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Park Slope “When”


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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

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2,508 Replies to “Park Slope “When””

  1. Patsy – Thanks for the info on Uncle Sal. When you get his contact number maybe you can just e-mail it to cousin Johnny at:
    [email protected]

    Let me know too…
    Love Geri

  2. carolyn

    Hi Carol
    This is Barbara , I am on Linda’s Blogg
    So nice to here from you, How are your children and grandchildren?
    How old are they now? Are you still living in Brooklyn, As for me I am
    fine and still working at Merrill Lynch, I work for the Executive Dining
    Room, (stressful at times) can’t complain , there are people out there
    with no jobs. Can’t believe Pinky’s son David is (42) years old. I am onphones all day at work, I am the client coordinator, so when I come home I hate to answer phones or go on the computer. But I just want to Hello, and I will talk to you real soon, Stay well Carpl
    Say Hello to Pinky for me-Barbara

  3. Terry, Cecila Verba was in my class. Where she is now, I dunno. Thanks for all the work you and your team are doing, Terry. The check is in the mail. Thank you Christina for the flyer.

    Santina

  4. I am amazed that nobody has mentioned Steeplechase. Of course, I practically lived at Coney Island when I was a kid. The clowns with the electric prods were downright sadists though I must say that even at that young and “innocent” age, I appreciated it went they made the ladies skirts blow up (Marilyn Monroe got her inspiration for that famous photo from the Steeplechase clowns).

    Fireworks night (once a week) at Coney Island and tuna fish sandwiches my mother made early in the day which by the time the fireworks came on had sand in them (good for digestion). Swimming out far and turning around occasionally to make sure my mother was making sure I was OK. Holding on to the ropes with the huge orange floats. My mother liked to be rough with the kids in the water and convinced them all that she had been a woman wrestler named “Killer”.

    So, if you are someone who ever ate a sandy tuna sandwich with us or got “dunked” by Killer at Coney Island, please contact me. If that describes you, you last name is probably Conroy, Fox or Corley. Oh yeah, if you ever came to 352 20th street on Halloween and a lady with a stocking pulled over her head came to the door moaning, that was Killer Horan. Sorry, if you were trick or treating at our house, I will not compensate you for psychology bills for the trauma you suffered as a child.

    [email protected]

  5. To: Marie Elena Giuttari D’Angelo

    Hi, How are you…I hope you remember me….Joyce Castaldo, you used to tutor me me in math, when I went to St. Johns. Maybe 4th or 5th grade.

    I always felt so shy coming to your home…I was so young when I think about it now….If I never said “thank you” to you before I am saying it now “Thank You for your time with me”.

    Hope all is well with you and hope to see you at the reunion.

    Joyce

  6. Lauterbach. What does that name bring to mind ?

    You may think about Lauterbach’s bar which was around for a long time and where in the 80’s there was live rock music (members of The Shirts played there once when they formed a new band…just remember they had the word Chemical in the band’s name…don’t remember full name. Anyone ?).

    On the other hand, some women (and even some men) may hearken back to earlier days when you had your ass kicked by Sissy Lauterbach. Sissy, if you are reading this, I’m saying this with a smile on my face – only kidding. (No need to worry, I don’t think she ever learned to read).

  7. Terry Ann–Is it too late to apologize for dropping you off the seesaw? Sorry, sorry, sorry. I remember we used to swing so high that we almost went over the top bars and on to the other side. Remember “taking someone up”? –standing and pumping the swing while someone sat between the pumper’s feet on the same swing. Also, remember the short-lived cheerleader’s group we formed to root for Fr. Strianese’s baseball team, also short-lived?

    Remember Diane Taylor whose mother, along with mine, was a Brownie/Girl Scout leader? Linda Johnson who was the most perfectly groomed–white gloves and curled hair–girl in class? Alice Donnelly, a sweet girl, who lived near the convent? Thomas Smith who got in trouble with me because we kissed in kindergarten? Anna Raucci who awed us by being the first to wear a bra?

    Roseann–Tommy Tomczak and Tommy Steinbuch were often in our group on 20th. Also, of course, Ellen Arciello and Kathleen Hickey. Billy Mirabello would occasionally come out to play.

    The blackout of 1965 (?) did not affect our neighborhood although it did, for a moment, slow down Dr. Felder’s drill as he was attacking one of my many pre-fluoride-in-the-water cavities. “Hmmmm”…he said and continued drilling as the power came back on. That night Kathleen Hickey and I went over to the highway on 19th St. and 7th Ave. and looked at the Manhattan skyline completely dark while we enjoyed the glow of the streelights. Park Slope had its own generator/electric plant on 24th Street.

    OK–Who remembers Mrs. Winnimore, the art teacher, who would come into our classes at St. John’s once a week and have us all draw the exact same thing, following her instructions like automatons? We never knew what we were drawing until it was finished. I remember drawing a volcano then labeling it “Mexico,” and getting yelled at because I colored in the guide lines for the label “Mexico.” Some kids in the class had tiny volcanoes, one inch high; some had gigantic ones because we never knew what the final picture would look like, and never knew how much room to leave. Another time when Mrs. Winnimore wanted us to draw an orange, using crayons to add depth through shading (my words, not hers), some kids’ drawings looked like the sun, some like basketballs, some like footballs, others like orange nickels. Mrs. Winnimore managed to squelch any artistic inclinations any of us had, except Corinne Barbera who went on to become an art teacher. The stress and uncertainty of art class made it more dreaded than math. The best part of art class was putting our “work” back into our art envelopes and wrapping the string in a figure 8 around the closure.

  8. donna reitz said

    terry,

    my cousin mickey lives in florida now and kathy is in her other home up in maine most of the time. i’ll talk to my sister over the weekend when they come here.

    love donna

  9. What about Mrs. Loccamessina (spelling ?). Talk about sadists with a piano ! She gave my class a punish lesson that nobody ever finished (write all the hymns 50 times each). I was in the second grade and suffered writer’s cramp for days. I remember helping to collect the other students punish lesson and when I saw any sheets without names, I wrote my name on them (hey, nobody was going to get credit for them anyway).

  10. MARILYN,
    before i sign off tonight. DIANE TAYLOR AND MRS. TAYLOR. just went to dianes daughters wedding. we are still very close to them. we have celebrated many holidays together. emma is 86 yrs young and doing gerat dan taylor just died. diane has 2 girls that are married one married a doctor. diane has been a waitress in the rosebank tavern for many years now her husband passed away right after mine. i have to get her on this site and to the reunion.LINDA JOHNSON her mom chickie johnson..margaret dritto worked with linda awhile ago we should try to get in touch with her. i mentioned miss winnamore awhile back on the blog. i still can draw a pretty dam nice house with trees and windows. didn’t she look like the lady from the beverly hillbilly’s lol she used to make us make dots or lines and draw.CORRINE BARBERA OMG we went to the fox to see some groups with our beatle hats on. we thought we were so cool. remember her beautiful straight dark hair. whatever happened to her. her mom was always dressed so nice and she always looked so youg. her mom worked for a and s for along time. great memories. good nite sweet dreams. have to babysit for my granddaughter in bklyn tomorrow, need to rest. love terry ann

  11. BOB,
    HOW DID MISS LOCCAMESSINA FIT UP THOSE STAIRS TO SING IN CHURCH….SHE WAS SOME BIG LADY. WASNT SHE MSGNR SALA’S SISTER OR RELATIVE. I THINK WE NEED RICHARD LETTIERI’S THERAPY FROM THE TRAUMA OF THE NUNS AND LOCCAMESSINA. LOVE TAS

  13. BOB HORAN: I don’t think I know you but had to tell you how hysterical I was about your Steeplechase clown story. My father would take my two sisters and me to Steeplechase all the time. He would make us sit and watch the clown with the air hose blow up the women’s dresses. My mother didn’t go with us. One day when we returned home she asked if we had a good time and we told her we didn’t because we were watching the clown all day. From that day on my mother accompanied us.

    MARILYN HORAN: I don’t think I know either but I remember Mrs. Winnemore as clear as day. Such funny, funny stuff.

    (I graduated St. John’s in 1960 and lived on 22nd Street between 5th & 6th).

  14. Hey Janet, who was that friend of your who had very light skin and may have been at least partially albino – she was actually cute. I remember going to Coney island with her one night just on a whim. Not a date or anything – just spontaneous – and I had a real good time. Felt really relaxed – like no pressure (because wasn’t a date and no need to impress) and it is a very pleasant memory. Still can picture speeding down the first hill on the Thunderbolt with the breeze blowing through our hair.

  18. Everytime I have to draw a picture for the grandkids I still draw the same picture that Mrs. Winnemore taught us.

    I think Mrs. Loccamessina lived up there in the choir, lol.

    My favorite teacher was Mrs. Irene Maresca.

    Worst was Sister Georgina Louise since she was always hitting me and pulling my hair. At 9 she told me I was bleaching my hair red and she saw it when I was sitting near the window and the sun was shinning on it. She even called my sister in to tell her to go home and tell my mother!!!.

  21. TERRY ANGELO, I KNOW YOUR NAME TOO. COULD BE FROM ST JOHNS, I GRADUATED IN 1963 THE YR BEFORE YOU AND MARILYN.
    WERE YOU IN THE GIRL SCOUTS LIKE ME AND MARILYN.?
    HER MOM, JO HORAN WAS ONE OF THE DEN MOTHERS.
    YOU ALSO LIVED ON THE SAME SIDE OF 2OTH ST THAT I DID ONLY I THINK YOU LIVED CLOSER TO 6 AVE AND I TO 5TH. MAYBE YOU KNEW MY COUSINS ELENA AND LINDA GRINCATO OR THEIR COUSIN THERESA PASSARETTI OR MY SISTER MARY OR BROTHER TOMMY? JUST TRYING TO PICTURE YOU. DID YOU HAVE BLONDE HAIR AND GLASSES BACK THEN?
    JANET AND BOB HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THE TEACHERS IN ST JOHNS. I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT MRS. LOCCAMASINA OR MRS. WINNEMORE FOR YEARS. THEY ARE PROBABLY WHY I CAN’T DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE OR CARRY A TUNE.

  22. EVERYONE,

    I’ve gotten so many responses from many of you and I thank you. We currently have 62 Brooklynites who have responded.

    Friends I have not heard from to see if they are coming to the reunion on September 21st:

    Lucille Ball
    Vinny Bonavita
    Michael Clemento
    Clotilda Costa
    Marie Crispino
    Marie Elena D’Angelo
    Rosemary Drago
    Maria Eskew
    Margaret Palmer Finizio
    Rocco, Jr. Gagliardi
    Maria Galluccio
    Angelo Golino
    Debbie Gradilone
    Frank Guerrasio
    Marilyn Horan
    Robert Horan
    Ronnie Jackson
    Linda Joy
    Janek Kass
    Fran LaGreca
    Gloria LaRosa
    Barbara LeBeau
    Donna Maxil
    Robert McAuley
    Letizia Meany
    Michael Michel
    Charlie Miele
    Geri O’Brien
    Susan Orlandi
    Donna Palmer
    Florence Palmer
    Roseann Perrotti
    Saraphine Pinto
    Danny Price
    Jackie Price
    Steven Price
    Doris Ceely Rios
    Margaret Rittenhouse
    Marie Rumola
    Gerry Santoli
    Michael Schiaralli
    Debbie Siciargo
    Donna Tanzillo
    Karen Trimboli
    Stephen Trimboli

    Email me at: [email protected]

    HUGS & KISSES TO ALL !!!

  23. Laura Marsella

    I don’t think you know me Iam Marie La Greca’s Godchild.
    I’m a Friend and ex neighbor of Franny La Greca’s in fact Frannys Lillian was my flower girl. LOL!
    I graduated St. John’s in 1971

  24. Christina O.

    Do You Ever Sleep! LOL!
    Keep up the good work you are really on top of things.

  25. Joyce Castaldo

    Of course I remember you and your family. I do remember tutoring you along with two others, one was my cousin, Anthony Paladino. It was a pleasure and of course you said thank you. I’m fine and still live in New Windsor, NY, north of West Point. I have two daughters who are married and four granddaughters all from my daughter, Marissa.

    Bob Horan

    I mentioned before you were friends with Eddie Elado who lives in SI. You lived across the street from my husband, Jack D’Angelo.

    Florence Palma

    Loved your e-mail and will answer real soon. Seems you are enjoying Florida.

    Margaret and Donna Palma

    It’s great seeing you on too.

    Mary Ann Yasso Fucci good talking to you as usual. I’ll call again soon.

    Where are the Lentini’s? Haven’t seen them on recently.

    Geri Gagliardi, good seeing you on. I ran across your wedding thank you that I have among my parents’ pictures. Loved your mother. Johnny was a good friend of my cousin Paul Negri and they went through St. Augustine’s together.

  26. Patsy: Thanks for the info. I really want to get in touch with Pat or Florence so I can get Pat’s number. Thanks so much, Janet

  27. Elizabeth or Linda Joy…. I was such good friends with Susan Maliband(sp) way back in the 60’s. I was going with my boyfriend Charlie Siciargo(my husband of 37 years) and Susan was going with Allie Pepe. We were together constantly just driving around the neighborhood with Charlie’s father’s car. One night in fact the front wheels fell off! Allie had his arms around her so tight for fear she’d get hurt. I’ll never forget that. We also spent a week together at Charlie’s grandparents house in Fishkill N.Y. Please tell her that I’d love to hear from her. She was such a dear friend. My number is 917 319 4701 or e-mail at [email protected]. Thanks so much.

  28. Hi all, insomnia is knocking at my door, so I thought I’d check the blog. Terry, you are so right. I need to take notes as I go along as not to forget anyone. So here goes:

    HELLO ROSEANNE PERROTTA. So great to see your name here. I can still see all of us hanging out together. Roseanne Marino and her perfectly beautiful banana curls. Patricia Hellund, Carol Miele. I remember her parties so well. I moved to NJ 22 years ago. Mom still lives on 22nd street. She is going to be 85 this September. God Bless Her. I remember both you and Roseanne being so smart in school. I envied you so. Math still is my weakness. I was always afraid of being hit with one of those stupid sticks for not knowing a math answer. Hope you can make the reunion.

    Mary Ann Yasso. I remember your brother Harry. I think he married a girl named Olga. You lived a few doors up from us, right?

    Hello Palmer sisters. Isn’t this blog great. Margaret remember we share the same birthday along with Elena Agrosso? I can’t believe your twins are in their 20’s. Wow time flies. Hope all is well.

    Hello Donna Reitz, see you at the reunion. Steven Trimboli your name is very familiar. I think we were in the same class. I graduated St. John’s in 1963.

    Maybe I can’t sleep because today it was confirmed that my daughter and son in law are going to be parents again…..to dentical twins. We were originally told it was one baby, however, the other baby was playing hide and seek. Everyone is in shock especially my son in law. We are blessed. You can’t say I don’t have practice. I’ll give my 4 yr old granddaughter some tips on twins. Curious to see if they are boys or girls. Due date is March 5th. Prayers are welcome. Sorry if I missed saying hello to anyone. Going to try and catch some zzzzs. Good nite.

  29. SQUEAKY, SQUEAKY!REMEMBER i GAVE YOU THAT NAME LOL. where the hell have you been, me ad Terry talk about you all the time wondering were you went to even your pal Tommy Sneicoki! are you still living in Brooklyn? Terry didn’t know where you went to. With all of her connections (The Mayor) you think that she would have found you. Thank God for this blog otherwise you would have been still missing in action again. I can’t wait to see you, its been so long. Are you coming to the Bay Ridge reunuion ? You better come me and Terry are going I even extended my stay so I can go. It should be hilarious! Probably me and Terry will be the only ones there from our graduating class. Can you beleive it was already 40 years since we left school. Boy we got old LOL. You have 3 daughters like me but mine or little bit older. Deana 33, Jayme 30 (she is Terry & Davids godchild) and Lisa who will be 28 on Sept. 11th. And I also became a grandmother finally and it is another girl!
    she just turned 1 yrs old on July 2nd she is the love of my life.
    I can’t wait to see you!!
    Love
    Judy

  30. Camille,

    I didnt know if you knew, thats why I asked you if you had spoken to Maria, hope to see you at the wedding, looking forward to meeting you.

    Judy

  31. Terry,

    Why didnt you ask me about Cecilia Verba what made you think about her, she lived across the street from me, I was like her only friend on the block, she was never aloud out of her arie way. Wow I havent said that in years arie (probably spelt that wrong). Last I heard was that she moved to Hawaii lucky her, but I could be wrong or was it her mother that moved there but then again she proably went with her between her and her grandmother she couldnt go anywhere alone. I remember her grandmother knitted me a hat it was gold with those things hanging off them looked like coins. I can’t believe I wore that LOL I thnk I even have a picture of me with it on. I could go on and on about that family they where a trip but nice people alitte controlling but nice LOL.

    P.S. where is my name on the reunion list or was I suppose to give the info to your secretary

  32. Hi everyone. I’ve been gone for a week traveling all around on speaking appointments (know of any I could do in Brooklyn?) lol.
    I came home and looked at my emails and have been on this site ever since. I remember Steeplechase and the clowns with the electric “prods”. My friend was so skinny that when she got inside the barrell you had to go through, she got to the top of it and fell straight down — only to then be tormented by those clows blowing air up her skirt. And Coney Island. Our family went to Coney Island a lot in the summer. I remember the sandwiches with sand in them (only mine were lettuce and tomato). I also remember the buttered corn on a stick and the watermelon with flys buzzing around them. We didn’t care about the flys, only the delicious taste of icy cold watermelon after getting blistered on the beach! One time we found a bunch of balloons in the ocean, and we were all standing there in the water and blowing them up. All of a sudden we saw this crazy lady screaming and running toward the water. It was my Mom yelling to us to drop them — the
    balloons were CONDOMS!!! Only in New York!! What great memories. Do you remember the summer programs at P.S. 10 and making all the crafts?

  33. Tommy Alioto…..can you email me those pictures? I’m afraid of what they look like. Pajamas???? [email protected] Was it Dark Shadows you watched with Edith? I tried a few times but I kept having nightmares!!!! O no, more blackmail!!!!! Custard King was my favorite after Mike’s ice cream truck.

    Does anyone remember there being a nativity all the way down 21st street at the pier at Christmas time??? Or am I crazy.

  34. Debbie you’re right there was a nativity down 21st. on 3rd ave.
    so you are not going crazy.

  35. Thank you Ann Marie. 😎 I could remember my dad taking us there when I was really small. Such great memories are coming back thanks to this site. Terry see all the good you started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  36. Lucille Ball, thank you for coming back and sharing a memory with us. Unfortunately, I agree with Fran Bruno that this site has become more of a chat room lately.

    When I first came to the site, called Park Slope When, it was like opening a time capsule. It immediately brought me back to a time when life was simpler and, if not better, definitely different. Having my memory jogged about the old stores like Germaines, D’Amico’s, Ricciardi Brothers and Larsens Bakery, the people in the nrighborhood, especially the characters like Rocco and Fat Danny and all the friends and their families made me a little emotional. It also made me a little sad because you can’t go back. The youth of today, our children and grandchildren, will never get to safely play football or tag in the streets, never get to play the multitude of games with a Spaulding such as stickball, stoop ball or Kings. I miss the days when men such as Jo Jo Aversano not only kept an eye on their own children but also watched out for the rest of us, something that doesn’t happen much in this modern day world of me and mine first. When a woman such as my grandmother would take a pair of my jeans and give them away to another family because I had three pairs and they needed it more. I miss my old friends coming over my house to play Bobby Hull Hockey or with our G.I. Joe’s in the backyard. Playing roller hockey or softball in the Seafarer lot on 21st Street. How many of our children today can in an instant do that? Not many. There was always someone’s mother ready with lemonade or cookies. Today, most mother’s have to work. The days of the one pay check family are mostly behind us and society is that much worse for it. Its funny that by wanting to give our children all the things we never had, we have deprived them of all the things we did have. So while we can’t go back, it sure is great for a couple of minutes a day to remember Park Slope When.

  37. TWIGGY,
    62 responses only 4 paid. LETS GO PEOPLE I WANT TO PAY THE HALL AT LEAST…DEBBIE AND CHARLIE SICIARGO ARE COMING

  38. LUCILLE BALL,
    DID YOU SEE I MISSED YOU. WELCOME BACK. i remember those crazy clowns hitting you on the horses. i could taste the corn right now remember the little booths you would eat in on the side of nathans? glad to see you are back on. LUCY IS HOME…….. love terry

  39. COUSIN CHARLIE MIELE,
    DIDDO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID. LOVE YA COUSIN TERRY

  40. FLORENCE,
    we mentioned mrs. maresca a few times. someone said how everything she ha on matched, gloves pocketbook, shoes everything. i think i have a great handwriting due to her. she would make us do some kind of circles every day to teach us script. i always say i have a catholic school handwriting. THANKS MRS MARESCA REST IN PEACE.. i loved her and mrs fazio. sr. georgina i wrote about awhile ago didn’t we call her cannon ball. she was mean i did not have her but i remember her. REMEmBER mrs. maresca’s red red hair years later she had a wig just like her real hair lol she was wonderful.
    REMEMBER BILY POP I THINK HE WAS IN YOUR CLASS. did you go to school with david? i rember a story about someone bringing homemade jam maybe billy pop and david or charlie dropped it and mrs fazio got so mad. she also died. they would probably be 100 now lol

  41. JUDY,
    i remember those hats my mom made them spangled hats bangled hats whatever. i also wore them. WHY??

  43. Mrs. Maresca always smelt great with her perfume. I also remember her charm bracelet!!

  44. COUSIN CHARLIE MIELE,
    Before the baby gets up. ONE MORE THING. FAT DANNY.. WE WROTE ABOUT HIM BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO REPEAT=== I ALWAYS THINK OF HIM WHEN I HEAR THE SONG GLORIA HE HAD SUCH A GREAT VOICE I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING HE USED TO CALL ME” LOLLYPOP”. OMG LOLLYPOP AND LORI JEAN I THINK “LITTLE LOLLYPOP” I LOVED HIM…..ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO BIG ROCCO ALWAYS YELLING AT US BUT LOVING US AT THE SAME TIME. THEY BOTH DESERVE A REPEAT MENTION.

  45. JUST HEARD SOMETHING ON THE NEWS.. IF YOU GO OVER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEGABITES ( i think some kind of bites) ON THE COMPUTER THEY ARE GOING TO CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT.. OMG I HOPE THIS IS NOT TRUE WHAT WILL I DO…

  46. Squeaky- that’s me — the tall, reddish blonde —
    Terry Angelo — I found my year book and finally know who you are – I was in the other class with Margaret Dritto, Squeaky etc.
    Twiggy – thanks for adding me to the list of those who have not responded to the reunion — unfortunately I cannot make it — my husband and I will be coming home from vacation that day. Hopefully, there will be another one and I will be able to make it.

  47. TERRY ANGELO:
    What in theworld ever happened to or does anyone remember Georgie, I think his last name was Suarez from 21st street. He lived in the first house on the left next to the lab. And whatever happened to Joe Volpe. No one mentioned him. Is he still around
    I am coming……………..to the reunion. I will send you my check, check is in the mail, haha.
    Love Laura

  48. Debbie Brodbeck – Susan (Malliband) Rubin lives in Florida. We are cousins. She is divorced, has two children, Jonathan & Ivy. She is also a grandmother and is loving it. She has been in Florida for the past 20 plus years. I still keep in touch with her. When I speak with her I will give her your phone number and e-mail info. Have a great time at the reunion.

    Nilda & Pinky – Please send me your personal e-mail address. I will send you pictures of the wedding.

    Teresa Golino – How are you? Are you still living up near where you had your salon? How are your sister and brother doing? I am living in Pennsylvania now.

    Take care all and have nice and save weekend,
    Lizzie

  49. Otto’s – Roast beef platter with mashed potatos and green peas

    Lenny’s – FRIED calzones and Zeppoli

    Pizzeria on 86th & Fifth (by the bus stop) – The best sicilian pizza

    Mike’s Ice Cream Truck – Great kniches

    St. John’s Bingo Hall – Hot Dogs and Hamburgers flipped with LOTS OF LOVE BY Margie Angelo and Ann Schiaralli.

    Rocco’s Candy Store on Wednesday (When Sonnie Gagliardi worked there) because Sonny put more Ice Cream on the cone according to Florence Oliva! She was right.

    Hot Dog Carts, ANYWHERE, in brooklyn or new york!

    King Kong Ride – Jelly Apples !

  50. To,
    Charlie Miele, Could never remember who was faster playing football in the lot, you or Joey Tombasco, but Eugene and I could always throw better, avoiding Russell Camanio playing roller hockey was always fun.. Or playing brisk on the sidewalks with Vinny Aversano,Frank Mush and Jimmy Oliva.. You said it very well that’s all we did was play ball in the lot, fast pitching, softball and stickball

    Marie Castaldo, always remember you and Vinny, didn’t you guys break up once a week??, Vinny playing softball with my brother Steven and bringing 5-6 different shirts to change every inning. Joyce I remember you always with Marie and your sister Roz dating Anthony Rizzo

    Christina Oliva, Sorry to hear about Jeanne, she and Jamesy use to make sure we were on our best behavior around your sister Geraldine. Geraldine hope all is well and Thanks for all the memories, I also remember your brother Paul riding his bike like a madman on the sidewalk in front of the club and Roccos and have everyone diving for cover.

    I grew up on 22nd between 6-7, we all left in 1992..I graduated St.Johns in 71.. I think the teacher some were talking about with the red hair was Mrs. Maresca daughter in law Ms. Garzillo, my first teacher crush. Mary Ann Walton I looked at my dipolma, remember a lot of names

    Saw the name Anthony Rizzo , I remember him from playing softball down Todd’s shipyards on Sunday mornings we were Carmines and everyone else played for Charlie Browns..Then went back to Charlie Browns and played cards in the back

    To my brother Jack’s friends Thanks for the education I got in the club on 22nd st growing up,when your 8-9 it was a lot of fun..

    I remeber selling papers from Rocco’s at Bingo in St. Johns , we first had to go to the Daily News plant on Pacific st to pic them up Rocco paid a nickle a paper, it was 8 cents and we sold them for a dime in Bingo..

    Big Nick and Fr. Fred and the St johns baseball team, Billy Canna , the Lombardo brothers(Blaise,Jesse and Robert).Mary the school crossing guard on 6th ave,lining up for school, differnt color pants and ties every year,..

    This is a great site being 51 it brought back a lot of good times, and a lot of memories…

    Thanks,
    Danny Price

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