70 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237. 7 Photos. Hope you have lots of happy memories. Im wondering if you were in my class? All lit up with neon lights that made it look like he was swaying from side to side while playing that piano. Like to hear from any of my childhood friends from Willoughby from 1966 to 1975. Arion Places former namecan still be seen on an adjoining brick wall. By the 1830s, Bushwick had begun to lose its rural character. The William Ulmer Mansion has been rehabilitated and is now occupied after years of moribundity. The way HOLC officials chose to distinguish worthy vs. unworthy projects, however, had little to do with financial stability. 4 at the lobby barbershop of the Park Sheraton Hotel on Seventh Avenue between 55th and 56th streets. In the middle of a bitter mayoral race, with the fiscal crisis as backdrop, candidate Ed Koch journeyed to Bushwick to survey the devastation and promised, if elected, to begin rebuilding the neighborhood. At that time, the neighborhood experienced riots and looting. It captures a regular night of The Devils Rebels in Bushwick getting drunk, some casual gang member stabbing, and a subsequent confrontation with the cops. Does anyone remember Cypress Pool? A mansarded, cast-iron crested house and a Little Italianate castle of brick and terra cotta with an ornate driveway gate over Belgian blocks and a courtyard, wagon house stable in the rear, this is the former offices of the nearby Ulmer Brewery complex. Still live on Bleecker Street for 62 years. . Do you have Dittenhoefers in you family tree? I always loved going into that house. Hello I normally dont open up, but you can email me at manny300m@hotmail.com to swap stories. i remember the GIG CAFE on bushwick ave. remember the rko bushwick theatre and the lowes gates along broadway. When I lived on Harrison Place by Morgan Ave. in the sixties, I went to Dr. Clement Davis in the mansion at Willoughby Ave. and Bushwick Ave. My family moved to Bushwick in 1/4/1955 from Myrtle Avenue between Sumner and Throop Aves. Ulmer also built a long-vanished amusement park in Bath Beach, which today is remembered by the Ulmer Park bus repair facility and storage yard at 25th and Harway Avenues and by the Ulmer Park Library. I still kind of miss it! I had recurring nightmares of a train chasing me in my home until a psychologist figured out it was from the visits to the doctor and the sight of the El trains above. I went to P.S. They were handsome boys who were sweet to me, but very tough street kids. At times, the groups have viewed each other warily. It later became a mansion and catering hall. But I still remember the sewing factories in the neighborhood, Brunckhorsts (now Boars Head) just off Bogart St., the subway exits and the grates where the whoosh of the wind from the moving L trains would blind you with dust, the fire station on Morgan Ave., the 3 story walk ups (half of which burned down in the 70s), the trash everywhere, the good neighbors, the bad gangs, the salsa and doo-wop music, the smell of chestnuts in the winter, the roaches (!) Living in the neighborhood was fun and well worth it. Hi Eric (When I went past again in 2010, it was again occupied!). The following afternoon, with power now restored to much of the city, Dereszewski headed over from his home in Greenpoint to take a stroll down Broadway. Men living near abandoned homes began sleeping on porches, guns by their sides, ready to drive off arsonists. Only recentlyafter years of tireless work by government (especially the police), local groups, and the private sectorhas the revitalization of this once-proud neighborhood begun. We lived on Kossuth Place and I went to the old PS74 one block west on Kozciusko Street, then PS274 on Bushwick and Kozciusko. @2019 - Forgotten New York. On ancestry it says that Leonard Scaturro was born in the USA, he lived at 1134 Willoughby Ave as a roomer in 1925. "It used to be a Muslim sect on Bushwick. Hylan paid particular attentionto transit issues during his tenure (he used to operate a loco on the Brooklyn els). St. Barbaras is,if anything, more imposing inside than out, with gilding, stonework, stained glass and a magnificent pipe organ. New York of the 1970s and early '80s was a gritty place of stunning contrasts. Whether Cookwas the true discoverer of the North Pole should be left to historians to decide. I went to elementary school PS 24 on belvedere and arion place. These were people who were determined to die in their community, and they just wanted to be able to do it with dignity. Elected that November, Koch did pay some attention to Bushwick. Feb 13, 2020 "The Heart of Chinatown," 70 Mulberry Street; Feb 7, 2020 New York City Hurricane Relief for Puerto Rico: 1899; Feb 1, 2020 Artist in . The remaining shop owners were mostly absentees who lived in other parts of the city, and couldnt get to their businesses to protect them. Still remember standing in front of the appliance stores at the corner of Kossuth Place and Broadway watching the first color tvs through the windows. What concerns your webmaster todayis his house in Bushwick, for it symbolizes this Brooklyn neighborhoodss steep decline and efforts to revive. Andrew Karpan is a writer based in Ridgewood. Himrod was the name of its first minister. The experiences I had learning English was something that I never forgot because I wanted to make sure that the students I work with never have those experiences. The 20-something crowd at Birdy's was buzzing about one retro touch in particular: drink prices. There was also the big white church on Bushwick and Himrod and the Menorah Jewish Home across Himrod on Bushwick. I was assigned to be assistant senior patrol leader in the spring of 62, but moved that summer to Long Island. During its earliest days, Williamsburg was known as Bushwick or Bushwick Shore. In the central bay, molded terra-cotta ornaments Office and the brewerys trademark U identify the buildings original function and owner. They're two of my younger cousins, and they both had very hard lives. The Cook manson was actually in the news several years ago, when a side balcony collapsed, IIRC when they were havibg a party on it. By the early 1980s, 45 percent of the population lived below the poverty level. Latinos became a large part of the neighborhood's population by the mid-1960s and early '70s, when a largely Puerto Rican population moved from the island, according to the City Journal. And it joined forces with a private-sector initiative, the New York Housing Partnership, to begin constructing two- and three-family middle-income homes again in the neighborhood, using vacant city-bequeathed land and money from private donors. Bushwick also faces ethnic tensions. But years later, in the 70s and 80s, with the decline of industry and the increase of population and poverty, crime and illegal drugs, Williamsburg was a bad . My great grandparents lived at 871 Bushwick Ave. The price of rentals is skyrocketing. Dr. Davis did a lot of good for the people he served. PS 56, Halsey Jr,High school, Bushwick High School. The parents of Bushwick appear to be in love with their neighborhood schools. My Parents, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins used to go roller skating at Hillside Roller Rink! Looking for a old photo of a place called the Gig on Bushwick Ave i remember a marionette playing the piano. Highland Park was walking distance. I can send a car there or the gang unit to see if we can get them out.. Often described by residents as a forgotten neighborhood, Bushwick was once a solid blue-collar community. I remember you well you lived on dekalb ave? i practically lived in butters candy store . While you're here, you can order things like plantain chips with guacamole, Haitian patties filled with beef, and a platter of black rice, pikliz, and sweet green peas. It was unsurprisingly . The Bushwickis not the most imposing church in the area. We lived in a row house with railroad rooms as they used to call apartments where all the rooms were connected in a row (no one needed privacy back then, least of all kids). Even as the world celebrates soccer as a peoples game, youth sports are disappearing in Americas inner-city precincts. And no part of the five boroughs was to become more associated with the blackout than the old north Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. Any one know of the place she is thinking of. before it began. New York City 61.5. Leonard Scaturro was a boarder in my grandparents home in 1925, Leonard Scaturro was 21, They came thru Ellis Island together. I went to 14 holy martyrs in the 40s and 50s. Bushwick is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion and written by Nick Damici and Graham Reznick. remember the parades along bushwick ave on BROOKLYN DAY. I knew I didnt belong in the CRMD class; those kids were tough. As MIT historian Craig Steven Wilder recounts in his book, A Covenant With Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn, HOLC agents drew up maps that ranked entire neighborhoods by whether or not they were desirable: Zones graded A were ripe for further development, B were stable but had little room for new construction, C had poor housing stock or insufficient transit or utilities, while D communities suffered from poverty and "undesirable" residents. After the breweries closed or moved,starting in the 50s and continuing into the 70s when all were gone, Bushwick suffered a slow decline, culminating in July 1977 when, during a blackout, Bushwick , in effect, was destroyed by arson and looting. Inside, a narrow front room has a row of wooden booths, black velvet paintings and a long bar accented by Christmas lights. The Brooklyn Brewery has been providing residents with chilled pints since 1988, near McCarren Park. Lenny's Pizza of 'Saturday Night Fever' Fame Closes After 70 Years in . Little in Bushwicks evolution from a bucolic seventeenth-century town to a robust twentieth-century working-class neighborhood suggested that it would one day symbolize urban breakdown. Had my first taste of racism there. His name was Dr. Clement Davis. $2,500,000. With dynamic modern architecture that emphasizes space, light exposure, and luxury interiors, these 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms exemplify only Williamsburg's best value - competitive with the rest of the market. The ninety-three dead who were sacrificed to it are carved on the handsome pedestal. Cafe Erzulie, a Haitian cafe in Bushwick, often hosts live performances, Caribbean music nights, and steel drum bands in their backyard. i am trying to get more information on the little sisters of the poor my mom and aunt were sent there , my mom got pregnant with me there. can you please post pictures of the piano man they bring back a lot of memories I was looking for a place I could afford to live in on my own, remembers freelance writer Hrag Vartanian, and the price was right here, though the place still had an edge to it. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] Murders dropped from 1990s 77 to 12 in 1998. Hi, Local commanders also asked Bushwick community leaders to rebuild organizations like the old block associations, which had glued together the neighborhood, and urged landlords to repair buildings to create an air of civic order. Williamsburg's premier new construction is now on the market at 70 Bushwick! I didnt think anyone else would! Someone drove up with a truck and hooked a chain around the gates of the furniture store, then used the truck to pull them off. Of all Bushwick streets,Linden Street is particularly gracious. Went to PS 123 and PS 162. Vintage Brooklyn's gang . He also gave it the name of Boswyck (refuge or town in the woods). carmine, do you have a sister cathy your grandparents lived next door to you? Every chance I got, I went to the Public Library on Bushwick and DeKalb. In 2019, there were an estimated 127,550 people in Bushwick, of which 4.2% of the population identified as Asian, 15.3% identified as Black, 56.3% identified as Hispanic, and 20.6% identified as white. I quickly figured out this wasnt really Williamsburg.. In 2010, The New York Times Magazine called Bushwick, Brooklyn "the coolest place on the planet," four years later Vogue Magazine named it the "7th coolest neighborhood in the world." . 70 BUSHWICK AVENUE, BROOKLYN, New York 11211 . With Bushwick beginning to thrive again, New York City has finally left behind the disorder and failure that flowed from the misguided liberal reforms of the sixties and seventies. As with most dentists, he said to raise my hand if it hurt, but he didnstop anyway! "Conceived and curated by Bushwick native Joe Ficalora, the Bushwick Collectve has evolved into an extraordinary open-air gallery since its first mural surfaced in 2011. In Williamsburg - Bushwick, the children under 6 years with elevated blood lead levels (bll) (rate bll>=5 per 1,000 tested) . Note the Ionic columns. on madison st. and bushwick ave. then went to our lady of good council school . Tanya Frazier Cephus. Any relation to you? Dereszewski agreed: "While the commercial area on Broadway was devastated on the night of the blackout, it had been in serious decline for many years prior," with many storefronts left vacant long before the lights went out. It seems fitting, then, that Staten Islands longest boulevard is named for him. Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian settlers first decamped in the vicinity in about 1640, and by 1660 had formed Boswijck (Town of Woods). Broadway, which with Bushwick Avenue comprise the main arteries of Bushwick, are still attempting to recover from the destruction that happened in just one night. We had a Miss Larken who took us to shows in the city on weekends, or movies. Does anyone remember the name of the Italian bakery on Wilson ave near maybe evergreen? Opened in September by members of the local rock band Weeknight (Holly MacGibbon and Andy Simmons), the bar channels 1970s-era rock with kitschy touches like pinball machines, a bust of Elvis lording over the bar and a vintage Colt 45 advertisement with Billy Dee Williams. Im 47 years old now. I welcome anyone who wants to send me a line, thanks! I moved to the projects on Bushwick and Flushing Aves. The Principal was Walter Shultz and the AP was a Mrs Mac Namara. A bit further up Bushwick Avenue,on Meserole Street, a buildings sign testifies Bushwick Avenues old name: The Boulevard. In mid-2006,the planks had been removed from the windows and it appeared to be in rehabilitation. Yet the mid-nineties saw a breathtaking restoration of order in the neighborhood, beginning when Mayor Rudolph Giulianis first police commissioner, William Bratton, revamped the NYPD and its crime-fighting methods. On July 13th, 1977, at 8:37 p.m., a bolt of lightning struck an electrical substation in Buchanan, New York, that was responsible for taking the high-voltage power produced at the Indian Point nuclear plant and converting it to the 110 volts supplied to customers across New York City. But the troubles that were consuming Bushwick had roots in an earlier era. Fr. Does anyone remember the toy store on Broadway and gates? Faro, a Bushwick mainstay for fresh pasta and seasonal produce, is closing after eight years serving the neighborhood from its Jefferson Street location. It was demolished in the early 2000s. Built 1931. 05-17-2012, 10:53 AM DoubleXAs : Location: Bronx, NY. Though compromised by time, its arched windows and details such as tie-rod caps stand the test of time. Must see in person as it is bigger than it appears. It may look like an old-man dive bar, but the scene inside Birdys is super young. Its a friendly mlange of Brooklyn types who could be extras in a Girls episode, with a few Marnies from Manhattan thrown in. By 2010, it had been given a partial makeover. Many of Bushwicks old mansions are now in surprisingly good condition. Oddly the fire escapes dont appearin pictures taken from the 1940s. PK, I remember that old house from my childhood days. Indeed they were and we were shocked to find a 45-minute wait to get a table.. Whoever said the Bronx was burning was only half right, Todash remembers. What a sight! Bushwick's Location. On Wednesdays the Catholic Schools let our early so the students in the Public Schools could go for religious instructions, so I would go to the public school across from my house and draw on the blackboard or play games. We think people want to bet on the future of this neighborhood by owning their own offices, says Joe Irving, a real-estate agent representing the building. Doing a history project of Bushwick for urban dynamics. There was a candy store right across the street. to Gina.. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I want to know the name of a bar that was on the corner of Bushwick with a piano on the roof, THE NAME OF THE BAR WAS THE GIG IT WAS ON THE CORNER OF SCHAEFER ST & BUSHWICK AVE, Are there any pictures of the outside of The Gig of the piano-playing mannequin? He is an avid marathon runner, and spends most of his time eating, running, and working on cool stuff. That was . I remeber Dr. Cort. Carmine , I Hope this message finds you well , you used to cut through my backyard fence to get to Cedar street without walking around the block , yes its youre Old Friend Eric Erdmann . Toting a camera during her teaching years, Meisler captured some of the impressions that the collapsing neighborhood made on local children an abandoned playground overgrown with weeds, a view from a classroom of ruined buildings and empty lots. The Angel of Victory With Peace was installed here in 1921 and honors Bushwicks 93 casualties in World War I. Unlike today when kids have many public (or personal) pools, that was a HUGE treat for us! I grew up at 196 Stockholm between Knickerbocker and Wilson Ave. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Poolside when the Big Bopper and Frankie Valens died in a plane crash. "Its funny, I might have felt myself threatenedI was probably the only white person in the area," said Dereszewski. I was told it was a somewhat Gay bar,but never knew that.It was around since the early fifties as I can remember. [WATCH] What are Air Rights in New York City. With fathers in short supply, gang membership spiked among teens, and the local high school had one of the worst drop-out rates in the city. Vintage cocktails like a whiskey sour are $7, beers start at $3, or splurge on a can of Colt 45 for $5. Yet if Bushwick is back, no one should forget what happened to it. Back in the late nineties, Tom Le, a choreographer who moved to Manhattan from San Francisco, found himself regularly visiting artist friends who had staked out a piece of Bushwick, attracted by the large loft spaces in abandoned warehouses that ringed the area. Im in my 70s and I teach at Concordia University in Wisconsin. He was a great doctor, the whole family went to him and he always cured all his patients. On hot days the fire hose was hung from the basketball hoop an we would all stand under it to cool off.many happy memories . There was also the Alhambra movie house and Putnam st playground. . Violenceespecially gang violenceflared up again. Many defaulted, abandoning their homes and massively depressing local property values. If you couldnt pay then he never turned you away. Was very sorry to find out that my home along with Ps85 had been demolished. Donate today, Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations. I went to 14 holy martyrs in the 40s and 50s. I lived on Troutman between Bushwick and Evergreen. 375k members in the nyc community. The tale of the blackout that had killed Bushwick spread rapidly in the citys tabloids, as journalists flooded into a neighborhood where few had set foot before to take stock of the damage. This misinformation about the Cook house has also been used on Brownstoner.com and its time somebody did some record checking so that historians of the future are not mislead. Something wrong with this post? The Dirty Ones, a notorious gang from Williamsburg. Let us know! The transportation secretarys comments on the race of hardhat workers were as misleading as they were divisive. The mansion had previously been occupied by brewer Ulmer, whose nearby brewery complex on Beaver and Belvidere Streets has recently been landmarked by the city Landmaks Preservation Commission. It was, in retrospect, a worst-case scenario. Nothing better exemplified the growing defeatism of the NYPD, which was reacting to crime rather than aggressively fighting it, than a detectives response when asked why the local precinct hadnt responded: We do what we can with the gang. Its not the easiest job in the world. Far from pushing people out, Freeman has found, neighborhood upgrades like Bushwicks encourage many residents to stay and enjoy the fruits of revival. Despite this buzz of activity, Bushwicks revival remains precarious. Does anyone remember Meyers on Broadway? The young men are wearing homemade body armor, suggesting they were on their way to a fight with a rival gang. Under 30. Copyright John Hylan,NYC mayor from 1918 to 1925, lived at 959 Bushwick Avenue (the brownstone one over from the extreme right). In 1981, community leader Luis Garden Acosta called northern Brooklyn the "killing fields" for the number of teenagers killed in gang conflicts. Instead, demographic changes take place gradually, prompted not by precipitous hikes in rent but by normal turnover in the housing market. But when he shifted careers and became a real-estate agent a few years ago, he started guiding buyers disappointed by Williamsburgs high prices to Bushwick. As race riots ripped apart other cities, including Detroit and Newark, unscrupulous real-estate agents and speculators tried to frighten white Bushwick residentsa practice known as blockbusting. Homeowners would find ominous messages in their mailboxesDont wait until its too late!as well as encouraging ones: Houses wanted, cash waiting. In a massive scandal reminiscent of todays subprime-mortgage meltdown, speculators bought homes from Bushwick residents for an average of $8,000 apiece, and then, using fraudulent appraisals and a Great Society federal mortgage program that insured home loans to low-income buyers, sold them to poor blacks and Puerto Ricans at prices that they couldnt afford on average, about $20,000 per home. . Not far away, Kevin Lindamood, a transplanted Virginian, has transformed empty factory floors into OfficeOpsa venue featuring a rehearsal space for arts groups, video production facilities, and room for large events. 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