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. 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. A fireman known as exempt was a member of a volunteer fire company for five years; a number of other exceptions and corollaries to this rule further explained the term exempt. As far as New Utrecht is concerned, Bay Ridge was a part of the town of New Utrecht since the towns establishment in 1683 until it was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894, and then Greater New York absorbed Brooklyn in 1898. Once again, I livednearby for 35 years but I dont know if I ever noted the plastic-lettered, old school Weber Plumbing sign on 7th Avenue and 82nd 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. . In 1965 Adelphi moved to a large brick mansion at Ridge Boulevard that was previously the Kallman Home for Children at Ridge Boulevard and 86th Street. Lock Yard, 9221 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA, +1 718 333 5282 The Kettle Black Bar, American, $$$ Share View Add to Plan The Kettle Black, Brooklyn | Ricky Kharawala/Stocksnap Elvi Modig & John Meade have passed away My guess is that the Neosho in the old fire companys name commemorates the Union ironclad ship of that name which served on the Mississippi River during the Civil War. Watched Verazzano Bridge being built. Coogan's Parrot Bay: 1668 Third Ave. (between 93rd & 94th St.) Tequila Jack's: . When the Gowanus Expressway was constructed from 1959-1964, Fort Hamilton Parkway was moved and bridged across the open-cut trench, forming a triangle with 7th Avenue and 81st Street. 5.7%. a quick history of 8320 7th avenue. Bakers Bar will be opening at 7912 - 3rd Avenue, where JJ Bubbles used to be. Most relevant. I have some questions about the layout of Bay Ridge streets and thought you might be able to answer them. The basketball court figured in a scene in 1978sSaturday Night Fever. What goes on. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Staten Islanders like to have a drink or two. Great place to grow up and go to public schools (102 and McKinley until we moved to Midwood). 83rd Street between 4th and 5th Avenues. Maybe near the old Mapledale party house? December 1, 1978. Badtime for parading in Bay Ridge since everything had a sidewalk canopy as repairs were effected. Volunteer firemen could qualify for exemption from jury duty as a perk for volunteering. Do kids play roller hockey in the street anymore? My first Subic Bay Libery was on November 26, 1974. Best Menus of Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge. Terry. I lived at 361-95th St from 1944-1982. In July 2018 I wasin Bay Ridge for one last lunch at its Nathansat 7th Avenue and 86th Street, which has been there since the 1970s; before that, it was another roadside fast food place. Bliss Terrace,between 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenuewest of Colonial Road, was named for a prominent industrialist who lived in Bay Ridge. Brooklyns Adelphi Street in turn had been named for LondonsAdelphi Terrace,an early housing development in London, England that lasted from 1774 to 1938. A dry cleaner occupied the corner for many years. Bay Ridge is in Kings County and is one of the best places to live in New York. Art: Best Menus of Brooklyn. A bar by Lyons's hospital called the one and only Basking Ridge. Helen Norma Simonsen married my brother Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, at Ridge Boulevard and 84th Street, was dedicated in 1964. some people are greedy and unspurious, as his youngest daughter. This is the northwest corner of 83rd and 5th. This is the relatively new church building, dedicated in 1953. Went to St. Anselms and Regis HIgh School. 1980s/1990s Rochester (stores & restaurants) Help, I have been searching pages and Facebook groups trying to remember the name of a store '80s/90s). Bar Restaurants in Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge. Anyone remember the name of the ice cream parlor (not Hinschs) on 5th between 68th and 69th street??? Please help contribute to a new Forgotten NY website, Check out the ForgottenBook,take a look at the gift shop, and as always, commentas you see fit., The Belt Parkway Had 5 Names when complete in 1940: Gowanus Parkway (Now Guwanus Expressway (Interstate 278)), Shore Parkway, Southern Parkway, Laurelton Parkway & Cross Island Parkway. You often see such trumpets depicted on memorials and gravesites. I was walking from 77th Street to Gravesend the other day (I used to bicycle these kind of distances but I dont think my reflexes are up to that these days.) Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. Both Lee and Jackson worshipped at the original St. Johns while stationed at Fort Hamilton. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8446201/member-of-neosho-voluteer-fire/. The Suburban Chicago Coke Bars of the 1980s. Movies at Fort Hamilton for 25 cents. Thisone-story porched house, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 92nd Street, was in place when I traveled this spot as a kid in the 1960s. The Department of Traffic must have had a surplus. I live on the Upper Eastside but still drive to Bay Ridge once a month. Web Visit website. Philippine Bars, Girls--and Tight Security--Welcome U.S. After that I rode the bus. Saturday Night Fever location: the bridge: Verrazano Narrows Bridge, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn The kids display macho bravado on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, where I-278 crosses New York Bay to Staten Island, south of Bay Ridge. My parents still live on Ridge & 81st. Bands like City Kids, The Lynch Boys, Working Class, Alive N'. Just for kicks I did what I have done relatively infrequently: I traced the path that I most often walked in the years 1963 to 1971 when I attended St. Anselm church and school as a kid. 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. John Paul Jones Park, facing 101st Street between 4th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway,is named for American patriot and naval hero (not the Led Zeppelin bassist), John Paul Jones (1747-1792), who, through victorious leadership in the American Revolution, became known as the father of the Navy.. When the Bridge opened there were rides on the R7 (now S53) to Clove Lakes Park. Bliss Terrace, between 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue west of Colonial Road, was named for a prominent industrialist who lived in Bay Ridge. Queensboro Hill was a solid middle class neighborhood when we moved west in 2005. 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 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 . The triangle was named for one of my relatives, Lieutenant William E. Coffey. In reply to Chris; Yes, the contempt shown by the folks from Iowa, Kansas, Conn., etc always gets my goat. It was on the same side of 5th Avenue as Meyers Ice Cream Parlor- now Skinflints. Her capacities are 44,909 gallons of fuel. Bay Ridge was a beautiful place to grow up and it was also a great era to grow up. We never said Bay Ridge Ave or Bay Ridge Pkwy, they were 69th and 75th streets respectively. Mets star Donn Clendenon was from Neosho.). 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. Another of Bay Ridges short lanes is Perry Terrace, between 70th and 71st Streets west of Ridge Boulevard. I never got into the plant, but the approach road past the gate had some very unusual streetlamps resembling those on the Golden Gate Bridge in California until they were replaced in the 1980s. My Dad went to PS 104 because before 1929 they had lived on 90th street between 3rd and Fourth. Bennett Court is another nice dead end also on 72 St. My grades were good at first, but began flattening out as I reached my level of expertise, or incompetency, around the 7th or 8th grade. Its most pronounced exterior feature is the pendant Carpenter Gothic cornice at the eighth floor. In addition, several elevated stations on the Astoria Line are getting similar treatment. I was born at Sister Elizabeths 7/3/1948. We always snuck in through the back because we were underage, said Bennett, who was 15 in 1977. Bay Ridgeites one and all call Bay Ridge Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway 69th Street and 75th Street, respectivelyits a mark of recognition as a Bay Ridgeite. It was right on Shore Rd and had the cool house number of 1. In later years I always wondered if 83rd Street had been at one time lined with similar buildings. I lived in the Kallman Home for Children from 1952, to 1962. 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. I watched the east tower of the Verrazano Bridge go up from the vantage point of homeroom class at New Utrecht HS in the early 60s. Home The Long Road Beginning Early Experiences Philadelphia Philadelphia Part 2 Harrisburg Harrisburg Experiences Lancaster Lancaster Experiences York York Experiences Allentown Montgomery Robert . 9510 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge. Joe Majors was prime restaurant and bar starting in 1960s he featured free food on oon occasion. (Helen Normas older sister, Marie also a resident) It was a clam bar, beer bar, etc. Bullocke was one of the early "mercantile elites" to settle in the community, the first class of new, nonfarming residents who moved to the area in the 1840s and '50s (including influential Old Bay Ridge residents such as Joseph Perry, Henry Murphy, Benjamin Townsend and others). In Bay Ridge, a neighborhood in the southwest corner of Brooklyn, the scent of cinnamon and cardamom wafts out into the streets, which are lined with Yemeni and Palestinian restaurants, shops. They and their establishment are one of my fondest memories of growing up in Dyker Heights in the 1960s. Night Clubs American Restaurants Bars (101) 7.8 Website View Menu 21 YEARS IN BUSINESS Amenities: (718) 492-5095 8801 3rd Ave Brooklyn, NY 11209 $$ CLOSED NOW From Business: Cebu Bar & Bistro has been serving up new American fare into the late hours since 2001. While Brooklyn had its own fire department (the BFD, the trigraph seen on a number of old firehouses around the borough) far-flung realms like Bay Ridge were served by a number of volunteer fire departments. Lots of memories. Anna Rupprecht. Bullocke had bought a corner chunk of Isaac Bergen's farm, atop a hill people came to call Bullocke's . When I worked nights in Manhattan, my Mondays were always happy because before heading off to work at five p.m., Id head to Zekes for a repast, which capped off my weekend, which ran from Saturday afternoon when I got up to reporting for work at Photo-Lettering at eight p.m. on Monday. There were occasionalwalks with my grandmother, who looked after me much of the time since both parents worked, to Shore Road, and bus rides with one parent or the other on the B16 (Fort Hamilton Parkway), B63 (5th Avenue), B37 (3rd Avenue), B64 (86th Street to Coney Island) and more rarely on other lines. Bay Ridge's geography has lent it a unique place in American history. The building on the right boasts the only 9999 house number in Brooklyn. And she had a huge orange Tabby cat who walked around like he owned the place. FYI Cannon Ball Park had the cannon relocated to the front of the park along with the monument when the Verazzano bridge was built Please note with the correct spelling of Verazzano with 2 zz Al;l signs through the state have incorrect spelling and NYS refuses to have them corrected. kevinjudewalsh@gmail.com. I was on 61st between 2nd and 3rd and started my comic collection at Sams. ! In 1867 he founded the machine shops that became the E. W. Bliss Company and the United States Projectile Company. At the Bay Ridge Avenue station the newly installed artworkis the glass and ceramic mosaic Strata by Katy Fischer. Not much of a park, really, but there was playground space for kids, and it became a default playground for me in the late 60s. They were the only Asians on the block. Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in New York City, New York with a population of 54,136. McKinley Park was dedicated in 1903 and named for the recentlykilled President William McKinley. CurrentlyFNY headquarters is in Westmoreland Gardens in Little Neck, a complex I had my eye on beginning in the 1990s when I lived in Flushing. The allegations were laid out Friday in an order. Some of the club names: Penthouse, Scottish Center, Banana Fish Park, Bojangles, Cadabra, Golden Dove, Hob Nails. It was estimated to be slightly over a million dollars! When I went there Mrs.Shindele was the Principal, a best friend of my grandmother-at least thats what she told me every time I was sent to the Principals Office. Love I here but miss Brooklyn. I grew up on 79th right off of 5th Avenue and remember going there but cant remember the name of the store. It was two floors of clothing, tennis rackets, baseball bats, basketballs, you name it. Thats where my grandparents lived for 40 years. The restaurant next door where John Travolta chomped on a burger in the 1977 movie NEW YORK No one was wearing tight polyester pants at the bar. OLONGAPO, Philippines . Philadelphia, or brotherly love). Been back to BR a few times over the years (I left in 1965 to go to college), Im surprised at how little it seems to have changed. Why? The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. A neighborhood institution since 1964, the bar has been forced to reinvent itself during Covid. I lived on 69th street off Colonial Road. They also had a Chinese laundry in the inner courtyard. Im 81 and living in Florida now. Even at such a young age I really did feel that nothing in life was ever going to match that night. Harbor movie theater. Bay Ridge Though famed as the setting for Saturday Night Fever, Bay Ridge offers much more than pop-culture trivia. This 422-unit, six-building complex contained architectural features that were avant-garde for its time, including reversible fans below the windows and exterior window shades, both now removed, as well as innovative uses of concrete as finished ceilings and for a vaulted auditorium. My mother who was born at home in 1919 on Ovington Ave was disappointed because her birthday was 7/4/19. Currently, the population of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn is fairly diverse. Went to OLA and Xaverian. To make a donation, please use the button below. I also was born in 1956 at 7501 Ridge Blvd down the block where my aunt and uncle lived in Flagg Court where my brother and I swam in the pool in the middle of the bldgs. When he died his youngest daughter Helen who was not a nice person. Only come if you want to have fun - that's what everyone there is having. Whats with all the Perry names here? 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. Don't come if you're a knucklehead. He was elected in 1900 as the 25th President of the USA and first one in the 20th Century; the Spanish-American War was waged under his presidency and as the spoils of the victory over Spain, the USA had annexed Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the Philippines. Then graduated to The tea (green) room! VIDEO TOUR. I recently met with former tenants of the Pohls family (they owned the building) who shared photos of the pair and told me they returned to Maine where they lived out their remaining days. I was baptized at St. Anselms, before my parents moved us north to OLA. Disc-no! I did not attend Xaverian High School (named for St. Francis Xavier) on Shore Road and Mackay Place, but I liked their sports letter, which was, of course, a big X one of my favorite letters. Pond, was a contractor who did remodeling on houses all over Bay Ridge. Enjoy their craft beer and their artisanal sausages. Upcoming Events. He started out on the That story is untrue, but some workers did lose their lives in falls during construction. The last burial took place in 1848. My aunt owned a rooming house in Park Slope in the 1950s.The Slope was an early victim of gentrification. The primary coordinates for Bay Ridge Beach places it within the MD 21403 ZIP Code delivery area. Much of the detailing on the corner section is unchanged, but oof, what theyve done to the 3rd Avenue side. We lived on the corner of 85th street and 4th Ave. Left in 1963 when Dads company moved from Manhattan to Jersey. An hour or two must have passed. Bay Ridge & Fort Hamilton American Griswold's Pub 5.0 rating over 0 reviews 718-745-3340 Neighborhoods: Bay Ridge & Fort Hamilton Cuisine: American, English, Steakhouse SMS Email Print Directions Info Reviews Map Diner Survey Results 7 responses Overall 100% Food 100% Service 100% Ambiance 100% Pros "BEST place to dine in Brooklyn !! Views of Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and the bridge are all available from the pier. I dont know of any others around the city like it. New Yorks Theme Streets [SpliceToday] Marie Simonsen lives in Texas also. Grew up in Flagg Court. If interested, please send an email to musictvguy2@gmail.com. I haveiced in San Antonio since 1973,where I knew a Mrs.TrudyWalsh.She was a lovely person, a proud Bay Ridge resident.I believe she had a husband named .Jimmy ,NYPD and a son,Johnny or Jimmy Jr. While Madonna, REM, and Whitney Houston were topping the charts during the 1980s, Bay Ridge had its own vibrant music scene. Reply. Sale in Bay Ridge 9907 Third Avenue #3A. Thank you for this excellent piece! Near perfection in late 19th or early 20th residential design and construction. Golf in Bay Ridge The Crescent Club had space for its clubhouse and an athletic field that could accommodate several sports. Wonderful! Kev I luv reading about your family. The Bay Ridge Avenue, Prospect Avenue and 53rd Street stations were recently given a complete makeover by the MTA, adding wifi chargers and updated infrastructure. Well, I think that hits it in the head forthe day. It was sold to developers who knocked it down, and an ugly school building is now in its place. Love this sight. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. John Carty Parkwas built beneath the connecting ramp between the Verrazano Bridge and the Belt Parkway in 1964 and later named for a local 32-year civil servant who died in 1970. Lots of wonderful memories. (I was 15). Its been home to ferry service intermittently over the past few decades, most famously the ferry to St. George, Staten Island, that closed the day after the Verrazano Bridge opened in November 1964. Grew up at 96th and Third. Alumni include MLBs Rich Aurelia, Hollywoods Scott Baio, and St. Johns Universitys and the NBAs Chris Mullin. 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. Both are worth a look. I believe my ex wifes grandmother lived in that building where your grandmother lived. Blue Ridge LCC-19, I made my first Westpac in late 1974. Elvi Modig married my brother John Meade. NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] I was just eight. Richard Meade in 1958. U missed pics of Ovington Ave Bet 3rd//ridge great brownstones. Gorgeous Mary Nolan was out star recruiter. does anyone remember a place on 69th street pier called Imbriales gardens (not the nurseries). Does anyone remember a store on 5th Avenue around 78-80th Streets that sold t.v. In the 1980s I was able to ride my bike into and through Fort Hamilton. Like. And the people moving in to these places dont seem to respect or care for what went before. 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. Thanks for the memories. I lived on 88th Street between 3rd and Ridge. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Just saying, the old A St Pats field had been sold by the mnsgr of St Pats and then sat as a sunken mess of an empty lot for years before finally being developed. @2019 - Forgotten New York. 8701 Shore Rd., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Bars Restaurants 6.0 89 YEARS IN BUSINESS Amenities: (718) 745-9619 8902 3rd Ave Brooklyn, NY 11209 $$ 0.4 miles OPEN NOW 3. I believe he was a SAPD officer. 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. 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. I remember her husband as a quiet cheerful man who always sat behind the counter. Thanks for sharing your memories of old Fort Hamilton & Bay On the way back a light snow began falling. The Barkaloo Cemetery is still historic since its the only family plot in Brooklyn not part of a larger cemetery. Jennifer Cohen, 35, was found beaten to death in the half pipe of Owl Head Skate Park in Bay Ridge the morning of Sept. 29, 2016. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Its recently been sold and the restaurant will be razed for apartment buildings that overlook the golf course. Streets surrounding Fort Hamilton, such as Dahlgren, Parrott and Gatling Places, arenamed for inventors of military ordinance. Organized in 1860, many of the members were among the richest men in the area a curious thing to us today, but at the time, the rich had a lot to lose if their mansions were to go up in flames. Get the latest in beer, wine, and cocktail culture sent straight to your inbox. 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. The tug is fitted with an elevating wheelhouse. Founder Joseph Perry (that name again) is remembered by Perry Terraceand Perry Arms. 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. During my days at 8302 I spent a lot of time in Tom McDonald Triangle, which looked nothing like this it was a blacktopped triangle with exterior sidewalks and square patches of dirt where the trees were. It was really fun looking at the pictures of Bay Ridge. While todays developers cut costs by sticking to cookie cutter formulas, these houses had similar variations by using oval and polygonal bays in the same row, and other subtle differences. The Department of Transportation refuses to acknowledge this, and thus, this informal sign is the only one in the neighborhood that calls the street what everyone else calls it. Sale in Bay Ridge 9265 Shore Road #4A. The school expanded with a new gym in 1978 and an adjoining five-story classroom building in 1990. marty, blisstock this sat 9/18/2021. To Southeast: From 4 Ave to (NW/SE) The nearby Roman Catholic parish, St. Patricks, originated the same year. View Map. Thank you for sharing. The designation Greek mostly refers to the use of Koine Greek in liturgy. Christ Church of Bay Ridge, Ridge Boulevard between 73rd and 74th Streets, still looks like the same country church it was when the congregation arrived in 1853. They also sold records, I bought my first Beatles record there! My brother graduated in 1961. Used to catch the rock concerts (1973?) 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. one single, small private house with a porch jammed between the attached homes and apartment buildings. Don't Miss A Drop. I do recall Shore Road Park near 4th ave at 101st. About 7,000 people worldwide have expressed interest in buying the dance floor. In Bay Ridge, many of the non-numbered streets are named Ridge, Bay or a combination. I can send you some current photos of the block, if you are interested. 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