Readers Report
My memories of growing up on 77th Street and 19th Avenue in Bensonhurst:
• Playing in the after-school center at P.S. 186 (knock-hockey, ping pong, chess)
• Fishing at the piers by the old Korvette's department store, using bamboo poles to fish for snappers and porgies. Then going to Nellie Bly for some rides and Italian ices.
• Playing ringo-leavio with Billy Lambiase, Anthony DiPolo, Mike Gatto, and Jack Archaritto on 78th Street.
• Buying afternoon snacks at the Greenhouse in Seth Low Park (if I didn't get my lunch money stolen from me first).
My Brooklyn was 285 Schenectady Avenue (between Eastern Parkway and Union Street). I did my growing up there. Went to P.S. 167 and J.H.S. 210. Memories of egg creams and ice cream sodas at Packman's candy store. Walking over one block to Utica Avenue for pizza and deli. Losing my virginity on a rooftop. Playing punch ball, stick ball and arguing who was better . . . Mantle, Mays or Snider. Having a relationship with a girl who lived in the Bronx . . . a bit like Steve and Edie, you could say.
Those were the days of innocence.
24 September 2000
Would like to hear from someone who lived near 18th St. and 7th Ave. in Park Slope. Went to P.S. 146 and P.S. 10. Lived there in the 40s and early 50s. Had to leave to make way for the expressway.
My Brooklyn was Crown Heights.
If anyone remembers me or the things I've mentioned, please let in touch. Would love to hear from you.
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