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  • Cycleogical said about Mail Delivery Problems in South Slope :

    True. Fort Greene has the same issues: I have already lost (2) packages during the month of Septemnber - and that h ...
    famdoc said about Is FreshDirect Destroying the Planet? :

    I've asked drivers to stop idling...they have refused, responding that their refrigeration units require that their e ...
    Steve said about Park Slope "When" :

    I lived on 22nd between 6 & 7. I went to PS 10, IS 88 onto John Jay.
    I remember Germains. Upstairs in the w ...
    Me said about Chinese Restaurant Website Defaced by Saudi With Anti-Israel Agenda :

    It's not alleged, those are verified pics of israeli children writing messages on bombs

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    mary M. said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    Having looked at both nycoffleash.org and the Prospect Park Advocate websites, it strikes me as odd that while the of ...
    Jennie said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    I'm sorry, please forgive me, but since dogs are so well-behaved then why have a leash law at all? I mean, if they d ...
    Karen said about Ranking of the 3 New Local Bars that Steve Hit Recently :

    What a very strange thing to write about Union Hall.

    Union Hall is like Floyd's Plus. And even if it was exa ...
    nycoffleash.com said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    As Disraeli said, "Lies, damn lies, and statistics."

    Compare apples with apples, Mr. "Advocate". If you're me ...
    Ruben said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    NYCOffleash wrote "thousands of people who take advantage of the 20-year offleash hours policy each week in Prospect ...
    brooklynparks.blogspot.com said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    Just because Tupper Thomas said that unleashed dogs made the parks safer in the '80s doesn't mean that it's true. Cri ...
    kumera said about Little Monsters of Park Slope :

    I'm no Sloper, and I have no love for the Bugaboo set, but I experience kids like this *all* the time, and few of the ...
    a.p. said about Little Monsters of Park Slope :

    yes you will find "idiot monsters" with mouths like the ones on those girls all over the city. but trying to deny tha ...
    kumera said about Little Monsters of Park Slope :

    WTF? Go anywhere in this city and meet idiot monsters like that. You wouldn't be bitching if you saw it in Bay Ridge ...
    nycoffleash.com said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    Readers might find it interesting that the "Advocate" did not criticize the TimeOut NY poll when it first was publish ...
    Sarah Wright said about Little Monsters of Park Slope :

    Thank you Park Slope parents? I am a parent of a five-year-odld and aI live in Park Slope. I guess that makes me a Pa ...
    Sam said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

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    I detest baseball and football so why should my tax dollars support their large, underused, expensive t ...
    ParkAdvocate said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    It doesn't surprise me that an off-leash advocate quoted the results of a poll that was designed to create bias. Read ...
    Michael said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    I find the claim made by Tupper Thomas and the community of dog owners that the prescence of dogs has made our city p ...
    Mary said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    I was surprised by the claim that the "off leash" movement has support in many states, so I followed the link provide ...
    Mary said about "End Run" Around Leash Laws in City Parks: Not a Done Deal? :

    The hostility of the "pro-off leash" comment is unfortunate. It is this type of knee-jerk response that impedes actu ...

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    July 09, 2006

    Park Slope "When"


    park slope, Brooklyn
    Originally uploaded by mickey1.
    Posted by frank garcia on the Park Slope Message Board:

    i lived on 14 st bet 5 and 6 ave

    i went to ps 51 and then to manuel training high school

    i rember germains dept stop on 5 ave and 15 st

    there were 3 bars on 9st 5ave

    smittys
    owned by a man called screamer smith

    next to him was dinkys
    owened by a retired cop from the 72 precent named eddy

    next to him was the round town
    at times they served free snacks

    then there was a great stake bar called the dixie traven on 20st 5 ave owned by a man named toddo marino

    as a young boy i also raised pigeons

    hope to hear from some people that rember this

    on the Park Slope Message Board

    Posted by Daily Slope at 10:17 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

    June 29, 2006

    "The Avenue"


    5th Avenue - Brooklyn
    Originally uploaded by talker.
    A liaison of The Fifth Street Boys writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:

    "Back in the day, when I was kid, not only were there no restaurants on 'The Avenue.' There were none of the boutiques and niche-market stores that give it its current flavor."

    "There were no Starbucks (Plaza Drugs), there were no Barnes & Nobles (a parking lot for the hospital), there were no Sushi restaurants (Danny's Candy Store and others)...there was nothing!"

    "There were two Bohack markets and an A + P (Now Key Food and Dagostinos) and a few bodegas."

    "The absolute first restaurant on "The Avenue" was Szechuan Delight ... (they) rented the site of Keiton Cleaners (sp?) after they had a fire. I remember people were shocked to see a Chinese restaurant on The Avenue and to be honest the atmosphere sucked. I liked the food, but the place still smelled like smoke when they opened."

    "The one thing there were lots of on The Avenue was bars. In no particular order, there was City Lights was on the corner of 1st and The Avenue; The Iron Horse on 2nd and The Avenue; Ryan's on Garfield; Minsky's on 3rd; The Coach between 1st and Garfield; Mooney's between Carroll and President; The James between Union and Berkeley; The Gaslight on the corner of Union; and others that I can't remember now."

    "As a rule, there was a bar on every corner and sometimes another one in between. The good ones like Ryans (now The Appletree grocery strore [which is NOT a bodega] ) opened at 8:00 a.m. for the old timers and didn't close unil "last call" at 4:00 a.m."

    "And Ryan's, like Farrell's (which sadly used to be located on 9th Avenue in Windsor Terrace--a neighborhood with some balls--but somehow without having to move is now located on Prospect Park West in the South Slope), used to serve "taps" which were waxed paper quart containers that you could take outside and drink on the corner and shoot the shit with people as they walked by...and all the time enjoy a cold--well, luke warm--beer (I think it was Miller High Life on tap, oh well, you can't have everything)!"

    "So there you have it...The Avenue...back in the day...before there were stroller nazis, before there were panhandlers, before there was anything other than bars and the Fifth Street Boys and then the Savage Nomads and the Crazy Homicides out past 16th street...but we didn't go there...not unless we had to...not unless we wanted to rumble."

    4 out of 5 former Brooklyn Gang Members prefer the Park Slope Message Boards


    Posted by Daily Slope at 12:16 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

    October 12, 2005

    Brooklyn Superhero Supply

    bklynsuperhero1.jpgRecently on Forgotten New York: "When I passed this storefront at 372 5th Avenue near 5th Street, I assumed it was an elaborate movie set (Spiderman III?) or an expensive joke, but it turns out "Brooklyn Superhero Supply" is a spiffed-up tutoring center for neighborhood kids, known as 826nyc, that opened in June 2004."

    "Why 826? It is an offshoot of an original center on 826 Valencia Street in San Francisco; it has a Pirate Supply Store, at which September 19 must be a big day. The whole thing was started by belles-letterman Dave Eggers of mcsweeneys fame."

    Walking Tour: Street Scenes, 5th Ave. [Forgotten New York]
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    Park Slope Message Boards

    Posted by Daily Slope at 11:10 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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