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Why is it called South Brooklyn?

The communities of Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Red Hook, and Park Slope comprised the southern portion of the village of Breukelen - one of the six original Dutch villages that are now the borough of Brooklyn.


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August 03, 2005 10:10:10
jimmy olsen
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tommy thats me the hilo driver in been a long time where have you been

August 02, 2005 12:35:34
Tom K.
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To Gerard Zimmerman: I remember you. You lived in the big apartment building on Wyckoff. The building super's name was Walsh. Are those the Walshes you were related to or the Walsh family (with 15 kids) on Warren St.? I remember most of the other names you mentioned. I've been in touch with a few people from the old neighborhood. Remember the nuns at St. Paul's? Particularly Sister Margaret from the 7th grade? Fun times.
Take care.
Tom

August 02, 2005 12:02:56
tom banks
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too jimmy olsen i was shop steward at daniels and kennedys i remember you,but i dont remember bob a do emmemt working there i believe you were the hilo driver on the graveyard shift

August 02, 2005 11:28:48
jimmy olsen
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this goes out too my dear friend bob a do emmett.we use to work at daniels&kennedy together where are u living now please reply your good friend jimmy olsen

August 01, 2005 17:51:25
Tony D'Angelo
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I am 79 born on Douglass st. between Smith and Hoyt My family came from #1 Luqueer st. May still have a cousin living there . Also had family on Nelson St . My cousin was Tucker a peddler with a horse and wagon . Any connect with me . Tony D'A

August 01, 2005 15:17:42
GENE MARTINEZ
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I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON UNION ST BETWEEN HICKS AND HENRY. THIS WAS THE SAME BLOCK ON WHICH THE MICCIO CENTER P.A.L. WAS LOCATED. I SPENT MANY HAPPY DAYS AT THE P.A.L. WHICH HAD ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS SITE AND DID NOT FIND ANY MENTION OF THE P.A.L. WONDER IF ANYONE OUT THERE REMEMBERS THE GOOD TIMES SPENT THERE.

August 01, 2005 14:15:12
joe ross
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Hey Pat L. Thanks for birthday wish. Just remember: If I'm aging, its because my body is not pickled in booze, unlike my Southern Irish friend.

August 01, 2005 00:47:51
susan l
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Tom H Yes, I went to the Rex lots of times over the years. Even when we moved away and my parents still lived on First Pl.; we would visit and go to movies sometimes. I loved the city and its conveniences of "just walking" to where u wanna go.

August 01, 2005 00:43:12
susan L
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Tom H Tell me about culture shock...! I moved out of the area to MD in '87 and then finally packed up the house in '89. No place like home.
I do remember that long skinny loaf of Eyetalian Bread!! When a teen; we would come home late and get a a loaf with some butter, eatting it walking all the say home. YUM nothing like that too...

July 31, 2005 23:08:17
Tom H.
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Susan L. - My family moved down South in 1979 when my father's employer relocated. I know most of my childhood friends are still in Brooklyn. It was culture shock moving to a town of 10,000 people after growing up in NYC. Did you ever go to the Rex Cinema or get hero sandwiches on Sinatra bread from Joe's on Smith Street? :)

July 31, 2005 19:00:30
Larry Bowman
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Hi,
does anyone remember Jim McGreevey or Billy Guardino? Jim lived on Coffey Street,downstairs from my grandparents,Harry and Ann Hale.

July 31, 2005 10:56:34
susan l
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Tom H. -- Wow all those names sound familiar, i wonder if you knew any of my old buddies?? where do u live now? Sometimes i wonder where everyone is that you grew up with. :)

July 31, 2005 10:54:33
susan l
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chazz, well for me it was manhattan specials, i first had one that was purchased from Pete Sergie's and... not a cherry soda but a "cream" one, i cant think of what it was called :) haha oooh i love the city streets. People here where i now live cant understand why....

July 31, 2005 10:09:40
Rosemarie Santiago
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Hi Ed Murphy
I have sent you and E-Mail wrote it 2X dont know if you
got it. Just got optonline not sure how it works. Hope you received my note. Aunt Rosemarie

July 31, 2005 06:19:56
margaret mccourt
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Happy (75th) Birthday James (Jimmy) McCourt. Your family & friends from your Red Hook Days wish you well. You hold many mamories from those days. You always say you cant go back but those days are deep in your heart. Have a great day. Wife Margaret & son Colin

July 31, 2005 01:26:57
frank spinelli
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i was born on president st. between court and clinton the year was 1935. left brooklyn in1970 it was the best place to grow up . does anyone remember Joes candy store?

July 30, 2005 14:18:26
bob a do emmett
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too that red hook women i love you too.see you at the oldtimers day game.by hte way i was the formen at sucrest

July 30, 2005 14:15:54
lou costello
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a big hello too my good friends lon chaney,bud abbott we all remember tonys pizzeria and general george armstrong custer

July 30, 2005 10:15:37
Lucy Suarez
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Hi! Fellow hookers & friends! ...Joe B. I am sooo jealious about you having a pizza guy there from Red Hook...Do we know him? ...And ask him to come to Hernando County and make us pizza! There are two places in Spring Hill that are decent but still on a 1 to 10 theyd only get a 5 and a 6! Reguards to your Liz!

July 29, 2005 19:34:03
Chazz
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Of course we remeber Pete Sergis oh boy does cherry waters

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