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Marilyn Brock Purcell Finnelli—676 E. 43rd St—Little Flower, 1951; 1445 E. 54th St.—Mary Queen of Heaven, 1951-1954; St.Joseph's, 1954-1956; Tilden, 1956-1958. P.S. 203, P.S. 236, Midwood. Brother: Bob Brock; Sisters: Margie Brock Freese, Kathy Brock Gartland. Old friends. Stickball, ringoleevio, stoopball, hopscotch, kick the can, comics, $.02 egg creams, bus $.0 5, Coney Island, Empire Roller, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn Eagle, Mirror, Journal, Daily News, Paramount, Alan Freed.
I spent my early childhood in the '50s growing up in Crown Heights (on Carroll Street). We were only a short walk from Ebbets Field. The location was an ideal place to grow up . . . a great Jewish neighborhood (at least in the mind of a child). My dad owned Maiman's Pharmacy on Franklin Ave. and Eastern Parkway. The business is still in the family almost 50 years later, now owned by my brother. I have many fond memories of my Brooklyn years and even though they were few (relative to the number of years I grew up on LI), I still answer "from Brooklyn" when anyone asking where I'm from. I wear the remnants of my Brooklyn accent with pride.
I live in the area of Williamsburg . . . that is, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I have alway kept this place close to my heart because it's the place where I learned to take my first steps. Now this place has become more than a scorch in the beach. It has become boiling water that the sun has scorched. Though Williamsburg is still in my heart, it hurts to think of it as a brewing pot of political, cultural and religious concepts and differences.
The fact is that we should work to make it easier for our children to live together, and it doesn't matter what we think. Let them learn how to live as day and night.
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