New York Street Games - The Movie

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Split-Ball

I'm going to go back for a moment to the forties as a teenager in Jamaica, Queens where we played a very hot & fast game of "Split-Ball". Using the same Spaulding pink-ball, we would cut it in half on the seam. There was a pitcher,catcher,& three fielders, positioned at the three manhole covers, much the same as regular "Stick-ball"or the many city-wide variations on this fantastic game. It was much more difficult, fast & if you got hit in the face with that pink-missile, well you ha… Continue

Added by Ken Hil on March 5, 2010 at 8:42pm — No Comments

Term... stickball

Ok.. just some of the terms.. EGGBALL.. if you played stickball you know what this is.. the IMPOSSIBLE ball to catch.. it kind of flattens out to a flying saucer shaped ball and when it hits the ground can shoot almost anywhere. someitimes nj i think.

Peg leg patterson... the old bag whos stoop we played stickball in front of. unfortunately her house was at the end of the block. Mrs Patterson had one leg. Her front door was the stop when the catcher didnt do a good job or a foul ball was hit

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Added by Richard Leonardi on March 5, 2010 at 4:32pm — No Comments

How Nice

I can't belive i found this site. I live in Manhattan, grew up in Brooklyn. Luv when the immigrants make fun of my accent and tell me they are 'true New Yorkers" and have never heard of skelly or ringolivio, can't double dutch and don't know what a johnny pump is. Continue

Added by Michael Patrick O'Neill on March 5, 2010 at 4:42am — No Comments

Unforgettable Memories

I just saw one of the videos posted on this site..the one with' Apple,Peaches, Pumkin Pie'. What a great video. How time flies when your young and having fun.Living in N.Y. in the 50s and 60s there was always something to do ..a game to play...a game to make-up.New York was a place where everyone on your block was your brother..sister.New York was unlike any other city in the country.Your neighborhood was international,

Italians,Puerto Ricans, Irish,Blacks.When it came to having fun ,p

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Added by Hector Melendez on March 3, 2010 at 11:06am — No Comments

Street Education & Street Smarts

I love this site. What great memories. To me growing up in the 50s and 60s was the best education I got.

.Nothing can prepare you for the ups and downs that life holds for you other than what you learn from the streets of N.Y.C.You get your business education in school..but you get your survival skills and sharpness in the street.You'll always be a step ahead of the ones who will try to make a fool of you or put something over you . I live in Naples Florida,my lady thinks I always have

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Added by Hector Melendez on March 2, 2010 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Boodies Up

Anybody ever play Boodies Up? It wasn't a game, it was a punishment for losing a game. You had to bend over and grab your ankles with your butt in the air and stay there while everyone took turnes throwing the ball at your boodie as hard as possible. You could call it at the beginning of any game. Continue

Added by Kevin Lowry on March 2, 2010 at 4:48pm — 2 Comments

Chips on the ball

I'm from Flushing, 1959-1980. St. Michaels school 1-7 and then a commute to Fordham Prep in the Bronx for High School.

When I saw the ball go in the sewer on the movie trailer I remembered CHIPS. If you called CHIPS on the ball before the game started, whoever lost it had to pay for it or replace it. Of course, this led to some great debates over who's fault it actually was that the ball got lost, so we adopted the "last person to touch it rule". Even that was often the bode of content

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Added by Kevin Lowry on March 2, 2010 at 4:44pm — No Comments

I Declare War on . . .

The problem is I don't recall how the game was played. I need help with the details. These games usually had simpleton rules so maybe that's why I don't remember them. If anybody can recall how we played the WAR game, please contact me at urbisoler@aol.com Ciao! Continue

Added by Paul Daniggelis on February 1, 2010 at 5:57pm — 2 Comments

NY StreetGames: On shock with Mark McGwire Steroid Confession

Almost all the games always generates in our old city streets and fields. Baseballs are also part of our New York streetgames and believe me that’s why we have YANKEES, right? See this video:

This is a shocking revelation. Mark McGwire was on STEROIDS? Oh s… Continue

Added by RemingtonN on January 16, 2010 at 5:35am — No Comments

Mosholu Parkway

Anyone still out there from Mousholu Parkway from the 50's - 60's. How about from the Bronx living in Oregon? Continue

Added by Bob Scaplehorn on January 7, 2010 at 2:59pm — No Comments

reliving old times

Man ,do i miss playing on the streets of Astoria Queens . i grew up on 27th st & 24th ave. for years we used to play in front of my house ,in the middle of the block . i remember being around 5 years old around 1970. i just moved to the block . i had a funny name so i had manny nick names . veli smelly, vollyball ,virdy bird ,i even had a teacher who couldnt pronounc my name so he called me wilber . the kids in my class had a ball calling me wilber . doing the mr ed horse version . those bas… Continue

Added by veli stansic on January 1, 2010 at 2:42am — No Comments

EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICW"

Staying focus and committed It’s easier to say then to do no matter how focus you are there will always be distractions. Some will be small that you can easily hurdle over, but some are greater then one could imagine that come fast. Now I had something new to learn before I can pack my backs and go in search for whatever I was looking for in my life. How to stay focus, and committed was new to me. I’m that same guy who played Russian roulette with the Savage Skulls, dropped out of school, and n… Continue

Added by Gumersindo Vidot on December 10, 2009 at 4:48pm — 2 Comments

Getting Older

Oh man! In just a few days I turn 49. Wow, I can't believe it. Time certainly flies. One thing is for certain - I find as I get older, I miss my days of growing up in and living in the Bronx. I only live about 10 minutes from the GW bridge in New Jersey. In January of this year I went back to my old neighborhood after 33 years. Sure, I drove through it a few times in the past, but this time I wanted to get out of my car and walk around Creston Ave and in St. James Park at 192nd street, Fordham r… Continue

Added by Jim Morton on December 4, 2009 at 12:35am — 1 Comment

TUTO

TUTO "The Universe to One" BURNT BUILDINGS with HEROIN ADDICTS, MY ADDIDAS, "FIRE IN THE HOLE" From FDNY to Brain Cancer, My Truths & Beliefs, A typical Shoplifter for MILK, my 94 Geo as my Church & today running in my own special way, Marathon 5 will come in my granted time, I'm a TINMAN today BUT I’LL ALAWAYS THINK OF CROSSING THE FINISH LINE TO… Continue

Added by Virgilio el tuto Castro on November 28, 2009 at 9:35am — 1 Comment

Memories of The Street Games

I grew up living in the streets of New York and been playing street games with my friends, brothers and cousins. There is this street stickball or known as “baseball” now. It was fun and I really missed it a lot. Whenever it rains, we usually go to the abandoned grass field of New York and paly some soccer games and often coming back home full of mad and scratches in our faces and body but the smiles and laughter filled our innocent hearts and soul are seen in our faces. Now, we have all our ey… Continue

Added by RemingtonN on November 27, 2009 at 11:50pm — No Comments

3-Box Baseball

Ok - the right Spalding needed, strong fingers and the ability to reach across the box with out falling in........... Continue

Added by mitchell winick on October 14, 2009 at 1:02pm — No Comments

Skully - Children's Game On NY Street

(Wikipedia.org) Skully (also called skelly, skelsy, skellzies, scully, tops or caps) is a children's game played on the streets of New York City and other urban areas. Sketched on the street usually in chalk, a skully board allows a game for two to six players. A sidewalk is sometimes used, offering greater protection from vehicular traffic; however, the asphalt on a typical city street is smoother and provides better game play than a bumpy cement sidewalk. Also this wont need any… Continue

Added by RemingtonN on September 26, 2009 at 5:23am — No Comments

Fun on street

I remember when I was just a kid, growing in rural side of Ohio, my friends fun of street games. It is said that a street game is a sport or game that is played on city streets rather than a prepared field. Street games are usually simply playtime activities of children in the most convenient venue. However some street games have risen to the level of organized tournaments, such as stickball or baseball as what we all known.

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Added by RemingtonN on August 27, 2009 at 6:10am — No Comments

ON THE CORNER WITH ROBERT MIRRA

http://www.dolcechannel.com/pages/liveradio.php HEY EVERYONE JOIN ME TONIGHT ON THE DOLCE CHANNEL, ON MY SHOW ( ON THE CORNER ) MY GUEST WILL BE BUTCH BARBELLA FROM THE SREETS OF THE BRONX BAND. BUTCH WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HIS LONG ENTERTAINMENT CAREER, AND I'LL BE PLAYING ALL OF THE KEY SONGS HE WAS INVOLVED WITH. THE SHOW STARTS AT 6 PM SHARP. IF YOU LIVE IN THE N.Y. AREA, BY ALL MEANS STOP BY UMBERTOS RESTAURANT ON ARTHUR AVE. AND BE A PART OF THE LIVE BROADCAST. I WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE BRON… Continue

Added by ROBERT MIRRA on July 7, 2009 at 10:48am — 1 Comment

Where are you, Any one from the Lower East Side of Manhattan,?

Any one from the Lower East Side of Manhattan,? I can’t believe I’m the only one left. Any one go to PS 71, PS 64. Seward Park or CIA? I Lived on Monroe Street, Mott and Grand, 11th. Street between Ave's B and C, 3rd Street between 1st and 2nd Ave’s 2nd Ave and 5th Str… Continue

Added by John Murgo on July 3, 2009 at 12:52pm — 12 Comments