Park 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 and he gave me his unpublished works to publish....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
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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...
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Popular Brooklyn coworking space moves to NoMad
The Associates Coworking space is now located in NoMad Manhattan. They are known for cheap prices and are maintaining that in their space in Manhattan. https://www.theassociatesincubator.com
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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