September 08, 2005 10:44:53
jennifer alongi zambino email	peter, sorry that was a typo my father-in-law is John Hojnacki

September 08, 2005 10:28:11
Jennifer Alongi Zambino email	Peter, Yes the Alongi's from Van Brunt Street are my cousins. Jimmy is my uncle. I do come from Union Street as a matter of fact my parents still live there. As for my in-laws, John Jojnacki is my father-in-law and my mother in law was Susan Zambino. I don't know if the John you were refering to was my father-in-law or my husbands uncle

September 08, 2005 10:21:50
jennifer alongi zambino email	LYNNE, Robert and Rosalie are my parents

September 08, 2005 07:11:27
Lynne email	Jennifer, are you related to a Robert and Rosalie Alongi?

September 08, 2005 06:43:34
peter parker email	also if your maiden name is alongi than james/joe/janet r your cousins and natalie/big jim r your aunt/uncle and did you come from union street

September 08, 2005 06:40:34
peter parker email	jennifer if zambino is your married name is john the name of your husband father

September 07, 2005 23:01:21
peter parker email	jennifer is your father name john

September 07, 2005 21:13:19
John Randazzo email	Jennifer is that the same Jimmy Alongi who is in the NYC Sanitation Dept? If so i worked with him & he is some how related to a friend of the family.

September 07, 2005 21:06:52
susan lagana email	Jennifer, I am 48 and grew up off lst Place and Court...What years was your aunt's candy store open?

September 07, 2005 15:01:48
jennifer alongi zambino email	nic, my parents come from Court street but my in laws were from red hook. I did have an uncle Jimmy who lived on Van Brunt Street

September 07, 2005 14:37:16
Nic email	Jennifer, was your family from Red Hook? Your both last names are names from Red Hook.

September 07, 2005 14:28:49
Jennifer Alongi Zambino email	Does anyone remeber my grandmother Lucy's candystore it was on Court and 3rd place???

September 07, 2005 13:27:27
Tom email	Hello, my name is Tom. I wnat say thank you for your job, i think your web-site the best of this theme.

September 07, 2005 09:30:36
Nancy Mendez-Minier email	Any idea if pics will be posted about Red Hook day on 9/10/05. If anyone has any info on available pics of the celebration in Coffey Park (Red Hook) on 9/10/05 please let me know. Hay a good one.

September 07, 2005 01:07:43
John Burkard, Red Hook email	For Mr. Joe Ross, The facilities you speak of, the ball fields and such had been completed just a short time before 1941, and yes they were a part of the Roosevelt administration and his famous WPA. short for Works Project Aministration. Oddly enough, the pool was completed before the Red Hook Housing, around 1935-36. All the land south of Bush street, including the pool, to the waters edge, at that time was litter strewn wasteland, formerly the infamous site of Hoover City. Bush Street was the last east and west residential street, consisting of dilapidated tenements, I used to live in 113 Bush St when I was just 5 years old. The lot directly across from the Houses on Lorraine St remained that way until the entire recreation center was refurbished, thanks to Mayor Dinkens, and it was turned into those beautifull ball fields now enjoyed by many.The Red Hook Recreation Center includes the pool, track and soccer fields, plus the ballfields, and is used by every high school in the City, and considered one of the best urban recreation facilitiy in the Country. I believe Coffey Park was named for the same 12th Ward leader who had Coffey Street named in his honor. And up until the late 30s Pioneer St went right through into Dwight St, but was closed later when they renovated the park, and with it came the name Red Hook Park, but most people still remember it as Coffey Park, and that name has stuck. I have a 12th ward map dated 1865, and the park is not shown,so it obviously came at a later date of which I never had occassion to determine.I suspect somewhere around the early 1900's, but certainly before you or I made our debut into this world. I hope I have been a little helpful, John.....

September 06, 2005 20:08:38
Francis Campagna email	Attention Red Hookers! The VFW at 325 Van Brunt Street is having their annual Old Timers Day Gathering. The date is Saturday, September 10, 2005 starting at noon and ending at 6 pm. The fifteen-dollar admission includes all the food, beer and soft drinks you want. The VFW telephone number is 718.624.9313. I guarantee that if you come once, you will come again.

September 06, 2005 19:41:43
Louise email	This is for Joe Ross..I went into Newyorkpubliclibrary.com & went in to digital collections. I remember seeing pictures of Father Marohoney & the nuns on the steps of the convent in this site. They have pictures of Bush St before the projects were built. There were a lot of small homes and tenements that came down to make way for the projects, the pool and the stadium. They show Hoover City too. Check it out. Louise

September 06, 2005 19:33:39
willy graziano email	matty please call me i"m in pittsburgh working for the feds

September 06, 2005 18:09:32
joe ross email	To our "Historian", Mr Burkard.I was born in 1941, & everything was in place. The parks (Coffee, tennis courts, football, & soccer fields), & the new projects.Also the Pool, & its adjacent park areas. What was there before this? Was it all a way to make work during the depression? Were the " Docks", & the related industries, always there?

September 06, 2005 12:35:34
ed murphy email	Hi everyone, i talked to my sister AnnMarie last night, she was wondering what is going on with the reunion that was supposed to take place this saturday. please let me know what is going on., thanks,