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luna park: thanks, zagg. this is in my brooklyn backyard, jack, between apartment buildings. :)...

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

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

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

christine: again interaction in the air. the fact that i sat on the roof of my 6 story apartment in the LES and watched a good 30 trips (not sure how many actual planes there was, i......

in response to: Midnight over Manhattan by Peter

diamond: Im thinking about looking at an apartment in the Benton Park West are,an this article really helped me.Thanks a lot.It looks like a very nicde and safe place.All of my worries are gone...THANKS!!!...

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

janet: Hi Alma--Sorry, the name Rubin is not familiar (though I knew a Judy Kessler). But I certainly remember the fish store! (Thanks for reminding me that one needed to walk up a couple of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

RAY ALAN: I have lived in jacksonville fla. all my life 51yrs. to be exact.First I cant belive Jacksonville fla. is being called a small town because there est.800,000 people reside here and it is......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Disgusted!: I live in an apartment building on the third floor and a raccoon (or raccoons) have been using my balcony as their latrine. When I cleaned it up, I used a tarp, gloves and......

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

Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)......

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

David L. Drogin: My mother had an aunt and two uncles living on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue (next to the Lubavicher Synagogue), and my paternal grandmother lived across Eastern parkway. We visited all the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Movin to Wick: actually I am from Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay, but I have been out of the country for a time and had some concerns about that specific block because I just found and apartment there and it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

saul altman: I'm not talking about building projects, thats there idea of a community, what i envision is apartment buildings,2-3 family style homes with lawns trees you know a place were all solid Americans can start families &......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Mitch: Hi Marjie, I can't believe it. My wife and I got together with my cousin Linda and her husband Larry tonight. She remembers you quite well and was so pleased and surprised that, after all this......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Cherie: Okay, can someone help me out? I'm looking at an apartment at corner of Broadway and Hart in Bed-Sty or is it Bushwick? Landlord says Bed-Sty. It's a good deal and the Myrtle subway's close.......

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

elaine: i stayed in an apartment on tompkins square park when i went to new york for the first time. i got up crazy early because of the time difference and walked around. i saw a......

in response to: A Tree and Resident in Tompkins Square Park by jack

Michelle: To whom it may concern (and really it should concern all of you...) Last night was Earth Hour from 8-9 pm. Why were your lights on? I live in an apartment building so looking off of my......

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

Crystal: I agree that this town in boring but like another person pointed out You only took a picture of like ONE spot here. There are beautiful things here too not just an old hospital that......

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

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

D.Bennett: Damn it`s like every time get on here i see a new paragraph about someone who has died from the hornets and often someone i new like (tony Wood aka Nuke i......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

JGurl: Hey I'm only 18, and I have concerns too. I have to transfer to a university in Brooklyn within a year, and I might get an apartment on the east side since I heard it's......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, The whole area around what was known as the jerry works, including Kwik Save has been redeveloped. The raised area where the Jerry works existed has been lowered and has been completely built......

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

re: Fred: Reasonable law enforcement? I beg to differ. I called police on a child abuse situation,was told by the police to call SRS,I called SRS and was told to call the police. The police came back......

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

geraldine: i moved to grove and bushwick over this past summer, and haven't had a single problem at all. it was intimidating at first (i'm 22, white, and female), but for the most part people have......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

D.bennett: All right real talk i`m tired of hearing people say they`ve read the book there are no children here that book the movie was all bullshit ok u don`t have to feel sorry......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

bob r: born in bushwick in '53. lived on Bushwick Ave one house off Jefferson, may have been 1212. I was 4 years old, my sis 3 and younger brother was an infant. While watching American bandstand,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Rob Tynan: Hi Nat Im afraid its already gone. It has been replaced by apartments /rabbit hutches / executive homes or what ever you would like to call them about 4 years ago. Developers get more money for......

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

AG: I can't believe the snow that has built up around your apartment building. Funny little hills. ...

in response to: Snow Day! by Michelle

EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community. I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

EvilGentleman: The first picture is very close to my grandparents' old apartment, which was at the corner of Water and Fulton. Of course, Fulton is now known as either Old Fulton or Cadman Plaza West, but......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

liesbeth: I have just been doing some family research and have discovered that my grandmother (who I never knew) and her family (1800s) all came from Deansgate, (Alliance and Leicester building) 7,Liverpool Road, (building site), 39,......

in response to: Empty City by Myke

Bob Watt: I'm English, but worked in NYC 1974-77. Although I never lived in Yorkville, some friends had an apartment in Ruppert Tower, and I visited them frequently. There was a store on 86th St.,......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Jean: It's interesting reading the response people have about life in Henry Horner. My family moved there when only the first three floors had tenants and appliances were still being installed in the other apartments. I......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Jana: These memories are wonderful! I'm hoping someone here can help me with some research. Does anyone have memories of a racketeer being murdered in Brooklyn in Sept. 1941? It was big headlines.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

halvers: how do you afford an apartment that is $200,000??? how many kroner a month?...

in response to: One bedroom apartment by Rune-Willem

riiiiiight: i was born and raised in bk. i just checked out a new "luxury condo" developement out there a whim (when i was told my rent was being jacked up another 300 bucks). ......

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

Ladrena: Growing up as a child in 1847 W.Lake st.It was much love.Everbody knew each other and had love and respect for one another.I grew up with the family in the book Paul,the father Joe the......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Sheldon Hollis: well if u ask me why are they tearing down so much projects i feel and i belive some of the projecvts are bad like state way gabrini green and some of robert taylors but......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I suggest Astoria and parts of Long Island City. Lot's of nice apartments close to the city....

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

joey: hello steel. looks like a friendly place. i'm still here in no. cal. i've been down to santa cruz a few times this year. even drove a truck there one weekend to help my daughter......

in response to: Hello by steelisreal

Scott .W: When I said Luna Park, I meant the apartment houses, ther'e a collection of five 23 story buildings on both west 8th and west 12th street. nice open areas in between with grass. ......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Jane: I saw a nice a condo in Bushwick. It was located in between Montrose and Morgan stops on L train line. The major cross sections are Flushing and Bushwick. The apartment was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

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

Christina: It's actually still very much in use. It was built in the 70s, I think. I know they definitely still use the ice rink. There's a few apartment complexes nearby as well and the place......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

stepha: molly levin, piano teacher, i think on Lincoln Place, the piano dominated the tiny apartment. oh the culture, twas marvelous...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: oh my goodness, a john lennon fan, i think the first pic was his apartment, the beatles, the dakota, manhattan in fall, soon i will take my family to connelly's for our annual Christmas in......

in response to: 5 Ave 58st by barry

CE: Found two more today, each a couple blocks from my apartment on either side. [[img:23450]] [[img:23451]]...

in response to: Cool Car by CE

Born in Hutchinson: That weird church/apartment building you describe used to be called St. Elizabeth's Mercy Hospital. I was born there. I lived for several years about three blocks east of that building, in a very nice neighborhood.......

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

why not: Why not place a large meat-processing plant in Hutchinson? It would create lots of decent paying jobs and enlarge the tax base as well.Empty apartments would be a thing of the past and overall business......

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

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

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

John Dereszewski: Smudgy, your block is not doing that badly. Most of the really nice buildings on Linden between Bushwick and Evergreen, e.g., #64, are still there and doing very well. The few buildings that were lost......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

serlingrod: haha! this is great! this is two blocks from my apartment! vz, you live at 20th & chestnut? if you look closely outside of Wawa you'll see a bike locked up on that rack by......

in response to: All Commercial Establishments in Philadelphia Are Named After Nonsense Monosyllables by vz

99¢Dreams: Peter, you didn't just run with my idea -- you sprinted with it! And I guess the finish line isn't yet in sight since you titled it "part 1". Great work -- I just......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

madame maxime: I've moved across country and have lived in many different states. Always I carried my books with me, and when I went to graduate school I kept accruing more. The last move from......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

serlingrod: East Kensington does have alot of problems, but just like everywhere you go there are good people trying to make a difference. I actually work full-time in this neighborhood for the New Kensington Community Development......

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

EvilGentleman: I dunno how terrorism is supposed to be stopped by more guns. If the terrorists are deterred by machine guns on USCG boats, then they are pretty lame terrorists. Fact is, America and Canada are......

in response to: Did You Bring Protection ? by joey

Xavi: There are many stories of Puerto Rican families who are making a killing off of their homes by selling and moving to Florida, or back to Puerto Rico or wherever and they do so for......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

Belroc: Raccoons rule the dumpsters at my apartment complex. You'll know that they're in there because all the cats will congregate and wait outside of the dumpster for thier turn.. [[img:22682]] Heres a big one!! [[img:22683]] [[img:22684]] ^^And a baby.... ...

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

Chiamattt: those are basins! basins are big in Korea. People wash their feet a lot and don't want the bathroom to get wet. bathrooms don't typically have a separate shower/bath over here. The new apartments do,......

in response to: Oot\'n Aboot (2) by Chiamattt

jack: at one time randalls was an adventurous place, dumps, weird people, but in the 70's they built apartments and a tram and now it's respectable. don't be afraid of times square, i worked at......

in response to: Times Square by Cinic

little ukraine: i probably just walked by your apartment to get coffee. ...

in response to: Clinton Hill by little ukraine

ilana: my boyfriend and i (brazilian and half filipino/half white) lived in bushwick for 8 months. we shared an apartment with a wonderful ecuadorian woman, Carmen, and her daughter Patricia on the first floor of a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: peter loves garden apartments, great shots of them, by the way is that a person taking a sunbath on the garden rooftop. church steeples were high so that everyone could see where the church......

in response to: City Centre - Rooftops (Part II) by livia

kricket: the apartment in photo #4 looks like it's made out of lego....

in response to: City Centre - Rooftops (Part I) by livia

Hutch1: To the original poster of the photos. You took photos of only the worst of the town. What state has a year round State Fair? The old hospital is not across from a highway. I do......

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

Joe S.: Bonnie, If you see this--we also shopped at Bohack the A & P! My grandmother lived on Decataur between Wilson and Knickerbocker--closer to Knickerbocker. I remember going to a candy store on the corner......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Mr Low Income: Well here we are, 8 homeless/Low income housing projects in Hutchinson now. 1. The Clusters 2. The apartments on 11th and Porter 3. Commerce Gardens 4. The Apartments behind K-mart (off 33rd St). 5. Hidden......

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

Adam Wills: I was just wondering what the area around 2818 Lemp Ave. is like I am supposed to take a look at an apartment there next week and would like to know if it would be......

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

joey: i'm drawn to the reflections in the upstairs apartment windows. and with the water gushing. this is a strange one....

in response to: Kenia Furniture: by Peter

KB: Lived in Bushwick on Eldert Street, btw Knickerbocker & Irving, from when I was born, until we moved away in 1967, when I was 16. Things had gotten rough in 1966, when there was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (usnyc1nsc1.globalmediaxchange.com): Hi, What street is the 80-40 apartment house on? Thank you!...

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

anon (c-68-35-227-32.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): Not even a day ago I was housesitting a fancy apartment that was but a few blocks from that station. It was my first time in NYC and when walking around I peered over......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

jaybay: My friend and I just got an apartment in the western part of Bushwick, where Suydam Street and Bushwick Ave. intersect. WE are two white girls in our 20's. We walked around the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

cjh: This is for upfromflames: I was born and raised (1969 to 1990) in the boarded-up house pictured in your February 10 article. The actual address of that building is 23 Troutman Street. What......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jeeff: lucky you. there are lots of 'no trespassing' signs now, so i didn't get too close. i agree tho, i wonder why this type of design hasn't been pursued. you get high......

in response to: Habitat by jeeff

Andy: There was a pool exactly like this near my old house except with smashed tvs and everything else you could think in it. Apparently lots of older apartments were built with pools outside but then......

in response to: Apkujeong by chiamattt

Micah: Haha! THE KNIGHTS OF RHODES! i used to live in the apartments in that picture....

in response to: Birmingham in Color by dfwtiger

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

maybetoday: The North Market Place development is actually happening. Several buildings and homes have already been rehabbed for apartments and homes. Infill is currently being built on vacant land ("historically-sensitive" single-family homes). The......

in response to: Revitalize by maybetoday

maybetoday: All but one of the buildings pictured were built between 1915 and 1920. One building was built in 1930. There hasn't really been any new construction here for quite a while. The......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

Brad: These condos and apartments look like they have been there for a while. The area around Forest Park and Washington University is pretty nice, and has a lot of buildings with character. Personally, I'd much......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

Armstrong: All this talk of crime is interesting yet Bushwick is changing everyday. It is inevitable. I think it will change for the better, remaining a mixed neighborhood demographically and economically. It is closer to Manhattan......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

joey: brick factory, apartment and school buildings. remnants of an earlier urban culture...

in response to: Old North St. Louis Pt. II by maybetoday

Rune Willem: Amy Sever: Why i have a tree hous in my apartment. ? My apartment is very small, but i have a very high ceiling.. so in order to use the most of my space........

in response to: One bedroom apartment by Rune-Willem

Armstrong: unrecognizable in a good way of course! here are the views from my new apartment of Maria Hernandez park and Manhattan skyline (taken from the roof looking back towards Troutman St.)...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Armstrong: I just got an apartment on Starr St and Knickerbocker so I a little bit resent rosecoloredglasse's last comment. at the same time, I'm a realist and yes, that area would be considered blighted by......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Andrew Smith: That looks a pretty amazing building - I noticed following the link that they intend to have apartments for the over 55's, a health centre and a dentist; in addition to the usual bars &......

in response to: Student Days - Leeds by Andrew Smith

rosecolredglasses: While it is true the Bushwick is "trying" to come back, it haas a long way to go. Without a doubt, it is much better than the period of 1976-1994 when you could honestly......

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

Armstrong: Hey UPFROMFLAMES: I have such respect after reading many of your thoughtful and researched posts on Bushwick. Are you a Bushwicker? QUESTION: I just got a stabilized apartment within the Bushwick Initiative area. There are definitely......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

barb: This got my attention, as my daughter just called, and had received an official email from the university about a shooting near her apartment complex....

in response to: Drive-by Shooting by Magdelena

Armstrong: I'm intrigued by this building as well. What the hell's going to go in there? I bet it's only 200sf per floor - tops! Do you think it will have a small apartment upstairs?......

in response to: Bushwick: You Could Cut Yourself on That Thing by upfromflames

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I like those apartments on Ridge Avenue. They look cool....

in response to: Spring Garden / West Poplar / Loft District: Lost in Transition by serlingrod

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

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

vvargas: all this talk about bushwick being unsafe and that only ppl looking to flip their properties are going to encourage you to live here is nonsense. change starts somewhere and it has already started.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

JimQV: Yeah, over the months there have been people who've posted here, thinking of moving to Bushwick, asking for an opinion about the safeness of the neighborhood. Why not give them an honest opinion, based on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Kane: yeah those old apartments arent across from the highway.....i live in kansas...

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