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I never in a million years thought I would be writing about MY BROOKLYN. However, here I am. . . . After surfing this site I found myself rather nostalgic. I only lived in Brooklyn (Kensington . . . Beverley Road, Caton Ave, East 2nd—okay, I moved around a little) for 5 years, but it's the place I identify the most with. All the memories, even the bad ones, are good ones. Silver Rod . . . Jahn's for ice cream before going to the Kings Highway Diner for dinner . . . Randazzo's in Sheepshead Bay . . . Junior's for cheesecake after finals at LIU . . . the Albee Square Mall . . . A&S . . . Jay Street . . . the F train . . . MarcoPolo . . . Canarsie . . . 86th street . . . 13th Ave. . . . Cesar's Bay Bazaar just to have my nails airbrushed . . . Coney Island . . . Korner Pizza . . . Kings Plaza . . . Park Slope . . . walking on Ocean Parkway . . . names of places and faces I can't quite remember, but I can see vividly. I guess those are parts of my Brooklyn. I may live in Florida now, but my heart will always be in Brooklyn! :)
12 November 1998
My Brooklyn was spending the 1940s first at St. Jerome School Newkirk and Nostrand Aves. Summers and winters in the Farragut Woods. High School was Midwood Class of Feb. '49. Anybody remeber Larry Needleman and his Midwood HS dance band. Sounded just like Glenn Miller or Tommy Dorsey. Summers of fishing in Jamaica Bay and watching the Naval Planes practicing carrier landing and take-offs. Some pilots would waggle their wings for us. Often wondered where they went from Floyd Benett and sadly how many never came back. I lived on Farragut and E. 28th St. and married a wonderful girl who lived on E. 23rd bet. Glenwood and Farragut and went to Prospect Heights HS Class of 50. I remember all the seasonal things: yo-yos, chesnuts, stoop ball, stickball and Bay 11 at Riis Park where all the GI's at Fort Tilden would whistle at our girlfriends when we walked to the beach after getting off the Green Bus Lines from Flatbush and Nostrand Aves.
Would love to hear from anyone who may know us or was from the same schools or neighborhood. This is a great website it sure brought back many memories about my home in the Brooklyn I can never forget.
14 November 1998
My Brooklyn ended in 1962 when I joined the U.S. Marines. I attended P.S. 171, P.S. 108 and Franklin K. Lane H.S. in the late fifties and graduated high school in 1961. I lived in Cypress Hills at 304 Hemlock St. between Atlantic Ave. and Fulton St. We hung out at "Ben's," the luncheonette next to the Embassy movie on Fulton St. Hi Bobby Knotts, Linda, Barbara, Ella, George, Peggy Carheart and all the rest. I would love to hear from any of you.
14 November 1998
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