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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

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

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

Mike L.: Taken somewhere near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade with cell-phone. Post-processed with Corel PSP/Topaz Adjust to flatten digital noise, smeared sky for effect, enhanced water detail, gave whole thing vague yellowish sepia cast. ...

in response to: Waterfall, Brooklyn Bridge by Mike L.

BILROCK 161: All the best to you Vinny, sorry for your loss. I remember your MOM when ya'll were livin in Jackson-Heights. May she rest in Peace. BILROCK 161, RTW-OTB-TFP...

in response to: Metro Fuzz One by Metro

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

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

Peter: ive counted about 7 in my neighborhood. a new, utterly smashed-up honda appeared in the lot at the corner of central and hart today; ill carry my camera in the morning and get a shot......

in response to: A Sign of Past Times? by CartLegger

Jon Burgess: James Cashan, It would be great to start a thread dedicated to irlam and cadishead musicians and bands, there have been so many. My mates cousin from New Moss Road was the singer of a band......

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

Steve Mars: My parents Bernard and Estelle Mars (mom's maiden name is Estelle Roxenberg) grew up in Crown Heights. Their first date was at the Bedford Rest. My dad taught at Tilden High for 30+ years. He......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

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

Leslie Green: Hello, Can anyone help me trace the familiy of Roberts Hall he was an RAF airman who was killed December 18th 1944. Roberts ( spelling believed to be correct) came from Irlam O the heights.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Leon: I remember Town Hill but it was called the Bedford Rest before that. I had my first date with my wife there 48 years ago. I grew up in in the 30's and 40's in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

joey: nela park! wow. now that would have been very cool to see that place after all these years. one of my cleveland heights neighbors worked for GE at nela park. we swam at the pool......

in response to: Going Downtown to See the Decorations by procyon

Mitch: I lived at 969 Carroll between Franklin and Bedford just a few blocks off Eastern Pkwy. My dad owned the drug store on the corner of Franklin and Eastern Pkwy (Maiman's Pharmacy). It was still......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Peter: heh, i know exactly where some of those shots were taken... i used to work up in {washington heights}, and commuted home to {midtown} by bike every day, and often took the scenic route through......

in response to: Moments in East Harlem by serlingrod

John in the heights: Been trying to get an exact figure on this...how many bridges are connected to Manhattan?...

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

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: Oh, and if I remember correctly, the width of your photos was never an issue. It was the height. For the last year, I have been trying to keep my pictures' heights under 700 pixels......

in response to: July 30 2007 Toronto by hool

CartLegger: and just to think, Moses had to be lobbied and picketed into creating this wonderful vertical highway. If not for the people of Brooklyn Heights, there would no view and a ditch through the neighborhood.......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

little ukraine: the cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: [[img:22071]] [[img:22072]] and for good measure, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade above it, and the view of Lower Manhattan offered there: [[img:22073]] [[img:22074]] ...

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

rox2mel: I just went on vacation back to my hometown of Colorado Springs. My son and I went to see the castle and I was amazed!! It really took my breath away after I......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Chris: Monday July 9th, I made a point to stop by today and view the progress. The family spent the weekend up on Greenhorn. The forest service has work ahead of them to reopen the road......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Dee: I grew up in Bushwick as a matter of fact iwas born in Bushwick.Iwas born in Wycoff Heights hospital in 1955.I lived in the same house with my family until I married in 78 my mom......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

LL2: If you grew up in Washington Heights in the 80's as a kid and were into the scene, you HAD TO know / see SANE SMITH!!! BIG UP TO DA HEIGHTZ!!!...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

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

zee3: r.ip. sane. big ups to the heights, smith, jaone and all graffers man peace ...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint 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

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

dougieESQ: there is no east williamsburg...it is bushwick. If you haven't lived in NYC before you will find Coney Island to be sketch unless you are riding the Cyclone. Also, if you are a Brooklyn newbie......

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

Jimmy Legs: i'd just like to point out that bushwick's crime stats are no worse (and in most cases, significantly better) than that of bed-stuy, east new york or crown heights in the last year. sure it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

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

upfromflames: Crown Heights is partly Chasidic Jewish, partly Caribbean black, two communities who have conflicted for years over the territory. just check out the flags on the houses to see who's who. Its also got the......

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

want a job: What type of neighborhood is Crown Heights? I visited today, felt a little uncomfortable in daylight. I am thinking of taking a job off of St.Marks. Can I (young female) walk......

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

dominick: the italian neighborhoods are always the safest such as bensonhurst and dyker heights. Ive never had a problem in either....

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

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

joey: where i grew up in cleveland heights we had the blue knight lounge. very different. the juke box played steppenwolf 'born to be wild'. that's where i learned to drink beer....

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

little ukraine: i'm a soon to be crown heights resident, and while wandering around the neighborhood recently, i got to washington avenue and turned my head and saw a sign for Gino's Pizza. it may be......

in response to: Gino\'s Pizza by Peter

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

in response to: Gino\'s Pizza by Peter

joey: there was a ravine in my old cleveland heights neighborhood. we lived on stoneleigh road then. the ravine went behind the ge nela park dump. so we would sneak in the dump through a hole......

in response to: Americans Love Anything Blueberry by little ukraine

joey: Cleveland, OH - hooray for the Ed. i can scan some old pictures i have from my youth. i can post tehm too. i'll do that once the party gets started. i used to party mainly......

in response to: Sierra + Courtney: C-Town\'s Finest Bitches by little ukraine

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

Peter: nice! it reminds me of [[5052:the churches of crown heights]]... i love those old handpainted signs too....

in response to: Brooklyn World Church... by GGP

Sirhcbre: I forgot about these photos. I've been so busy lately that I can't post anything. I just dump photos into iPhoto every couple days and then go on my way. Here are......

in response to: Hot Air Balloons by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Very true, about every city being unique. Sorry about that, I did not mean to slight Toronto (Old habit from hockey debates). I was just pointing out to Sirhcbre that due to the flat landscape......

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

joey: the photo is cropped so that you don't see the damage. the bronze base of the statue was 'torn'. there is a big hole. i was living in cleveland heights at the time and my......

in response to: Cleveland Thinks by joey

zagg: Sirhcbre: I didn't know the answer myself, so I researched it (took 2 minutes, go me) The composers of the song 'such great heights' appear according to allmusic.com to be 'Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello' --- so......

in response to: Everything Looks Perfect from Far Away by zagg

Sirhcbre: There's a good reason for that though, the reason Europe and North America have so few on this list is because their major cities are all cities that were booming when building heights wern't as......

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

peacefrog: As an American who has lived in Canada most of his life, visiting the US and especially NYC is a harsh reality check, and a reminder that the ravages of racism are still alive and......

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

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

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

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

Chris Erb: I don't know where the "Landing" part of the name came from. There are apartments up the hill called Regency Heights which makes sense. Maybe it's because the city is on a river?...

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

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

franny: I grew up in bushwick on bleecker and irving during the 60's & 70's. It was the happiest time I had in my life. It was a blue collar hard working neighborhood. You could sleep......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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.

Kakumei: I'm a 20 year old white female and I live in Brooklyn (Flatbush) - I go around to Coney Island, Crown Heights, Marine Park, Williamsburg, Sunset Park, etc by myself during the day _and_ night......

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

yippie skippie: NYC is a cesspool, maybe you live in a less stinky area with better ventilation, and don't venture into the nastier parts like South Bronx, Harlem, Washington Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Brooklyn.... but the nastier......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

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

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

EvilGentleman: Ironically, I have seen taller buildings in Iqaluit, Nunavut. And the buildings in Montreal were originally not allowed to be higher than Mount Royal (much like Halifax and the Citadel). Nowadays, the heights of the buildings......

in response to: Fredericton Skyscrapers by CE

jeeff: elicar - how about the reservations up north where people continue to be stuck without clean drinking water and reliable infrastructure? how about the saskatoon police (to name only one notorious department)? the amount......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

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

Leo Just a 23 Wash HeIGhts Kid: All these years and to this day i can still probaly call out where smith and sane tags are at. My brother use to be down with 5x7 and XTW back in the day and......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Elicar: Opps...I missed three comments as I was making mine. Yes Grange, they had washrooms then...perhaps not as modern as what we have now, but the distillery has been modernized... I did take a picture of one......

in response to: Distillery Historic District by Elicar

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

brian: The c-town in Washington Heights (Bway & StNick) has a bulletin board of Polaroids of shoplifters.. If you are ever in the area stop by and take a peek at this gem.. Some of the......

in response to: C-Town Grocery by Peter

Peter: the {robot building}'s cousin apparently lives in {Crown heights}, {brooklyn}: [[img:8891]]...

in response to: robot building by elaine

Laura : Ahhhh. The heights......

in response to: One Summer Day by julie

Peter: yeah... spamming. like back when you posted the same comment on here like 50 times in many different entries (and i had to fix it) and when you did the same on the [[http://www.dailyheights.com]] forum,......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative 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: 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

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

Peter: heres a good example of one that has a new-style pullbox on top of the antique base, as in the firwst one. I spotted it on {washington} avenue at {dean} street in {prospect heights}, {brooklyn}: [[img:6672]] ...

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

Peter: hey ellis g, we get it man.... ok? between what youre posting here and all over the forums at dailyheights.com, its sort of, well, bordering on spam. [[http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=171]] your street-art is fine and good, but youre gonna......

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

Peter: totally. i live right up the street from that, and used to work right across dean street from that piece. i love the building its on, too, that huge old creepy warehouse building. ive daydreamed......

in response to: Gouch & Sober by Peter

Peter: I live in broooklyn, on the south of crown heights. I can tell u a lot about the gang/drug trade here. but I think that you should go first. you posted a tease. tell us what you,......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

ea: I notice you didnt ask for MY opinion....hehe but um working artists do have a reputation for taking themselves quite seriously. which I must venture to say Neckface does, if he thinks his giant block letters......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter: yeah, totally. there are *tons* of murals like that going up in {brooklyn} around {park slope} and {prospect heights} lately for some reason. i guess teh tail end of summer weather is conducive to painting......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

jack: the church, it looks like sunrise, very nice. crown heights, a very volitile neighborhood. is the owner of ckx 5573 postulating. when a person finds the Lord,they want to shout it to the......

in response to: Cameraphoning Crown Heights by Peter

dailyheights.com: Glad to see Triangle Sports finally figured out how to program their sign. For a while, it seemed like every time I passed the sign, it said "how many texts?", which I assume is some......

in response to: Brooklyn Sweat by GGP

Moebius Rex: Was in BKLYN this weekend for a wedding and was the houseguest of two very kind and gracious folks in Prospect Heights, which is apparently PET BIRD's home territory. And I have to say that......

in response to: Pet Bird in August by GGP

Peter: check out the neighborhood's site itself at [[http://www.dailyheights.com]] ... the messageboards there are useful too! [[http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=2]] welcome to the hood! :D...

in response to: Prospect Park by Peter

Peter: in a bizarre confluence that could only happen in as dense a place as {prospect heights}, i passed the aforementioned car this morning, going to the train, and look what i found... [[img:3459]] {pet bird} ups on......

in response to: Brooklyn Motor Crash by Peter

Peter: cool- i used to work up at cpmc in washington heights... its quite an interesting place, thats for sure. also: welcome to citynoise :) these photos are great. feel free to grace us with more......

in response to: Parking Lot in the Heights by Laura

Peter: now ##that## would be odd! i wish there were more woods to walk in around {prospect heights}, though. it would be nice to have easily accessable nature excursions... and i bet {pet bird} would show......

in response to: New Pet Bird Stickers? by Peter

Peter: yay thats my neighborhood too! :D :D did you happen to catch the hennessy billboard before the ad was put up and it had graffiti tags on it? that was pretty cool. i love that......

in response to: Flatbush Avenue by GGP

GGP: yes, bklyn in the prospect heights area. wish I knew who the artist was. and I am very pleased about the crown. I just hope pet bird lives on for a long, long time. I......

in response to: Pet Bird Redux by GGP

sal: the crown is a new addition to pet bird. is it his budgie-sized connection to basquiat-sized art? or is it just cute? yay! prospect heights roolz!!!...

in response to: Pet Bird Redux by GGP

Stacey: I love this site - found it through Daily Heights. These pictures are awesome and show Underhill beutifully (I live there also). I have a question for you Peter - you focus alot on tags are......

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

piru: Re: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights fuck the article nigga PBG*3 ...

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

Peter: at a resarch hospital in washington heights. its a very odd, brackish area of academia smack in the middle of the hood....

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

Peter: um, theres alot more graf in wash heights. i just snapped a photo of this in my former workplace's bathroom, yo....

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