January 11, 2005 06:27:09
margaret mccourt email	P.S. to 1939/1941 post. Scroll down right side of page .

January 11, 2005 06:22:53
margaret mccourt email	Re: Circa 1939/1940. Anyone who would like a picture of thier house can go to a site that will print out a picture of same during those years for a small fee. Seems NYC took photos of each house in each borough for Tax Purposes. You must check out this site. (www.nyc.gov)

January 10, 2005 11:08:53
Chaplain Nick email	Hi: All Red Hookers i have story to tell all of you, i was cleaning up my attic the other day and came across a can of about 150 ,200 feet of 8mm film it was opening day of the Little League parade may 1964 i'm sure you all would notice some peopel in the film i don't know what to do to get it to people like all of you, I'm open for suggestions P.S. this was taken by a true Red Hooker Jerry Graziano. Chaplain Nick

January 09, 2005 12:22:09
Eileen Coughlin email	Hope the Holidays were happy for all. I Did not know that if you lose your wallet now you have to present your birth certificate to get your replacement drivers licence. This just came up in my family this week. I will have to send for my birth certificate this week just to have it. Also will need it for obtaining a passport. Not sure how long it will take to get it. It's best to have it & not need it than to need it & not have it. Our world has sure not been the same since 9-11-01 Just thought this might be a helpful hint for someone out there. Eileen PS don't know how it will work for my husband They have for his frist name Baby Boy?

January 08, 2005 21:58:11
Jean email	Park Slope Anyone??? My grandmother moved there as a young woman in the 1920's ... soon her brothers & sisters came...all got married had kids...then the kids had kids...Anyway, I lived there until 1964 when my parents moved. My fondest memories are of the Slope and the Park...P.S. My mom did go to the Red Hook pool in the 1940's... Happy New Year South Brooklyn!

January 08, 2005 12:04:44
John Moran email	Does anyone know the whereabouts of Arthur Tartaro who lived on Conover Street between Sullivan & King Streets. He had an older brother named Thomas.

January 07, 2005 13:06:23
ed murphy email	I remember delivering a newspaper called the tablet when i was in Visitation, i used to deliver to people on dikeman and van brunt and richard sts. i think it was the diocesan paper for brooklyn. ed murphy

January 06, 2005 19:11:31
John Burkard,Red Hook email	For Jim Foy, I think you're referring to the "Spotlight". It was a teenage monthly put out by some very ambitious youngsters and was well received. I was the adult director and was allowed to sneak in one page called the "Gaslight". But the Kids were not too happy about it, they just tolerated me because of my position.(LOL) Most, if not all of them have grown into very successful adults, when I worked with them I could read success stories in their faces. Sadly Visitation lost one of their members in Vietnam, what a shameful waste of a young life

January 06, 2005 17:25:37
margaret mccourt email	Myrtle /Hoyt Trolley. My husbands grandfather Joe Meehan was a conductor on that line.My husband would take rides now and then & his grandfather would let him put wood in a little stove in winter time. It was a big thrill for him to take those rides. Remembers it well. His grandfather spotted a kidnapper on his trolley with the child. The kidnappers name was "Fish". They had the story in the Daily Mirror with photos as his grandfather was a witness and had to appear at the trial.

January 06, 2005 17:15:35
margaret mccourt email	Attn: Was it the Tablet newspaper?. Most alter boys sold it.

January 05, 2005 19:43:15
JOHN HAGGERTY email	CHAPLIN NICK, I REMEMBER THE FIRE YOU ASK ABOUT. IT WAS ON RICHARD ST., JUST A BLOCK UP FROM THE OLD FIRE HOUSE ON VAN BRUNT ST. I BELIEVE IT USED TO BE THE CHICAGO MACARONI CO., BEFORE DANIEL'S & KENNEDY STORED THE BIG ROLL'S OF PAPER THERE. THE FIRE WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1942 & 1945. I USED TO TAKE THE CROSSTOWN TROLLY TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL THEN. IT SHUT DOWN SERVICE TO THE END OF THE LINE AT THE END OF RICHARD ST. SERVICE ENDED AT HAMILTON AVE. & COLUMBIA ST. IT LASTED QUITE A WHILE. IT WAS IN THE WINTER. WATER WAS PUT ON THE ROLL'S FOR A LONG TIME. THE EXPANSION OF THE WET ROLL'S CAUSED PART OF THE BUILDING TO COLLAPSE.

January 05, 2005 19:35:15
Billy Murphy email	Hi Anthony. Just wanted to see how you are doing. I retired from the sanitation. I was just with Johnny Pop, he was telling me about the reunion you had last June, I would like to come to the next one. Hope to see you soon. Miss the old days.

January 05, 2005 17:28:31
Chaplain Nick email	Do any of you remember the big fire i thinks it was the daily news with the big rolls of paper. Chaplain Nick

January 05, 2005 15:04:26
Jim Foy email	Does anyone remember the Red Hook newspaper sold after sunday mass?

January 05, 2005 14:10:38
Louise email	John it's alright as long as I wasn't dreaming this building up. I was a kid and I probably thought it was wood. I remember the Clinton St. library on the corner, across from the Associated later Key Food. My kids would always be in there, then the one opened on Wolcott St. and then that was used. Thanks John. Louise

January 05, 2005 11:15:11
John Burkard, Red Hook email	Arthur Larsen, you're correct about seeing the library while passing on the trolly. It was a soft stucco finish, in white, not wood(sorry Louise). But by todays standards it would not have been razed, instead it would have been designated a landmark edifice. We've come a long way since Penn Station.

January 05, 2005 10:45:03
Arthur Larsen email	Thanks for the information on the library. With all the talk of the Richard Street Trolley I remembered riding the trolley and looking at a boarded-up building with cloumns in front I thought was the old library. Were the trolley tracks removed I seem to remeber Richard Street being rebuilt in the late 50's early 60's?

January 05, 2005 03:05:35
John Burkard, Red Hook email	For Arthur Larsen and Louise. The original Red Hook Library was a beautiful structure. Consisting of oak wood panalimg throughout with a fabulous staircase. It was the only one in Brooklyn constructed in Mediteranian style. It opened April 22, 1915 and was destroyed by fire in 1946. You may view photos of the building at the Main Library at Grand Army Plaza. Most Red Hook Residents are surprised to see such a class building existing in our neighborhood at that time. incidently, with the help of my Wife, I was intrumental in having the present library on Wolcott Street built where it stands. This, after much communicating with library officials when the new building was in the planning stage.

January 04, 2005 21:33:26
Louise email	Hi Arthur if I remember correct wasn't it the library? It was a wooden building. Please tell me I'm right. When I mention it to anyone they don't remember it. Louise

January 04, 2005 18:35:05
mark phillips email	Hi Everyone. I am working on a new website and would love to photograph several of the churches in the South Brooklyn area. In particular, Visitation in Red Hook; Christ Church on Clinton; St. Agnes in Boerum Hill; and Plymouth in Brooklyn Heights. If anyone has any contacts or connections at any of these locations, I would love to talk to you about my project. Contact me directly with the email link at left. Sincerely, Mark D Phillips - The South Brooklyn Network