Does anyone know what Supermarket was across from the bank in the 60’s. It was either Bohack or A&P. I went there with my Parents but I can’t remember which one it was. I also remember that Trunz Meat Market was across from the Greenpoint Theater. And we went to the RKO Greenpoint Moviehouse quite often..Loved Greenpoint then in the 60’s. So many stores including the Hat and Glove Stores. anniegirl
Dear Butchofthepoint,
Did you ever hang out in McCarren Park..A few of my friends were Eddie Dzierowski. He lived on Loimer Street between Wythe and Bedford right across from the park..I also hung out with Bubba Brown who’s sisters were Dolly and Teresa Brown..They lived on Bedford on the North Side.. Paulette Godlewski (now Schwenk) married to my Sister Mary’s friend Henry. Zowie( can’t remember his last mame. The Dietz Sisters Donna and Tina, they also lived on Bedford on the North Side..We all hung out in and around the park in the 60’s. I was going to e-mail you but decided to write to you instead on this thread. By the way Warren’s picks of the Meserole are fantastic..A true treasured memory of the Meserold Theater. anniegirl
Thanks Lost Memory, Anniegirl here..Just to let you know I created a Book of Brooklyn Memories from the Brooklyn Pix site and also Birdseye view of Williamsburgh and Greenpoint neighborhood. I shared them with all of my daughter’s guests at her wedding 2 years ago…They were amazed at the photo’s and we discused the movies we visited at that time…Lot’s of fun then….anniegirl
Dear Warren, When I hung out with friends on Loimer Street, where the loading dock is on the left is where we sat a many a afternoon into the night….What good times we had on that block and of coarse going to the mezzie on Friday nights when a good movie was playing….anniegirl
Dear John, how right you are it was Peter Della’s..However I never went into that bar..I did go to the Triangle on Bedford and Nassau and to Gerke’s 0n Manhattan a few times. and yes time does march on…..anniegirl
Thanks John, However I have not seen Teddy’s in ages since I was a young lady in my late teens….What Bar was on the corner of Loimer and McGuiness Blvd…..I vaguely remember a bar on the Corner……talk to you soon….anniegirl
Dear John, I do not remember Murphy’s Bar when I hung out on Loimer Street in the 60’s..Do you have any pictures of the place…I know that Loimer St ended on Noble Street…anniegirl
That is so true Butch, I hung out on Loimer Street in the early 60’s with a group of kids named Paulette Godlewski (now Schwenk) She lived on Noble Street before she married Henry Schwenk, I was in her Bridal Party.. Eddie Dierzowski who lived on Loimer between Bedford and Driggs and a friend named Zowie, Kevin…..and a few others…We all had fun hanging out in the point…….When we went to the mezzie, I think we paid 50 cents in the afteroon time…But I came from Williamsburgh and I went to the Commodore Theater most of the time……with fond memories anniegirl
Dear John Rovnak’s is what I vaguely remember…Go on the other Nassau Site I left you a note about the Catering Hall….I remember the Candy store on the Corner next to the Pizza Prince….But now you say there is a Drug Store that extends all the way to Leonard Street…I have a site for you to go on it is called BrooklynPix.com you can see alot of pictures of Brooklyn….anniegirl
Hi John, The Grand Paridise ballroom was a place where Weddings were held..As a child of 7 or 8 I attended my Father’s best friends Son’s Wedding there and they had a “Football Wedding”…I am sure that you know what that is..I lived on Penn Street in Weilliamsburg at that time and walked down to Grand Street with my dad to go to the Bank on Grand and Havermeyer Streets. First National City Bank at that time or was it Chemical Bank can’t remember the exact Name. But the building is still standing..I do not remember the Nassau Theater and I lived in Williamsburg my whole life. I also went to all the Spanish Dances when I was age 18 going foward until I married my Husband at 25. Had a lot of fun at that place, dancing the night away to Salsa….anniegirl
Hi John, It sadly was the Princess something or visa versa Catering Hall when I went to the Pizza Prince with my old beau….I will look at your comments on the Nassau..John how about the Appliance Store on Manhattan Ave do you remember?? Again I only went to the RKO and the Mezzie on occasions when there was a good movie playing, since I lived in Williamsburgh and mostly went to the Commodore and the Republic (known to us kids as the R&F)…….I got Married in 1970 and had our Reception at the Polonaise Terrace on Greenpoint Ave…and I hear that Vincent is still there of late…..Talk to you soon…anniegirl
Yes I went to Van Dolens so many times and the New Garden Chinese was my favorite place..,.Now that I live on Long Island in Shirley, NY, I usually frequent the Panda Chinese Resturant in Fort Solonga It is great place to eat Chinese Food….Do you remember the Appliance Store on Manhattan and Bedford Ave and of coarse the Pizza Prince…I remember when the Pizza Prince was but a small place just for takeout orders in 1964..I used to go there with my old boyfriend Joe every Friday for take out pizza and eat it in his car,……now it has expanded to a larger place….I had friends all over greenpoint, i would love to get in touch with a few if possible and I probably will sometime in the future…Well John thanks for the memories of the Point……..anniegirl
Dear Warren, Thanks for the Interior Photo’s.. Me, and my Husband and my Mom and Dad went to see The French Connection at the Messie when it was playing there…….Those were the days when Manhattan Avenue was still a great place to see the storefronts and such after the Movie was over….I passed by there last year and it was a fun to see how the neighborhood had changed/or not..Many of the old places were gone but St. Anthony’s Steeple and Church is still the centerpoint of Manhattan Avenue……With sincere rememberance..anniegirl
Dear all
Does anyone remember the Dr. Brown’s Soda Company on the Northside and Bedford Ave near Automotive Trades High School…….Also the Chopin Theater was not as popular back then it did not even exist before the RKO and the Meserole…….I do not remember the American Theater but I do remember when the Chopin opened…at that time the RKO was gone….I do remember the Bowling Alley, went there twice with my friends from Greenpoint…..Paulette Godlewski, Barbara Tyska and Maryanne Mitrovitch……and others also the Public Library on Norman Avenue. anniegirl
Dear Butch,
I think that Kevin was the boy that came to the house that night…It’s a shame that he passed away…….I know a Traska from Greenpoint..Do you know how to reach her? I think she knew my old friend Paulette….We should meet sometime since I live in Shirley and you in Centereach…We are close by…..maybe lunch….My husband Lou is a retired Marine from that era in 1964….I will e-mail you at your e-mail address.if you want to get together with our spouses for lunch……i have a my-space site also that my youngest Daughter created up for me. If you click on myspace.com. You also need to have an account….but anyway I will e-mail you at your site
ok got your e-mail will talk to you soon.anniegirl. whatever happend to Zowie..He came to my house with my friends when I was 16, we had a party and he bought a duffel bag full of beer……I think I remember a boy named Kevin, he came to my house also, drank so much beer and threw-up all over my floor…my parents were on vacation and I spent the whole night cleaning up….what a mess but what memories….. I remember a Trask family vaguely…….good old Greenpoint…I live in Shirley L.I. now with my Husband of 37 years and Two daughters Noele age 29 her Husband Scott and my youngest daughter age 18 (my change of life baby) hahahaha…..anniegirl
Dear Butchofthepoint, I was not born in Greenpoint, but I went there as a kid with my Aunt’s on Saturday’s. I remember the Hat, Glove and Bag stores on Manhattan Ave and the Custard Shop..Also the Chinese Resturant upstairs near the 92nd police preceint. I also remember Pizza Prince on Nassau Ave. and Van Dolans Ice Cream Parlor on Manhattan Ave and Bedford Ave…I went to the Meserole and the RKO Greenpoint a lot when I was 10-17 years of age….My High School friend Paulette Godlewski now Schwenk (she married my older sister’s grammer school friend) she lived on Noble Street..My friends were Eddie Dombrowski lived on Loimer Street across from McCarren park…We sometimes hung out in the “swing park near the pool..My other friend Barbara Tyska lived on Sutton Street off of Loimer….those were really fun days in the point…I had so many friends back then I often wonder where they all are now…..If you want to talk about the old days growing up in Greenpoint, My e-mail address is maybe we can connect with some of our friends…oh I thought of another friend named Zowie…We mostly hung out on Loimer Stteet between Bedford and Meserole………back in the 60’s…..anniegirl
Unfortunately, we never thought to take pictures, however the State Theater was located on DeKalb Ave between Skillman Street and Franklin Ave…..I went to Prospect Heights High School..I used to take the Loimer Street bus B48 that ran along Franklin Ave to Eastern Parkway to President Street, whene I would get off to go to school..I would pass the State Theater every day……..I was a nice theater……Too bad it is gone forever……..anniegirl
Dear Lost,
I never saw the organ, where was it in the front near the stage…..I really do not remember…I remember the candy stand was right on the side of the staircase…..I really liked that moviehouse on DeKalb Ave. My Aunt Agnes lived across the street to the left if you were looking at the State. She lived on DeKalb and Skillman Street…………anniegirl
I went to the State as a child with my parents on a friday night…i will always remeber the oriental rug that went down the steps from the lounges on the second floor……It was beautiful and they had green colored lamps on the walls (sconses) They gave a greenish glow to the floor….it was simply beautiful. anniegirl
Does anyone know what Supermarket was across from the bank in the 60’s. It was either Bohack or A&P. I went there with my Parents but I can’t remember which one it was. I also remember that Trunz Meat Market was across from the Greenpoint Theater. And we went to the RKO Greenpoint Moviehouse quite often..Loved Greenpoint then in the 60’s. So many stores including the Hat and Glove Stores. anniegirl
Dear Butchofthepoint,
Did you ever hang out in McCarren Park..A few of my friends were Eddie Dzierowski. He lived on Loimer Street between Wythe and Bedford right across from the park..I also hung out with Bubba Brown who’s sisters were Dolly and Teresa Brown..They lived on Bedford on the North Side.. Paulette Godlewski (now Schwenk) married to my Sister Mary’s friend Henry. Zowie( can’t remember his last mame. The Dietz Sisters Donna and Tina, they also lived on Bedford on the North Side..We all hung out in and around the park in the 60’s. I was going to e-mail you but decided to write to you instead on this thread. By the way Warren’s picks of the Meserole are fantastic..A true treasured memory of the Meserold Theater. anniegirl
Thanks Lost Memory, Anniegirl here..Just to let you know I created a Book of Brooklyn Memories from the Brooklyn Pix site and also Birdseye view of Williamsburgh and Greenpoint neighborhood. I shared them with all of my daughter’s guests at her wedding 2 years ago…They were amazed at the photo’s and we discused the movies we visited at that time…Lot’s of fun then….anniegirl
Dear Warren, When I hung out with friends on Loimer Street, where the loading dock is on the left is where we sat a many a afternoon into the night….What good times we had on that block and of coarse going to the mezzie on Friday nights when a good movie was playing….anniegirl
Thanks John for the memories…Do u know that Gerke’s became a Catering Hall upstairs from the Bar..back in the 60’s…Funny how thgs change……anniegirl
Dear John, how right you are it was Peter Della’s..However I never went into that bar..I did go to the Triangle on Bedford and Nassau and to Gerke’s 0n Manhattan a few times. and yes time does march on…..anniegirl
Thanks John, However I have not seen Teddy’s in ages since I was a young lady in my late teens….What Bar was on the corner of Loimer and McGuiness Blvd…..I vaguely remember a bar on the Corner……talk to you soon….anniegirl
Dear John, I do not remember Murphy’s Bar when I hung out on Loimer Street in the 60’s..Do you have any pictures of the place…I know that Loimer St ended on Noble Street…anniegirl
That is so true Butch, I hung out on Loimer Street in the early 60’s with a group of kids named Paulette Godlewski (now Schwenk) She lived on Noble Street before she married Henry Schwenk, I was in her Bridal Party.. Eddie Dierzowski who lived on Loimer between Bedford and Driggs and a friend named Zowie, Kevin…..and a few others…We all had fun hanging out in the point…….When we went to the mezzie, I think we paid 50 cents in the afteroon time…But I came from Williamsburgh and I went to the Commodore Theater most of the time……with fond memories anniegirl
Dear John Rovnak’s is what I vaguely remember…Go on the other Nassau Site I left you a note about the Catering Hall….I remember the Candy store on the Corner next to the Pizza Prince….But now you say there is a Drug Store that extends all the way to Leonard Street…I have a site for you to go on it is called BrooklynPix.com you can see alot of pictures of Brooklyn….anniegirl
Hi John, The Grand Paridise ballroom was a place where Weddings were held..As a child of 7 or 8 I attended my Father’s best friends Son’s Wedding there and they had a “Football Wedding”…I am sure that you know what that is..I lived on Penn Street in Weilliamsburg at that time and walked down to Grand Street with my dad to go to the Bank on Grand and Havermeyer Streets. First National City Bank at that time or was it Chemical Bank can’t remember the exact Name. But the building is still standing..I do not remember the Nassau Theater and I lived in Williamsburg my whole life. I also went to all the Spanish Dances when I was age 18 going foward until I married my Husband at 25. Had a lot of fun at that place, dancing the night away to Salsa….anniegirl
Hi John, It sadly was the Princess something or visa versa Catering Hall when I went to the Pizza Prince with my old beau….I will look at your comments on the Nassau..John how about the Appliance Store on Manhattan Ave do you remember?? Again I only went to the RKO and the Mezzie on occasions when there was a good movie playing, since I lived in Williamsburgh and mostly went to the Commodore and the Republic (known to us kids as the R&F)…….I got Married in 1970 and had our Reception at the Polonaise Terrace on Greenpoint Ave…and I hear that Vincent is still there of late…..Talk to you soon…anniegirl
Yes I went to Van Dolens so many times and the New Garden Chinese was my favorite place..,.Now that I live on Long Island in Shirley, NY, I usually frequent the Panda Chinese Resturant in Fort Solonga It is great place to eat Chinese Food….Do you remember the Appliance Store on Manhattan and Bedford Ave and of coarse the Pizza Prince…I remember when the Pizza Prince was but a small place just for takeout orders in 1964..I used to go there with my old boyfriend Joe every Friday for take out pizza and eat it in his car,……now it has expanded to a larger place….I had friends all over greenpoint, i would love to get in touch with a few if possible and I probably will sometime in the future…Well John thanks for the memories of the Point……..anniegirl
Thanks Warren for the interior look of my old hangout…….anniegirl
Dear Lost Memory and Warren, you guys are sure up on your history of Movies and Stars..Thanks…Anniegirl
Dear Warren, Thanks for the Interior Photo’s.. Me, and my Husband and my Mom and Dad went to see The French Connection at the Messie when it was playing there…….Those were the days when Manhattan Avenue was still a great place to see the storefronts and such after the Movie was over….I passed by there last year and it was a fun to see how the neighborhood had changed/or not..Many of the old places were gone but St. Anthony’s Steeple and Church is still the centerpoint of Manhattan Avenue……With sincere rememberance..anniegirl
Dear KenRoe, Beautiful interior pictures of the old Met.anniegirl
your welcome!!!!!!!!!anniegirl
Dear all
Does anyone remember the Dr. Brown’s Soda Company on the Northside and Bedford Ave near Automotive Trades High School…….Also the Chopin Theater was not as popular back then it did not even exist before the RKO and the Meserole…….I do not remember the American Theater but I do remember when the Chopin opened…at that time the RKO was gone….I do remember the Bowling Alley, went there twice with my friends from Greenpoint…..Paulette Godlewski, Barbara Tyska and Maryanne Mitrovitch……and others also the Public Library on Norman Avenue. anniegirl
Dear Butch,
I think that Kevin was the boy that came to the house that night…It’s a shame that he passed away…….I know a Traska from Greenpoint..Do you know how to reach her? I think she knew my old friend Paulette….We should meet sometime since I live in Shirley and you in Centereach…We are close by…..maybe lunch….My husband Lou is a retired Marine from that era in 1964….I will e-mail you at your e-mail address.if you want to get together with our spouses for lunch……i have a my-space site also that my youngest Daughter created up for me. If you click on myspace.com. You also need to have an account….but anyway I will e-mail you at your site
ok got your e-mail will talk to you soon.anniegirl. whatever happend to Zowie..He came to my house with my friends when I was 16, we had a party and he bought a duffel bag full of beer……I think I remember a boy named Kevin, he came to my house also, drank so much beer and threw-up all over my floor…my parents were on vacation and I spent the whole night cleaning up….what a mess but what memories….. I remember a Trask family vaguely…….good old Greenpoint…I live in Shirley L.I. now with my Husband of 37 years and Two daughters Noele age 29 her Husband Scott and my youngest daughter age 18 (my change of life baby) hahahaha…..anniegirl
Dear Butchofthepoint, I was not born in Greenpoint, but I went there as a kid with my Aunt’s on Saturday’s. I remember the Hat, Glove and Bag stores on Manhattan Ave and the Custard Shop..Also the Chinese Resturant upstairs near the 92nd police preceint. I also remember Pizza Prince on Nassau Ave. and Van Dolans Ice Cream Parlor on Manhattan Ave and Bedford Ave…I went to the Meserole and the RKO Greenpoint a lot when I was 10-17 years of age….My High School friend Paulette Godlewski now Schwenk (she married my older sister’s grammer school friend) she lived on Noble Street..My friends were Eddie Dombrowski lived on Loimer Street across from McCarren park…We sometimes hung out in the “swing park near the pool..My other friend Barbara Tyska lived on Sutton Street off of Loimer….those were really fun days in the point…I had so many friends back then I often wonder where they all are now…..If you want to talk about the old days growing up in Greenpoint, My e-mail address is maybe we can connect with some of our friends…oh I thought of another friend named Zowie…We mostly hung out on Loimer Stteet between Bedford and Meserole………back in the 60’s…..anniegirl
Dear Lost,
Unfortunately, we never thought to take pictures, however the State Theater was located on DeKalb Ave between Skillman Street and Franklin Ave…..I went to Prospect Heights High School..I used to take the Loimer Street bus B48 that ran along Franklin Ave to Eastern Parkway to President Street, whene I would get off to go to school..I would pass the State Theater every day……..I was a nice theater……Too bad it is gone forever……..anniegirl
Dear Lost,
I never saw the organ, where was it in the front near the stage…..I really do not remember…I remember the candy stand was right on the side of the staircase…..I really liked that moviehouse on DeKalb Ave. My Aunt Agnes lived across the street to the left if you were looking at the State. She lived on DeKalb and Skillman Street…………anniegirl
Dear Lost,
I went to the State as a child with my parents on a friday night…i will always remeber the oriental rug that went down the steps from the lounges on the second floor……It was beautiful and they had green colored lamps on the walls (sconses) They gave a greenish glow to the floor….it was simply beautiful. anniegirl