THE CARROLL ST BRIDGE

BUILT IN 1889 BY THE BROOKLYN DEPARTMENT OF WATER WORKS WHEN BROOKLYN WAS STILL A CITY.IT IS A RETRACTABLE BRIDGE AND 1 OF 2 IN NYC AND 1 OF 4 LEFT IN ALL OF THE UNITED STATES. ITS ALSO THE OLDEST.

HONEYMOONER'S MARATHON

KISS YOUR LOVED ONES THEN PUT ON CH. 11 AND LAUGH YOUR ASS OFF TO START THE NEW YEAR.I'LL MISS CALLING MY GRANDMOTHER AND TELLING HER PUT IT ON RALPH JUST FOUND THE SUITCASE WITH THE MONEY.THAT WAS A FUNNY ONE. THEY ALL ARE.ENJOY I WILL.

BY 21 FOR 21

REDSKINS NEEDING TO WIN TO GET IN BEAT THE COWBOYS BY 21 POINTS ON SUNDAY. DO U THINK THIS IS A COINCIDENT? SEAN TAYLOR WORE #21 THEIR FALLEN TEAMMATE.DEFENSE GAVE UP 1 YARD RUSHING. STRONGER FORCES WERE AT WORK HERE, AS I HAD EARLIER TABBED REDSKINS AS PICK OF THE YEAR VS COWBOYS. I THINK THEY KEEP ROLLING IN SEATTLE..... TO BE CONT....

A SAD NOTE

ON SUNDAY MY COUSIN PETER PASSED AWAY.HE MOVED UPSTATE MANY YEARS AGO,BUT FAMILY STAYED IN BROOKLYN.UPON HEARING THE NEWS I WENT OVER TO MY AUNT MARY'S HOUSE TO CONSOLE AND SUPPORT MY COUSIN VINCENT AND AUNT MARY.WHEN I ARRIVED MANY PEOPLE FROM THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD WERE THERE WITH MANY MORE TO SHOW UP SOON AFTER.WE MAY HAVE MOVED AWAY TO DIFFERENT PLACES A LONG TIME AGO, BUT NO AMOUNT OF TIME CAN SEVER THE BOND WE FORGED GROWING UP IN BROOKLYN . WHEN SOMEONE WE LOVE FROM THE PAST IS IN NEED WE COME OUT IN FORCE.COUSIN PETER REST IN PEACE.

THE NIGHT OWL

DO YOU REMEMBER THE DAILY NEWS EDITION CALLED THE NIGHT OWL? IT WOULD COME OUT AROUND 10PM EVERY NIGHT AND WAS DATED THE FOLLOWING DAY.WE WOULD ALWAYS GET A GANG TO WALK OVER TO UNION ST AND 4TH AVE TO BUY IT FOR OUR MOMS, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THAT EDITION WAS THE DAYS NUMBER. THAT WAS THE DAILY AMOUNT SPENT AT THE TRACK THAT DAY.THE LAST THREE DIGITS WERE THE ILLEGAL NUMBER,WHICH ALMOST EVERYONE HAD A BUCK OR TWO ON.YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PAPER AS THE CLUB WOULD GET A PHONE CALL AROUND 5PM WITH THE NUMBER, THE PAPER WAS CONFORMATION THAT YOU HIT!!

PATS PERFECT

THEY DID IT. 16 - 0 FIRST TIME IN HISTORY OF NFL.UNDEFEATED FOR 16 GAMES MIAMI WAS 14 - 0. ALWAYS HATED THAT DOLPHIN TEAM,NO CHAMPAGNE THIS YEAR FOR SHULA AND THE BOYS.

OTTO'S CLUB

OTTO'S WAS A SOCIAL CLUB AT GROUND FLOOR OF 494 PRESIDENT ST. THE DOOR WAS OPEN 24HRS, WE WERE TO YOUNG TO BE MEMBERS BUT WE WOULD ALWAYS SNEAK IN WAS NO ONE WAS THERE.THEY HAD THE COLDEST COKE MACHINE IN THE WORLD, A BOCCIE BALL COURT IN YARD,BASEBALL GAME ON TV,OR WHATEVER SPORT WAS ON AT THAT MOMENT. ON SATURDAYS MIKEY SISTO WOULD MAKE SAUSAGE SANDWICHES AND A HUGE BOWL OF SALAD.AND ON SUNDAYS UNCLE TONY WOULD HOLD COURT WITH CEMENT MASONS COMING FROM ALL FIVE BOROUGH'S TO HAVE BLACK COFFEE SERVED BY PIPONEIL IN THE WHITE APRON.DICE GAMES OFTEN BROKE OUT ACROSS STREET AGAINST WALL. AND WHO COULD EVER FORGET WHEN THE FEDS FOUND 3 BODIES IN BASEMENT OF CLUB.THOSE DAYS ARE GONE AND SO IS OTTO'S .

THE CLOCK

RECENTLY THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE NY TIMES REGARDING THE RENOVATION OF THE WILLIAMSBURG BANK CLOCK.SAYING THEY DONT KNOW WHEN CLOCK IS GOING TO BE WORKING AND NEVER WORKED CORRECTLY ANYWAY.HOW WRONG THEY ARE.I GREW UP IN PARK SLOPE AND FOR 40 YEARS I SAW THAT CLOCK FROM EVERY ANGLE POSSIBLE AND THE TIME WAS ALWAYS RIGHT.I DON'T MIND THE NEWCOMERS TO THE AREA BUT THE OLD-TIMERS KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS.

MIDNIGHT FIREWORKS

THERE IS GOING TO BE A FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT MIDNIGHT IN PROSPECT PARK TO RING IN 2008.FIREWORKS WILL BE AT NORTH END OF PARK SO THE COLORFUL EXPLOSIONS FRAME THE LANDMARK SOLDIER AND SAILORS MEMORIAL ARCH.THAT'S GONNA LOOK AWESOME,BRING YOU'RE CAMERA.

TALK SPORTS PLEASE

WHEN I'M DRIVING MY CAR I LIKE TO LISTEN TO SPORTS RADIO.WE HAVE TWO STATIONS IN NYC, I'M NOT GIVING EITHER A PLUG. JUST TALK SPORTS PLEASE,MICHAEL KAY IS ALWAYS SAYING SOMETHING LIKE SHE'S A HOTTIE. WE ARE HER FOR THE SPORTS, NOT THE SEXUAL INNUENDOS DIRECTED TO THE FEMALE INTERNS OR REPORTERS THAT WORK THERE.AND STEVE SOMERS IS A TOTAL MORON,THINKS HE A COMEDIAN.SPENDS MOST OF SHOW TRYING TO BE FUNNY.WHEN THESE TWO GUYS ARE ON I'M OFF.

PATS 16-0 ? I'LL TAKE 70s STEELERS

EVEN IF THE PATS MAKE HISTORY AND GO 16 -0, A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT INDEED,BUT DOES NOT MAKE THEM BEST TEAM EVER. THE STEELERS OF THE EARLY 70s HAD 10 THAT'S RIGHT 10 HALL OF FAMERS. JACK LAMBERT WOULD HAVE RIPPED BRADYS JUGULAR VEIN OUT WITH HIS TEETH. AND I DOUBT RANDY MOSS WOULD GO ANY WHERE NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.LAMBERT LURKING THERE TOO.STEELERS 31 PATS 3.

NEW YEARS EVE AT CLUB 488

THIS IS WHERE I SPENT MANY NEW YEARS EVES FOR THE COUNTDOWN. THIS WAS 488 PRESIDENT ST. MY FRIEND MARKS HOUSE (BASEMENT).EATING THE S COOKIES ISABEL MADE BY THE TON.PLAYING CARDS, DARTS,DANCING LIKE FOOLS.DRINKING AT THE BAR WHERE ANGELO HAD MIRROR WITH THE OLD YR OUT AND NEW YR IN,READY TO GO WITH THE WHITE SHOE POLISH AT 12:02. IT SEEMED LIKE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THERE. MANY PEOPLE AT THOSE PARTIES ARE GONE NOW BUT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. WITH NEW YEARS EVE APPROACHING I YEARN FOR ANOTHER NIGHT AT CLUB 488.

LEYRITZ CHARGED WITH DUI DEATH

A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY FOR ALL,I LIKE TO REMEMBER YANKS DOWN 6-3 IN GAME 4 IN ATLANTA WITH BRAVES POISED TO GO UP 3 GAMES TO 1. JIMMY LEYRITZ LAUNCHED A 3 RUN HR TO TIE THE GAME.I WAS WATCHING GAME AT MY COUSINS HOUSE BUT WITH YANKS DOWN I WENT INTO CAR TO TRY TO CHANGE UP THE LUCK. AND GUESS WHAT A 3RUN RALLY...YANKS WIN IN XTRAS AND GO ON TO WIN 96 WORD SERIES.

CHIC & CHEAP

THIS IS A COOL LITTLE STORE NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT. GET GREAT DESIGNER NAME CLOTHES FOR 50% OFF.SCREW MACY'S, BLOOMINGDALE'S AND CENTURY21 TOO.GET ALL THE SAME STUFF HERE. HELP OUT THE SMALL GUY. 509 61 ST BROOKLYN.

CHIPS CHARITY

CHIPS IS LOCATED ON 4TH AVE AND SACKETT ST IN PARK SLOPE,ITS A CHRISTIAN CHARITY THAT HELPS OUT THE NEEDY OF PARK SLOPE AND SURROUNDING AREA. WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND THE MONEY BEING SPENT ON REAL ESTATE LETS CHIP IN,BRING YOU'RE OLD CLOTHES,FURNITURE,A FEW BUCKS,THESE PEOPLE REALLY NEED IT.ALTHOUGH WE NEVER HAD A WHOLE LOT,I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER TAKING MY GRANDMOTHER THERE TO DROP OFF STUFF.LETS SKIP A NIGHT OUT AT A TRENDY NEW SPOT AND DONATE THE MONEY TO C.H.I.P.S. SOMEDAY YOU MADE NEED A HAND. IT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL.

CELL PHONES AND TEXTING

WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT EVERY PERSON I SEE IS ON THE CELL PHONE? WHAT DID THESE PEOPLE DO BEFORE CELL PHONES?NOW THE NEW THING IS TEXTING,WHICH CONSISTS OF TYPING. WHICH IS OFTEN DONE WHILE WALKING INTO OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE THESE INSECURE IDIOTS ARE LOOKING DOWN TYPING.KIDS PUT DOWN THE GADGETS AND PICK UP A BALL.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PASSED A SCHOOL YARD AND KIDS WERE PLAYING BASEBALL?

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

THIS IS A QUESTION THAT KILLS ME. WHEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS ASKS ME WHAT I'M WEARING WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT.I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE THE FOUR TOPS AND HAD TO BE COLOR COORDINATED.WE ARE GROWN MEN WEAR WHAT YOU WANT.ITS OK TO BE DIFFERENT.

SUNDAYS AT 511 CARROLL ST

GROWING UP I LIVED AT 511 CARROLL ST IT WAS AN 8 FAMILY HOUSE 8 ITALIAN FAMILIES. IF YOU WALKED IN THE HALLWAY ON A SUNDAY MORNING YOU WERE KNOCKED OVER BY THE SMELL OF MEATBALLS FRYING AND THE GRAVY FOR DINNER AT 1PM, PASTA AND FOOTBALL.OF COURSE MY GRANDMOTHERS WAS THE BEST,WITH AUNT TOOTSIE A CLOSE SECOND. I REALLY MISS THOSE SUNDAYS,MY GRANDMOTHER AND AUNT TOOTSIE. I KNOW WHO GOD HAS COOKING FOR HIM ON SUNDAYS.

UNION HALL BOOCIE BALL SUCKS

TWICE I'VE BEEN TO THIS COOL BAR IN PARK SLOPE CALLED UNION HALL. THEY HAVE TWO BOCCIE COURTS WITH NO ORGANIZATION WHATSOEVER.IF YOU WANT TO PLAY BOCCIE THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO GO.AND A TIP FOR THE HIPSTERS IF YOU HAVE TO TRY TO BE HIP YOU'RE NOT....BE YOUR SELF.

PICK OF THE YEAR

REDSKINS WIN AND THEIR IN THE PLAYOFFS. HOW FIRED UP ARE THEY GONNA BE WITH A CHANCE TO HONOR SEAN TAYLOR WITH MAKING THE PLAYOFFS.DALLAS WILL BE RESTING SOME GUYS WITH PLAYOFF POSITION LOCKED UP.IM WATCHING THIS GAME ON DIRCT TV.STADIUM AND REDSKINS WILL BE ROCKING.

FOR THE BIRDS

THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT IS BEING HELD FEB.15 TO FEB.18 2008, CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE,COUNT SOME BIRDS,MAKE A LIST.ITS FUN AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT BIRDS YOU WILL SEE OR HOW MANY ARE IN BROOKLYN.

THE HONEYMOONERS

AFTER A RUN IN THE 50S THE ORIGINAL 39 EPISODES RETURNED TO CH11 IN 1975,I REMEMBER THE 1ST ONE TO BE BROADCAST IT WAS "BLABBER MOUTH" WHEN RALPH THROWS HIS MOTHER IN LAW OUT OF HOUSE.FROM THAT NIGHT ON I ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF OTHERS WAS HOOKED.I WATCHED IT EVERY NIGHT FOR THE NEXT 10YRS AND NOW THAT ITS NOT ON TV NIGHTLY,THE NEW YEARS DAY MARATHON IS ALWAYS SPECIAL, AND A GREAT WAY TO START THE YEAR. I USUALLY WATCH TILL ABOUT 3AM OR TILL MY EYES WONT STAY OPEN ANY LONGER,THEN SLEEP FOR ABOUT 4 HRS AND PUT IT RIGHT BACK ON AT 7AM AND WATCH FOR THE REST OF DAY.IF YOU'RE FROM BROOKLYN YOU WILL AGREE WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE RALPH KRAMDEN IN US.I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GOOD SHOWS MADE SINCE BUT THE HONEYMOONERS STANDS THE TEST OF TIME AND AFTER 50 YEARS IS STILL ENJOYED BE MANY.HOW MANY COMEDIES CAN SAY THAT? BABY THEY'RE THE GREATEST.HOW SWEET IT IS.

PROSPECT PARK SAFEST IN CITY

LATEST STATISTICS INDICATE WITH ONLY 27 CRIMES IN PROSPECT PARK SO FAR THIS YEAR THE PARK TO BE THE SAFEST AMONG ALL THE MAJOR PARKS OF NYC.AS MY WALKING TOUR PASSES THROUGH THE PARK THIS IS GREAT NEWS.

LESS THEN 500 MURDERS

I THINK THIS IS GREAT, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STATISTIC FOR 25 YEARS AS MURDERS ROSE TO ALL-TIME HIGH OF 2245 IN 1990. FROM THAT POINT THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY DECREASE YEARLY WITH LESS THEN 500 THIS YEAR. IN MOST CASES THE VICTIM KNEW THE ASSAILANT.WHICH MEANS RANDOM KILLINGS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY RARE,SO STREETS SEEM TO BE SAFER.I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBER GET TO UNDER ONE A DAY.

THANKS JOE TORRE

I WANNA THANK JOE TORRE FOR 100S OF GREAT MOMENTS. A BROOKLYN KID HAS LED THE WAY FOR 12 YEARS,AND DID A FABULOUS JOB.NOW ANOTHER JOE TAKES OVER.WHO COULD EVER FORGET THE TRIPLE HE HIT IN GAME SIX AGAINST THE BRAVES.THE FIRST OF FOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FIVE YEARS.I WAS WATCHING GAME ON UPPER EAST SIDE AND IT TOOK 4HRS TO DRIVE BACK TO BROOKLYN AS CITY WAS IN A FRENZY.NEW JOE NEW RUN WE GO ON. 55 DAYS TO SPRING TRANING LETS GO YANKS!!!!!!!!

DUFFY GADGETS

MY BUDDIES DAD WE PLAY GOLF WITH HAS EVERY GOLF GADGET KNOW TO MAN,INCLUDING THE 2 0Z. CARRY BAG WHICH WEIGHS 75 POUNDS WITH ALL THE GADGETS ATTACHED.SUNSCREEN,BUG SPRAY,HEAD COVERS,10 TOWELS, AND A GPS SYSTEM. I LOVE HIM AND WOUNDN'T WANNA PLAY WITH ANYONE ELSE.WE CALL HIM DUFFY GADGETS.

KNICKS LOSE AGAIN

ANOTHER GAME ANOTER LOSS MORE EXCUSES AND SAME OLD B.S. THATS 8-20 ARE WE GONNA WIN 20 GAMES?20-62 THAT WOULD BE GOOD..THEY REALLY SUCK!

JOHN'S CANDY STORE

WE WOULD GO TO JOHN'S DURING DAY WERE CANDY WAS A PENNY A PIECE FOR $1 YOU GOT 100 PIECES OF CANDY AND A TRIP TO THE DENTIST.PLAY THE JUKE BOX REAL LOUD, USUALLY A STONES SONG AND A CONCERT WOULD BREAK OUT,WHERE FOR THREE MINUTES WE WERE THE STONES AND WE WERE TOSSED OUT MOST OF TIMES BEFORE SONG ENDED. ONLY TO RETURN A SHORT TIME LATER AND REPEAT PROCESS,GOD BLESS JOHN WHO LIVED TO BE ABOUT 90 I THINK WE KEPT HIM YOUNG.

FRANK THE DINER'S

ON NEVINS ST AND UNION ST STOOD FRANK'S DINER, THEY HAD THE BEST BRISKET SANDWICH ON THE PLANET.ROAST BEEF WAS GOOD TOO,DON'T FORGET THE PICKLES AND THE BEST BROWN GRAVY,I'M GETTING HUNGRY.

WWWF AT MSG EVERY MONTH

REMEMBER WHEN WRESTLING WAS AT THE GARDEN BACK IN THE 70S ONCE A MONTH ON A MONDAY NIGHT? I WAS AT MANY OF THOSE CARDS,MY DAD WOULD USUALLY TAKE A BUDDY OF MINE ALONG.WE SAY EVERYBODY,BRUNO, PEDRO, CHIEF JAY STRONGBOW,ANDRE THE GIANT,CAPTAIN LOU,BLASSIE,THE GRAND WIZARD,GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE AND MANY MORE. IT STARTED AT 8PM AND AT ABOUT 10:15 THEY WOULD ANNOUNCE NEXT MONTH CARD WITH TIX ON SALE TUES MORNING 10AM.THATS WHERE MOM COMES IN,ON THE PHONE OR AT THE TIX WINDOW AT 10AM,WE ALWAYS HAD RINGSIDE.THANKS MA

NATHAN'S CONEY ISLAND

YOU CAN GO TO ANY OTHER NATHAN'S IN NYC OR THE WORLD AND NOTHING COMES CLOSE TO THE HOT DOGS OF THE ORIGINAL ON SURF AVE, AND DONT FORGET TO GET THE FRIES IN A BAG SO U COULD ADD SALT AND SHAKE EM UP. UMMMMMM THE BEST FRIES TOO.

TIGER KILLS MAN AT S.F. ZOO

WHO CAN EVER FORGET WHEN 3 KIDS CLIMBED OVER FENCE AT NIGHT AND THE POLAR BEARS KILLED ONE OF THE KIDS IN PROSPECT PARK ZOO.THEN THE COPS SHOWED UP AND PUMPED ABOUT 500 BULLETS INTO THE BEARS WHO WERE JUST BEING BEARS.TERRIBLE TRAGEDY FOR KID AND BEARS.

ELECTION DAY FIRES

DOES ANYONE BESIDES ME REMEMBER ELECTION DAY FIRES? WE USED TO COLLECT WOOD FOR WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION,IT WAS LIKE A CONTEST OF WHO COULD SET THE BIGGEST BLAZE. THE FIRE DEPT WOULD COME AND WET THE PILES OF WOOD WE GATHERED.I TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE THROUGH OUT THE YEARS ANY NO ONE ELSE DID THIS IN THERE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE OLD PROSPECT PARK ZOO

WHO REMEMBERS THE PROSPECT PARK ZOO IN IS HEYDAY? IT WAS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO GO ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY . EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A HIPPO IN A BATHTUB OR HIS ENCLOSURE,TAKE YOU'RE PICK. AND THE TIGER THAT WOULD WALK BACK AND FORTH INSIDE HIS 12X8 FT. PALACE, ONLY TO STOP FOR THE OCCASIONAL STEAK TOSSED HIS WAY.THE SEALS,ELEPHANTS,LION,BEARS,AND HOW CAN WE LEAVE OUT THE INCREDIBLE AROMATIC MONKEY HOUSE.THOUGH VOTED ONE OF THE 10 WORST ZOOS IN AMERICA IN EARLY 80S ITS NOW A GREAT CHILDRENS ZOO. AND IN THE 60S WHEN I WAS A KID MY MOM AND DAD WOULD TAKE ME THERE EVERY WEEKEND IT WAS LIKE GOING TO AFRICA IN BROOKLYN.

GOOD BOOK

PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES IS A GREAT BOOK. IM A DIEHARD YANKEE FAN AND THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO GREW UP IN BROOKLYN AND LOVES BASEBALL. ITS THE STORY OF A FAMILY'S OBSESSION OF THE DODGERS AND THE 1955 WORLD SERIES WON BY DODGERS OVER YANKEES.I READ IT TWICE. EVOKES LOTS OF FOND MEMORIES.

RATNER THE RAT

HE SAID HE IS DOING THIS FOR BROOKLYN, THEN WHY NOT SELL APTS AT BELOW MARKET VALUE SO EVERYONE CAN GET A PIECE OF THE ROCK.ONLY ONE BENEFITTING IS RATNER. LEAVE US ALONE.

FIRE ISIAH

I WAS SITTING WITH A FEW BUDDIES ON THE STOOP OF THE RECTORY OF OUR LADY OF PEACE SCHOOL IN 1970 WHEN WE HAD NO CABLE TV LISTENING ON RADIO AS WILLIS REED WALKED OUT FOR GAME 7 VS THE LAKERS, WE THOUGHT THE RADIO HAD BROKEN AS ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS OF THE ROAR OF THE CROWD. I STILL GET THE CHILLS AS I WRITE THIS OF THAT MAGICAL MOMENT. THIS GUY AT 8-19 CONTINUES TO SAY WE ARE A GOOD TEAM.ANOTHER YEAR OVER IN DECEMBER.REED,FRAZIER,BRADLEY,DEBUSSCHERE,BARNETT,AND RED HOLTZMAN,THAT WAS THE BEST TEAM EVER.

A TOUR GROWS IN BROOKLYN

WWW.ATOURGROWSINBROOKLYN IS A COMPANY I STARTED IN OCT,ITS A COOL WALK THROUGH PARK SLOPE/ PROSPECT PARK.VERY HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL.COME CHECK IT OUT.

STICKBALL REUNION

MANY TIMES IN SUMMER I WALK UP CARROLL ST BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVES AND THERE IS A STICKBALL GAME WITH OLDTIMERS COMING BACK FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GOING ON, DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS ONE SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR SUMMER 2008?

SO LONG SNOOKY'S

MY BUDDIES AND I WOULD HANGOUT HERE EVERY WEEKEND IN LATE 70'S, SEE IT IS NOW BEEN COVERTED TO UPSCALE RESTURANT. ANOTHER PIECE OF THE OLD SLOPE GONE FOREVER....

TWO TOMS

THIS PLACE HAS THE BEST PORK CHOP YOU WILL EVER EAT, IF YOU DONT AGREE ILL GET YOU YOU'RE MONEY BACK,I KNOW THE GUYS WHO OWN THE JOINT.AND THE REST OF THE FOOD IS GREAT TOO,I WAS GONNA SAY REST OF MENU BUT THEY DONT HAVE ONE, YOU TELL THEM WHAT YOU WANT THEY MAKE IT FOR YOU.WE DONT NEED NO STINKING MENUS.

OUR LADY OF PEACE

ANYONE GO TO OUR LADY OF PEACE SCHOOL ON CARROLL ST BETWEEN THE YRS 1967 TO 1975,WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND SHARE SOME OLD STORIES.

THE CYCLONE IN CONEY ISLAND

I DONT CARE WHAT THEY BUILD OR HOW HIGH,THE CYCLONE IN CONEY ISLAND IS THE SCARIEST ROLLERCOATER IN THE WORLD BAR NONE. I RODE THE CYCLONE 1 TIME WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD AND VOWED NEVER TO RIDE IT AGAIN AS I HELD ON FOR DEAR LIFE. 32 YEARS LATER STILL NEVER WENT BACK ON IT.

WHEN IS CLOCK GONNA WORK

I GREW UP IN PARK SLOPE AND THE WILLIAMSBURG SAVING BANK CLOCK WAS MY FAMILY'S CLOCK AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE ON THE BLOCK .LETS GET THE CLOCK WORKING AND RESTORE SOME SANITY FOR THE OLD TIMERS FROM THE SLOPE.

MONK PARAKEETS AT OLD STONE HOUSE

IM A BIRD WATCHER AND THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS HAVE MADE THERE HOME IN BROOKLYN,FOR THE 1ST TIME AND IM FOLLOWING THEM MANY YEARS I HAVE SEEN THEM IN PARK SLOPE ON 3 CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS ON 3RD ST AND 5TH AVE BY THE OLD STONE HOUSE AT 1PM,,,, LOOK FOR THEM,, VERY LOUD... VERY COOL.

TIP INCLUDED

I BEEN GOING TO THE THAI RESTURANT ON 7TH AVE AND CARROLL ST FOR MANY YEARS,LAST WEEK I NOTICED TIP WAS ADDED TO BILL .THIS MADE ME UPSET. YOU CANT TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO TIP,IN FACT THEY SAVED ME MONEY AS I WOULD HAVE GIVEN MORE THEN THEY TOOK ON THERE OWN.....AND I MAY NEVER GO BACK.

CONDO PRICES ARE CRAZY!!!!

I CALLED UP NOVO TO SEE PRICES OF UNITS 1BR-549K/ 2BR-659K/ 3BR-859K ARE THEY NUTS? IM SURE THEY WILL SELL OUT BUT WHO CAN AFFORD THESE PRICES? NOT THE WORKING FAMILY MAN.GOOD FOR AREA NOT GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF AREA....

OYSTERS IN GOWANUS CANAL

HOW COOL IS THIS THE PEOPLE ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO THERE OWN HANDS, SETTING NETS LOADED WITH OYSTERS TO FILTER OUT THE WATER,CANAL WILL SOMEDAY BE SWIMABLE LIKE IN LATE 1800S.

Park Slope Tour

WWW.BROOKLYNWALKINGTOUR.COM IS OFFERING A COOL TOUR THROUGH PARK SLOPE / PROSPECT PARK ,VERY HISTORICAL. ILL GIVE YOU A GREAT TOUR. RK