Comments about the gates

There are 71 comments about "the gates"

Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the......

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

Angela Bentley: Hi everyone I asked this question before didn't get a response but I grew up all over brooklyn, last years in the city I grew up in ridgewood area Palmetto ave, gates ave and onondonk......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

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

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

Lou Romero: Good exchange UFF, The catholic schools other reason for closing was the declining enrollment from the local neighborhoods (ie: PRs and Blacks), many of these families could not afford the tuition. I remember classmates of mine going to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Bertha Gibson (Sanchez): Hello to all. Great blog here. Louis (Koochie....smile) Oh my goodness, I remember viewing Father Heitz' body in the rectory (1970?). Fourteen Holy Martyrs (on Central/Schaffer St) merged with St. Martin's (on Knickerbocker/Weirfield St) and......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Charlie Gouldie: I was born in Weir St 1960 and went to St Margarets, I still stay in Plantation next to the new Squinty Bridge. I still go round to the Stanley Bar where a lot of......

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

Busy MSD: It's really hard to forget a place like Bushwick, I used to live on Central Ave, between Putnam and Cornelia, and I still keep great memories. I used to hang out on Putnam, Between Knickerbocker......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Angela Bentley: This is sad there is no need for all this bickering. This is a nice site to see if anyone of the old timers remember each other...I am still looking if anyone lived on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Barbara Leone: If anyone has pictures of St Barbaras please email them to me...........I miss that church so much. I lived on gates ave between central and wilson 1954 to 1965. Does anyone remember maxs grocery......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

dirana1: You have got to be kidding me. Does anyone out there know the history of the place? It was British, you at least have that much right. However, it was originally and......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

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

Angela Bentley: I lived on gates have around 1975 or so then moved to onderdonk ave and palmetto street around 1978-1979...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

antblack: Steven H, Sammy - I remember going to Loews Gates on Broadway to see my King Fu Double features. We used to climb the roofs of the Rheingold brewery for fun. and also PS 274's......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Barbara Leone: I lived on Gates ave in the 60s moved in 1966. Angela what year did you live on gates ave I lives at 1301 gates ave and had lots of friends on Palmetto st and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Angela Bentley: Looks like no one has been on look at this wonderful site and letting people remember the past. I am still trying to find out if any one remembers kathleen fisher who lived on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Barbara Leone: I Lived on {Gates} Ave between {Central} and {Wilson}. Think about {St. Barbara}'s all the time. I lived in {Bushwick} from 1953 to 1964. Anyone know me please email. I had lots of friends from......

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

Angela Bentley: I lived on Gates ave then on Onderdyke avenue use to hang out on Palmetto street. I am looking for a family that lived on Palmetto street. This would of been about 25-28......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alan Taylor: Thinking of Liverpool Road travelling towards Cadishead you had Tramway Road running diagonal from it to the railway embankment which had a 'tunnel' through to the side of the steelworks main entrance then from Liverpool......

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

Alan Taylor: A few more oldies The Boathouse [[img:26017]] Irlam Locks showing the completed sluice gates [[img:26018]] Digging their way under the rail bridge [[img:26019]] ...

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

SCW: How about Bushwick East of Gates Ave and the proximity to Brownsville? Doesn't Brownsville have the highest murder rate in the city?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

FRED MEGLIO: HI JIM I ALSO RECALL THE HALSEY BOBS AND ELLERY BOBS I RE CALL SINGING DO OPP MUSIC WITH A GROUP OF DUDES ON MY CORNER ANYONE RE CALL BRANDLERS BAKERY 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jimmy: Hi, I was born in Bushwick, 1950 and lived there till 1963. I lived on the corner of Grove Street and Evergreen Avenue. I remeber the Halsey Bops, The Ellery Bops, The Flaming Saints. Cypress Park, Hyland......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as......

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

FRED MEGLIO: I LIVE IN BUSHWICK SECTION FROM 1946 TO 1979 THE 50S AND 60S WERE GREAT! LIVED 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN WILSON AND KNICKERBOCKER AVENUES WE NEVER LOCKED OUR DOORS AT NIGHT TILL THE 70S CAME......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bk Finest: I never lived in Bushwick but am very familiar with the nieghborhood. Its funny back in the days Bushwick was known for its good weed. As far as I can remember we'd take trips......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Randy: I remember the July 13, 1977 blackout if it was yesterday, i was 21, me and my brother had brought a brand new car that we shared an oldmoble 98 regency, we loved that car,......

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

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

coastagirl66: i have an herritage to be a princess but have not put a suit on for years. i have met many many pearlies but one pearly stay's in my mind george pearly king of peckham;......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jim: I've just come to know that I my great, great, great Grandmother is buried at Mokom Sholom. It is my understanding that they now keep the gates locked at all times and that, if......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

Mr M Gates: yes i was raise in the horner and i will miss that place mainly because of the remember of growing up there and the many friend that was lost because of the gangs and also......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

CartLegger: "At its core, psychogeography investigates the relationship between urban space and one’s psychological state. Nothing heightens a person’s awareness of his/her environment more acutely than being lost." [[http://www.confluxfestival.org/conflux2007/urban-disorientation-game/]]...

in response to: Conflux Festival: CrippleBush Ghost Tour by CartLegger

Frank: For the record, there are two entrances open on Sundays. One is at the south end of Mokom Sholom cemetery (the western strip) and the other is at the north end of Acacia cemetery......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

99¢Dreams: Damn! Major props to you, Peter! An overnight photo montage after my idle posting. You've even captured the full range, from the mundane to the overWROUGHT. Couldn't have happened better or quicker had I been......

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

upfromflames: nice work Peter! Photos on demand! It comes across as a photo poem, and I just keep hearing again and again in my head---The Gates are Open! ...

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

John Dereszewski: In talking of Bushwick portals, you might wish to take a few pictures of the now vanishing number of awnings placed above the entrances of houses - both wood frame and masonry - in......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

upfromflames: The "gates" could also refer to the proud sculptures on the front gates of new Housing Partnership homes popping up all over Bushwick--specifically around Central Ave. M. Train Station. But the point here is that......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

99¢Dreams: Hey Peter, do you live in Bushwick, or are you just often there? I ask because your post reminds me of a photo project I've contemplated, but never executed: "Bushwick Gates" I'm referring to a quintessential Bushwick......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: He's leading the tour, dude! See ya there! Meet on Wykoff @ Gates at 1PM on Saturday. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

highwalker: been there a few times last year - 'twas fun while it lasted, the best part was slipping past the (now apparently dismantled) steel gates and fences, and getting into that huge building on the......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Dee: These pictures just make me angry and depressed. My poor mother had to live in this shit. NO PIZZA DELIVERIES NO CHINESE FOOD DELIVERIES NO DELIVERIES OF ANY KIND. WE looked like the poor bastards......

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

shankill: Wouldnt live anywere else!! thers great shops and cafes and the people are the most friendly by far. tourists walk freely all over the shankill and along the peace walls, signing their names and leaving messages......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

in response to: Blinding Success: Urban Signage by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: Three gates from the left end of this building: [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=45.460259,-73.751714&spn=0.001832,0.003616&z=18]]...

in response to: Airport Security, My Ass! by EvilGentleman

Don Canham, Lt. NYFD Ret.: That fire was no "all hands" fire. It was a Boro Call. A boro call is when you run out of enough companies to handle the fire and resort to using companies from other boros,......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: The All Hands Fire by upfromflames

VinniethePooh: There's oe on the block of Nostrand between GATES AVE. & QUINCY AVE. The Gates side used to have a club before the arabs took the store on the corner. The Quincy side has a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

DAVE: The above has the date 1890 [[img:17790]] T1131. This photograph illustrates the huge scale of the Manchester Ship Canal construction. Irlam locks were the third set of locks encountered by users of the Ship Canal. The locks......

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

DAVE: [[img:17788]] T1208. On the night of 16th March 1969 the Manchester Courage crashed into the gates of Irlam Lock at 23.05 hours. In the Port of Manchester Review of 1969 it mentions that there have been......

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

KAYO: I REMEMBER BUSHWICK OF THE '50S. RIDING THE TROLLEY THEN BUS DOWN TO GATES AVE TO SHOP AND BANK WITH MY MOTHER. SHOPPING ON BWAY IN THE CANDY STORE,BAKERY AND MR. LAST'S DELI THEN THE......

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

sine: Update: I just watched the ABCNews report on Nightline about the Foley 'incident'. Earlier I had reported Mark Foley's connection with Scientology after he entered rehab in Clearwater, FL (Refer to above article). Segment one involved......

in response to: U.S. Congressman Foley by sine

CJ: I used to live on Sterling Place right off of Franklin Avenue, about a block away from there. I remember Happy Wok having those gates and some bulletproof glass between the counter and the customer......

in response to: Happy Wok by Peter

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: linear parks can be problematic? how about {riverside park}? its one of my all-time favorite parks in {nyc}... not only have i spent countless hours lounging about in it on sunny days, watching the river......

in response to: The Highline Debate... by Nick Aster

Tim Horton: Since my name is Tim Horton, and my name is on that cup, the SUV rightfully belongs to me. :) Seriously though...I think the Tim Horton's is missing an opportunity for some great PR here. Why......

in response to: Rrrrrrrrrrroll Up by Mata Hari

jeeff: all hail the information age. [[http://sageauthoring.com/fdny/construction/vacant.pdf]] Fire Department, City of New York __FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES__ __VOLUME 1 BOOK 3__ **MARKING OF VACANT BUILDING** **1.3.1** As vacant buildings shall be identified and marked to indicate the degree of hazard involved. In marking vacant......

in response to: Slated for Demolition by Peter

Dizzy: I was just looking at places near bushwick avenue... around gates/palmetto. it's really close to the J train (gates avenue) - anyone have any opinions about this? Everyone keeps talking the parts of Bushwick that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Elicar: Hmm...We'll never know, but he could be a future Bay Street lawyer, A Wall Street stock-trader or perhaps another Bill Gates... I admire his guts. If he channels it the right way, he may amount to......

in response to: He Got My Attention! by Elicar

To Driver's Brother! Doing Damage Control.: I'm sure other people have said this before me, but really should your brother be glad it wasn't worse! He could have been seriously injured. Lock your car doors! If it had......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hool: to DUH: your post negates itself. you just told someone that it is your opinion that people should keep their opinions to themselves. DUH indeed. ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Maybe the plant is protected from predators, vampires have been bricked up and the gates stop itty bitty school children from running too fast and skinning their knees. Maybe. ...

in response to: You Ain\'t Goin Nowhere by elaine

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo