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Grew up on Wilson Street…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 29, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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Grew up on Wilson Street and Lee Avenue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Attended Boys High School. Most friends went to Eastern District or Seward Park High School. Most of us played punch ball with a “baby line.” three steps to Germany, Johnny on the Pony, Chinese handball and box ball. We read and traded comic books. “Action Comics, Detective Comics, Marvel, King Feature Comics and read the comics in the newspapers. Dick Tracy, (my favorite), Smiling Jack with Fat Stuff losing a button to a ubiquitous chicken who followed him everywhere. Saturday matines for 5 cents we saw a chapter (Tim Tyler’s Luck or Flash Gordon) the Paramount News (Monkees do the craaaaziest things,)two or three features, a cartoon and sometimes a door prize announced from the stage. I could go on forever and include the radio programs for which we raced home from the school playground to hear.

Posted in Ace King Queen, Boxball, Brooklyn, Johnny on the Pony, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball | Tagged Chinese handball

I, too, lived in Brooklyn,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 29, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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I, too, lived in Brooklyn, and never heard of this game. Perhaps, no one could afford to part with their heels.

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Games | Tagged heels (the game)

A major snow storm in 1960…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 28, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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A major snow storm in 1960 shut the schools and gave us enough snow and time to build a series of igloo-like structures with connecting tunnels all along our Brooklyn street. We were a bunch of happy and wet,young “Eskimos.” It also gave us the best opportunities to go down the ever-terrifying COMMANDO HILL on our shiny sleds, in cardboard boxes and on our tushies.

Posted in All Seasons, Brooklyn | Tagged Winter

I got my first kiss in the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 27, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I got my first kiss in the basement of a synagogue in Canarsie during the bar mitzvah reception of my older brother’s friend, Larry Wolfman. I had just come out of the ladies room when one of Larry’s friends grabbed me and pulled me into a phone booth. And then he did it…he shoved his face into mine. I was a very round chubby nine year-old. He was a much more mature and experienced thirteen year-old. He walked away with a big smile. I ran away with a bloody lip. It was totally yucky!!

Posted in Brooklyn, Locales, Young romance | Tagged Canarsie, first kiss

Kennydale, in South Brooklyn…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 27, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
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Kennydale, in South Brooklyn we also had the ice man. He would come around with his pushcart, ringing a bell. The shaved iced was flavored with pure sugar syrup. Unbelievably sweet, cold, and delicious. And nothing would taste as good on those summer days!

Posted in Brooklyn, Food & Drink, Reader Stories | Tagged Summer

Many times after whatever…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 26, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
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Many times after whatever weekend night activity we had a few of us guys would meet late night at Nathan’s ususlly we had fries and a chow mein sandwich, but in the winter i’d warm up with their CLAM BROTH (of course this grossed my friends out)but I still like a good cup of clam broth!

Posted in Brooklyn, Locales | Tagged Coney Island

I went to college in Baltimore…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 26, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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I went to college in Baltimore (pronounced Ball- mer) they had carts that would go around selling flavored shaved ice in a cup. The vendor had a big block of ice and a large sharp scraper. he would put the shavings in a paper cone then add the syrup flavorings you wanted. They aslo had lemons sliced in half and would use a hollow peppermint stick as a straw and you would suck the tart lemon juice through the pepermnt stick straw and it would taste real good on a hot sticky day-never saw that in Brooklyn

Posted in Brooklyn, Food & Drink, Reader Stories

LULU HAD A BOYFRIEND, HIS…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 25, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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LULU HAD A BOYFRIEND, HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM , SHE PUT HIM IN THE CESSPOOL TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM. HE FLOATED TO THE BOTTOM AND FLOATED TO THE TOP LULU GOT EXCITED AND PULLED HIM BY HIS……COCKTAIL ,GINGERALE , FIVE CENTS A GLASS IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT I’LL SHOVE IT UP YOUR…..ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS,TELL ME NO MORE LIES..WHOS GONNA MARRY LULU THE NITE BEFORE SHE DIES! …FLATLANDS PARK ,BROOKLYN CIRCA 1970. GUYS I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH W/YOU FOR OVER 3 WEEKS….YOUR SERVER IS DOWN,OR THATS WHAT THEY TELL ME….I HAVE MANY PHOTOS AND 8MM CONVERSIONS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE…DROP ME A LINE THANK YOU JOE KELLY

Posted in Brooklyn, Girl games | Tagged the Lulu song

In response to a request…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 23, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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In response to a request for the ‘weirdest’ skelly cap, I’d like to add that in Brooklyn, NY during the early ’70s we used the rounded metal feet from the bottom of Catholic school desks. Once we found how well they slid across the street pavement, many of the desks at school (St. Simon and Jude) were imbalanced. It quickly got out of hand and became an unfair advantage for those who were using the standard bottle cap with melted crayons (as the feet were much heavier). I’ll also note that most boards were made in the street with chalk (don’t remember any standard dimensions), but one year we carved a more permanent one into the tar with pocket knives. Thanks for the memories. Makes me think back on other street games like Johnny on the Pony, Ring-o-Leavy-o, Coco-Leavy-o, Slap ball, Box ball, the other game played on a box ball setup (2 adjacent sidewalk boxes) where you had to flip and/or move the popsickle stick or coin -sorry I can’t remember the name…

Posted in Boxball, Brooklyn, Johnny on the Pony, Other Spaldeen games, Skully | Tagged crayons

I grew up in the Red Hook…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 22, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019
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I grew up in the Red Hook Projects. My friends and I used to hang out in Coffee Park. I went to P.S.27 and graduated from there in 1953. Anyone out there who graduated from 27 in that year?

Posted in Brooklyn, Locales | Tagged "The Projects", I grew up...

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