My Brooklyn

Gerard M. Delaney

My Brooklyn is centered around 7106 10th Ave. I was born in 1953, the first of 4 children born in Brooklyn (and 5 more on the Island) to my parents, James P. and Patricia (McNamara) Delaney. I started school at St. Ephrem's in 1959, but we began own diaspora in January, 1960, moving out to Brentwood.

I am a second generation Brooklynite, as Mom and Dad were both born in Bay Ridge. Dad's parents owned a two story attached house on 56th Street, and were active in parish activities at Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

RP FIELDS

Spaldeens

pink and supple
strong and bouncy
like its users:
batted and resilient,
always coming home
(except when roofed)
chips called,
but never collected.
A microcosm of its world:
its perfect roundness and
tarred exterior hides
a lightness inside and
yet, is made to move on...

Kevin Breslin

From the Navy Yard to Bush Terminal to Bay Ridge and beyond; from the beaches of the south shore to the Queens border and more—to Greenpoint and Williamsburgh ... there is a ring of history around Midwout and there are many tales about all of the communities of Long Island that now comprise Brooklyn.

By foot, bicycle, automobile or public transportation, it is easy to reach back to the 17th Century and even into the 21st in Brooklyn. The history of Prospect Park itself is integral to the history of these United States of America. The study of the evolution of the place is fascinating as it is fun. After all, where else can one pop into a Wendy's for a cheap meal and a vista onto a major Revolutionary battlefield? Or spend a day at the beach and be so close to the first English-speaking settlement in Brooklyn—granted under a Dutch patent? Or enjoy a pastry to die for and eat it beneath a breath-taking bridge near the site where Adrian Block moored his Half Moon in 1509?

There is quite a bit to Brooklyn beyond Junior's and the Prospect Park Carousel.

Bob DuCharme

My Brooklyn: 273 Hicks St., just below Joralemon, but looking to buy a 3-bedroom place in Cobble Hill or Carroll Gardens. Or the Slope.

Your Brooklyn: you should quote Dylan on your page, "The sun shone down on President Street..." I think it's the first line from the song "Joey" about Joey Gallo. Blood on the Tracks, maybe? Anyway, neat page.

Spiros Makrides

I grew up in Brooklyn, in the Park Slope area. Prospect Park was my summer hideaway and my winter wonderland. I visited when life was unusually hard on me, and rode my bike trough out that wonderful park. It was a great time in my life. We did not have much during those early years, but looking back it was a wonderful time growing up in Brooklyn in the late 60s and early 70s.

It was a very special place for me. John Jay High School and then Brooklyn College. Brooklyn gave a poor immigrant kid from Greece a great opportunity to taste and obtain the American dream. It was a good place to grow up and become an American citizen. I still remember with a great deal of pride, my 18th birthday and being sworn in as a citizen of these United States at the Brooklyn Federal Court House in Brooklyn, NY.

Yes, Brooklyn will always hold a special place in my heart. Thanks for the memory and the WEB page. Thanks for caring for a wonderful park and for preserving some special memories. Thank you New York, and Brooklyn, for providing me with the opportunity to grow up and prosper in this great country.

Thank you from all of us at the Makrides family living now in a new special place in Ohio. . . .

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