It still seems to have its original windows and even some wide Venetian blinds which are fairly rare these days. 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. The primary coordinates for Bay Ridge Beach places it within the MD 21403 ZIP Code delivery area. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 74. This is the relatively new church building, dedicated in 1953. This was occupied by a family named Jerro, whose kids attended St. Anselm. Bar and music culture have thrived here for decades. My mother was born in 1919 in bay ridge. It was an era, let me tell you, said Alex Marchak, 48, who runs Trzaska Funeral Home, a third-generation family business there. $399,000. And, from the way theyre worn down, these Belgians seem to be the original paving stones. In reply to Chris; Yes, the contempt shown by the folks from Iowa, Kansas, Conn., etc always gets my goat. Lived across from Flagg Court on 73rd St. He was one of my uncles, but I never knew him as he died quite young at World War IIs Battle of the Bulge, two days before his daughter, one of my cousins, was born. Although it didn't hold up against Chili's, TGI Fridays, and Applebee's, there was a time when it was fairly ubiquitous throughout the states. 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. SOLD JUN 13, 2022. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8446201/member-of-neosho-voluteer-fire/. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Bay Ridge was 79,371, a decrease of 1,168 (1.5%) from the 80,539 counted in 2000. SOLD JUN 13, 2022. The house was torn down to make room when the third lane was added to the Belt Parkway and approach to the Varrazano Narrows Bridge. Then graduated to The tea (green) room! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Were looking for any home movies or photos of Bay Ridge in the 1970s, including 2001 Oddysey Disco, of course. When we got home, all she said was that I had been punished enough. Caio ! It was really fun looking at the pictures of Bay Ridge. And the people moving in to these places dont seem to respect or care for what went before. Some of the club names: Penthouse, Scottish Center, Banana Fish Park, Bojangles, Cadabra, Golden Dove, Hob Nails. I was always in Zekes Roast Beef on 8th and 66th. Everyone refers to the building as the Ska Building because of the black and white design. Easy bus ride! Between 5th and 6th, 83rd was more dominated by apartment buildings than between 4th and 5th, but there were also some attached houses and a surprise. The local patrons were all very pleasant and this is a safe neighborhood to walk to the diner at 3am. It was estimated to be slightly over a million dollars! I wasnt born in Bay Ridge but here lived here for over 40 years. Sale in Bay Ridge 9907 Third Avenue #3A. They also had a Chinese laundry in the inner courtyard. My mothers sister Marys family lived in Van Nuys, CA, and thus my grandmother was nearly abandoned except for me; she and my father did not get along. Please help. This stolid structure on Bay Ridge Ave. (er, 69thSt.) just west of 3rdAve. has served as a Masonic temple, a church, and a school in recent decades, but its original purpose can be discerned on the keystones above the windows. Hell of a way to raise kids-everyone knew everyone else! (: I loved reading this as so many memories of Bay Ridge. I grew up in an 3 story apartment building at 506-72 St, 1951-1962. I think it began with a Z.. I spent many Friday evenings in Pohls with friends sitting in one of the dark booths with the high backs. 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. This is a review for dance clubs near Brooklyn, NY: "Best dance party in NYC for years now, and it's in Brooklyn at Southpaw. This was also a favored spot for me to ride my bicycle, no crosswalks between 92nd Street and JP Jones Park. Elvi Modig & John Meade have passed away Thanks so much for your article. We moved to Staten Island in the early 1950s, onward to NJ and now retired and living in Pennsylvania. We never said Bay Ridge Ave or Bay Ridge Pkwy, they were 69th and 75th streets respectively. Do kids play roller hockey in the street anymore? We were in same class at fontbonne. I owned Dyker Bicycle store on 86 st & Ft Ham Pkwy for 5 years. Xaverian had Sunday afternoon dances which some Fontbonne Hall coeds attended, maybe you were one of them? The ground floor was where my dentist, Dr. Tempkin, had his office. Gee,how many people in NY and elsewhere can no longer afford to live where they grew up. Mets star Donn Clendenon was from Neosho.). His estate, Owls Head, featured an observatory known as the Bayard Tower. Whats with all the Perry names here? JohnMackays wifes maiden namewas Marie Louise Antionette Hungerford and it is likely the short street was named for her. It was on the same side of 5th Avenue as Meyers Ice Cream Parlor- now Skinflints. A tree planted by Lee was replaced in 1912 complete with a new tablet commemorating the event, and another plaque cited Jackson. Manero struts through Bay Ridge with that certain swagger, past. The land developed for the terrace and the apartment building were likely purchased directly from the Perrys. marty, blisstock this sat 9/18/2021. I grew up on 79th right off of 5th Avenue and remember going there but cant remember the name of the store. This instilled humility. 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. It was later replaced by a Met Foods store. When the Bridge opened there were rides on the R7 (now S53) to Clove Lakes Park. Don't Miss A Drop. The two-story detached house on 79th Street where Manero spent lots of time combing his hair remains and like other Bay Ridge properties, its value has soared. It was run by a wizened old gaffer named Mr. Rogers, who showed up long before the affable raconteur on PBS. Bullocke had bought a corner chunk of Isaac Bergen's farm, atop a hill people came to call Bullocke's . Christophers Restutant in bay Ridge I. 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. Gorgeous Mary Nolan was out star recruiter. I lived on Ridge Court located off 72 St between 3 and 4 Ave. Beautiful dead end street with a red brick roadbed. The club, a one-story building on a corner lot, was sold and renamed Spectrum in 1987, reincarnated as a gay club. Bay Ridge Neighborhood Overview Buy: $188K - $6.22M For Sale on Trulia: 148 homes Rent: $1.5K - $4.3K For Rent on Trulia: 51 homes To Downtown New York: 29 minutes 23 Schools: Rated 3/10 - 10/10 Explore the Area Highlights Restaurants Groceries Nightlife Cafes Shopping Arts and Entertainment Fitness Bagel Boy Restaurants Balady Halal Market I liked those funky restrooms by the B63 bus stop and the St. Pats ball fields across the street. Views of Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and the bridge are all available from the pier. Dennis became a very successful lawyer. Another of Bay Ridges short lanes is Perry Terrace, between 70th and 71st Streets west of Ridge Boulevard. Pitera began his life as a quiet child who was bullied in school, but would turn out to be one of the most ruthless serial killers in history. 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. That's what Bennigan's, an Irish-themed bar and grill, offered in the 1980s. Founder Joseph Perry (that name again) is remembered by Perry Terraceand Perry Arms. In spite of many materials being shipped from Ireland when the Monk moved from 5th to 3rd Ave, any type of an Irish atmosphere in here is lost on me. My daughter was baptized at St. Anselms until we moved west to PA. My grandparents lived at 417 84th Street. The setting is the Bay Ridge Memorial Pier, first known as the 69th Street Pier located where Bay Ridge Avenue meets the Narrows, though Bay Ridgeites one and all call Bay Ridge Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway 69th Street and 75th Street, respectively. Disc-no! 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. Love I here but miss Brooklyn. It was a clam bar, beer bar, etc. It moved to the other side of 5th Avenue in the 1970s and remains there today. Did you know her? And downstairs there's a room I think of as the break room - smaller bar, couches, and sometimes alternate DJ with a little more room for some killer dancers to pop and lock.". But that foray set the template. The owner said that he had a lot of updating to do in the bar, but that he was keeping the same menu. My family lived on 69th street, right above colonial road. OLONGAPO, Philippines . QE 2 Club 1980s Central Ave, Albany ny by AlbanyGroup Archive the Elbo Room 1963 Albany NY (1960s) by AlbanyGroup Archive 2 288 lark, albany, ny 1984 1980s by AlbanyGroup Archive 1 jb's theater albany ny by AlbanyGroup Archive ginos collage albany ny . Besides the altar boys, I was involved in Scouting; I was never athletic, so never got on any of the sports teams. does anyone remember a place on 69th street pier called Imbriales gardens (not the nurseries). The Barkaloos lived in Bay Ridge well into the 20thCentury. Its owners were arrested for welfare fraud in 2009, a decade after their 21-year old son disappeared and was believed killed by the Columbo crime family. In 1867 he founded the machine shops that became the E. W. Bliss Company and the United States Projectile Company. Ooh, Saturday Night Fever! shouted a patron, gyrating his shoulders to the lyrics: You should be dancing, yeah!. They have updated their menu options, created outdoor dining structures and are selling merchandise online. Information on the vessel is easily obtainable from tugboatinformation: Built in 1973, by McDermott Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana (hull #179) as theAmy Moranfor the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, New York. The tug is fitted with an elevating wheelhouse. There are four camps: Camp Independence (Cub Scouts & Webelos), Camp Freedom (Boy Scouts with Dining Hall), Camp Liberty (Boy Scouts with food for you to prepare at your camp site), and Eagle Base (a high-adventure program). 83rd Street between 4th and 5th Avenues. Went to St. Anselms and Regis HIgh School. 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. Three or four handsomely designed pedestrian overpasses featuring iron scrollwork connecting the north side of the parkway with the pedestrian/bike path along the shoreline are still in operation, including this one, at 92nd Street and Shore Road. I can send you some current photos of the block, if you are interested. Her capacities are 44,909 gallons of fuel. I guess the new NYC has no plans for working or middle class types anymore. 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. Id imagine the architect or developer of this building also had interests in Connecticut. Helen Norma Simonsen married my brother He struts into work at a paint store at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue that still stands. Its also home to a clutch ofBrooklyn parrots, though I didnt see or hear any the day I was there. The school expanded with a new gym in 1978 and an adjoining five-story classroom building in 1990. The buildings resemble those at the Sunny Hill Resort in the Catskills, where my parents liked to vacation. 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! Plus they manage to add nothing of worth. And she had a huge orange Tabby cat who walked around like he owned the place. The side streets of Bay Ridge are chockablock with attached row houses made with brick or stone like these; probably the same developer(s) built most of them in the first couple of decades of the 20th Century. & Ft. Hamilton Pkwy from 1972 to 1975. But they would go in, however, at 8:30. Older Islanders will remember when the North Shore bar scene hit a peak. Nothing else quite hits the spot like this combination. Yes, that was Linns. Why did 8 Ave & 9 Ave disappear? 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. Even so, it has retained its original entrance canopies which feature ornamental metal brackets. 1124 Avenue J, Brooklyn, NY 11230-3610, USA. I was curious if there was anything written about the streets in the Bay Ridge Historical Society or other source? VIDEO TOUR. I went to PS185 where my maternal grandmother taught until her death in 1935. Richard Brown May 10, 2021 - 11:45 pm. Fort Hamilton/Irishtown was once a separate community in southern Bay Ridge adjoining Fort Hamilton, and these small houses, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 97th Street, may be from the same mid-1850s era that saw the parish of St. Patricks established. 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. New Yorks Theme Streets [SpliceToday] It was right on Shore Rd and had the cool house number of 1. I was on the first bus that crossed the bridge when it opened in November 1964. 8701 Shore Rd., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Active. Streets surrounding Fort Hamilton, such as Dahlgren, Parrott and Gatling Places, arenamed for inventors of military ordinance. Sep 13, 2019 - Restaurants that I ate at as a child..most no longer exist. The school was founded in 1957, the sameyear I was founded. It took its name from a local Native American chief in the pre-colonial era. Bliss Terrace, between 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue west of Colonial Road, was named for a prominent industrialist who lived in Bay Ridge. Of course, I also noticed that 83rd and a couple of parallel streets featured double-masted street lights that were usually used on wider boulevards. Sampler of houses along Battery Avenue between 90th and 92nd Streets. Both were removed (as well as other artifacts alluding to the Confederacy around the USA) in 2017 because political correctness defeats historical accuracy nowadays. Hence the term Exempt Fireman. This Midwood kosher bakery located in an orthodox section of Brooklyn, the atmospheric neighborhood filled with kosher restaurants and shops, has some of the tastiest rugelach in NYC. Was born on 54 street back in the day it was Bay Ridge. my grandfather had it built in1912. Marie Simonsen lives in Texas also. Status: Life in prison. A bar by Lyons's hospital called the one and only Basking Ridge. Ever since three Americans were ambushed . Linns. The mansion and tower were razed in 1940. 2 Bed. The church has been known as Union Church since it merged with a Presbyterian church a block away in 1918. In both cases, the lower-numbered Avenue wins and gets to proceed south. 1942 to 1960. Virginians Robert E. Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson are not names you would immediately associate with Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, but the famed Confederate generals do play a minor part in neighborhood history, both at Fort Hamilton and at St. Johns Episcopal Church on 99th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. A guide to military vehicles used in the Russia-Ukraine war, Half-marathon blocked an organ delivery, so a surgeon sprinted into the race, A condition called POTS rose after COVID, but patients can't find care, Pennsylvania unseals search warrant in Idaho killings, Justice Jackson writes 1st Supreme Court majority opinion. Southeast corner of 5th Avenue and 83rd. They and their establishment are one of my fondest memories of growing up in Dyker Heights in the 1960s. The Barkaloo Cemetery is still historic since its the only family plot in Brooklyn not part of a larger cemetery. We never paid. Bars of the 1980s LGBTQ+ Bars of the 1980's The following timelines show the ebb and flow of the establishment of LGBTQ+ bars through the 1980s. For example, I grew up in Tilden Court, but it was known to one and all as 8302 6th Avenue. A spot of internet research indicated that Tokeneke is a district in Darien, Connecticut, as well as a country club in the vicinity. Wonderful memories visit almost every year. My brother graduated in 1961. Does anyone else remember on 4 avenue I think between o, Chriss restaurant could have been Joe Majors or Nicks restaurant on the western side. @2019 - Forgotten New York. 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. Enjoy their craft beer and their artisanal sausages. 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 folks would take us to the park at Fort Hamilton, and somewhere I have a picture of me sticking out of the mouth of that cannon (before it was sealed off). Truly, its my guess that this thing is going to go well into the six figures, Chanes said. quite a change from what my Grandmother paid. The average price of a two-bedroom rental in 1980 was about $475 and by 1990 it had climbed to about $975, according to data from San Francisco's Rent Board. The women of the immediate area would gather on the benches and chit chat, including my mother and grandmother. PIPIN'S PUB During the day, this longtime (over 40 years) Bay Ridge pub plays host to a steady crew of dudes who congregate at the bar's long, handsome bar to chat and relax. But, in a case of divine timing, one of those Bee Gees songs poured in over the radio like sweet memory, and for just a moment it was Wednesday Afternoon Fever at Kellys Tavern in Bay Ridge. Well, I think that hits it in the head forthe day. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. Crime Family: Bonanno. My parents were married during WWII at Our Lady of Angels Church. After becoming head of the Bonanno crime family in 1974, Carmine Galante controlled an expansive drug-trafficking empire. a quick history of 8320 7th avenue. Covering an area of 1,571.96 acres (636.15 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 50.5 inhabitants per acre (32,300/sq mi; 12,500/km 2 ). View Map. Best 70's and 80's dance clubs near Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY. The nearby Roman Catholic parish, St. Patricks, originated the same year. Marchak was a dancer in the film, and appears several times wearing sunglasses and doing the Hustle. I still remember the fabulous cold salads from the Scandinavian deli and the treats from Ebingers Bakery and their green box. I grew up with Philip Black along w his brother Zbill & my brother Ray. I remember wandering around the north end of the park where the bridle paths are, or were (Im not sure if they are there now). Pubs in Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge. Golf in Bay Ridge The Crescent Club had space for its clubhouse and an athletic field that could accommodate several sports. Hello, My name is Larry Stevens and Im working on a documentary about Saturday Night Fever and Robert Stigwood, who produced the film and managed The Bee Gees. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson both spent time in Bay Ridge in the mid nineteenth century, as soldiers stationed at Fort Hamilton. Why did 4 Ave & 5 Ave merge at 95 St and not remain parallel? Sketching Henderson Place [SpliceToday] Please help. This apartment on Bay Ridge Parkway (sorry, 75th Street) has an unusual moniker. Owls Head Park is Bay Ridges largest public park,stretching between the Belt Parkway, Colonial Road and 68thStreet, and its high hill provides a prime viewing spot during Brooklyns occasional tall ship parades. Great times. I remember your parents and you kids.My parents moved to NJ in 79 Iused to send Christmas cards to your mom in FLA I lived on Gatling PL before 7 Ave .In NJ now many years.Imet your uncle Vic in Viet Nam.L lots of memories. Times Staff Writer. She had 4 boys and a disabled husband, a cobbler who eventually had a Shoe Repair store at 8301-3rd Ave. My father Frank (Francesco) had his drug store 8201-3rd Ave until the very early 80s. I was fascinated with the place when I bicycled here using the Belt Parkway bike path. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Anyone have additional remembrances? Joe Joyce, left, the owner of JJ Bubbles, a popular neighborhood bar in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, with his family in the 1980s. Pipin's Pub ($) Bar Food, American, Burgers, Irish, Sports Bars Distance: 0.05 miles. Linn made house visits and fixed our TV sets when I was a kid. A pair of classic, or at least superannuated, signs from the 1970s or 1980s on Bay Ridge Avenue between Ridge Boulevard and Colonial Road. For my first quarter century, this building, 8302 6th Avenue, Tilden Court, was my home, in apartment B4, a 2 bedroom. What goes on. This was a building where exempt firemen could meet and take advantages of services offered by the Association. Went to PS 104; class of 64 and then commuted to McKee HS on Staten Island via the 69 st ferry until the bridge was finished. Only come if you want to have fun -more, Basically if you're not VIP you're a peasant even if you paid $70-$150 to get in at the door.more, My friend and I got two long island's with a shot and it came out to $70 something.more, DJsParty Equipment RentalsSilent DiscoWest Village, 70s ensembles) but certainly not a requirement or done by all. Get the latest in beer, wine, and cocktail culture sent straight to your inbox. I was born at Sister Elizabeths 7/3/1948. Id love to visit just one more time and go shopping in Century. When Im in the area, Im always drawn like a magnet to the Kenruby Apartments, 90th Street just east of Dahlgren. I really miss living there. some people are greedy and unspurious, as his youngest daughter. "It was a brutal scene. Learn how your comment data is processed. Anyone remember the name of the ice cream parlor (not Hinschs) on 5th between 68th and 69th street??? The basketball court figured in a scene in 1978sSaturday Night Fever. I lived on 88th Street between 3rd and Ridge. Im 81 and living in Florida now. Growing Up In Bay Ridge Brooklyn: Iconic things of our time-1950s-1980s Paperback - October 12, 2017 by Robert A Henriksen (Author) 3.9 out of 5 stars 11 ratings I spent hours digging in that dirt. Sketching Henderson Place [SpliceToday] My dentist is my only continued connection with Bay Ridge. Bensonhurst, 1990. We lived on the corner of 85th street and 4th Ave. Left in 1963 when Dads company moved from Manhattan to Jersey. Fort Hamilton restaurant for special occasions and Hinschs every day. It was like a club away from home. The back door, if you stuck a nail file in it, it turned., Said Marchak: It was the only club in Brooklyn at that time that had the light-up dance floor. Lee Nilesn hi Gino I lived next door at8418 7 Ave from 1958 till I went into the army in 65 . There was also a long-vanished American Legion outpost on 7th Avenue that was named for him. Why? Then we started invading people and were at war constantly, and the fort buttoned up the policy. It still had the original kitchen and bathroom in 1991. Perry are seen on the map. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 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. Each weekend, a list was posted as to which Mass each altar boy was assigned to. 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. The complex was socially innovative, as well, as it included a tea room, auditorium, swimming pool, bowling alley, tennis and handball courts, and a nursery school to allow the buildings mothers three hours of daily free time. At the time, some Gowers Corner residents favored it as a preferred alternative to a wider . and 61 street next to Sams Candy Store. This unusual pencil-shaped marker has been at Shore Road and Bay Ridge Avenue since the 1980s at least I remember it before I moved away in 1993. These were carried in plastic zip up bags to and from church. She had a small dark apartment on 4th Avenue at an apartment building called The Royal Poinciana somewhere in the eighties, exact address I no longer recall I assume this was quite the place to live when it was built, likely in the 1920s. The apartment building on 72 St seems pretty old to me and was wondering when it was built. Nearby homes similar to 4224 Ridge Dr have recently sold between $640K to $798K at an average of $400 per square foot. NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] And their owners care about them, too. Its recently been sold and the restaurant will be razed for apartment buildings that overlook the golf course. 1980s Sandy Springs emerges as a party zone with rowdy bars like American Pie, Charley Magruder's, and Copperfield's. . Bay Ridge. Reply. Within 3 years I was bicycling to Coney Island and then all over Brooklyn and into Nassau and Queens by the time I was a teenager. Bakers Bar will be opening at 7912 - 3rd Avenue, where JJ Bubbles used to be. By MARK FINEMAN. The designation Greek mostly refers to the use of Koine Greek in liturgy. Bay Ridge Beach is a physical feature (beach) in Anne Arundel County. She is a twin screw tug, rated at 3,000 horsepower. Went to OLA and Xaverian. After that I rode the bus. Only come if you want to have fun - that's what everyone there is having. I make no apologies for being a nostalgist. Still the greatest place on the planet. Bay RidgesAdelphi Academywas founded in 1863 by two teachers from theBrooklyn Polytechnic Institute,Aaron Chadwick and Dr. Edward S. Bunker, and opened on Fort Greenes Adelphi Street, a name that comes from the Greek term for brotherhood (cf. We moved upstate, mostly to have a parking spot ;-). The combo residences and storefronts, in place since the 1920s at least, are still in place on both sides of 5th Avenue only the businesses change. The congregation was founded at a 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, fur business in 1956. A trio of attached brick houses with semicircular bays, 100th Street between 4th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway. My grandmother Mary Masci bought 319 in April of 1929 for $9000. 2,216 Sq. Rock Ridge: 144 Bleecker St. (Thompson & Laguardia) Rock 'n' Roll Cafe . Became a cleaners later so I bought across the street at Charlies near the subway entrance. Most street angles have to do with topography, or the lay of the land. I went to Stuyvesant for one year after McKinley JHS, then on to Fort Hamilton HS from where I graduated in 1965. Before that, when I lived in Bay Ridge, I eyed Flagg Court for years but didnt get in. The Department of Traffic must have had a surplus. Also went to hinschs. For five years I was an altar boy at St. Anselm Church at 4th Avenue between 82nd and 83rd. Movies at Fort Hamilton for 25 cents. That was the time Merv Griffin went on TV. My first Subic Bay Libery was on November 26, 1974. By the mid 19th century, the rolling hills and vistas drew some of New York's wealthiest residents to build on Shore Rd. Visit The Film Locations New York They sure did in the 1960s, on this dead end stub of 84th Street spared by the construction. I lived at 316-61st Street from when I was born on Oct. 1,1944. the apartment house was the first building about 100 feet from the corner of 3 rd Ave. Bay Ridge is in Kings County and is one of the best places to live in New York. 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. I moved out in 1982 but then briefly back in, in a one-room apartment, from 1991-1993, and Ive been in Queens since then. Then we moved all the way to a semi-attached house at 8420-7 Ave, 1962-1969. Its most pronounced exterior feature is the pendant Carpenter Gothic cornice at the eighth floor. My studio apartment rent was $90/month including gas and electric. The reason In am writing is because St. Mikes closed in 1957 so I actually spent my last year at Xaverian. My favorite quote from there, a friend of a friend who was surprised how everyone is just there to dance - "no guys were even hitting on me!" Another Citadel of Living at Ridge Boulevard and 87th Street. My mother who was born at home in 1919 on Ovington Ave was disappointed because her birthday was 7/4/19. The unusual, 25-foot tall bronze design by sculptor Robert Ressler depicts a firemans trumpet used by firefighters to communicate over the usual din at conflagrations in the days before walkie-talkies. I lived in Bay Ridge at 73rd and 3rd ave in 1974 after military service. Bay Ridge Though famed as the setting for Saturday Night Fever, Bay Ridge offers much more than pop-culture trivia.
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