a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

BigHungryAntelope: I am torn on this: On one hand, there is no excuse for her picking fights with people. People need to chill out and live and let live and stop acting like Pat Roberson! A......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

oscar: To Leah, never pick a fight you can't win. According to nature, thats a reason to boot you form the gene pool. Where you scared when he attacked you? We only need to fear what......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Chucky: the guy is a turd for throwing garbage on the street, BUT he didn't throw the garbage at her, so why the hell did she go out of her way to pick up the garbage......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Mush-: actually, they're not too far and few in between, because prevalence of occasions like this increases when nothing is done in anyone's defense. as a canadian living in america for school, i've seen a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elias666: two idiots fighting in the street like idiots. i don't give a shit that the girl is riding a bike, asshats ride bikes and drive cars, as this BS clearly demonstrates. ......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hool: i was told by police that the courier could be charged with assault for throwing the food at the motorist, and mischief for the car damage (if the motorist chose to press charges) - and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jack: peter, you awaken many memories when you mention coney and stillwell. i grew up in 50's gravesend. my family moved from bay 13th and bath to gravesend. i walked many times from......

in response to: Brooding and Almost Disappearing, in Color by joey

Survivor: To the people of the land. Sun, Moon, Stars, Water and Earth. We are all survivors. It's not the color of our skin that makes us survivors. It's the spirit of......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ELLIS G.: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ELLIS G. Continues through 12/1/05 @ KILI 81 Hoyt St. bet. State St. and Atlantic Ave. Bklyn NY A,C,G Trains to Hoyt/Schermerhorn......

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

Pounder: you guys hate so much man, I'm just tryin to get up and put my sytle out on the streets, but you guys are so hateful. why? you guys want to fight, whats that goin......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

NET PI 156 KRT: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

jack: are the baldies still around? i sat on the curb of my street in 1958 in brooklyn with a baseball bat because i wanted to help the coney island gang in the big fight.......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Peter Caine: Peter Lame- You street kids are real tuff. And if you new me, or any thing about the stuff I make you would now I have never called it art. Other people call it art.......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Confused to Nikki: Nikki - be worried, but also understand that the majority of folks in the neighborhood would wish this gang stuff would go away. Be worried but be smart, do not go out past 11. Get......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

J: I was born and raised in Humbolt Park people need to stop complaining about the Gangs cause the cops (pigs) are as fucked up as we are if not worst and all my peeps repin......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

U.F.F Reaper.: Through the lonely streets of Ulster, The Reaper comes to call, He travels from town to city, Right down to Derry's wall. When the U.F.F they call him, To come and join the fight, He......

in response to: The Field of Fun by Jamie

piru: fuck u wanna be tongan ass nigga piru will fuck ur little bitch ass up bring the heat on the street dont be a puss and fight bring the gunz LOP poppin tonganz can suck a dick and die slo LOP......

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

elaine: you don't know what will happen, so you can't guess in advance as to if intervention is a good idea or not. i tend not to join in if there are other people, and sometimes......

in response to: Girlfight by JJ

elaine: hasslehoff, you are so bloodymidedly longsuffering. you make me laugh, which is a good thing, but i have to tell you, you are never going to cure these guys of their pointless alleigences or their......

in response to: Blood Graffiti by anon

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......

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