Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas to all my Friends on the blog.I wish you all a very Happy New Year with much health & happiness in the years to come.Remember one day your on top of the world & the next you can...
View ArticleHELP ..PLEASE..KEEP SENDING PMs AND NOT GETTING A RESPONCE
CAN SOMONE HELP ME OUT?I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO USE THIS SITE FOR A WHI.LE NOW .I AM GETTING NOOOWHERE.FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SEND ME A MSG ON F/BOR E MAIL ME...
View ArticleGot a long memory
I was born almost 81 years ago in Brownsville near PS 174.1930 Jan 5. First elementary school was PS 174. Lived in Brighton Beach. Attended Lincoln.Mr Lapolla was principal PS 174. my father died 1936,...
View ArticleThe Fortunato Family of Park Slope
Hello all: I'm researching a book that's set in 1950s Brooklyn and I'm wondering if anyone remembers or knows the Fortunato family. They lived at 436 Seventh Avenue. The father, Rocco, was a barber....
View ArticleCalling 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,...
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