Comments about williamsburg

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Peter: i had a job like that once. not riveting, but working a job i hated just to get that time-and-a-half overtime and double overtime. lets see... the {williamsburg bridge} opened in 1903... the average wage was......

in response to: Williamsburg Bridge by Mike L.

Robert: Very nice images, the structure appears to be some kind of cousin to the Williamsburg Bank in Flatbush and Hanson, Brooklyn, without the clock....

in response to: Commerce Building by Franny Wentzel

Samantha: Hi Peter, I'm an NYU student and I"m trying to write an article about graffiti in Williamsburg and you seem to know your way about the topic. I was hoping to perhaps talk to you......

in response to: Don\'t Steal My Wheelchair by Peter

Walking Brooklyn: Living in Williamsburg, I have been doing a lot of walking all around Bushwick lately and almost cannot believe these photos. It's like it all took place in a different world and a different lifetime.......

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

Janet: The conversation has taken an interesting turn. We were poor, but we never thought of ourselves as poor. We had less than others, more than some, and expected that in the future we......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Bushwick: I swear. If "blogs" had have existed in the early 90s, there would be a bazillion posts on the internet just like this one... but about {Williamsburg}. LOL. Keep working on that perspective, novice-bella2009.......

in response to: Is Moving to Troutman St. Between Knickerbocker Ave. and Irving Ave. a Good/safe Idea? by novice-bella2009

Maria: It was nice reading all the comments here. I happend to stumble into this site while doing some reading of Bushwick. My name is Maria and I lived in Bushwick since I was 11 months......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Maggie: OMG! This site has brought back so many memories, good and bad but mostly very fond ones. I grew up in Bushwick from the mid to late 70's until early 90's and regardless......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

hisgooddog: I've seen that all over sections of williamsburg too...

in response to: Doctor\'s Warning by Peter

NayNay: Bushwick like any other neighborhood has its ups and downs. All that depends on what kind of crew you like to mingle with. I lived in Williamsburg for 13 years of my life. I lived......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: 20. from west to east, they are: the gwb spuyten duyvil (rail only) the hudson broadway university heights washington hamilton highbridge macombs dam 145th street madison ave park avenue (rail only) 3rd Avenue willis avenue triborough wards island (pedestrian only) queensboro williamsburg manhattan brooklyn...

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

Cathy Anderson: Thanks for the super photos. I love the Brooklyn Bridge & have accomplished my wish to walk across it which I did about five years ago. I also get mixed up on which is......

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

Pabbbbbblo: Yeah, that's a cool pic. I like the street photos. You should post some more of Williamsburgh. Aren't most of us around here Brooklynites anyway?...

in response to: Walking in Brooklyn by Alienswede

Peter: nice! love the {trade center} shot, of course... as well as a good reminder of how awful those wooden board walkways were before the major {williamsburg bridge} renovation... [[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bridges/willb.shtml]] anyway, these are some of my favorite......

in response to: J Train and the World Trade Center by ntatap

bfonville.com: {Brooklyn} {Williamsburg} {BQE} {wreck} {photography}...

in response to: Car Accident: BQE and Broadway by bfonville.com

James P.: Lots of Memories. I grew up at 1050 Dekalb Ave. Moved to 27 Kossuth Place,between Bushwick and Broadway. I also went to P.S. 274,P.S. 81 and J.H.S. 111 and Alexander Hamilton Vocational & Technical H.S.......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: and i even got in a trip to {williamsburg for dinner}! lets see your shots!...

in response to: The Staten Island University Hospital by Peter

Phillip G.: I have lived in Bushwick most of my life. I moved to Bushwick when I was 3 years old when my Mom bought a building on Wilson ave and Jefferson ave in 1983. I still......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

DC: [[img:31931]] Williamsburg...

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

Peter Puleo: Hardly! Broadway Junction was once called Manhattan Junction, the station as we know opened in 1913. All those steel girders you see are the remnants of the old Fulton St and Pitkin Ave Els. Until 1918 the......

in response to: Lines and Shadows by Peter

Wickoff Height: Well time is different now, I'm a new Bushwick tenant. I went from Manhattan to Williamsburg and now live in Bushwick(Wickoff Hights.. lol) and I feel pretty comfortable here. Bushwick is up and coming especially......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Richie Rubin: WE usta`hitch'on da rear of St.Johns pl.Trolleys & Electric buses, all da way to`Bridge Plaza'..in Williamsburg,from Utica ave.& St.Johns pl...cool/l-o-n-g ride..& never got caught!...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Story: Hi, I am an artist living in Hackney, London in the United Kingdom. Me and a friend are looking to spend 3 months in New York next year doing the galleries and looking into artist......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Janet: 7th Dec 2008: Hi. I grew up in Williamsburg on south 8th street. I loved it at that time had great friends there. I wonder how and what ever happen to them where they are today. From south......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Santana: Advice to all people curious about life in Bushwick. I spent 20 years of my lifes in bushwick. Left NY as a whole for 7 years to see what the world had to offer me.......

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

luna park: it's on north 14th street in williamsburg, pretty close to kent ave. what's the connection with all those terms, bushwick?...

in response to: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by luna park

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

emc: ok- so after reading a lot of the above it seems that it may be a bad idea to stay at my friend's place who will be out of town. i will be visiting......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: historically yes, but currently, no--according to the boundaries of Community Board 4 Bushwick stops at Flushing on the North... Broadway on the West... Wyckoff (roughly) on the East... MostHoly Trinity Cemetery on the South... So where you are talking......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Danny Fresh: if anyone has pics of williamsburg from da 80's and 90's they should post em on an article imma try and post sum if i find any in my house...good times...

in response to: Williamsburg Walls by GGP

ante croatia: oooooh my god every bridge in new york has it's own charisma.i am 13 and i love all bridges especially suspension ones and cable stayed bridges but new york bridges-paradise for me.i especially love the......

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

abiona thompson: dude you should get picks of the shit curtis and ster did when walking over the williamsburg bridge from brooklyn to manhattan if you walk on the right side when getting on the bridge and......

in response to: Ster by Peter

John Dereszewski: I also don't understand this. Bushwick Houses is a large - and rather oppressive - complex situated at Flushing and Bushwick Aves. on the Williamsburg side of the border. As Adam notes, these are pictures......

in response to: Bushwick Houses by Peter

disillusioned: can someone explain to me how it is possible to make friends or have a boyfriend/girlfriend if you live in new york city, esp. williamsburg..it seems completely impossible since people are unfriendly and full of......

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

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

jack: ain't williamsburg sumptin else...

in response to: Faile by Peter

the in: wow this is a hot issue with many different sides to it. First I'm white and poor and a hipster. My first choice was to live in Williamburg. But the prices there have gone up......

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

rachael: hmmm... many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway... i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

rac: Well, I've been living in Bushwick for 6 months, now (off the Myrtle stop). I was born in the Bx and used to live in Hell's Kitchen for many years; and really its about......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes... first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

woo : leetos tag is my favorit and his style is hott alot of his stuff is around my way ,yo leeto keep doin your thang mad hatters out there williamsburg represent southside stand up ...

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

upfromflames: This is just a notice that the third walking tour associated with the "Up From Frames" exhibit will occur this Saturday - August 11 - at 1 PM. We will gather at the NE corner......

in response to: Bushwick: Up From Flames by upfromflames

upfromflames: This is just a notice that the third walking tour associated with the "Up From Frames" exhibit will occur this Saturday - August 11 - at 1 PM. We will gather at the NE corner......

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

John Dereszewski: This is just a notice that the third walking tour associated with the "Up From Frames" exhibit will occur this Saturday - August 11 - at 1 PM. We will gather at the Irving Ave.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Sure. The Brooklyn Historical Society Library. They have hundreds of them, mostly 19th century or earlier--though they include a few by that Brooklyn (Williamsburg/Bushwick) shutterbug Eugene Armbruster. They are not on public view, but you......

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

Kat: Lol, 'BW'. Haa... I was checking out this thing on Wikipedia. In it, they have a travel guide to Brooklyn, and when I went to look for Bushwick, they were calling it 'East Williamsburg'. I edited......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ali: i moved to bushwick about 6 months ago and i like it a lot. im white and i almost feel bad cuz i feel like since the area is populated with mostly hispanics, they probably......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: bushwick native: ridiculous sums of money? my rent is less than a grand, and i havea huge, amazing space. with rentthis low for such space, my building is full of the sorts of poor people......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bushwick Native: Jaybay: What a fool you are moving into Bushwick. You're probably paying a ridiculous sum of money to live in a rat and crime infested neighborhood. Don't think it'll be the next Williamsburg just yet.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

belis: I am 17 years old and I was born and raised in Bushwick Brooklyn New York. To begin bushwick is not East Williamsburg. Thats just what it is being called to get white people to......

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

Kat: Is it true that the new residents of Bushwick are calling it 'Shiwck'? For serious, I will die if this is true. I've lived on Bushwick all my life, and the idea of some yuppies......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (ip68-9-213-73.ri.ri.cox.net): will like to see more pictures of williamsburg brooklyn, noel dukes 2.....

in response to: Williamsburg Walls by GGP

jms: my wife and I have a 10 month old. Currently, we're looking in bushwick - want to save and purchase a home/condo once the real estate market recovers (maybe in bushwick). I've lived in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ROB: Bushwick sucks, Ridgewood too. I lived in both parts and Gendale too. Williamsburgh and so on. Bushwish/Ridgewood same crap is like this, one small raid road apartment for $1500 a month with......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: There are mean people everywhere in this city, whether it's Bushwick, Sunnyside, Park Slope, the Upper Eastside, Soho...it doesn't matter. People with attitudes like some mentioned above really upset me. Yeah, I'd love to live......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: good question. glad you asked that, as I just pulled out my CB4 (Bushwick) zoning map out last night after too long. And now I get to use it! Y'see, its pretty easy for the city......

in response to: The Tower of Bushwick by upfromflames

Lora: 22 Goodwin Place- I am looking for a new development by that address. Anybody knows, is it there, because listing says it's Williamsburg. thanks...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Eviva: I just bought a condo off the Dekalb Avenue L stop. I really like the area and while it's true that Bushwick isn't quite Williamsburg, I see ample potential. Also, real estate in Bushwick is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

blueeyes: Last year, I moved from Williamsburg "Prime" (Bedford stop), where I lived happily but cautiously for 7 years. During that time my next door neighbor was held up at gunpoint at our front door (2005),......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

dougieESQ: Bushwick AKA: East Williamsburg...yeah, no thanks. Keep drinkin' the kool-aid hipsters while I stay put in greenpoint....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Armstrong: I just got a two bedroom railroad in one of the big old brick tenements on Starr Street right on the park. I'm excited. I've lived in Bushwick since 2000 and I love......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: Uponflames and Jimmy QV -- also, when choosing a place to live, no real estate agent did an upsell to me. I didn't go through a broker to find my place, just an add online.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zinzee: For those of you looking to move here: I live in Bushwick off of the Jefferson L. I'm one block from the L train. I really do enjoy the neighborhood. I did get......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: by the way for the people who don't know, that's the brooklyn bridge at bottom right, then you see the ends of the manhattan bridge behind the lights of the woolworth building, (which was the......

in response to: 7WTC by little ukraine

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

MichaelB: BD and upfromflames, You seem to really know the area. Im looking at a place at BUSHWICK AV andTROUTMAN. I currently live in Greenwich Village and im interested in the safty and condition of the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: Ms. Walthers: One question I have about this long and interesting history is how the process by which Bushwick grew from Bushwick Corners (Metropolitan and Bushwick) into its current grid stretching far to the SE.......

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

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

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

upfromflames: Cuban Refugees? I never heard that angle before! I always thought it was Puerto Ricans spilling over and displaced form Williamsburg...interesting. I guess they moved on from the area. Nowadays, by the way, Bushwick is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jose: i lived in brooklyn at 36 morgan ave,went to ps 145.i was 11yrs old when i came to brooklyn and i left in 1987,i miss the old brooklyn,chocolate egg creams,knishes,nathan;s dog at coney island.i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

xtian: The first Neck Face "piece" I saw was on North 7th in Bedford, an old garage door with "Beat Your Kids" or something...it's probably still there. Graffiti is so played out. I'm so......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by Peter

little ukraine: From today's Brooklyn Daily Eagle... "On November 15, 1977 the Williamsburgh Savings Bank...was declared a landmark. It was designed by Halsey, McCormack & Helmer in 1927. They chose a Romanesque style for the 512-foot......

in response to: Williamsburgh Savings Bank Clocktower in Mourning by GGP

Lucy: I was told that around DeKalb and Jefferson Stations - L train area called East Williamsburg, not Bushwick. Anybody knows about it?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

whois: yeah brooklyn iz a good place... all east new york, brownsville, bed stuy, east flatbush, flatbush, crown heights, bushwick, east williamsburg and even williamsburg, we all in da house......

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

Susannah: When I first saw this title I thought it was going to be about the homeless that used to live under the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges (Manhattan side). Actually, I'm not sure if they're......

in response to: Welcome to Box City by zagg

Keith: My roomate and I are moving from Buffalo to Brooklyn next week. We were originally looking for a place in Manhattan, but there was no way we could get co-signers that made enough cash......

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

wackojacko: Check the police blotters of NY papers. Brooklyn, especially the bad parts, IS bad. Even in the bad parts, what are the chances of something happening? Pretty low. Chances still higher......

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

Peter: thats actually the {williamsburgh savings bank} ([[4519:1]], [[3104:2]])... which i coincidentally saw a documentary on last night. its the tallest building in {brooklyn} and will be until {ratner}'s {atlantic yards} scheme happens... ...

in response to: Copies by Peter

MIGUEL: JUST WONDERING-- DO YOY THINK THIS IS A GAY FRIENDLY AREA-- I AM A HISPANIC GUY WHO WOULD LIKE TO CHILL WITH OTHER GUYS IN MY HOOD? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO JEFFERSON STOP......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: I actually just moved to Bushwick last week. I lived in Manhattan for two years but just couldn't afford it. Plus, I needed a larger space. For 30% less than what I was paying in......

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

Joe: I've lived on Jefferson btwn Irving and Knickerbocker for a year. It's gotten a little better just in that time. We moved here because we got priced out of our old neighborhood, Park Slope. Our......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

BooBoo: Bought a 3 family brownstone on greene ave between St Nick and Cypress ave about three yrs ago for 260,000. my next door neighbor sold the exact same building as mine for 580,000 last year.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bk7rank: why do people in williamsburg think it's cool to do the same? they even toss up fake cardboard shoes... it can't be anything but neighborhood reappropriation....

in response to: Shoes by Peter

barbara mcgrail: thank you. what lovely photographs. i didn't realise there were so many bridges in the area, but certainly seeing the 'brooklyn, manhattan, and williamsburgh (BMW) brought back lovely memories of sailing underneath them last september......

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

Peter: nice. i love that part of williamsburg. its such a great contrast, the riverside, the hasids, graffiti, the bridge... those girls look terrified in that first shot. you sure you werent offering em candy? ;)...

in response to: Saturday by lopilaroe

kesone wxk: yo leeto stay up and keep this williamsburg shit poping..kes1...

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

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in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

jack: the old williamsburg bank. i went there many times in the fifties with my aunt. as i pass thru the highways around brooklyn i often see that tower and realize it may now......

in response to: Regional by GGP

freebo the clown: i have lived in bushwick for about five years now. my boyfriend and i moved here in 2001 from williamsburg to find a bigger, cheaper space. we started out on jefferson street btw.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

becca: My boyfriend and I live in williamsburg now. We wanted to buy in wb, but the price was sky high...so we bought in Bushwick. Our place is huge, we paid half of what we would......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

vanessavargas@yahoo.com: i have lived on menahan street off of myrtle ave for a little over a year now. Let me tell you now that bushwick is the next williamsburg...and if your thinking of moving here,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Editor: more of {williamsburg}...

in response to: Moonlit Williamsburg by caracarn