I grew up on Lafayette Ave. between Bedford and Nostrand and lived there from 1947 to 1961. Like many kids from that area I went to the State almost every Saturday. They played cartoons and kids movies, like the Three Stooges and Marx Brothers, until about 1PM. Then they would chase us out.
As I got older, my friends and I would try to hide from the matrons so we could se some the adult films. This lasted until the theater closed down in 1965. By that time, I had moved to the Lafayette Garden Projects in 1964 and lived there until 1973.
My mother used to take me to Friel’s on occasion. Friels was more of a regular sit down restaurant. There pizza was round and somewhat thick. Almost directly across the street was another pizzeria named Mini’s. There pizza was saucy and delicious. It went down like water.
Anyway getting back to the State. I remember it being knocked down for a Welfare center not a community center. I’m probably wrong but that’s what I remember.
I grew up on Lafayette Ave. between Bedford and Nostrand and lived there from 1947 to 1961. Like many kids from that area I went to the State almost every Saturday. They played cartoons and kids movies, like the Three Stooges and Marx Brothers, until about 1PM. Then they would chase us out. As I got older, my friends and I would try to hide from the matrons so we could se some the adult films. This lasted until the theater closed down in 1965. By that time, I had moved to the Lafayette Garden Projects in 1964 and lived there until 1973. My mother used to take me to Friel’s on occasion. Friels was more of a regular sit down restaurant. There pizza was round and somewhat thick. Almost directly across the street was another pizzeria named Mini’s. There pizza was saucy and delicious. It went down like water. Anyway getting back to the State. I remember it being knocked down for a Welfare center not a community center. I’m probably wrong but that’s what I remember.