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luna park: thanks, peter. street cars in brooklyn would be pretty sweet. they could be tricked out by different artists. ...

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

Peter: ooh, this one is good. i love the confluence of all the different materials... it also makes me feel sort of bummed that {brooklyn} no longer has trolleys......

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

LSpegal: I didn't grow up in NY but I have a few ancestors who grew up or lived in Brooklyn. I'm researching them and the areas where they used to live and Arthur THAMM lived at......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Brody: What a delight to come across this blog. It was truly "the best of times." Not only did I have the privledge of playing football for Bernie Mars 58'-60' but my uncle played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mike: I remember Sunset Park from the 50's and 60's I lived right down from the park. That's when It was a nice neighborhood you could walk the streets anytime and not worry about getting mugged.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

Ron A. (aka Ronnie): I lived at 486 Brooklyn Avenue and played on Sterling St. with my friends. I went to PS91 between 1958 - 1964. Next to Lefferts JHS. We left Brooklyn in 8th grade for Westchester. I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

cycles-past: Hello editor thank you for allowing my post.....as i find photo's,or any items im searching for relating to brooklyn's motorcycle history i will definatly post more scan's.....i do have other memorabilia but very little relating to......

in response to: Brooklyn Motorcycle History by cycles-past

Peter: [[img:28436]] 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!!!"##...

in response to: Borough Pride by luna park

Peter: when i got back into town this past weekend, the sight of the (agreeably underwhelming) {brooklyn bridge} waterfall greeted me, so that was my first chance to see them... glad to find your photos, man.........

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

Peter: its pretty telling that i knew exactly what this was just seeing the tip-top of the weathervane, ebfore even scrolling down... ahh, i love {brooklyn}......

in response to: Commerce by luna park

Anon: I lived on Menahan more or less 20 years ago and it looked the same. I haven't lived in Brooklyn for 10 years now. Gracias for the memories of the neighborhood and shopping......

in response to: Menahan by Peter

jack: luna there is a movie i love it is called,'the little fugitive', my younger brother and i were the same ages of the boys in the movie and we lived pretty close to where the......

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

luna park: nice flicks, particularly the 2nd one! i finally saw the brooklyn bridge one last night and was decidedly underwhelmed....

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

jack: your correct, i was waiting for shots of the falls, i figured it was gonna be peter since he was the closest. so you took a boat ride around manhattan on the circle line,......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

jack: by the way that is a great photo catch. never saw that in brooklyn before....

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

Jamie: Fuckyeah. I can have a little piece of {Brooklyn} right here in {Lincolnshire} any time I like. Screw the carbon footprint...

in response to: Borough Pride by luna park

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

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

luna park: there used to be many breweries in brooklyn - i don't know if there are any other in operation other than the brooklyn brewery. here's a link about rheingold: [[http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/hofmann-rheingold.shtml]] i had no idea brooklyn beers were......

in response to: Borough Pride 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

Jamie: My local supermarket ({Boston}, {UK}) sells Brooklyn Beer....

in response to: Borough Pride by luna park

Rita Spencer Knudsen: 27th Jun 2008 : I lived around Flatbush Ave. and my Mom would take me over to Decatur St. to see my Aunts Francis and Nellie. Nellie had the Nellie Cook Dance Studio on Broadway and I took dance......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

serlingrod: I guess its not easy finding Philly's Brooklyn Street in the actual Brooklyn Thanks everyone for posting your street shots....Brooklyners and non-Brooklyners alike! Here's my Philly street, with a corner camera store that shares its......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

jack: gee since everyone from brooklyn is showing their streets i might as well join in as an x-brooklynite and show you my street from my deck, it doesn't look like where i lived in brooklyn......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

colavitos ghost: these pictures give the impression of one seriously brooklyn-ass barbecue. really cool....

in response to: Letters by Peter

Peter: ok! the first area of {brooklyn} that popped into mind was [[wiki:Bedford-Stuyvesant]] (bed-stuy)... i only poked around a little, but it looks a little closer to {serlingrod}'s {philly}-{brooklyn}: [[img:28262]] closer, but still not spot-on... i bet {upfromflames} could......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

Peter: with a [[3348:new york in lincolnshire]], no doubt youve got a {brooklyn} in {philly}! nice find... thanks for sharing it with us. this is the view from the end of my block, for comparison: [[img:28261]] other brooklynites, show......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

jack: shizen, could it be the sadist, 'lockinglear decrebided' he was in southern france and would take pictures of people and reproduced them onto models and used them for, (you know what) they were life size......

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

bigv: i live in bedstuy brooklyn and canarsie it iz crazy with shootouts . In da stuy and my part of canarsie are alot of bloods that are maddd gangster...

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

zagg: "NEVA FEAR! BROOKLYNS HERE!" --- man, I should watch Newsies tonight. Best musical that takes place in NYC, if you ask me :D...

in response to: This Month On Citynoise by Jamie

Peter: where {brooklyn} at!...

in response to: This Month On Citynoise by Jamie

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Peter: {brooklyn bretta} has been around for years, and are hands-down the best scooter shop/repair in the area. i wouldnt take my scoot anywhere else. [[http://www.brooklynbretta.com]] ...

in response to: Brooklyn Vespa by Peter

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

Allison: Well, I was born in Flatbush and even though I've been out for 20 years the place still gives me the willies whenever I return. I live in Manhattan now and am constantly amazed at......

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

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....

in response to: Blades Over Bushwick by upfromflames

1life2live: I from brooklyn my whole life the truth is shit can happen if your in the wrong place at the wrong time im lucky i have many friends stabbed or killed for stupidity but as......

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

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

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

sandra: broadway and hewes st is dangerous i am planning to move there i don't know anything about brooklyn new york.! help mee!...

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

luna park: i don't think so. my landlady told me this tree was planted by her italian grandparents, who emigrated to brooklyn at the turn of the last century. here's another crack at a recent nytimes article......

in response to: Brooklyn Backyard by luna park

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

C.T.: Do figs grow wild in Brooklyn, NY?...

in response to: Brooklyn Backyard by luna park

Peter: indeed, it still appears to be there......

in response to: The Doors of Grand Street by Peter

J.Smith: My Great Grand father lived at 175 Grand St Brooklyn Between 1858 to 1900 is the Building still there?...

in response to: The Doors of Grand Street by Peter

marco: hey i live a couple blocks away from you cool i live in Bushwick Brooklyn. riding the train at night is scary u should be very afraid....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: the earliest i remember is Staten Island in 1948, it was country then, i was 6, but there is a story i personally know is true, because i made it up so there, and it......

in response to: Staten: Once Upon a Line by CartLegger

Peter: a similar find in {bushwick}, {brooklyn}: [[img:27804]] ...

in response to: Mr. & Mrs. Muffler by Peter

jack: lived in brooklyn from 1942 till 1968, then after 6 years of army duty married in 1968 and moved to valley stream then huntington and finally to new jersey and now am looking for land......

in response to: WTC Commute 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

Kathy Mondello: It's so great to see that there are caring people living in this neighborhood. I have nothing but fond memories of growing up in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn - having graduated from Bushwick......

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

Peter: hmm, i guess i got thrown by the part where you said ##"I know that cant be a Coupe piece in BK##. no one ever said he was from brooklyn. this is a relatively famous......

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

anon (74-128-38-7.dhcp.insightbb.com): Coupe is from Louisville not Brooklyn. I know that cant be a Coupe piece in BK....

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

EMILY: i saw another one something like this in a pier in greenpoint, brooklyn... it looked pretty old but idk...

in response to: Revs Hope Graf Sculpture by Peter

a : this is wat they send me too b.c i scored a 550 on my test for brooklyn tech 10 points away lucky me i hope this school aint crapp my teacher said is good...

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

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

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