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Richie Rubin: AJ SHURE;I usta play stickball in PS 167 schoolyard w/BRUNIs[John?] who live across da street!HE was MY age,HE also`hung out @ Harry's [later Benny's]poolroom on St.Johns pl.near Utica theater! as did joseph/Tim Brennan, 2 wild kids!did anyone know......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

margarita kontarovich: in september 2008 happened to shorefront senior center. mental health i were bad behavior contiued to bad behavior in the lunch in the backyard stay with group with my staff candace robinson in the afternoon.......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Richie Rubin: Allan;well,dat BIG space `twixt bldgs seemed like a`courtyard/atrium']WE[on St,Johns pl.]didn't have any`open spaces'like YOU Union st.kids had,but WE had a`backyard'w/fences WE climed over & were in a`strange'woyld'..some folks even had nice fruit/vegi.gardens[on Sterling pl.]& on `Google Earth'YOU......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (76.20.153.238): Wow...lots of impaled heads, I'll bet the neighborhood kids don't mess with her. "look Jimmy, that's what that she does to people that go in her yard!!!" ...

in response to: Fairytale Frontryard by Gabi

Allan: Richie, I DID live in the same building as Judy O. We both lived on the first floor. I was in the front. Her family in the back. She had a male dog 'Nipper' and I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: If I recall correctly, and that's not likely, Judy O was a grade behind me and my brother a grade behind her. The building with the "courtyard" was down the block towards Utica. I lived......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: Allan;yep,I also played in Lincoln Terrace pk[base/basket/softball, w/guys from your blk & general`hood[even played in a`Blackhawks vs Pigtown'football game..`rough tackle'..many of US got hurt!but it fended off a`gangwar'& WE shook hands & went to `White Castle'for .10 cent burgers......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: lol cartlegger: thats why i told you it reminded me of ##spies like us## when i was last there ;) today, i spoke to a navy veteran who was stationed on one of the last few......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

CartLegger: OK, I'll bite. But I'll also cheat and use the words of Daniella Romano, head archivist for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. BLDG 1/291, Material Laboratory, Substation 27 Construction: 01/01/1940 ##"The last active Naval building at the yard,......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

Sanford : To Esther In an idle moment I googled PS 167 to find out some details to compare with childhood memories and saw your comments. I was one year behind you at PS 167. My memories of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: Hi Suzy R-- We have come full circle: fifty years after I had your mother as a teacher, I am delighted to connect with you. Unfortunately, I can recall only a little more about that year. During......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: What memories these posts conjure up! Although I can't remember exactly what Judy O looked like, I do remember her as tall and pretty and all of the boys in the class thought so. I'm glad......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rick: Doc - I do remember Lucullus and I also remember Ebingers (very fondly)on Washington on the north side of EP, near the Bell movie theater. The teachers that I had and remember, starting in kindergarten......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

SaintOne: are there any stores like scrap yard in North Jersey?...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Charles: I used to hang out in the tunnel back in 79 and again in the early 80's when the conrail had the frieght trains running and that was the best time back then. Too bad......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

bread: Lol, last time I tried to visit it, the graveyard was locked up tight. Strange, what were they trying to lock out? Or lock in?...

in response to: Graveyard Train by Peter

Joey - The Public Animals: Check the Scrapyard for sl-9 gear. Ask them to stock it if theres none available, or check www.sl-9.com for the gear....

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

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

Neil Sullivan: We, the Sullivans, lived at 3910 Cavendish # 16 for over 20 years. My brothers were Andy, Dan, Mark, David and Peter and we have a sister Beth. I have a lot of great memories......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

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

Mary: if the raccoon was living under my house or at the back of my yard or behind my shed that would be an easier solution to take it and dispose but when it lives in......

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

Martin Lee 11th Sep 2008: After searching for 7 yrs I have finally found what must be the final resting place of my fathers mother whose death cert I have at last obtained. It was and still is a very......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

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

augydoggy: To all the naive people in here that think raccoons are cute and are their backyard pets: These are wild and cold-hearted omnivores that care nothing about you and would eat you alive if given the......

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

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

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

Gem One Inwood NY: Is this swan from 225st Broadway TVS/ lans brother? used to hit 1 lay ups & Ghost Yard A line with KM/Ki/ST/Gor/Kren/Kev/Dino/Ski/ LMAD Living Madness 207st Inwood NY......

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

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

Maz, Netherne: Hi all, I found this site quite by chance a couple of days ago. I found it when I Googled the name of my village not expecting to find anything much but boy was I wrong.......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Maz, Netherne: [[img:28938]] [[img:28939]] [[img:28940]] [[img:28941]] Hi everyone, I came across this site by mistake yesterday and was fascinated by everyone's stories and reading about the grave yard. I had heard other people here at Netherne mention it in the past......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

netherne child: ive lived up in netherne for 7 years now with my parents and 2 siblings, i can say that there are hardly any more memorials of the asylum except for ofcourse the grave yard, water......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

AcEs BhG: yeoo the scrap yards prices aren't that jacked up the paint is but every marker I get from their is good priced I don't remember the exact price but I'm goin their now so peacee......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

NYC native: JA is still killin it. obviously not like he did when he was 16, but he still gets the itch just like the best of us, and still goes out and murders truck yards. he......

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

MOTI WEISBROT : Nice fron yard ! We wish you all the best with your Bottega ( in Italian) . Moti Weisbrot ...

in response to: Source of Beer by Peter

Movie Place: I vividly remember the yard south of 72nd Street. I remeber standing on top of a ventalation opening (all those grates that give the tunnel it's beautiful lighting effects) watching the fan on top......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

leosdragyn: I live in S Ca, and currently feed two stray cats in my backyard (apartment complex). One cat I had spayed the other day, and she is a sweetie, but my indoor cats hate her......

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

Elkin School Rulz!: I think we should have a stickball tournament for all former Kensingtonians. But where do we find a Pimple Ball? Man, I miss them days. We didn't care how hot it was,......

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

run rabbit run: How come most of you can't spell, or tink itz mad kewlz to rite lik dis? You're probably wanna-bees from the suburbs.. Pay for paint what? I get on the LIRR or NJ Transit and......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Linda Steinmetz: found this site while looking for info on P.S. 113 - the one on Moffat Street. I Grew up on Moffat Street, same block as the school, We had one of the houses with backyards......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

BILROCK 161: My brother NIC-707, original prez of OTB. I recall a crazy fun mission to the Pitkin Ave. yard with NIC, FRITOS, and FUZZ ONE. I believe it was Christmas eve 1979, NIC was home for......

in response to: Out to Bomb by Metro

anon (cpe-68-173-176-107.nyc.res.rr.com): the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway (bewtween canal and grand st.) New York, NY 10013(area code) Phone number-(212)-343-2557...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

gane 2: the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway new york, Ny betwwen canal street and grand st. the phone number is (212) 343-2557...your welcome!!..lol...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

LUCKY: hairsy ......

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

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

naturelover: For Missyelliot, you ask quite a lot if the person debating you ways in Kauai. First off last time I checked it was quite easy to get rid of chickens i.e. A DOG. And number......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

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

BRUSHMAN: Front st ? pork pies ? im not sure , i grew up at lee and westmoreland , from 1980 till about 1987 . i would like to let the people on this site know......

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

jack: yep, it reminds me of when i played behind apartment buildings in brooklyn, and in particular one yard with louella and her brother and we were in her sprinkler and we lay there looking up......

in response to: Neighbor\'s Clothes by luna park

JOSEPH BRIDGE: hey peter, i'll give you one reason why kensington sucks. my father, hard working, family man left work early one night in march of 1990 because he was sick. you see he worked the graveyard......

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

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there. Thats when there were five tracks down there......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Debbie Good to hear from someone who went to the same school I did, you must be about three years younger than me though. My first teacher there was a Miss Peters. Do you......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Craig: There is a new Vespa store in Brooklyn by the Navy Yard. Yet another good reason why not to trek into the city. Yeah!...

in response to: Brooklyn Vespa by Peter

jack: nice shot, johnnie pumps were all the rage back in the 40's and 50's, the city would attach a hose and hang it on the fence at the schoolyard at boody jr. high on avenue......

in response to: Heat Wave by Peter

luna park: there are actually large swathes of brownstone rowhouses in brooklyn, where the houses are set back from the street and allow space for front yards. in many cases, the yards have been paved (as is......

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

raison: Luna Park, I really like your photos! Do people in Brooklyn have much in the way of front yards? That doesn't look like much of a yard, especially in the traditional sense!...

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

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

jack: in the kingdom of begonia, a king had three daughters, cheryl, lizzy and ruby, cheryl and lizzie always toiled with their father in the vineyards, but never ruby, and all through the kingdom everyone went......

in response to: Ruby Begonia by Biff

nuthouse wildlife rescue: I hope that you do not kill anyone alse in your back yard.... Raccoons are wild animals but the comments on this site are so biased.... Kill morons who move into wildlife territories.......

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

anon (nat2.northshorelij.com): Hi I grew up in Bushwick, along with most of my cousins. I went to Fourteen Holy Martyrs School- graduated in 1964. I have wonderful memories of my growing up years in a culturaly......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

jus: scrap yard is pretty good. very small, but there's a lot you can buy. Toys from Kid Robot, Caps (3 for $1), markers (dalo, uni, deco, etc.), mops (do em dirty, molotow, on the run,......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Annoyed: I seen a raccoon by my house. It was looking straight at me and I yelled at it, it just stood there looking at me so I went in my house. Then last night I......

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

Cathy Tarkowski Grant: Belleville Kansas is full of potential with many creative artisans and entrepreneurs. It also is ripe for development with the Republican River running nearby, beautiful old 81 highway running north of town with it's......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Tykal: THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD..........TORONTO, being the largest city in canada, the tallest city in the world for over 35 years (curse you dubai) and more multicultural than any city on earth, there is......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Elkin School Rules!!! DJD: If I could move back to Kensington I would. However, that can't happen, due to the realities of life. Reality sometimes is a bitch! Reality forces you to make decisions that you wish......

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

Tom: Hairsy and Mike(Violas Grandson) Hi Hairsy I know you will remember me but Mike will not, but Mike might remember my Grandparents last name(SHAW)since we live across the street from Violas on Cambria St.......

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

Peter: i walk past this address every day now, going to the train. so after rereading this, i packed my camera in my bag, and snapped some shots of the plot on the way home today: [[img:27423]] [[img:27424]] [[img:27425]] [[img:27426]] its......

in response to: 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost by upfromflames

Matt Parde: I was born and raised in Belleville, lived there for almost 30 years. I always had something to do and had a lot of fun. It's nice to know who lives in your......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

Alan Taylor: St Helen's Church after the graveyard had been landscaped around 50 years ago = [[img:27337]] Originally built 1500 AD, rebuilt 1733, restored 1882. Who remembers the Coronation Tree? [[img:27338]] pre Great War. 1922 saw many local cenotaphs erected, Hollinfare replaced the......

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

Joe: I still wonder if my fond memories of growing up in Kensington are real or simply a product of youth. It is striking that most people I encounter have such a favorable memory of their......

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

eon 1: this store is the sickest store for people that are just learning how to bomb or it is also great for people that know what they are doing.I just started about a year ago and......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

SEL-1 TBS CRU!!: GO SCRAP YARD ITS THE BEST GRAFF STORE IN NEWYORK ...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Cyril B: Hi Alan, Wilf Hesford was my main supplier for many years. His farm was the first farm you came to at the top of Fiddlers lane, and was ideal for me to pick up all the......

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

Peter: this reminds me of the [[1646:graveyard train]]... though with {mta} tracks instead of the {LIE}......

in response to: Old Calvary Cemetery by jack

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, Truly, the old village character of Irlam and Cadishead is disappearing from what was a about a Two mile narrow strip with very little either side of the main road. I was thinking only the......

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

Montrealbunny: I had them in my backyard all last summer. Or more specifcally,in my birdfeeder. They cost me a small fortune in sunflower seeds and eventually ripped the feeder to shreds. But I......

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

Peter: did you read the above thread? it was soho zat, then soho underground, and now its called the {scrapyard}... its still very small, but well-stocked, and they have cheap caps....

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

GuRu: The Do-ers are the ones wreckin the place! and i dont just mean the ones doin meth either. ever wonder why city council got thier butts audited? HHHMMMMMMMMM, i wonder????? Latest example is that dirty......

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

Sammy Perez: antblack, you are definitely hitting some memory chords with the go-carts and nunchucks. As for 111, the one thing I remember is playing handball in the morning and at lunchtime. Besides the two main......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Mitch: I also lived at 969 Carol Street from 1952 (born) - 1960. I also went to PS241. You might know my two cousins who also lived in another appt in our building at the same......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

REVO69ERSKi: LOVE THE FACT YOU STATED YOU STUMBLED ACROSS THIS CAVE OF WILDERNESS, LOOKING FOR GRAFFITI YARDS? TAKE IT YOUR A AVID FAN OF GRAFF OR A WRITER???? pEACE MUCH RESPECT! illsixniner@hotmail.com if YOUR DOWN TO TRADE......

in response to: wilderness in the city by nideone

Poor side of town: I live in Hutch and I am poor. But I am proud. My complaint is this town is getting getto and trashy looking. Come on people,clean up your yards and pick up your trash. Bathe......

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

little ukraine: hey CG this is your first post! way to go. that last shot certainly shows how deep the snow was. however, i love even more that coconut wind chime hanging from the......

in response to: Winter Drags On... by colavitos ghost

Hutch Lovers: news briefs:This a fine x-ample of Hutchinson good ol boys and their families and when they get into trouble.Their charges don't hold up to the crime.And they print it and stupid Hutchinsons let it go. ......

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

Alan Taylor: Andrew, Sheila, Cyril et al, Platts Brook was a popular play area and it went underground through vertical iron bars and waterfalled about 10 feet under Liverpool Road opposite Ferry Road. The part that was from where......

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

Len Lipner: For Alma (Weinstein) Scull: C'mon, toots, I didn't answer your emails 'cause I didn't get 'em! You know I still love you, and would've answered every one. The funny thing about Tommy's was that when it changed......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kenny: I lived on Saratoga and Blake 43-57. It was the best times that a child could ever live thru. Went to PS 156, Somer's JHS then Tilden High. Spent my entire youth playing in school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: little frenchie, i saw this car around europe quite a bit, one night i ran out of gas and stopped in a church graveyard and i syphered some gas out of the tank of that......

in response to: Citroën 2CV by Peter

Bobby I: It's a shame that time goes by so fast. I lived on {Starr} between {Wilson} and {Central}, before JHS 111 was there (it used to be PS 53) and it had a nice little schoolyard......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

diane ziotas: for the first time last evening, i noticed a coon decending the tree in my front yard. live in the bronx. i happen to own a blue tick coon hound. i attempted to rouse him......

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

Larry: My town used to be okay. . . but now it is swarming with illegal immigrants and criminal activity. The town next to us has even more illegal immigrants. For the most part it is......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

Michelle: EvilGentleman - The storms we get nowadays in Toronto are not really severe, nor do they put our city at a standstill like everyone likes to pretend. I think people took advantage of the moderate......

in response to: Snow Day! by Michelle

EvilGentleman: What cute little snowdrifts. I like the pictures, but I really get the impression that most Torontonians have no clue what a **real** Canadian winter is like. But I suppose you get lake effect storms......

in response to: Snow Day! by Michelle

Deborah Kemp 30th Jan 2008: Like Lucy Hart I grew up in Netherne Lane also as my father worked at Netherne, we spent many a day on the estate playing in and around the hospital, in Boxers wood (end of......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Lucy Hart: I grew up in Netherne Lane as my father worked at Netherne,we used to go down to the graveyard by crossing over the farmers field stating from Park Lane.Netherne was a great place to grow......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell