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Big Joe: I was one of the many Sicilian people that lived on Troutman street years ago. we moved out and the place years later went to shit. The mob guys created the dope trade there. Well,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bushwick gs: thats brooklyn for ya ...

in response to: Retro Ghetto by Jayce

luna park: heh, this was on a totally crappy street right by the BQE in red hook; a crazy lady with an off-kilter wig was feeding the rosters rice, all the while softly meowing to the feral......

in response to: Kitten and Roosters by lunapark

Peter: a classic {brooklyn} scene... plus a cute {kitten}. you cant go wrong :)...

in response to: Kitten and Roosters by lunapark

Turk Tickler: I Googled Flatbush Gardener's blog. If you haven't seen it, you're not missing anything. How Flatbush Gardener thinks that their blog "covers that area of Brooklyn" in any way beyond just regurgitating already widely publicized......

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

Flatbush Gardener: Your spam filter doesn't allow links. Flatbush Gardener is one of them. The links category "Flatbush & Neighbors" in the sidebar of my blog lists many others, including Brooklyn Junction, Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn,......

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

Flatbush Gardener: "They" have many blogs covering this area of Brooklyn. There are at least a half dozen I know of....

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

janet: Steve--I must have known your father when I taught at Tilden from 1958 to mid-1960 (I had graduated from Tilden in 1951). It was a fine school in those years. Most of the graduates......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Eric66: I loved going down memorey Lane ,growing up on cedar st. between evergreen and myrtle ave. was the best of times 1945 to 1966 just wasn't enough time , had it not been for the......

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

Eric66: I loved going down memorey Lane ,growing up on cedar st. between evergreen and myrtle ave. was the best of times 1945 to 1966 just wasn't enough time , had it not been for the......

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

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

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Julian My grandparents who owned Platts of Irlam retired to Flixton, Brooklyn Avenue, we visited often as children. I love the film Stand By Me it has such a summery and nostalgic feel -......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Street Level Nine and The TPA Crew: JOEY TPA. Born in Bushwick Brooklyn. The Public Animals and Street Level Nine thank you for this photo montage....

in response to: Graf on the Tracks, Pt. 3 by Peter

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

GJcool DUDE: Dang, when I went to brooklyn there were these people robbing stores cause they couldn't afford to buy beer or drygs...

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Glen: Great cars, I lived in Brooklyn 35 years ago, my dad had a 1967 Mercury Cougar, beautiful car !!!...

in response to: Bushwick Impalas by Peter

Glen: Great cars, I lived in Brooklyn lots of years ago (1973), my dad had a 1967 Mercury Cougar, what a car !!!...

in response to: Bushwick Impalas by Peter

Editor: though the content of this sort of post isnt typically what we have on this blog, im going to leave it, as it sounds interesting, and the photo is nice. "cycles past", i urge you, though,......

in response to: Brooklyn Motorcycle History by cycles-past

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

Colorado Kid: I drove a truck in Brooklyn and Queens, delivering fuel oil. You should expect something bad to happen, always be on your guard. I've had more run ins with all sorts of people. You never......

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

rosanne underberg: I'm sorry but I have never heard of a Ronald Underberg - what is your grandfather's name???? My father was Samuel Underberg and maintaining a building of that size both inside and out is a......

in response to: Underberg Building, Goodbye by GGP

danolove: ja has new tags on rooftops on the gowanus in sunset park brooklyn and the old b/m train line, now the q train in brooklyn...

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

Steven H.: antBlack is right. I grew up in Bushwick in the 60's and 70's, and moved to the other side of Brooklyn in 78. I remember it being a true neighborhood, my friends were black, hispanic,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: wow! man... i was gonna point out the ones i like, but after i selected more than i could keep up with, i realized they were all killer. i like the train going over the......

in response to: Compilation by chiamattt

brnxbaby: Nah, I got fam in brooklyn and they are just fine..I stayed my summers there alot when my moms was working... You have nothing to worry about sweet heart... But still be on your guard,......

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

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

Martha Rice: My mother grew up at 1076 Lincoln Place. She was born in 1925, and is 82 today. her maiden name was Helen Jane Rice. She had a wonderful life there in Brooklyn and I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kelly: Did yall see the story about Brooklyn Geist on Curbed? apparently theres some all girl ghost hunting group that got EVP recordings from this cemetery, weird stuff....

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

Sammy Perez: Let me start by saying, this is unbelieveable. On a whim I typed in Enrico Fermi JHS 111 on Google and up comes this blog. What's even greater is that there are one......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: i think youre referring to {manhattan}, as it has areas referred to as "upper east side" and "upper west side", whereas {brooklyn} generally doesnt. to me, the "upper east side/east side" is where folks move......

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

Len Lipner: KNISHES OK, for anyone who wants to do his/her own cooking, I just wrote an email to Stan and to Alma, containing a sort of recipe for knishes as I remember them from Brooklyn. ("Sort of"......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: i don't think i've ever seen a bucket, they would steel it in brooklyn and use it to wash their cars in....

in response to: Poulet Frit à La Kentucky by EvilGentleman

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

QNS4Life: Ive lived in flushing my whole life and went to school at Brooklyn Tech in Ft Greene which was once completely burnt out and is now becoming gentrified. Maybe we dont have so much......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

{{A}}: Everyone is going to have there own personal opinion about the schooL regardl3ss. But for the ones who attend ACORN...they cant say that this school is all around bad. Just because this school may not......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Questioning: I have a question...I am a white non hipster brought up by a single parent working 2 jobs in brooklyn so i know what its like not to been the one looking for rent stabilization......

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

JoAnn 2/26/08: I grew up in 1252 Madison Street, married by boyfriend (who lived down the block)lots of years later. I went to Bushwich High School for 1 year than dad died and Mom and I......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

wackojacko: i dunno if its already been posted, but heres a link to the brookyln bridge sane smith bomb.... http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.razorapple.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/sane-text-hunter.jpg&imgrefurl=http://razorapple.com/2006/09/13/sanes-tagged-textbook/&h=313&w=500&sz=34&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=zKbK01a4OWForM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsane%2Bbrooklyn%2Bbridge%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff...

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

colavitos ghost: holy shit. woulda sworn this was brooklyn. cool....

in response to: Uptown: Advertise Here by little ukraine

Ronald V. Regan, Sr.: My mother (Paula/Polla) Zelius (married nams Regan) was born on BArren Island in 1906. HEr mother was Genevive, and dad was Vincente' Zelius. There were a total of five children in the Zelius family. By......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

jack: anyone who has rode the subway remembers this sign, i took the n train which is the old seabeach express into brooklyn to kings highway. many, many years ago....

in response to: 42nd street subway sign by caracarn

David: The photo shows an entrance to a secured parking area in back of the school. The school is a very large, lovely well-maintained school. The photo in the comment above shows Eastern Parkway in front......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Upstate Jim: Born in Bushwick in 1963 and moved to rural upstate in 1971. Lived on Dekalb close to knickerbocker ave (about 3 doors down from the pizzeria). I came from a great big family......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

its me: yeah Hoboken is where i would want raise my kids...lol you have to be kidding. Staten Island is a great place to raise kids, LOW crime and good schools. do Staten Islanders a favor and......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

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

little ukraine: I'm with Lefty, EG, you should post them. I have similar regrets; my grandmother grew up on Chauncey Street (right next to the Kramdens, right?) and my father says he remembers her talking about......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Lefty: Evil Gentleman, Please post your Grandparents' wedding pictures! I would be glad to try to help you identify it, and I'm sure the other Brooklynites would, too. ...

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

Edward: Better area? There should be a picture of the other side of the building or even across the street (http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/Eastern%20Parkway.jpg) This school is near the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The barbed wire is to......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

janet: Hi Stan—and all you 167 alums out there—The beautiful public library in classical style on Schenectady & Eastern Parkway was a place to visit, to use, but for me not to hang out in and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

aslgirl: I moved to {staten island} from {park slope}, {brooklyn} and almost two years later I'm still suffering from culture shock. We live in Prince's Bay, one of the "most desireable" neighborhoods. It's quiet and......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

RD: Does anyone here remember Bobby Fischer? He lived at 560 Lincoln Pl (corner of Franklin) during the 50's when he was becoming a chess prodigy. I saw him a lot because my Brooklyn Eagle route......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: ok jenny, i will go to brooklyn to visit my aunt and go looking for the prop house and take some pictures for you. karen if you saw the shows in the 50's then......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Park Slope Windows and Glass: As a long-standing member of the Brooklyn community and a company that has recently gone under new management, we would like to take this opportunity to invite any current or past customers with outstanding issues......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Michael Worsley: In Bushwick Brooklyn In The Early 1970's When I Was Growing Up All I Heard Was Music Marvin Gaye,Stevie Wonder,Earth,Wind & Fire,Herbie Hancock,Grover Washington,Jr.Antonio Carlos Jobim,Astrud Gilberto,George Benson,I Use To Go To A Thrift Shop......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

anon (198.215.16.159): great pics man my mom and bro. live in sunset park.i cant wait to get up there to be with them.brooklyn looks great.im from upstate "the ROC" im in texas. now ti really suxs!NY FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

MB: I agree with the previous commenter. We put new windows in an entire building through Park Slope Glass and just had a few problems - but you get nothing but a run around from......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Lydia: Hi Uchie, You are so right! I also have fond memories of Melrose Street, remember I lived in 350 Melrose street from 1976 to 1980 and my sister lived in the building next to yours.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bomb_skeeze: im from belleville, but spend most of my time in st louis. there is some good shit done in the brooklyn area. gotta check it out...

in response to: St. Louis Graffiti by Brad

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jan: Recently I took my grandson to the children's room in the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. It had not changed from the way I remember it in the 40's, except for the inclusion......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Michael Worsley: I Was Born On Sunday November 21,1971 In The Bushwick Section Of Brooklyn 37 Eldert Street Use To Love To Watch The J Train Run Down To Halsey Street Run Up To Chauncey Street,Years Ago......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

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.

Angel... Sunset Park Broolkyn: I was real young maybe 13 yrs old,during this black out, when the lights went out me and a some group of friends got together and tagged up the nieghborhood, atleast we weren't looting. I......

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

Rick: The consensus among my mavens is that the bldg with the hedges on the corner of Franklin and Carroll was the Brooklyn Union Gas company....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JOEY TPA CREW: Queens is right, and good catch on the "DC-10" tag. The Captain disappeared, Tage is no longer with us, Duck 77 is still around, works in a moving company, still living in Woodside, UJ-178....off to......

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

Michael worsley: I Was Born On November 21,1971 In Bushwick 37 Eldert Street On The Second Floor My Heart And Soul Still There In Brooklyn As They Say Never Forget Where You Came From...

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

brdntyler@yahoo.com: I been around that spot also. But I'm from east flatbush, 89th and church by Brookdale ave.It's been a mintue since I been around but I'm glad to hear some real brooklynites talk about they......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

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

ana brooklyn: I know this experience made you a stonger person.God bless you and give you all the peace in the world....

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

brooklyn girl: im a white girl born and raised in BK. you cant be serious with this message board. most of these people sound like they never leave the house. why do you think because your white......

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

JACE: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL ON HARMON STREET AND BROOKLYN FRIENDS. ANYBODY FOR STICK BALL.SOMEBODY GO ON THE ROOF FIND A BALL! ST.BARBARS,PS 145,JOHNS BARGAIN STORE,CYO. BOUGHT MY PRETZELS ON STAR STREET TO SELL.HERES A NICE......

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

nick schiavarelli jr: they are a great bunch of bikers i used to ride with the unknown bikers mc and been to there parties years ago they are a tight club and true brotherhood im now living in north......

in response to: Imperial Bikers Motorcycle Club by Peter

Anonymous: the Democrats for more than 50 years has had a run of Brooklyn, NYC. Left the Bushwick and surrounding areas in total ruin, with crime rampant, profound social apathy, and proliferating vermin to name a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

New York: So what has become of the Rivers family and the two boys? (Lafayette and Pharoah)? Anyone out there know? I heard Kotlowitz speak about 6 or 7 years ago here in Brooklyn and I liked......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Giulliani.: FX does have a problem with LEETO, Cause HEF IS A BITCH who can't paint streets for his life. Hes just some washed up LEGAL EAGLE FAGLORD. I can appreciate that RIME and HOST they......

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

rick Rock: to Peter: Philly and brooklyn are very similar. I spend alot of time in both and I not the similarities daily....

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

Frank S: Holy cow, I can't believe it. A friend e-mailed me about the story. I did a google search and sh*t I'm back in Brooklyn. 169 Harmon -3rd floor. I hope word......

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

Bill: Thanksgiving in Brooklyn in the 1930's. We lived on St Marks Av and Utica most of the homes were 2 family and owner occupied on the 1st and 2nd floors and 3rd floor was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Logan: I am a 38 year old man born and raised in bushwick. I have seen bushwick go through many changes. I can remember when the wiseguys used to spend their days in the coffee shops......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: I had the barley soup at K-PAX last night -- it was nice (and warm). As for it being like Brooklyn's Natural, you can obviously see that is where K-PAX got their inspiration. And I said......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: i pass that place every day going to/coming back from the train. i never see anyone in there. im assuming its because theyre still pretty new. with all the cheap (but admittedly spartan/utilitarian) {bodega}s around......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: Stopped into the new K-Pax Deli on Starr between Wyckoff and Irving. It's a nice, CLEAN little place opened by a Polish couple (which is odd because the Polish population seems to stay in Maspeth,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Shevo: This board is hilarious..I practically lived in Forte Green projects for about 3 months and nothing happened to me. I am what one would call an black white girl. I grew up......

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

Miriam: I'm a teacher in a Brooklyn public school. I know a little sign language. I would love to visit this school.Many students here want to learn sign language and meet deaf students....

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

JOEY-THE PUBLIC ANIMALS: Wow.. The stories I have about this creek! I used to deliver the Long Island Press to Mr. Raab, born in the 1890's who used to take a rowboat down this creek from East Elmhurst,......

in response to: Newtown Creek: Dirty Water by CartLegger

CartLegger: I think you'd be wise to let your mother read some of the comments on this post. Maybe you can print the positive ones for her? But it may take more than that to sway......

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

catherine: my best friend and i are looking for an apt in brooklyn. neither of us are stupid, but we are young (20). naturally, my mother is worried that i won't be safe if......

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

Glen: I havent lived in Brooklyn for 35 years, but was the church-like building where the norwegian seamans-church was ? (1. Place and Clinton street)...

in response to: Clinton Hill by little ukraine

FromAmsterdam: Me and 2 friends are going to new york for 3 weeks in januari. me and another one are white and the 3rd one is hispanic looking. whe should be allright by daytime in brooklyn......

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

jack: wonderful pictures of the people and the place special to you, in brooklyn all us kids would be in costume and standing in our doorways waiting for the darkness and each one would run out......

in response to: Bushwick Halloween by CartLegger

jack: great barbara, nice writing, it is a beautiful time of year, in brooklyn in the 40's and 50's the old men in the neighborhood would gather up leaves in piles in the streets and burn......

in response to: We All Enjoy the Colors of Autumn Leaves by Barbara Christensen

Glen: Great pictures ! I lived on 77th street, 5th ave, but we visited friends that lived right next to the park, lot of great memories coming back.... Moved from Brooklyn in 73, no live in Norway......I'd......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

Evelyn Villanueva: Just moved to Florida (3 months ago) from the Bushwick Area, lived there for 40+ years. Graduated from P.S 274, JHS 111 and Bushwick High School. Also in the 70's. I will tell you that......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

DIANE: I Lived on Franklyn Ave Off WILLOUGHBY In The Early 50'S. A Few Years Ago I Went Back To My Old House,And It Was Still There,It Chaned A Little But Not Much.It WAas A Wonderful......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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