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 .