Carol Louise Huber Puri. Great place to grow up and go to public schools (102 and McKinley until we moved to Midwood). Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. All Right Reserved. And thats where Forgottening began. My grades were good at first, but began flattening out as I reached my level of expertise, or incompetency, around the 7th or 8th grade. This was also one of twoplaces in the Bay Ridge of the 1960s where I regularly dealt with an African American man: one of the friendly salesmen. Thanks for the memories. Do you know where I could research that? One of the most famous Bay Ridge highlights over the years was Hinschs ice cream parlor and luncheonette, on 5th near 86th. CurrentlyFNY headquarters is in Westmoreland Gardens in Little Neck, a complex I had my eye on beginning in the 1990s when I lived in Flushing. Thanks for sharing your memories of old Fort Hamilton & Bay She was a columnist for 40 years at Bay Ridges Home Reporter newspaper, now known as the Brooklyn Reporter. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, at Ridge Boulevard and 84th Street, was dedicated in 1964. They also had a Chinese laundry in the inner courtyard. Bliss Terrace, between 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue west of Colonial Road, was named for a prominent industrialist who lived in Bay Ridge. The nearby Roman Catholic parish, St. Patricks, originated the same year. The apartment building on 72 St seems pretty old to me and was wondering when it was built. And Bay Ridge was never Old New Utrecht but Yellow Hook. Loysville, PA. The neighborhood's community board claimed a victory last month when the nightclub Ibiza withdrew its request for a liquor license for a recently renovated spot on Third Avenue between 82nd . My grandmother Mary Masci bought 319 in April of 1929 for $9000. When the Gowanus Expressway was constructed from 1959-1964, Fort Hamilton Parkway was moved and bridged across the open-cut trench, forming a triangle with 7th Avenue and 81st Street. Adding a business to Yelp is always free. I havent been back to Brooklyn in, I guess, about 30 years. Only come if you want to have fun - that's what everyone there is having. Linn made house visits and fixed our TV sets when I was a kid. Let me k. AboutPressCopyrightContact. I think it began with a Z.. I wasnt born in Bay Ridge but here lived here for over 40 years. My Grandmother lived on 77th St. between 3rd and 4th. I remember her husband as a quiet cheerful man who always sat behind the counter. That was the time Merv Griffin went on TV. for the locals,felt they were slow and stupid and had no ambition.Their Brooklyn accents were an Wonderful memories visit almost every year. Upcoming Events. fond memories wish I had a photo of house. To make a donation, please use the button below. First Saturday of the month pretty much. I know what you mean. Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] Mackay Place has its own story, too. Thanks for keeping the memories alive Kevin! Pitera began his life as a quiet child who was bullied in school, but would turn out to be one of the most ruthless serial killers in history. I lived at 8310 7th avenue. One of the property owners here was the Perry family. (Blythebourne is the original name of the development that gave rise to Borough Park. Love I here but miss Brooklyn. New Yorks Theme Streets [SpliceToday] I moved out in 1982 but then briefly back in, in a one-room apartment, from 1991-1993, and Ive been in Queens since then. Xaverian had Sunday afternoon dances which some Fontbonne Hall coeds attended, maybe you were one of them? Virginians Robert E. Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson are not names you would immediately associate with Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, but the famed Confederate generals do play a minor part in neighborhood history, both at Fort Hamilton and at St. Johns Episcopal Church on 99th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. Altar boys are assigned a number of tasks to be performed during Mass my favorite being ringing the bells, although the altar at St. Anselm had push button bells! Why did 8 Ave & 9 Ave disappear? If interested, please send an email to musictvguy2@gmail.com. Colonial Hall at Colonial Road and 92nd Street. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Staten Islanders like to have a drink or two. I believe my ex wifes grandmother lived in that building where your grandmother lived. NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] especially favorite subject for ridicule and jokes. But, in a case of divine timing, one of those Bee Gees songs poured in over the radio like sweet memory, and for just a moment it was Wednesday Afternoon Fever at Kellys Tavern in Bay Ridge. Bay Ridge is a neighborhood located in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Born in CA in 1940. he lived in till 1959 as did his wife sister his 2 daughters sister and his granddaughter. Just saying, the old A St Pats field had been sold by the mnsgr of St Pats and then sat as a sunken mess of an empty lot for years before finally being developed. You would not believe the little jewelbox house gems I discovered on this walk. I spent hours digging in that dirt. When Im in the area, Im always drawn like a magnet to the Kenruby Apartments, 90th Street just east of Dahlgren. Its a beautiful building and the apartment has its original wood and glass doors with etched designs and glass door knobs. Best Menus of Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge. "It was a brutal scene. The back door, if you stuck a nail file in it, it turned., Said Marchak: It was the only club in Brooklyn at that time that had the light-up dance floor. I married the former Vikki Loughran who lived on Ridge Blvd. After that I rode the bus. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. I was just eight. Pigeon Park. Bakers Bar is Opening on 3rd Avenue - Bay Ridge. We never paid. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn | 177 restaurants on OpenTable Home United States New York / Tri-State Area Bay Ridge Restaurants Make a free reservation Let's go Available for late dinner now View all Bogota Latin Bistro 1572 reviews Latin American $$$$ Park Slope Booked 12 times today Find next available Empanada Loca 4 reviews 1983 The Food Marketing Institute reports that 2/3 of all fish consumed in the U.S. is eaten in restaurants. The beautiful green church is gone. I was on 61st between 2nd and 3rd and started my comic collection at Sams. It seems so small however. And such interesting history, some I knew, a lot I did not. 5.7%. Certainly not hip nightclubs. sets in the early 60s? I lived in Bay Ridge for forty years and seen many changes, but some still remain like the Ragamuffin and Norwegian Day parades. His power grab made him deadly enemies in New York's competing crime families, and he was assassinated outside Joe and Mary's Italian restaurant in Bushwick in 1979. and 61 street next to Sams Candy Store. We lived at the building (8520) on the corner of 86th. My favorite quote from there, a friend of a friend who was surprised how everyone is just there to dance - "no guys were even hitting on me!" Though some have been buffed out, the remaining ones depict former volunteer fire companies seals and namessuch as Old Jackson H&L (Hook & Ladder); Blythebourne Engine; Neosho H&L; Bay Ridge Engineof the former New Utrecht Exempt Firemens Association. My family lived on 69th street, right above colonial road. Night Clubs American Restaurants Bars (101) 7.8 Website View Menu 21 YEARS IN BUSINESS Amenities: (718) 492-5095 8801 3rd Ave Brooklyn, NY 11209 $$ CLOSED NOW From Business: Cebu Bar & Bistro has been serving up new American fare into the late hours since 2001. A trio of attached brick houses with semicircular bays, 100th Street between 4th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway. Built in 1973, by McDermott Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana (hull #179) as the, several elevated stations on the Astoria Line are getting similar treatment, Its owners were arrested for welfare fraud in 2009, named for inventors of military ordinance, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8446201/member-of-neosho-voluteer-fire/, The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. Even so, it has retained its original entrance canopies which feature ornamental metal brackets. Ooh, Saturday Night Fever! shouted a patron, gyrating his shoulders to the lyrics: You should be dancing, yeah!. Don't come if you're a knucklehead. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] Love this sight. I lived in the Kallman Home for Children from 1952, to 1962. In its early days Louise Terrace was called Elvira Terrace, but none of that has anything to do with Cassandra Peterson, TVs Elvira. For my first quarter century, this building, 8302 6th Avenue, Tilden Court, was my home, in apartment B4, a 2 bedroom. (: I loved reading this as so many memories of Bay Ridge. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. A spot of internet research indicated that Tokeneke is a district in Darien, Connecticut, as well as a country club in the vicinity. . Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. My mothers sister Marys family lived in Van Nuys, CA, and thus my grandmother was nearly abandoned except for me; she and my father did not get along. In spite of many materials being shipped from Ireland when the Monk moved from 5th to 3rd Ave, any type of an Irish atmosphere in here is lost on me. How handy are these when its raining and you need to get your keys out? The buildings resemble those at the Sunny Hill Resort in the Catskills, where my parents liked to vacation. Bars/clubs 1980's Show more . It was estimated to be slightly over a million dollars! Smoking pot, drinking Boonesfarm and digging the music. my grandfather had it built in1912. Then we started invading people and were at war constantly, and the fort buttoned up the policy. I would up moving to Flushing in 1993 and remained till 2007, with a final rent of $775. I dont know of any others around the city like it. @2019 - Forgotten New York. The complex was socially innovative, as well, as it included a tea room, auditorium, swimming pool, bowling alley, tennis and handball courts, and a nursery school to allow the buildings mothers three hours of daily free time. Bars Restaurants 6.0 89 YEARS IN BUSINESS Amenities: (718) 745-9619 8902 3rd Ave Brooklyn, NY 11209 $$ 0.4 miles OPEN NOW 3. Joe Majors was prime restaurant and bar starting in 1960s he featured free food on oon occasion. To destroy the Church of the Generals would truly be a sin. The average price of a two-bedroom rental in 1980 was about $475 and by 1990 it had climbed to about $975, according to data from San Francisco's Rent Board. I always wondered why the angle of the streets change in Bay Ridge U missed pics of Ovington Ave Bet 3rd//ridge great brownstones. However, the music was nearly all disco even though they advertise 70s, 80s, 90s.more, Dance ClubsLoungesComedy Clubs$$Greenwich Village, Hip hop, 70s, 80s music. Great memories of a great neighborhood. 1. Come dinner,. kevinjudewalsh@gmail.com. PIPIN'S PUB During the day, this longtime (over 40 years) Bay Ridge pub plays host to a steady crew of dudes who congregate at the bar's long, handsome bar to chat and relax. Wonderful! The Bay Ridge Avenue, Prospect Avenue and 53rd Street stations were recently given a complete makeover by the MTA, adding wifi chargers and updated infrastructure. I went in through the back, where there was a room behind the altar that was connected to the rectory. The combo residences and storefronts, in place since the 1920s at least, are still in place on both sides of 5th Avenue only the businesses change. All Right Reserved. The tugboat Amy Moran plying the Narrows on the way to an assignment no doubt. Artists and musicians could afford to . Does anyone else remember on 4 avenue I think between o, Chriss restaurant could have been Joe Majors or Nicks restaurant on the western side. The Village Underground 337 Dance Clubs Lounges I suppose thats the effect of the passage of time. The mansion and tower were razed in 1940. Bay Ridge. By the mid 19th century, the rolling hills and vistas drew some of New York's wealthiest residents to build on Shore Rd. Will, the organizer, is amazing andmore, It's mostly tunes from the '80s, in my experience, with some '70s disco, Motown hits, andmore, We had a unique mix of 70s/80s music to start, followed by Spanish music to get the party startedmore, DJ Ben played old-school (the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s) reggae that resonated with my Father, Uncles, andmore, We paid 70 for unlimited drinks and one meal. Three or four handsomely designed pedestrian overpasses featuring iron scrollwork connecting the north side of the parkway with the pedestrian/bike path along the shoreline are still in operation, including this one, at 92nd Street and Shore Road. Best Menus of Brooklyn. Show up at 10:15. Philippine Bars, Girls--and Tight Security--Welcome U.S. Sampler of houses along Battery Avenue between 90th and 92nd Streets. Her electrical service is provided by two 75kW generator sets. Terry. in recent years. I would love to know more about her family. Don't come if you're a knucklehead. QE 2 Club 1980s Central Ave, Albany ny by AlbanyGroup Archive the Elbo Room 1963 Albany NY (1960s) by AlbanyGroup Archive 2 288 lark, albany, ny 1984 1980s by AlbanyGroup Archive 1 jb's theater albany ny by AlbanyGroup Archive ginos collage albany ny . The new owner spoke about the bar last Spring at a Community Board 10 Meeting. The last burial took place in 1848. I remember Nathans when it was Wetsons Burgers. We moved upstate, mostly to have a parking spot ;-). After my mother passed away, I was a nearly daily guest as my grandmother was alone; its a cruel thing to lose a daughter at a still relatively young age. Bands like City Kids, The Lynch Boys, Working Class, Alive N'. one single, small private house with a porch jammed between the attached homes and apartment buildings. Bars of the 1980s LGBTQ+ Bars of the 1980's The following timelines show the ebb and flow of the establishment of LGBTQ+ bars through the 1980s. A pair of classic, or at least superannuated, signs from the 1970s or 1980s on Bay Ridge Avenue between Ridge Boulevard and Colonial Road. While Madonna, REM, and Whitney Houston were topping the charts during the 1980s, Bay Ridge had its own vibrant music scene. It was an era, let me tell you, said Alex Marchak, 48, who runs Trzaska Funeral Home, a third-generation family business there. "An Irish Bar" is written on the awning but that's as far as it goes. marty, blisstock this sat 9/18/2021. I was born at Sister Elizabeths 7/3/1948. Anyone remember the name of the ice cream parlor (not Hinschs) on 5th between 68th and 69th street??? I have some questions about the layout of Bay Ridge streets and thought you might be able to answer them. Francis and mary Duffy. The night club capital of Brooklyn. . Thanks so much for your article. marty, blisstock this sat 9/18/2021. Hell of a way to raise kids-everyone knew everyone else! Head in any direction from the Manero house on a Saturday night and youre more likely to see a Russian or Chinese nightclub than you are to find anything resembling Odyssey. Lived across from Flagg Court on 73rd St. And it was easy. The AntiochianGreek Christians, also known as Rm, are an Arabic-speaking Christian group from the Middle East. Ridge Boulevard was still Second Avenue.. My Grandfather was born in the late 1800s in a simple house on Shore Road, John Atkins. BONO'S FORMER AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY HOME SELLS FOR $55.4 MILLION The stained glass windows give the home a very magical feel. The restaurant next door where John Travolta chomped on a burger in the 1977 movie NEW YORK No one was wearing tight polyester pants at the bar. Bar and music culture have thrived here for decades. some people are greedy and unspurious, as his youngest daughter. New Birth of Freedom Council. My older brother Frank was born at sister Elizabeths on 10/4/1944 also. We never said Bay Ridge Ave or Bay Ridge Pkwy, they were 69th and 75th streets respectively. The school expanded with a new gym in 1978 and an adjoining five-story classroom building in 1990. But development encroached, and there was always talk of more land . I live on the Upper Eastside but still drive to Bay Ridge once a month. I raised my children on 80th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue. Hoppy1952 4 yr. ago Some of Saturday Night Fever was filmed in Bay Ridge, the dance club was 2001 Odyssey. The White Castle burger joint on 92nd Street and Fifth Avenue where Manero argued with his pals is now the site of a hospital. Lock Yard, 9221 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA, +1 718 333 5282 The Kettle Black Bar, American, $$$ Share View Add to Plan The Kettle Black, Brooklyn | Ricky Kharawala/Stocksnap Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Bay Ridge was 79,371, a decrease of 1,168 (1.5%) from the 80,539 counted in 2000. They were the only Asians on the block. At the time, the nearest road was the Road from Gowanus, which evolved into the present 3rd Ave. The property is for sale, and the non-landmarked church may soon meet the wreckers ball. Bay Pkwy in Bensonhurst and Stillwell Ave in Gravesend. My guess is that the Neosho in the old fire companys name commemorates the Union ironclad ship of that name which served on the Mississippi River during the Civil War. You cant buy a home in Bay Ridge anymore, not if youre a working-class family, said Bennett, who landed a part as an extra in the film because she hung out at Odyssey. I lived at 361-95th St from 1944-1982. I remember the mansions that were along Shore Rd in the 90St to Fontaine Hall HS. Across the street, hundreds of buildings had been razed for the approach roads for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and using toy trucks and other implements of my own making, I was imitating in those patches of dirt the work going on across the street. Blue Ridge LCC-19, I made my first Westpac in late 1974. The ground floor was where my dentist, Dr. Tempkin, had his office. The primary coordinates for Bay Ridge Beach places it within the MD 21403 ZIP Code delivery area. Terry: I was born in 1940 and graduated St. Michaels DHS in 1958. The above photo shows Bay Ridges 9/11 memorial, dedicated in 2005. My first cousins (from my fathers youngest brother Vinnie [or Junior as he was called] ) grew up at 319 from the very earliest 60s until they sold it in 2018 for $1.3 M dollars. Art: Please help. 1982 Having introduced nouvelle cuisine at Ma Maison in Los Angeles, Chef Wolfgang Puck presents "California cuisine" to patrons of his new chic-casual Sunset Strip restaurant, Spago. Here are a pair on Bay Ridge Avenue between Colonial Road and Narrows Avenue. Lots of wonderful memories. The school was founded in 1957, the sameyear I was founded. I didnt get a good picture of it, but the large picture stained glass window facing Ridge Boulevard was installed and designed by Tiffany Glass. This stolid structure on Bay Ridge Ave. (er, 69thSt.) just west of 3rdAve. has served as a Masonic temple, a church, and a school in recent decades, but its original purpose can be discerned on the keystones above the windows. Tommy Pitera. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. I raised my children in a house on 80th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue. NathansConey Island location remains open, and willhopefully be there till the ocean swallows the Coney Island peninsula. But that foray set the template. Originally part of the Pillsbury Corp., the restaurant was founded in 1976. Manero struts through Bay Ridge with that certain swagger, past Kellys Tavern (still there) and on the ramparts of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This smallest cemetery in Brooklyn was founded in 1725 by Dutch immigrant William Harmans Barkaloo and likely served as a family farm graveyard. That's what Bennigan's, an Irish-themed bar and grill, offered in the 1980s. And downstairs there's a room I think of as the break room - smaller bar, couches, and sometimes alternate DJ with a little more room for some killer dancers to pop and lock.". Don't Miss A Drop. When it opened, it cut about an hour each way off my commute to Wagner College. When he died his youngest daughter Helen who was not a nice person. in Bliss Park with buddies or my girl. Bay Ridge Fish Bar 6 reviews Unclaimed Fish & Chips, Sushi Bars, Seafood Closed 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM Hours updated 3 months ago See hours Add photo or video Write a review Add photo Menu Full menu Location & Hours Suggest an edit 7608 3rd Ave Brooklyn, NY 11209 77th St & 76th St Bay Ridge Get directions Sponsored Tamashii Ramen 822 The congregation was founded at a 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, fur business in 1956. Visions of tree-lined neighborhoods, McMansions, lemonade stands and Little League pop into our heads. I was always in Zekes Roast Beef on 8th and 66th. I was on the first bus that crossed the bridge when it opened in November 1964. Badtime for parading in Bay Ridge since everything had a sidewalk canopy as repairs were effected. I remember your parents and you kids.My parents moved to NJ in 79 Iused to send Christmas cards to your mom in FLA I lived on Gatling PL before 7 Ave .In NJ now many years.Imet your uncle Vic in Viet Nam.L lots of memories. Bay RidgesAdelphi Academywas founded in 1863 by two teachers from theBrooklyn Polytechnic Institute,Aaron Chadwick and Dr. Edward S. Bunker, and opened on Fort Greenes Adelphi Street, a name that comes from the Greek term for brotherhood (cf. Sailors. The Belt Parkway, officially known as Shore Parkway between the Gowanus Expressway and Laurelton Parkway in Queens, was originally called the Circumferential Parkway and was built on landfill mostly along the shores of Brooklyn and Queens from 1938-1940. Married and lived on Oliver Street and then bought house in SI. Grew up at 96th and Third. Bay Ridge's geography has lent it a unique place in American history. I lived on 88th Street between 3rd and Ridge. Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in New York City, New York with a population of 54,136. From East: From Shore Rd to 4 Ave (due East/West) Never mind that 2001 Odyssey, the club on 64th Street and Eighth Avenue where Travolta shimmied to stardom, is long gone. The setting is the Bay Ridge Memorial Pier, first known as the 69th Street Pier located where Bay Ridge Avenue meets the Narrows, though Bay Ridgeites one and all call Bay Ridge Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway 69th Street and 75th Street, respectively. FYI Cannon Ball Park had the cannon relocated to the front of the park along with the monument when the Verazzano bridge was built Please note with the correct spelling of Verazzano with 2 zz Al;l signs through the state have incorrect spelling and NYS refuses to have them corrected. The park was created from the estate of Eliphalet Bliss (1836-1903). This homey pub offers a heated beer garden all year-round. I lived on 69th street off Colonial Road. 1972 [Historic Districts Council]. Although it didn't hold up against Chili's, TGI Fridays, and Applebee's, there was a time when it was fairly ubiquitous throughout the states. I lived there for 18 years. Montego Bay - Belmar. Web Visit website. I lived in Bay Ridge at 73rd and 3rd ave in 1974 after military service. In January 1980, five new episodes of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" were broadcast on BBC Radio, all in one week, bringing the total number to twelve episodes. Thank you for sharing. Still the greatest place on the planet. Its a wild Tudor with great detailing like stucco, black and white checkerboard linoleum and even a small shelf both sides of the entrance to put a planter. I recently met with former tenants of the Pohls family (they owned the building) who shared photos of the pair and told me they returned to Maine where they lived out their remaining days. Active. My folks would take us to the park at Fort Hamilton, and somewhere I have a picture of me sticking out of the mouth of that cannon (before it was sealed off). I watched the Verrazano bridge being built. Listed by Kathy Runyon DRE #00591702 Monterey Bay Properties. I have always missed Bay Ridge!! Nov. 6, 1987 12 AM PT. Learn how your comment data is processed. We lived on the corner of 85th street and 4th Ave. Left in 1963 when Dads company moved from Manhattan to Jersey. I went to Stuyvesant for one year after McKinley JHS, then on to Fort Hamilton HS from where I graduated in 1965. Fort Hamilton restaurant for special occasions and Hinschs every day. We lived in the house at 8401 Ridge Blvd which was torn down and replaced by the Greek church pictured in this story. Saturday Night Fever location: the bridge: Verrazano Narrows Bridge, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn The kids display macho bravado on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, where I-278 crosses New York Bay to Staten Island, south of Bay Ridge. That is, until 2008 when Bennigan's went bankrupt. Many apartment buildings around the city are named (matching Britains fondness for naming houses; John Lennons childhood home was called Mendips) but few in the States actually use them. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn is situated in a quiet and peaceful area of New York, especially when compared to Manhattan. Marchak was a dancer in the film, and appears several times wearing sunglasses and doing the Hustle. They and their establishment are one of my fondest memories of growing up in Dyker Heights in the 1960s. In the film, Travolta plays Tony Manero, a tough-talking kid who works at a paint store by day and rules as disco king by night. I like to look at maps of Brooklyn and reminisce of my childhood there. Two men have accused a priest, who is now dead, of raping them in the rectory at their Brooklyn parish in the 1980s, the Daily News has learned. Not much of a park, really, but there was playground space for kids, and it became a default playground for me in the late 60s. I haveiced in San Antonio since 1973,where I knew a Mrs.TrudyWalsh.She was a lovely person, a proud Bay Ridge resident.I believe she had a husband named .Jimmy ,NYPD and a son,Johnny or Jimmy Jr. It closed earlier this year, and its new owner is reportedly planning to raze it. Crime Family: Bonanno. A neighborhood institution since 1964, the bar has been forced to reinvent itself during Covid. Ostrovitsky Bakery. The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. But they would go in, however, at 8:30. Great memories. The reason is simple. They sure did in the 1960s, on this dead end stub of 84th Street spared by the construction. OLONGAPO, Philippines . It was sold to developers who knocked it down, and an ugly school building is now in its place. And she had a huge orange Tabby cat who walked around like he owned the place. It may have been a farmhouse and likely goes back to the Irishtown days. I could swear it was like JP Mead or Olindos (wholesale/warehouse type). He was one of my uncles, but I never knew him as he died quite young at World War IIs Battle of the Bulge, two days before his daughter, one of my cousins, was born. When I went there Mrs.Shindele was the Principal, a best friend of my grandmother-at least thats what she told me every time I was sent to the Principals Office. Kelly's probably falls under the 'dive bar' category however the glasses and bar were very clean. Pubs in Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge. The Department of Traffic must have had a surplus. I went to PS185 where my maternal grandmother taught until her death in 1935. The little league played there, and St. Patricks School used them for a school year-end field day before the property was sold in the early 70s, if I recall right. Thank you for the walk down memory lane. Since I was Editor of the Home Reporter from 1962 to 1971 I paid a lot of attention to local establishments like Majors which became a meeting group site for various organization including Dennis McMahons Kennedy Democratic Club. At that time the neighborhood was transitioning from countryside and farms into a more urban existence. Main Page. The owner said that he had a lot of updating to do in the bar, but that he was keeping the same menu. I was walking from 77th Street to Gravesend the other day (I used to bicycle these kind of distances but I dont think my reflexes are up to that these days.) In July 2018 I wasin Bay Ridge for one last lunch at its Nathansat 7th Avenue and 86th Street, which has been there since the 1970s; before that, it was another roadside fast food place. Then we moved all the way to a semi-attached house at 8420-7 Ave, 1962-1969. I can send you some current photos of the block, if you are interested. I liked those funky restrooms by the B63 bus stop and the St. Pats ball fields across the street. There was no where better to grow up. I also bought one of his old refrigerators when I got my own place and I syill have this vision of him, me, and my landlord whacking that thing up 3 flights of stairs. Streets surrounding Fort Hamilton, such as Dahlgren, Parrott and Gatling Places, arenamed for inventors of military ordinance. This is the relatively new church building, dedicated in 1953. does anyone remember a place on 69th street pier called Imbriales gardens (not the nurseries). The family has scattered all over-Florida, DC Metro area, Los Angeles Basin, Arizona, and me in Washington State. I guess there have been a lot of changes. Both were removed (as well as other artifacts alluding to the Confederacy around the USA) in 2017 because political correctness defeats historical accuracy nowadays. 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