Stoop Ball — As played in the early ’60’s on Ave Z and E. 13 Street.

Our stoop was a brick structure 5 steps high. We had to stand at least 2 “boxes” (lines in the cement) back. You threw the ball at the stoop, and had to catch the bouce-back in no more than one bounce. Catching it on one bounce was 5 points, with no bounce, 10 points. If the ball shot back, straight at you because it hit the tip of the step, and you caught it “on the fly”, it was 50 points. — Very hard to do.

You continued your turn until you couldn’t catch it on the first bounce. Usually 100 points won the game.