New York Street Games - The Movie

Anybody from Bay Ridge?

I lived on 75th St thru the 60s until December 1970, when the p's decided to join the Staten Island exodus. I went to PS 170, then 102, when we moved down to between 3rd & 4th. Christ Church was a second home to me. Dr. Matics is gone now, but his memory lives on. Really, the same can be said of Bay Ridge of the 60s and 70s. What a great place to grow up!

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Permalink Reply by Steven Koroskenyi on January 8, 2010 at 2:27am: i lived on 79th st. between 1st and 2nd ave. upper east side.
went to ps 190. skipped school often to go to Yankee stadium
went to john jay park a lot.
also, carl shurz park.
parents took us to massachusetts in summer of 1970.
stayed just long enough to see the mets and jets win it all.
i'm 51 turning 52. married, three grown up sons.
love remembering new york times.
chinese handball ruled in my neighborhood.
where are you now, and what is your life about?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Laura Jongberg Austan on January 8, 2010 at 8:43am: I'm 51, widowed, no kids, retired, live in Vermont. I miss the old NYC days. Times Square with its odd, obscure, and cheap-as-hell book and record stores. Chinatown and Little Italy before they were commercial...; ▶ Reply to This