NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] If you were lucky, you didnt have to serve the 6 or 7 AM Mass if you did, that meant you got up at 5AM in whatever weather and trudged down to the church. 1942 to 1960. . Thats where my grandparents lived for 40 years. The building on the right boasts the only 9999 house number in Brooklyn. In its early days Louise Terrace was called Elvira Terrace, but none of that has anything to do with Cassandra Peterson, TVs Elvira. Joe Majors was prime restaurant and bar starting in 1960s he featured free food on oon occasion. $989,000. The last burial took place in 1848. John Paul Jones Park, facing 101st Street between 4th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway,is named for American patriot and naval hero (not the Led Zeppelin bassist), John Paul Jones (1747-1792), who, through victorious leadership in the American Revolution, became known as the father of the Navy.. When I went there Mrs.Shindele was the Principal, a best friend of my grandmother-at least thats what she told me every time I was sent to the Principals Office. I see the house she and my Grandfather bought for surely not much cost back in the 20s is now worth a million dollars on Zillow! "We are scraping by and look forward to returning to some 'normalcy.'" says co-owner Matt Hogan. One of the most famous Bay Ridge highlights over the years was Hinschs ice cream parlor and luncheonette, on 5th near 86th. In the years 1963-71 virtually my entire world, much of the time, was contained between 83rd and 86th Streets and between 3rd and 6th Avenuesin Bay Ridge and I walked up and down 83rd Street for what seemed like thousands of times. bay ridge. The restaurant next door where John Travolta chomped on a burger in the 1977 movie NEW YORK No one was wearing tight polyester pants at the bar. I guess the new NYC has no plans for working or middle class types anymore. My parents moved in in 1957, the year of my birth, and my father lived here until his death in 2003, surviving my mother, who died in 1974. As a matter of fact I still go to the same office because I continued with Dr. Tempkins successor, Dr. Mark De Bock, whose office is now at 4th Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway or, as all Bay Ridgers call it, 75th Street. Great place to grow up and go to public schools (102 and McKinley until we moved to Midwood). Yes, that was Linns. When we think of the suburbs, we often think of strip malls, drive-throughs, chain restaurants and big box stores. Don't come if you're a knucklehead. This is the northwest corner of 83rd and 5th. On the way back a light snow began falling. There was no where better to grow up. They have updated their menu options, created outdoor dining structures and are selling merchandise online. The corner of 8th Avenues and 64th Street is the former location of two long-vanished touchstones: the 3-story mixed-use building replaced the 2001 Odyssey disco, used for exteriors and interiors for Saturday Night Fever; and the market building replaced Bay Ridge Lanes, which was a smoky, down-at-heel bowling alley the first time I was in there in 1984 (I usually bowled at the equally vanished Leemark Lanes on 88th Street. Looks like we have an outdated ad here for We Buy Gold unless we can buy gold at that physical therapy office. Since a Mrs. Reilly lived in the building, it was always known to us as Reillys. I didnt get a good picture of it, but the large picture stained glass window facing Ridge Boulevard was installed and designed by Tiffany Glass. I always wondered why the angle of the streets change in Bay Ridge Manero struts through Bay Ridge with that certain swagger, past Kellys Tavern (still there) and on the ramparts of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. @2019 - Forgotten New York. That's what Bennigan's, an Irish-themed bar and grill, offered in the 1980s. This was also an important building since my grandmother resided here, and Id be shuffled off within when my parents had guests. I have some questions about the layout of Bay Ridge streets and thought you might be able to answer them. We never said Bay Ridge Ave or Bay Ridge Pkwy, they were 69th and 75th streets respectively. We then moved up to 4 Ave. between 60 th. 1124 Avenue J, Brooklyn, NY 11230-3610, USA. I was born at Sister Elizabeths 7/3/1948. 1980s Sandy Springs emerges as a party zone with rowdy bars like American Pie, Charley Magruder's, and Copperfield's. . Diane McDonough & children. I recently met with former tenants of the Pohls family (they owned the building) who shared photos of the pair and told me they returned to Maine where they lived out their remaining days. Main Page. Lee Nilesn hi Gino I lived next door at8418 7 Ave from 1958 till I went into the army in 65 . I was friends with their daughter, Gail, Does anyone remember the name of a beauty parlor that was on 5th Avenue and 68th or 69th Streets? Dennis became a very successful lawyer. Philippine Bars, Girls--and Tight Security--Welcome U.S. Most street angles have to do with topography, or the lay of the land. Watched Verazzano Bridge being built. I wasnt paying attention as a kid, but 4th Avenue and to a lesser degree Fort Hamilton Parkway are lined with grand old Art Deco and Moderne apartment buildings, like Grately Hall across the street from the school. Lived across from Flagg Court on 73rd St. VIDEO TOUR. I lived there for 18 years. Gorgeous Mary Nolan was out star recruiter. It still seems to have its original windows and even some wide Venetian blinds which are fairly rare these days. kevinjudewalsh@gmail.com. Harbor movie theater. I never got into the plant, but the approach road past the gate had some very unusual streetlamps resembling those on the Golden Gate Bridge in California until they were replaced in the 1980s. Bullocke had bought a corner chunk of Isaac Bergen's farm, atop a hill people came to call Bullocke's . We lived in the house at 8401 Ridge Blvd which was torn down and replaced by the Greek church pictured in this story. Breakfast Bar, Dining Area, No Formal Dining Room; Kitchen Description: Cooktop (Electric), Countertop . You cant buy a home in Bay Ridge anymore, not if youre a working-class family, said Bennett, who landed a part as an extra in the film because she hung out at Odyssey. Everyone refers to the building as the Ska Building because of the black and white design. Bay Ridge has gone from "Saturday Night Fever" to "Footloose.". As I became more self-aware in those grades, I came to a greater recognitionthat I wasnt getting treated with the human respect I thought I deserved by some of the nuns, though Im sure theyd disagree with that assessment were they still alive. Loysville, PA. Her electrical service is provided by two 75kW generator sets. The club, a one-story building on a corner lot, was sold and renamed Spectrum in 1987, reincarnated as a gay club. For me the southwest corner was dominated by Triangle Sporting Goods, where my parents and I bought all my Scouting stuff, where the radiology office is now. For five years I was an altar boy at St. Anselm Church at 4th Avenue between 82nd and 83rd. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Even so, it has retained its original entrance canopies which feature ornamental metal brackets. . I decided to describe whats on that path today and show much of what remains the same since I left. In both cases, the lower-numbered Avenue wins and gets to proceed south. In January 1980, five new episodes of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" were broadcast on BBC Radio, all in one week, bringing the total number to twelve episodes. Two men have accused a priest, who is now dead, of raping them in the rectory at their Brooklyn parish in the 1980s, the Daily News has learned. But the only difference between the 20-something rocker of the 1980s and today's 53-year-old frontman of Frankie Marra and his Band are the expectations. In the 70s it was known for its bars and night clubs along 3rd Ave. It is so pretty. Bar Restaurants in Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge. These tract houses were built on Shore Road, wrapping around to 3rd and 4th Avenues, sometime in the mid-to-late 1970s, replacing what I think was an athletic field. A neighborhood institution since 1964, the bar has been forced to reinvent itself during Covid. The disco era is no more, and that old Bay Ridge of mostly Italian-American and Scandinavian families has given way to waves of immigration, gentrification and soaring property values. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. The other was our building super for a few years, who was from the Caribbean. In addition, several elevated stations on the Astoria Line are getting similar treatment. A life-long Bruce Lee enthusiast, the David A. Boody I.S. But it didn't have the space for a proper golf course, so it used to use the open land surrounding the club, in the days before there were houses there. Anna Rupprecht. Just like that, a torrent of emotion came alive for an era that cast a working-class section of Brooklyn on the silver screen and several of its residents into shining, if brief, Hollywood glory. She is a twin screw tug, rated at 3,000 horsepower. Besides the altar boys, I was involved in Scouting; I was never athletic, so never got on any of the sports teams. His estate, Owls Head, featured an observatory known as the Bayard Tower. I also bought one of his old refrigerators when I got my own place and I syill have this vision of him, me, and my landlord whacking that thing up 3 flights of stairs. Though some have been buffed out, the remaining ones depict former volunteer fire companies seals and namessuch as Old Jackson H&L (Hook & Ladder); Blythebourne Engine; Neosho H&L; Bay Ridge Engineof the former New Utrecht Exempt Firemens Association. It will always be 69street that where the Staten Island Ferry was located the only way from Brooklyn to Staten Island Before the bridge. I remember the Christmas lights on the homes on 11 & 12 ave. I would up moving to Flushing in 1993 and remained till 2007, with a final rent of $775. Bars/clubs 1980's Show more . Lock Yard, 9221 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA, +1 718 333 5282 The Kettle Black Bar, American, $$$ Share View Add to Plan The Kettle Black, Brooklyn | Ricky Kharawala/Stocksnap I still remember the fabulous cold salads from the Scandinavian deli and the treats from Ebingers Bakery and their green box. Great memories lived there from 1935 to 1963, You should come down for the 30th Hoban Run Walk through Bay Ridge..Google it Sun middle of Sept.. great people great time @ Xavarien. 4 Beds. And it was easy. Bakers Bar will be opening at 7912 - 3rd Avenue, where JJ Bubbles used to be. I havent been back to Brooklyn in, I guess, about 30 years. The pattern of exploration had begun and it continues today. Learn how your comment data is processed. some people are greedy and unspurious, as his youngest daughter. Neosho stumps me, since it is a town in Missouri. In the fall of 1980, the second Hitchhiker book was published in England, around the same time that Harmony Books published the first book in the United States. They also had a Chinese laundry in the inner courtyard. Soon after, I moved out and our relationship improved. In 1867 he founded the machine shops that became the E. W. Bliss Company and the United States Projectile Company. Richard Meade in 1958. His collection holds more than 1,000 photos, and for this brief look at his work, we pulled 40 of our favorites that show Dumbo, Brooklyn Heights, and a few other Brooklyn neighborhoods during. I grew up on 79th right off of 5th Avenue and remember going there but cant remember the name of the store. The Department of Transportation refuses to acknowledge this, and thus, this informal sign is the only one in the neighborhood that calls the street what everyone else calls it. SOLD JUN 13, 2022. Disc-no! Certainly not hip nightclubs. First Saturday of the month pretty much. Don't come if you're a knucklehead. I always manage to discoversomething new orat least something I had previously overlooked in this historic neighborhood where I grew up. It was estimated to be slightly over a million dollars! I believe my ex wifes grandmother lived in that building where your grandmother lived. It was also in this spot that Tony Manero told Stephanie in Saturday Night Fever that a man had fallen into unset concrete at the Brooklyn anchorage. 74. By Aaron Goldfarb @aarongoldfarb. Bullocke was one of the early "mercantile elites" to settle in the community, the first class of new, nonfarming residents who moved to the area in the 1840s and '50s (including influential Old Bay Ridge residents such as Joseph Perry, Henry Murphy, Benjamin Townsend and others). Smoking pot, drinking Boonesfarm and digging the music. I remember the ride home, dreading what my mother would do (she was formidable when she got her Irish up both my parents were yellers, which is why Im not). My grandmother Mary Masci bought 319 in April of 1929 for $9000. Grew up in Flagg Court. Carol Louise Huber Puri. I watched the Verrazano bridge being built. My family lived on 69th street, right above colonial road. It was an era, let me tell you, said Alex Marchak, 48, who runs Trzaska Funeral Home, a third-generation family business there. Its a wild Tudor with great detailing like stucco, black and white checkerboard linoleum and even a small shelf both sides of the entrance to put a planter. Check out these bagpipers from Bay Ridge who go bar hopping after the St. Patrick's Day Parade down 5th Ave. in Brooklyn on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] I grew up in mid 1950: to mid 60s in an apartment in the Wynshore I just found a reference to Wynshore on the Narrows on 74th street. The night club capital of Brooklyn. A fireman known as exempt was a member of a volunteer fire company for five years; a number of other exceptions and corollaries to this rule further explained the term exempt. As far as New Utrecht is concerned, Bay Ridge was a part of the town of New Utrecht since the towns establishment in 1683 until it was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894, and then Greater New York absorbed Brooklyn in 1898. Four of my shipmates & myself we took a Jeepney out to Subic City to the Cherry Bar, that was where I first heard the Carl Douglas song Kung Fu Fighting, when I heard that song, I thought it was No more fighting. My older brother Frank was born at sister Elizabeths on 10/4/1944 also. Please help contribute to a new Forgotten NY website, Check out the ForgottenBook,take a look at the gift shop, and as always, commentas you see fit., The Belt Parkway Had 5 Names when complete in 1940: Gowanus Parkway (Now Guwanus Expressway (Interstate 278)), Shore Parkway, Southern Parkway, Laurelton Parkway & Cross Island Parkway. Grew up at 96th and Third. The peaked building with the rounded edgeat the SW corner of 3rd Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue has been home to a pharmacy on the ground floor for apparently most of its life, Lowens since 1953; my friend Brian Merlis at brooklynpix has a photo from 1913, when it harbored Wolffs. Best Menus of Brooklyn. It seems so small however. Do you know where I could research that? This triangle features a war memorial dedicated to a local soldier, Anthony Mondello. Its a beautiful building and the apartment has its original wood and glass doors with etched designs and glass door knobs. The Suburban Chicago Coke Bars of the 1980s. They took me home to 319-88th street. I spent my first 35 years in Bay Ridge and return often, first to visit my father, who passed away in 2003, and then for regular dentist visitsIve patronized the same office since 1964. I wish I knew the architectural origins of this grand mansion at 8311 Ridge Boulevard, but its personal story is also engaging. Philadelphia, or brotherly love). In the late 80s I was testing the waters for a different apartment and took a look at a 1-BR here. I was always in Zekes Roast Beef on 8th and 66th. I would love to know more about her family. I lived at 361-95th St from 1944-1982. Head in any direction from the Manero house on a Saturday night and youre more likely to see a Russian or Chinese nightclub than you are to find anything resembling Odyssey. I live in Cleveland now and totally freaked out when we bought a house because never envisioned being a homeowner. Bay Ridge is in Kings County and is one of the best places to live in New York. Though the present structure dates to 1890, there has been a St. Johns Church on this location since 1834, when soldiers garrisoned at Fort Hamilton built the first St. Johns. But that foray set the template. McKinley Park was dedicated in 1903 and named for the recentlykilled President William McKinley. Plus they manage to add nothing of worth. Pigeon Park. Thanks for the memories. About 7,000 people worldwide have expressed interest in buying the dance floor. I remember her husband as a quiet cheerful man who always sat behind the counter. When Im in the area, Im always drawn like a magnet to the Kenruby Apartments, 90th Street just east of Dahlgren. In the film, Travolta plays Tony Manero, a tough-talking kid who works at a paint store by day and rules as disco king by night. Used to catch the rock concerts (1973?) For some extra money, my father kept up a building on 85th Street at the other end near 5th Avenue. my grandfather had it built in1912. Thanks so much for your article. Whats with all the Perry names here? Bay Ridge Beach is a physical feature (beach) in Anne Arundel County. Upcoming Events. It was right on Shore Rd and had the cool house number of 1. Went to St. Anselms and Regis HIgh School. My Aunt, never married, was the last one to pass away of those who stayed in Bay Ridge, year 1991. Robert . Did you know her? It was later replaced by a Met Foods store. Full of rose gardens and rolling hills, the Narrows Botanical Gardens serves up wonderful views of New York Harbor and the Verrazano Bridge. The basketball court figured in a scene in 1978sSaturday Night Fever. Time for the N train at 8th Avenue, which like most Sea Beach Line stations has been under repair since 2015. I spent many Friday evenings in Pohls with friends sitting in one of the dark booths with the high backs. However, the music was nearly all disco even though they advertise 70s, 80s, 90s.more, Dance ClubsLoungesComedy Clubs$$Greenwich Village, Hip hop, 70s, 80s music. Bay Ridge. 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