| Date: Fri 02/19/21 12:08PM From: KarenLey Email: karenkramerley@gmail.com Message: My great grandfather apparently financed his father in law, my great great grandfather Peter Schoen's interest in the Showboat. We don't think Peter ran it for very long. This may have been sometime between 1910 to 1915. We would appreciate any info on this period of the Showboat. |
| Date: Mon 01/18/21 12:01AM From: Michael Falcone sr Email: Miknmar0813@gmail.com Message: Great pictures brings back memories |
| Date: Fri 12/4/20 10:19PM From: Alexander Mitsuda Email: amitsuda@sftech.net Message: Unbelievable site, thank you for this! I grew up at 71 Weldon St. for the youngest years of my life and my grandparents lived there until the 80s before my grandfather (Gregory Drozdoff) pa**ed away and my grandmother (Vera Drozdoff) moved to live with her son and my mother at different times. After we moved to Queens, early on, I spent most of my weekend time at my grandparents home on Weldon, so much so that I had friends from the block closer to any that I found in Queens. The reason I ended up finding your site is that at work just by chance I was on a conference call and there were three of us that started talking about where we grew up and totally amazing was that we all grew up within 10 blocks of each other in either East New York or Cypress Hills. Anyway will be digging into your site's nooks and crannys with great pleasure and remembrances. My grandmother's sister and family lived on McKinley around the corner and my cousin Lenny Manague was my hero. Unfortunately he died young, 18, when he was mugged in Jamaica, Queens. Our church was Holy Trinity on Pennsylvania and Glenmore and on the way to/back from Church with my grandfather I remember walking along Pitkin Ave and pulling pickles out of barrels on the sidewalk. If I come across any old photos I can send you the images. I remember going to weddings as a kid at the Showboat on Jamaica off Crescent (I think). Also wasn't there a bread factory on the corner of Atlantic and Euclid? I kind of remember driving by in the car and opening the windows to take in that smell...maybe I'm hallucinating. Also I remember sledding on the hill that the overpa** from Conduit made with Atlantic Ave and a few times running into the road. Thank God no cars happened to be coming down Atlantic. And driving up Cypress Hills Street seemed as if you were going to the top of the world. My mother went to Franklin K Lane as well since she grew up there. Anyway, thank you again for the memories and I'll be here again and again. Best regards, Alex |
| Date: Fri 12/4/20 11:01AM From: Richard Flicker Email: flicker@premier.net Message: Jr. High School 214, the 9-1 SP cla** in 1963. Email me (or find me on Facebook) ... several of us have recently connected during the pandemic and are getting together on zoom. Richard |
| Date: Fri 10/30/20 6:00AM From: Ralph pirreca Email: brooklynralph@icloud.comI Message: If anyone has any pictures of the waterworks and the demolition of the landmark chimney that we all remember I worked with aerial maintenance taking that chimney down I think Tony from the Italian grocery store across the street from Benny’s luncheonette on Fulton and Richmond street took some photographs of the demolition of the chimney I’d love to see them, if you’re out there Tony and I hope you are please post them I’d love to see them regards to all you ENY guys and girls |
| Date: Fri 10/30/20 5:40AM From: Ralph pirreca Email: brooklynralph@icloud.com Message: I Lived at 138 Logan St. in the 50s 60s and 70s it was a great place to grow up the emba**y theater Benny’s luncheonette mom‘s ice cream parlor stick ball punch bowl Johnny on the pony PS 65 171 Franklin K Ln. Highland Park midgets F&P tots Logan billiards Columbia cable Jack’s pizzeria Crescent Street Cypress pool Cypress Hills Cemetery kissing and hugging with the girls in Island Park sleigh riding down the park hills Bloc Partys I can go on and on there’s no place like East New York to grow up in all my best wishes to all the guys and girls that grew up with me in East New York stay well stay safe. And I still go back on my Harley Davidson to feel the old feelings even though it’s change so much I can still feel it when I’m there. |
| Date: Fri 07/24/20 3:25AM From: Sherri Mitchell Email: minty1820@aol.com Message: My parents lived in ENY and remember visiting my grandparents there. One set of grandparents lived on Blake and the other set on Hendrix. Looking for any old photos of the bakery on Blake Ave in the 50's and 60's. |
| Date: Fri 06/12/20 12:34PM From: Tim O'Reilly Email: ojt4415@aol.com Message: Hi Rick, I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt Mary's pa**ing. I always enjoyed her stories and recollections of how things used to be in the neighborhood, as well as her artwork on the Reformation page. My deepest condolences to your and your family. Take care and God bless. Tim |
| Date: Thu 05/21/20 9:18AM From: Andrew J. Petti Email: andypetti@gmail.com Message: born at st. johns episcopal 1956 lived at 47 Hindale street . moved to the Arlington village on Atlntic opposite whit castle the cmplex was ownd by a man named Fred Stark and taken over by his daughter Rita in 1970. baptism : church of our lady of loreto 124 sackman street brooklyn 33, ny feb 16 1957. |
| Date: Sun 05/10/20 2:30PM From: John Mancuso Email: mancusojam@gmail.com Message: A great place to grow up. I lived in Arlington Village and attended Blessed Sacrament. Graduated in 1964. This site is tremendous! Great job. John |