My Brooklyn

June Cooper (Kunreuther)

Thanks for the memories. My husband and I have enjoyed reading all the pages. My Brooklyn began on 6/1/36, and living in Flatbush at 127 Parkside Ave. I lived there from age five until May 1960. I have great memories of Parkside. I went to Holy Innocents (graduating 1950), then on to Prospect Heights H.S. (class of '54). I remember shopping on Flatbush Ave. on Saturdays, stopping off for lunch—BLT & cherry Coke for 25 cents with girlfriends Pat Timmons and Bernice Meyerson. Eggcreams were always at Cohen's (but we called it Harry's) candy store, corner Ocean & Parkside, because Harry always made it best. He could always make the white creamy head on top and all that chocolatey flavor. Mmmmm. Bay 8 at Ocean Pkwy. is where we all met at the beach—by all I mean Pat, Bernice, Helen and Pat Dalton, Bert Chernau, Frank Muggio, Tom and Pete Panuthos, I think the Wilson twins, Pel and Lee. So many names. Sometimes we'd go to Coney Island on Friday nights. Always stopped at Nathan's for a hotdog, the best french fries ever and a root beer, then next door to Nathan's for an ear of corn, followed by a big box of caramel corn for the ride back on the BMT. We also liked to hang out on the corner of Parkside & Ocean trying to decide what we were going to do for the evening. We'd also go into Louie's for a Coke and most of the times the guys would drive Louie nuts and he'd throw us out if we didn't buy anything. The tall guy in there was Andy. He was a softy. He'd just want let us stay. I remember Louie's deli on Flatbush where you could put your hand in the barrel and pick out the biggest pickle for five cents, and JD Bakery, greatest Kaiser rolls and jelly doughnuts, last but not least Ebinger's, oh those jelly rolls, lemon was my favorite, and the chocolate cake and the mocha layer cake. Don't have bakeries like that anymore. Pat, Bernice and Tom Panuthos and I all keep in touch after all these years, but where are the rest of you? Love to hear from you. Please e-mail me.

Incidentally, I married a great guy, Frank; have three grown children, David, Kevin, and Douglas; and one grandson, Kelly. Never had any girls. However Dave and Doug gave me daughters and we're still waiting on Kevin. Also like to mention I had a great life. Traveled a lot, lived ten years in Middle East (Bahrain), worked for an oil company, saw some of Europe, and a lot of Asia, had a great time of it. Now living in Key West, Fla. Can't get any better than that. We do a lot of fishing down here; just sold our home in Dallas. We lived there from '83-99. Frank retired in '89 and we bought a small condo in KW for the winter. Now building a house in Melbourne to spend our spring and summers, fishing very good in Melbourne too. So we'll have the best of both worlds. Love to hear from anyone who remembers Parkside & Ocean Aves. from 40s and 50s, and of course anyone who remembers me from H.I.S. or P.H.H.S. or Parkside and the old neighborhood. Left B'klyn in '62; moved to Hazlet, NJ; left NJ '76 for Bahrain; left Dallas '99. Also anyone who lived on Parkside Court in 40s or 50s. Some names from H.I.S.: Regina Bergin, Mary Horan (I met her in Hazlet at a PTO meeting), Pat O'Donohue, Eileen Collins, Betty Roventini, Don Clancy, Bill Baker, Brian Dugan, Alan Griffiths. P.H.H.S. girls Joan Jensen, Lillian Krum, Joyce Turner, Issabel Boyce. Gee, I can't think of any one else. Just have to get my yearbook out. Anyway love to hear from you.

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