Calling All those from 22nd Street bet 3rd and 4th
Yes this is Bob Rittenhouse one of the Rittenhouse's who lived at 159 22nd Street. Just want to say Hi to everyone I might have known back then and to say we are all still around here and there.
View Article23rd st between 5th and 6th ..in the 70s
Hey!enyone out there?looking for mike the butchers family or pat who had a lil girl named april.a kid named fortunato or john and sister janice..eny info please post...thanks guys :D :
View ArticleInteresting Newsreel Footage of the 1960 Crash in the Slope.
Pretty interesting stuff. I can't find Parts 2 & 3. United Crash-1
View ArticleBefore Bored To Death
Living proof the the Slope was bad-ass at one time. Recognize the building around 1:40? The Begining of It All. I'm still trying to pinpoint the exact streets. What a Diefference 40 Years Makes.
View Articlewindsor terrace history
My name is Tina. I lived in windsor terrace from 1964 to 1974, at 519 vanderbilt street. At the time we lived there the lot behind our row of houses was empty, except for overgrowth of weeds and...
View ArticleSouth Brooklyn Youth Gangs: 1950-1965
Hello: I'm writing a non-fiction book about the youth gangs that existed in the South Brooklyn area, focusing on the 1950s and early 1960s. Were you, or someone you know, a member of the Jokers, South...
View Article18TH STREET 5TH AVE FELIXES AND THE JOKERS
I REMEMBER IT ALL IN THE 50S EVERY STORE EVERY FRIEND EVERY MOVIE THEATER, , BLACKY, BILLY MUDGE, THE DELVECCHIOS. MOON , ROBERT CURCIO,CANNONBALL, JIMMY DUGAN, FROM 22ND CAGGIANO,POOPSIE KIBBLER, JOEY...
View Articlelooking for old friends
Hi My name is jerry hopkins lived on 15 th street between 3rd and 4 th avewent to holy family and grady voc.graduated from holy family 1959hung out on 13 th street and school yard also in candt store...
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6 ave 17st Bruno's grocery store 1940's - 50's
Hi My great grandfather, John Bruno, had a grocery store on the corner of 6th ave & 17th st until it was taken (bought)for the construction of the Prospect Expressway. That's when he came to live...
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1941 No Hands Cake-Eating Contest, Sponsored by Drake's Cakes
These boys won a “no-hands” cake eating contest at the 9th annual “Kiddy Party” at Luna Park on September 8, 1941.The “Kiddy Party,” a 3-day benefit for underprivileged NYC kids, was sponsored by......
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Awesome photo of newsboys on Brooklyn Bridge in 1908 at 3 a.m.
Source: brooklynian.com via Brooklynian on Pinterest3 A.M. Sunday, February 23rd, 1908. Newsboys selling on Brooklyn Bridge. Harry Ahrenpreiss, 30 Willet Street. (Said was 13 years old). Abe Gramus....
View Articleseeking lace/crocheted doilies
hi all, i know this is off topic for this particular board's subject matter, but it seemed the right audience to address. i'm a park slope artist, and i'm working on a project that involves amassing...
View ArticleBrooklyn Back When - Open Thread (Continued)
This thread continues the conversations from Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread.
View ArticleBrooklyn in the ' 80's
Subject: Brooklyn in the ' 80'sDoes anybody still remember Brooklyn in the '80's?
View ArticleLost Board
Quite a few years ago I connected with a "Broolyn Board." I can't find anything on my computer with the correct name. Anyone out there familiar with it? Perhaps it's defunct or been subsumed????Anyway,...
View ArticleLost Board
Quite a few years ago I connected with a "Broolyn Board." I can't find anything on my computer with the correct name. Anyone out there familiar with it? Perhaps it's defunct or been subsumed????Anyway,...
View ArticlePark Slope-Brooklyn
There was Ebbetts Field, Prospect Park, & Coney Island, to name a fewAlways something to do in Brooklyn, some were old & some were newTo impress a girl you did not take her to the local “ITCH”...
View ArticleDoes Anyone Remember: Boro Park: THE LAMPLIGHTER BOXING GYM ?
Hi Guys/GalsThe gym: THE LAMPLIGHTERS BOXING GYM was across the street from: Boro Park Theater on New Utrecht Avenue. Right across the street upstairs from a store that sold lamps. It had NOTHING to do...
View ArticlePhotographs of Park Slope in the 1950s
My father's 60th birthday is approaching, and I was hoping I would be able to find a photograph of his childhood neighborhood to give to him as part of a gift. He grew up in an apartment on 11th Street...
View Article**BROOKLYN BACK WHEN**
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View ArticleLandmarks
Help! I keep having this recurring flashback to the sixties when there used to be this gas station in Brooklyn that had a huge neon Flying Pegasus suspended over it. Anyone recall this place and...
View ArticleDoes anyone remember, C. Scoby Stroman
Scoby was a drummer, dancer (sand), & a great poet?I need to publish his poetry book, everyone in his family has died. I lived with him 4 ,10 yrs. and he gave me his unpublished works to publish....
View ArticleBrownville Memories
Hi everyone. I was born and raised in Brownsville until the age of 13. Lived at 192 Bristol then 196 Bristol until I was 8 or so, then moved to 274 Amboy Street until I was 13. I have a brother called...
View ArticleHello all. Longo's Bar on 21st street between 4, and 5th ave.
The feast, St John's baseball, and swimming team. Richy Muccatello, Pee Wee Giants football team. This is just a start. My older brothers are Joey, and Richie LongoThanks Artie Longo
View ArticleBrooklyn Back When - Open Thread
This thread picks up where the old one left off. Happy posting!
View ArticleVolunteer at your old stomping grounds!
Did you learn to read at PS 46 in Ft. Greene, CS 21 in Bed-Stuy, or PS 241 in Crown Heights? Volunteer to help today's students at those great schools as they're inspired to love reading through...
View ArticleLooking for my Mothers relatives still alive
My name is Stephen Scaravella..I was born Dec 21st 1951..I lived at 299 13st Between 5th and 6th avenues. Bklyn Ny..I am trying to find any relatives of my Mother who lived on 12st right around the...
View ArticleMailman in 1967
Hi I grew up on 7th Street and 6th Avenue. I was wondering if anyone knows the name of the mailman that delivered mail in 1967. I just knew bobby the mailman. Please either respond here or email me at...
View ArticleI am back
Spoke to Warren on an email and I finally came back knowing how much I missed my blog Love Big Mama Hope I am on the correct page???????
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