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Bodega Dude: ##"Hey, how you know my favorite beer?"##
Me: ##"Cause I picked the one that said Brooklyn on it"##
Bodega Dude: ##"BROOKLYN ALL DAY, NIGGA!"##
Me: ##"Word"##
Bodega Dude: ##"BROOKLYN!"##
Me: ##"Wut!"##
Bodega Dude: ##"BROOKLYN, SON!!!"##... 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...... jack: those look like my old army combat boots and the ice skates, lol good catch, you know we should have a citynoise conference at the spumoni gardens in brooklyn, or somewhere.... 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...... C.T.: Do figs grow wild in Brooklyn, NY?... 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,...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... Dav: Hi,
I'm french and I want to visit New York.
I'll live for twelve days near fourth avenue in Brooklyn, is it sure? Some friends of mine said the security is bad but when I read this...... jack: wow, here it is september 2007 and i'm listening to all of you talk about the theatres in brooklyn, yes karen those were great day's waiting in line to run into the theatre on a...... Chris Rodriguez: i KNOW THE HISTORY OF BUSHWICK... i know the history of brooklyn, of all of new york. i wrote a 10 page essay on bushwick for school. Im not saying im a know every single...... Wyoming Native: I live in WY, recently visited NYC, stayed in Manhattan for a week. Rode the J train to Brooklyn for a bagel, then walked back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn bridge.
My area of interest...... serlingrod: Do people even bike alot in NYC? I've taken my bike on the Chinatown Bus from Philly to NY many a times, and every visit I'm always amazed at how few fellow bikers I see....... Madelyn: Wow! What an experience it has been reading all these posts about the neighborhood I grew up in! I also went to Enrico Fermi, remember Mr. Lily and played violin in the orchestra. I graduated...... Brooklyn-Pete: Bushwick is not the worst neighborhood in Brooklyn, it's definately no Park Slope but it is not as bad as some would have others believe. The neighborhood is very noisy and extremely filthy on many...... jack: little ukraine your photos are terrific. bravo, maestro. astoria, i love astoria, i was in boot camp with friends from astoria and when we completed boot camp we had a 2 week leave...... bed sty-cee!: born and raised in brooklyn--coney island was the boroughs(family getaway) i can't beleive that politician let it rot--but just like all of brooklyn, gentrification will take hold. so all you blacks and puerto ricans better...... upfromflames: If you need directions:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Knickerbocker+Ave+%26+Woodbine+St,+Brooklyn,+NY&sll=40.686365,-73.981328&sspn=0.007306,0.014462&ie=UTF8&ll=40.696778,-73.913355&spn=0.007305,0.014462&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1... JACE: BORN 166 HARMAN STREET,PLAY STICK BALL EVERYDAY,NEVER FORGET IT BEST STREET IN BROOKLYN,JOE AND MIKE CANDY STORE,MURRAY ON CORNER OF WILSON HARMAN STREET,CYO ST BARBARA'S CHURCH.BREAD STORE EVERY CORNER.... 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...... Shimbo: Get this, I live in Brooklyn N.Y., I got a raccoon caught in the cage right now but, i tried calling the city to relocate it, but they say they dont do that. He's a...... anon (ip68-9-213-73.ri.ri.cox.net): will like to see more pictures of williamsburg brooklyn, noel dukes 2..... H.J.H.: Thank you for these photos. They evoke memories of when I lived there and this was my subway stop. I love Brooklyn, NY; Eastern Parkway, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. ... moss: The side-by-side tandem bike is available for sale at Bicycle Station in Brooklyn, NY. They are being produced again by Bob Barrett. You can look up the shop or call them. as of May 2007,...... colavitos ghost: what part of brooklyn, peter?... iman: man, i live in brooklyn, but i was supposed to move to asheville about a year ago. i looked it up, its a nice place, and i heard there's a really good skatepark over there...... 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...... Brad: The "threat level" is the only excuse I can think of for not allowing pictures to be taken. If I'm not mistaken, pictures of/in the city's tunnels are also forbidden, or to quote the cop...... iman: to robert: man i'm 15 and i grew up around bloods. believe me man, if your gonna join anything, make your own small time clique, i'll garantee you that you'll fight a lot, but not...... iman: man i'm from brooklyn, and they use some different styles in hawaii then over here. i'm impressed.... gladis: i use to live in brooklyn, but i moved to new jersy becuz its too danerous over there. in ma block their use to be shoot outs. the ones that use to fight are t...... Bill Hammond: JoeAnn if you can download Google Earth you can enter Gated Ave, Brooklyn, NY and when it appears you can scan around and find the streets you wrote about. You can even zoom right down...... j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Thank you for your interest.
I would like to start with a very brief history of Bushwick to establish both philosophy and development for use as foundation to buttress the argument that the communities of...... Jeff: These bridges are beautiful my favorits are the brooklyn,manhattan,george washington or (the G.W.)and the verazino narrows or simply put the narrows bridge. New York City is my faverit place to be and i plan on...... bk racer: here's a little snow art in brooklyn, from the first snow to stick back in january.
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... jack: not you evil, actually montreal is beautiful. of course i've never been there but i came close one time when i went to niagara for a convention. i had a grand time, throwing...... jack: yeah, thats brooklyn, in all its majesty, in its timeless grace, the old structure and new people, buildings can tell some stories, i remember this area from my times as a child on the rooftops....... 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...... jack: yeah, peter is from brooklyn, like me, and we are uncivilized, according to british standards, because as a nation we had lost that victorian elegence and charm. when we broke away from our mother...... dela: I'm a white girl from N.Jersey, 24. I've been going to Brooklyn for many years to visit friends and family. I love Brooklyn, nice place to visit. If your worried just get a roomate and...... rlg: I appreciate your posting this photo. I'm looking for the plaque for a great uncle, Henry Goodman, who I believe was killed in France 2 weeks before the end of WW I. He...... jack: ##[Ed: this comment was posted as a separate article. i removed the article and appended the comment here. please try to keep your comments confined to the relevant article.]##
no photos, sorry folks. i...... anon (bas3-toronto12-1168024953.dsl.bell.ca): tke a pic at 83 irving avenue, brooklyn, n.y. ta... 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...... Peter: for what its worth, ive rarely observed the above-mentioned behavior in brooklyn, and i live here. maybe out in the hood, though. who knows. but brooklyn isnt all hood.... Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who...... Peter: a great {empty reference} from an industrial section of brooklyn, where i had to go to get my impounded car back (dont ask):
[[img:13753]]... zagg: Thanks Peter, my aim is to have the Top City list look like this:
New York, NY (508)
Brooklyn, NY (459)
Toronto, ON (453)
London, UK (250)
Sarnia, ON (anything higher than Houston or Montreal)
:D (ha-ha).
The site is great as...... jack: i want to go there. forget about europe, the netherlands, brooklyn, all i want to do is jump into those green blue waters and swim with the dolphin and whales and just live on...... jack: nice story and pic's. but wait for 50 years to pass and then go back. my trip to brooklyn, new york and my visit to my old home showed me that there were...... Amanda: Im a white girl, 23, and I moved to Brooklyn from the suburbs of Massachusetts. I have been all over Brooklyn, in whats considered the "bad" areas, and I honestly think its hysterical that people...... jack: ha ha, you two guys need some parental care when your on your own, hahahahaha. nice come back evil. when i was in my army uniform i was at the crap table and everyone...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, Peter. I was wondering about that arch for a while. Now I can remember better. That was as I was about to cross the Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn, then.... 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...... jack: great ghosts of brooklyn, i took some shots myself. nice to see different between cities and yet in the snow it looks the same, all white spots.... jack: not me, i like sweltering heat, 100's in new york city, the asphalt melting carving my initials into the street, eating ices at the spumoni gardens in brooklyn, strolling the sands on the jersey shore,...... Jamie: Well if you ever do be sure to stop of in Brooklyn, Wrington, Somerset, UK
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photos used without permission from: [[http://www.wringtonsomerset.org.uk]]... anon (c234-107.syr-twc.ny.localnet.com): Seriously... there has to be a number of artists out there who would do tile work pro bono just to have their work part of the NYC Subway.
It's not just Brooklyn, either. Look at...... GGP: somewhere in Brooklyn, a robot is missing its hearing aid.... EvilGentleman: I thought you might like that, Peter. You really seem to be a proud {New Yorker}. My family has always had connections to New York, too.
My dad lived under the {Brooklyn Bridge} (NE corner...... Leon: Only in Brooklyn, lol.
... Emilie: I found a flat in Park place, in Brooklyn, but I haven't visited it yet as I'm in Europe. It seems to be really nice, but i'm just worried for the noise. Does somebody know...... jack: its lucid thinking, we daydream things. there is no ss there is no swastika we place meaning on coincidences or near look-a-likes. people still see elvis, and i admit i think i saw...... jack: wow that was great, but have you seen 17th avenue in brooklyn, the non-neon lights. how about court street's dazzeling display of red, yellow and green stop lights on almost every street! now...... Peter: "dont sleep on jersey". how profound. i may live in brooklyn, but some days i spend more hours in EO than i do in BK.... 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...... Peter: that and im sure most people in that area agree with what the mural is conveying... and ergo probably wouldnt go over it.
though if a mural like that popped up here in brooklyn, id give...... Peter: this photo is brooklyn, in a nutshell.... jack: holoween is an ancient religious custom that shooed away evil spirits. it was for a remembrence of all those who died but to let their spirits go to GOD. children dressed up in...... Peter: the brooklyn-queens-expressway is elevated through alot of south brooklyn, and separates it from the harbor, very similar to the gardiner... interesting...
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... Peter Lame: Hey Peter Caine, neckface might be toy but you sir are a tonka-built corn-dog card-carrying duck. After seeing your picture, all I can think is, "Who's the little dog making all that big noise?"
Be careful,...... John: To gain entrance to the Cemetary, I would actually contect the Friends before I would contact the park. As far as I know, the cemetary is controlled by the Friends.
From time...... Peter: in my neighborhood in brooklyn, the locksmiths spam every house almost dauly with thsoe locksmith cards... i guess they hope that some poor sod will get locked out and give em a call... though when...... Peter: yay! im so glad autumn is coming to brooklyn, btw.... LOVE BILLY: how can i get ufo or gen II, oze108 or muk to paint a truck I own??? i live now in brooklyn,, but want to take a peice of this back to n. carolina,,, any...... Peter: also: "{fat puppy}" has been getting some ups on both sides of the atlantic... ive seen that shit around in brooklyn, too.... Peter: cool! it looks very clean there. if it was brooklyn, the water would be green, the grass wouldnt be there, there would be tons of trash in teh water and everythign would be covered in...... vz: brooklyn, all the way out by queens, near grant av./pitkin-- so i'm starting to think i was ripped off just a little?... Chris K: Absolutely,
they still deny my position.
It's OK I'm taking a fucking trip.
Brooklyn, Califorinia.... Peter: heh, that looks just like my area of brooklyn, all the way down to the kuma graf. well, and minus the water and {sutro} tower ;)... Peter: i saw a guy carrying an iguana yesterday in brooklyn, too!... jyk: gg, a new poetic form is born on the street(s) of brooklyn, ny - looks like the great american forensic poem. fragments of language and image. culture on the morning of the day after tomorrow....... CAPTAIN AMERICA:
email: finaljustice05@yahoo.com
You take great pictures. You're Crazy! Here's one for ya. Please trust me. I live in El Paso, Texas. I lived in "East New York, Brooklyn", until I joined the Military 6 years...... Peter: wow, this entry reminds me of the old gasworks that were here in brooklyn... they would inflate with surplus natural gas all summer, when gas was cheap, and then deflate all winter during times of...... Peter: i sure cant wait for the weather to warm up a bit so i can hit coney island again! i swear, after this past winter in brooklyn, im going to be out there like every...... Peter: hey man, its good to see some fellow brooklynites up in this piece. glad to see your place in b'wick. i live in prospect heights. bk is the shit.
but yeah, feel free to post here...... Peter: lovepuppet: anytime. you can search the site for more photos of brooklyn, also :)... trismegistus: I miss brooklyn, I love seeing images of her, thanks...
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