The Bronx New York City NYC Grand Concourse Photo Gallery by Pat Morgan at pbase.com

The Bronx New York City NYC Grand Concourse

The Bronx in 2007. Come take a walk with me through Walton Avenue, Featherbed Lane,
Mount Eden, the Grand Concourse Boulevard, Jerome Avenue, 174th Street. Enjoy the
walk with me and sit back and enjoy the memories.

Please eave your name in the comments and let me know what brought you here and
what the Bronx means to you. So many come here to remember. I miss my home as I
know so many others do too.

This was my residence for the first ten years of my life, yet it has been my home
for all of my life, the place where I hung my hat, the place I miss the most.
Bronxites can tell you what the neighborhood was life back in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s,
just as the exodus began.

I miss my home, the place where I trick or treated, lit Chanukah candles with grandpa,
went to synagogue during the High Holidays and played in the same schoolyard my mother,
my brother, and my uncle played in as children. The Bronx holds memories no other place
can compare to, a place I discovered the movies, parades and the park. This is my home.
Share the day with me.

Pat Morgan

Please leave me a message letting me know where you found this page and if you are from
the Bronx especially the old neighborhood. This page has a large number of hits and I am
interested in hearing your Bronx stories.

Thanks

and read this:
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The Grand Concourse looking North towards the Lewis Morris	The brick from my building on Walton. I have a brick on my bookcase from when the building was renovated in late 80s.
My fire escape on Walton. Home... The window on the rightside of the fire escape or should I say Bronx Terrace was ours.	Nothing changes does it.
Love the facade.	The building on 174 st by the tunnel
this escaped the Cross Bronx Expy	Inside. Look at the original tiling.
IMG_4259	The back of grandma's building on Walton. Her fire escape where I used to talk to Robby who lived in Siann Hall.
Robby's fire escape	siann
More Siann	More Siann
More Siann	My home
The Lewis Morris	I have not been to this block in 40 years and I love the art deco of this building on Featherbed lane.
Another view.	Next to the building up the steps to Davidson Ave.
What is this out out of place house right next to the steps on Featherbed Lane	The Steps and Art Deco
Yeah another view.	Up Featherbed Lane
The Rook	Yes I am madly in love with Art Deco
Anyone know this place yet? is this their land?	From the top of the steps. Love the view.
The house.	On Davidson
On Davidson and 175th the view looking at the Lewis Morris	The famous steps. Grandma could never walk up those steps. I always wanted to play on them but I was too young to cross 174.
on Jerome and 175th	a close up. i think this is funny for a high crime area
yeah the steps	On Clifford Place looking towards 174th Street. I can remember those vague images of the building the XBronx. Moses be damned
Home.	Home
The famous tunnel. I called it Nancys tunnel because there was graffiti a heart with Nancy and some guy.	I walked this tunnel to school
Selwyn Ave	Selwyn
Lebanon Hospital	the old library eastburn
closeup	Selwyn and the Capri
I remember this piece so.	Morris Ave
Look at the deco	My shul used to be here. We can never go home again. It just doesn't work.
The old Swedish 7th Day Adventist Church.	Closeup of art deco building. Look at the wrought iron. It is the Empire State Building design.
The Church.	The new out of place monstrosity.
Gorgeous Art Deco	PS 70. It had a pool.
Art Deco	Art Deco
Loved the shadows	The Church again.
Now this I found fascinating, same type of brick that was used for my building.	The Church
Morris Ave	The Concourse at the Lewis Morris
174th St	Look at the view. I would have loved this view if I lived in the Lewis Morris
Sigh	i can keep on sighing because Robert Moses hurt my neighborhood. Imagine the buildings that stood here.
sigh	The Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris	fire back in april, 41 injured
Ten firefighters were injured. Five were taken to New York Hospital, five to Jacobi.	The building has 308 recorded building code violations, including fire exits blocked by cabinets, creating an "extremely hazardo
City records show that the 270-unit building was bought in February for $28.3 million	That current SRO space is being converted to "penthouse suites." Even its 6.5 room sprawling apartments
still rent for an average of 1300 a month	A walk along the concourse
The Derbies. http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref_info/skyline_profile.htm	go to this pen site to see how the derbies looked on the eversharp skyline http://www.rickconner.net/penoply/we.04.html
wade	wade
the derby	architectural masterpieces
on the concourse going uptown	remember the parades
and how lovely the concourse looked when it snowed	this is our home
look at the art deco	i would love to see this triangle room
this building looks to be from the 20s	art deco
all along the concourse	i love as you can see in other galleries this intricate styling
this building intrigued me so i walked over there were about 40 people on the streets seniors and moms with kids playing	then the drug dealer tried to grab my camera and i held onto it and said dont even try it
he looked at me and asked if i were a cop and i stared at him	beautiful building i said to him you never know who is buying it do you and can make improvements on the block heat in winter
further down mt hope place	the flatiron on da concourse
the flatiron on da concourse	i love this photo
flatiron	flatiron
flatiron	look at the work
flatiron	look at this sign on this building on the the concourse the sign is original from the 40s
the building	formerly a shul
a church	on the concourse
loved playing with the light and shadows	more
concourse	what became of our shuls
look at this work	more beauty
this place is like where does this belong off the concourse	an ashram
look at the urns on the concourse	look at the urns on the concourse
i loved how the light hit them	this lost art
art deco	beaux arts
the entry on the concourse	another original sign
from the 40s	art deco
the derbies	a close up
see the fire escapes	i saw this off the concourse the kids stopped playing basket ball so i could take this photo
concourse	what used to be a shul
more 1920s	a former shul
1920s	1920s
Paradise found	http://www.thirteen.org/bronx/sites15.html
http://www.backinthebronx.com/paradise.html	www.theparadisetheater.com/en/defaulten.htm
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3688	http://www.welcometosilentmovies.com/news/newsarchive/loews.htm
it is back	revived
and i looked up and saw the old dollar savings banks, my bank when i was a kid	paradise restored
the last time i was here was for brothers graduation in june 1967	i want to go in but could not
art deco near fordham road	as the sun was setting
i looked up and saw this and was overwhelmed the sky was yellow	sun bright as anything
the golden bronx	and time to head to the train to see my partner
the bank	a closeup
farkas started alexanders, remember alexanders on fordham road	time to say goodbye
looking up and sighing	and walking away
to the number 4 train to take me downtown

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Guest		20-May-2013 18:30
Thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures and memories. I am a Bronx gal also, now in Richmond ,Va. I am also from Walton ave between 179th & Tremont so know the area well. Quite a few things have changed though,,,,

Guest		20-May-2013 15:38
Happy Memorial Day! Does the Grand Concourse still host the wonderful parade???

debbie		19-May-2013 07:31
one last comment... anyone remember the milk bar on fordham road??? close to alexanders??? athey sold the best egg creams..suzannes dress shop on davidson and fordham...the capri theatre.. and the little theatre on fordham and the concourse for aspiring actors and actresses???poe park in the summer and ice skating on broadway in the winter..... i could go on and on... maybe ill start a web page since I atill live in the bronx...

debbie		19-May-2013 07:12
btw.... i moved to the bronx about 1972 and grew up on aqueduct ave west and 190th st. from there moved fordham and davidson...1975 to 1981..i used to hang out every day playing handball...and learning how to play chess... from 1981 to 19999 we lived on claflin and 197th st. after that we moved to florida... but guess what?? I am back in the bronx now living on 165th and the concourse... the executive towers... see?? sometimes you can come back after all....

DEBBIE		19-May-2013 07:05
ANYONE REMEMBER HANGING OUT ON THE AQUIE HANDBALL COURTS?? MID SEVENTIES?? IM LOOKING FOR TONY CORREA.. MGR AT THE MCDONALDS ON FORDHAM AND DAVIDSON...i AM DEBBIE SOLOMON IF ANYONE REMEMBERS ME...

Guest		18-May-2013 16:20
hi I'm Julie wow I'm still in the Bronx and love it.

Guest		16-May-2013 18:51
GREAT heartfelt commentary. Read "Boulevard of Dreams" and you have the exact sentiments. I formally apologize for some of my people corrupting those iconic structures like Lewis Morris (Theodore Gardnes for one). My advice? Take it back and fix it up, like folks are in Harlem ;>)

ARENE		15-May-2013 15:50
thanks for the memories. lived in the Bronx until I married. went to PS 64, Wade & Taft High School. I will always think about The Bronx. You can take me out of The Bronx, but you can't take the Bronx out of me.

Myrna		15-May-2013 11:32
I was born in the Royal Hospital on the Grand Concourse. My doctor was Dr. Mishkin. I moved to Belle Harbor (Rockaways) at the age of 2. I cannot believe the changes made since going to Yankee Stadium in the 60's and visiting family in the Bronx.

Guest		15-May-2013 02:31
naomi, this sight brought tears to my eyes. i was born in the old dr.leff's hospital on the "grand concourse" and was raised and went to ps 114, ps90, jhs 22 and graduated from wm.h.taft high school. i lived at 1192 walton avenue, (167th street) until i was married at the park terrace, 161st and jerome ave, across from yankee stadium. after we got married lived on kingsbridge and univ ave. my 3 children were born in lebanon hosp. yes we had the number 4 train on jerome avenue and the d train on the concourse. what memories. there was no other place that was like Da bronx. we had the best generation. the kids today will never have such wonderful memories.

Guest		08-May-2013 18:55
Aracelis Saw the pics of the buildings on Grand Concourse and Wade. Seems like such a long time ago. I was born in the old Lincoln Hospital in 1966. Live in 1455 Townsend and 1405 Walton, went to PS 64, Wade and Taft. I remember we were the only Puerto Rican family in Townsend for a while. All our neighbors were elderly jewish women who spoiled me and my younger sister since we were the only kids in the building at the time.....what great memories!! Then, slowly but surely it all changed. A lot of arson, crime and violence hit the area in the late 70's. Finally left in '92 before my youngest was born. The pics were a bittersweet stroll down memory lane. I will always love the Bronx!! Funny enough, my oldest has returned to live in the Bronx even though he was born there but we moved when he was 3 so he has no memories of his time there. I used to work in Alexanders on Fordham Road then the one in Paramus where they would have a bus drive us straight to NJ. Loved shopping in Fordham Rd, Alexanders, Army & Navy store, going to the movies in Lowes, RKO, Valentine. Thank you for the memories.

Guest		07-May-2013 19:23
I lived at 2155 Grand Concourse/181st St thru 1969. Attended PS 26, JHS 79 and DeWitt Clinton (class of 1965). Great memories; thanks for the photos, Marc G.

Guest		05-May-2013 15:01
Happy Mother's Day! [5/12/13]

Thomas Merjanian		24-Apr-2013 02:35
I found your site because I put "Olinsky's Supermarket" into the search engine. It ws on University Avenue across from Featherbed Lane. How many times I passed that market on the bus that I took from The "Conc" at Tremont Avenue to Washington Heights to go to church. We lived at 2206 Valentine Avenue on the southeast corner of 182nd Street. I went to PS 115 and for junior high to JHS 79 Creston Junior High. The art deco is beautiful. What made the place special were the people. On Sundays we would walk on The Grand Concourse and see our neighbors, stare into the shop windows and, in our case, walk up to Sutter's Bakery just north of Fordham Road (across from ALEXANDER"S) and buy the best of quality baked goods. In the fall, my brother and I anxiously awaited the toy catalog from Shipman's. We would pour over the wonderful toys> they were on the "CONC" just north of Krum's. Remember Krum's Candy and Ice Cream? Alexander's? When I was an infant in 1943 my mother could go shopping at Alexander's and leave me in my carriage outside the store in good weather and inside in bad weather where a matron watched over us. Anyone of you ever take the Fordham Trolley to TIBBET'S Brook Park in Yonkers or to Pelham Parkway? I did. My friends would come to deocrate our Christmas TREE AND I would go to their homes to light Hannukah candles. I learned Yiddish from the grandparents. And then I would regale in seeing the young women outside St. Simon Stock Church on Ryer Avenue and 183rd Street, particularly on Easter when they were in their new finery including their hats. The sanctuary was always open for prayer. In those days my friend Larry and I would ride on the city subways to explore the city, unaccompanied, without fear of molestation. Fifteen cents for car fare each way and a bag lunch and we were off. My friend David and I would sit in our living room and read books. My friend Barry had a TV in 1947 so I would sit in his apartment and watch with hom on the five-inch screen of their Dumont TV. Lots of sweet memories. I am Thomas Merjanian. tmerj@optonline.net in Valley Cottage, NY. Thanks for this site.

Isabella		22-Apr-2013 04:17
Love the Bronx, came here to live when I was 17yrs old, lived at Caudwell Ave and 156th St., used to go to the old stores at 3rd Ave and then went to learn English to Morris High School and then went to a program called Manpower at Arthur Ave and E Tremont. I have lived all over the Bronx, lived at Montgomery Ave and 174th St, 163rd St. bet Brook Ave and Melrose, Briggs Ave and 196th St. University Ave. Carpenter Ave and 233rd St and now have been at Bruckner Blvd and Rosedale Ave, and me and my family have loved every place we have lived in The Bronx, for us is the best borough and may GOD bless it and every that lives in THE BRONX, Amen!!!!!!!!!

Adele Gonzalez		21-Apr-2013 18:45
Wow...I grew up on 183rd & Morris ave. We shopped at alexanders when I was a kid. As a teen we moved to Mount Hope Place. I loved that apt.! Seems like a life time ago. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It makes me so sad to see what has become of the area though.

Cedric Lucas		19-Apr-2013 01:02
Any one live 145 W 169st Ogden Ave 1962-1970 building not there any more?

Ann		15-Apr-2013 06:39
Grew up on Cyrus Place from 1952-1962. It was a small street between Park Ave. & Third Ave. (remember the elevated train?), near Fordham Road. I went to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic School. The church was on 187th St. and Arthur Ave. Your photos brought back many memories of my brother and I walking up Fordham Road to the RKO, Valentine and Paradise theaters. My mother and I always stopped at the 5 & 10 cent store on our way to Alexanders. We always shared a bag of the roasted cashews.....I can still smell them! Thanks for the memories :)

jay		12-Apr-2013 04:22
Does anyone knows Christopher Harper who lived in Parkchester 10462 in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also a very thoughtful security guard at the Oval along with others I knew like Al. I always wondered what became of him after resigning from his security position and moving to somewhere down south. Anyone having information about this guy leave a message at this site.

Frances Salazar		03-Apr-2013 17:08
Thanks for the photos!! We lived on 180th and Grand Concourse among many places. I remember going to the movies at the Loew's Paradise and shopping at Alexanders's. Good times!

Frances Salazar		03-Apr-2013 17:07
Thanks for the wonderful photos. I lived in the Bronx from the late 60's until my family bought a house in Queens in 1980. We lived on Walton Avenue in front of Morrisania Hospital. ( My mom always lived near hospitals, easy e.r. vists). Then we moved to 1255 Grand Concourse in an apartment with a sunken living room on the sixth floor. It was such a beautiful place. I went to the movies at the Loew's Paradise, and shopped at Alexander's department store. So many memories.

Ray Malus		03-Apr-2013 12:42
Sorry, one more comment. Seventy years old, so excuse me. 1689 is where CLIFFORD Place intersects. Just N. of Featherbed Lane. Incidentally, legend has it that Featherbed Lane got it's name because the colonial housewives spread their featherbeds on the street to muffle the footsteps of the soldiers during the revolution. Also, thanks for the shots of P.S. 70. They have Air Conditioning, now? As for the 174th St, tunnel (next to the Lewis Morris), I remember it had "PEACE! NO "A" BOMB." painted inside, on the north wall.

Ray Malus		03-Apr-2013 12:25
P.S. What's a 'Number 4' train? Ooooh. You mean the 'Woodlawn & Jerome." It ran outside my window (literally). I had the world's BEST set of electric trains!!

Ray Malus		03-Apr-2013 12:20
What a treat! A friend sent me the link. We lived at 1689 Jerome from 1943 until 1959. (That's where Mt. Hope intersects.) LOTS of my memories in your pics. Thank you.

susan lally		27-Mar-2013 13:50
I loved what you shared. The Bronx is beautiful and I am always trying to get folks to stand still and take in the beauty.

susan lally		27-Mar-2013 13:49
I was looking for articles about the Bronx for a colleague and came across your wonderful pictures. I loved what you shared. The Bronx is beautiful and I am always trying to get people to take a moment to stand still and actually see the beauty and style. My favorite building is Park Plaza over on Jerome behind Yankee Stadium. I'm a bit of a terra cotta nut myself.

Barbara		26-Mar-2013 20:44
Barbara Nusgarten Hi fellow Bronxites. I was born in Manhattan and grew up in The Bronx. We lived at 1360 Grant Avenue and I went to P.S. 88, P.S.90, J.H.S. 22.and W.H. Taft H.S. I was graduated from Hunter College in 1965 and afer I got married, we lived on Knox Place. The photos were recommended to me by my sister who has the same school history as I do, but is one year older. I so enjoyed the photos and memories they brought back to mind. Thank you so much.

lavon		25-Mar-2013 17:34
thanks Pat for the pics I was a baby born in the Bronx 1970 I remember someone stole my tricycle beside me I cried I remember our apartment got broken into we stayed on the 1st floor my mom had to put a dresser behind the bedroom door my parents said I used to eat raw bacon out of the fridge I was a little curly head baby we move to Greenville nc I moss home I want to throw my b-day party back home in the Bronx to share the love with everybody I could never forget where I come from I love new York we stayed on 167 str.grand concourse I love yall

lavon reuben capperscenepurvis		25-Mar-2013 17:17
a Pat I love the pictures you showed of the Bronx man it brought back memories I was born there in 1970 curly head baby man I remember someone stole my tricycle right off the sidewalk and I wsas right their beside it I remember our apartment got broken into and my mom put a dresser behind the door we stayed on the 1st floor my mom and dad said when iwas little I used to go inside the fridge and eat raw bacon we move to Greenville nc know I miss home I want to go back to throw my b-day party in the Bronx not just for me but for everybody and spread my love and never forget where I came from that's how I feel I love the Bronx my home please continue the pictures they are beautiful

lavon reuben capperscenepurvis		25-Mar-2013 17:09
hey bro. that was some really cool flicks of the Bronx that's my home to I was born in the Bronx 1970 I remember someone stole my tricycle and remember our apartment got broken into on the 1st floor I remember the good times my mom and dad told me when I was a kid I would eat raw bacon out the refrigerator I stay in Greenville nc know but I want to go back home and throw myb-day party in the Bronx for everybody because I will never forget where I came from much love to you and all the bronxsters

BRENDA (GREENBAUM) BASS		21-Mar-2013 22:23
BRENDA (GREENBAUM) BASS - Born and raised in the east Bronx [Aldus Street] off of Southern Boulevard. Went to PS 75 then to JH 60 (aka) John Dwyer and graduated from Morris HS in 1958. Lived in the Bronx until I married then moved to Brooklyn. In 1969 moved to Florida and I still live in the sunshine state (Palm Beach County). I would like to hear from anyone from that time and place. My e-mail address is brendatbass@yahoo.com

guest		16-Mar-2013 16:16
In the 50's&60's in the nearby lincoln park section of yonkers we often went down to jerome ave.Epstein's & schwellers for deli jade garden for chinese, olinsky's super market,david markus theater,sam spector a kosher butcher among many.Will always remember the 1 second glimpse of the field going past yankee stadium on the I.R.T.A real treat was a ice-ream soda after the game at allie vallins.

guest		15-Mar-2013 20:08
I was born in 1941. We lived at 1791 Grand Concourse until 1948,when we moved to yonkers. There was a lunchonette in the next building with delicous malteds.I remember looking out the window and watching the schoolchildren crossing over the concourse to P.S 70. Also those great parades after the war.

Charles Alonge		08-Mar-2013 00:01
I attended Cardinal Hayes High School on 153rd St. and Grand Concourse. Graduated in 1970..I lived on Burke Avenue/Wallace Ave. Took either the No. 7 or No. 2 train every morning to 149th and Grand Concourse station! Graduated in 1970! Always admired the art deco work on the Concourse...some of the best examples of this lost treasure!

Andrea		04-Mar-2013 03:11
I was looking to see if I could locate an old friend from the Bronx, where I lived until 1955 when my family left during the mass exodus. I googled her name and PS 104 (our school). Your site was among those that came up. What a walk down memory lane! I lived on Shakespeare, shopped on Featherbed Lane and also on Boscobol, I think, and had relatives and friends all over the neighborhood. Queens, where we moved, was a far cry from the comfortable and interesting Bronx. Gone were the spacious rooms, the interesting apartments, the architecture, and the people. Somehow, garden apartment living and the community were never satisfying the way the Bronx was, nor did it or the people suit me the way they had in my home borough!

Bob Grand		02-Mar-2013 18:41
Hi Pat Morgan, Congrats upon reaching a million hits. That's so wonderful, and very well deserved. Best regards, Bob Grand

Peter Palazzolo		28-Feb-2013 02:19
Peter Palazzolo Many lost memories found in searching through these wonderful photo's. The shared comments are wonderful as well. I lived at 1184 Walton '59 to '63 and went to P.S.114. Played stickball on Tudor Pl as well as curb ball, scully, ringo-levio. Jack's candy store on Walton, Chick Fila, Barracini's confections, Kent movie theater on 167th. Family also lived on Holland and Pelham Pkwy, and further east to PPS and Williamsbridge Rd.

Bob Gelfand		26-Feb-2013 04:40
I lived on Cedar Avenue below the uptown campus of NYU during the 40's and 50's. I went to PS 91 and then to PS 79 Creston JHS before going on to DeWitt C. Mr parents shopped on Fordham Rd and on Kingsbridge Rd. All the great Jewish Delis especially Towers on Kingsbridge and Schwellers on Mosholu and great chinese restaurants. Mainly miss the egg creams and black and whites. Quite frankly, just miss the Bronx from the 50s. There was no place like it.

shawn		25-Feb-2013 00:00
Hi Pat, just wanted to say thanks for coming back to the bx to visit. I'm 35 and lived here all my life in almost exact neighborhood you have and too also walked by the "tunnel" to get to work still do to this day. All my life here, have loved looking up and seeing all the details in the buildings all over the bronx and still do. Now a days i walk alot around the bronx and I frequently wonder how life was back in the 30, 40 and 50's on the concourse and in the side streets. Just today i was walking on Shakespeare ave by the church and wondered the same. Thank you for these pix and know that some people still cherish where they live and grew up and what came before them.

Sandy		23-Feb-2013 23:32
Linda, Yes...I remember, as a young boy, eating those delicious hot jelly apples in the winters on Creston Ave and about 181st Street. An apple on a stick was inserted into a container of hot jelly and then a second stick inserted on the opposite end for holding while eating. I don't remember the vendor returning once the war started in about 1941. I have often wondered about him.

Stephanie		16-Feb-2013 16:53
Great site! I grew up at 1791 Concourse, at 175th St.--another beautiful orange/tan art deco building. (Of course then we didn't know the term "art deco" or that it was the style we were living in.) Last summer, on my 65th birthday, I traveled back to the Bronx to walk around my old neighborhood, and even got inside my old building, let in by a current resident. For decades, I've had dreams a few times each year that I was living in my old apartment again. A few years ago they changed to me telling someone that I have been dreaming this for years, but now it was really happening! If he happens upon this site again, hello to Lou Pike. If memory is correct, we were on a date together on my 16th birthday, a mere 49 years ago!

Peggy		14-Feb-2013 17:51
LOVED your photos....Lived at 1566 McCombs Rd in the 60's. What a wonderful place to grow up. We lived next to a playground and a short hop to a big bowling alley. Then of course there was Featherbed Lane. My favorite place there was Toms. A great soda shop/candy store. Gosh, I miss it. Thanks for the memories!!!!!

Pat Morgan		14-Feb-2013 04:12
Thanks to everyone who has visited these pages. As of Feb 12, 2013, I have hit over 1million page views of my photographs. Pat Morgan

Karen McGuire		12-Feb-2013 15:09
Thank you for this site. I lived at 1765 Walton Avenue from 1959 to 1969. I have so many happy memories. I went to P.S. 70 and played in the band with Mrs. Slobody. I made my communion and confirmation at St. Margaret and Mary. I remember the lunchenette, plaid stamps, the movie theatre on Jerome and the A and P. I am now an urban planner. I loved these pictures. The Bronx was beautiful!

Guest		10-Feb-2013 12:10
Topic - Jewish Deli's Why are we losing all the Jewish Deli's??? Most people enjoy a delicious corned beef sandwich,or a hot dog with mustard and saurkraut,or even a knish. We can't forget all the other wonderful choices on the menu. Who has the answer to this question???

Marc		05-Feb-2013 05:11
The Pool Hall was Hess' Pool Parlor and was located on the south side of 167th Street, between Gerard and Walton. Spent much of my youth there, starting in about 1957 or so when I was 13(lived on Cromwell Ave between 167th and McClellan). From 167th street, there was only a narrow entrance to the (subterranean) pool hall but down the stairs lurked a delinquent's delight. There must have been 20-30 assorted pool and billiard tables, and frequently there was a wait to use one. I believe the price was 15 cents an hour. There were also 2 bowling lanes and one of the help, a gentleman everyone knew as Stagger Lee, served as the pinboy (no machines at Hess'!!). The "front desk" was manned by "John", a man of indeterminate age but wonderful at maintaining control through stories of what happened to those who "acted up" . The place also had a back room where only the real important dudes were allowed to go. I never got in there, but I imagine the incarceration rate of those with free access to that room was quite robust. All in all, not a bad place for a 13 year old to gain some real world experience wile missing school or just hanging out.

Bob		04-Feb-2013 21:06
My dad grew up here in the 50's. I could feel that longing in your tour. Tnank you for sharing. i am looking for the name of the pool hall on 167th street that would have been there in 1956 around there.....where my dad learned to play pool and won a few dollars too. So if anyoen has the name of that pool hall I want to locate a pic of it in some archives and give it to my 79 year old dad for his birthday. Thanks.

jonathan		31-Jan-2013 18:26
these photos are cool. it makes me remember how the bronx is from back in the days when i use to live there. i wish i can live there again. new york is way better than florida by alot.

Billy Gralitzer		27-Jan-2013 07:25
thank you so much for the wonderful pictures and memories. I was born in 1960 and lived at 215 E. Gun Hill Rd for 11 years before moving to Los Angeles. Someone named Alex responded with a comment:he mentioned living at 215 E. Gun Hill Rd. would love to chat and see if we knew each other.

Walter K.		25-Jan-2013 16:15
To Ruth Suero: To see what Southern Boulevard looked like 50-60 years ago, go to www.backinthebronx.com Create a FREE account with your email address and a password. You will then have access to the web site. Click on "Bronx Pictures" in the column on the left. Type in your address and it will show your building or the closest one to it. They have over 7,000 old photos of buildings in the Bronx.

Dori		25-Jan-2013 15:36
Ruth, go to a site called vpike and type in the address in street view. This will give you a tour of what the neighborhood looks like now.

Ruth Suero		25-Jan-2013 00:56
Hi, my name is Ruth suero, and i post a comment on Feb. 25th 2012 and till the moment have not heard from who ever responds to these comments, and would very much like a respond, please, i requested a picture of 1090 Southern Blvd. in the Bronx, NY, a building that has been demolished, and if you are not able for a picture of it then maybe a picture of the whole block where the buildings were placed which is covering from 1072 Southern Blvd. until 1106 Southern blvd. If its possible a pictures from back on the 50's...Thanks for your time and concern in this matter, and hope to hear from you soon...

emily		24-Jan-2013 20:12
I can remember walking grand Concourse and enjoying the breeze.. I always wanted to live there. But I moved out of the Bronx in 1970 when I got Married..but my only choice was the concourse..All my friends apt.were so big and beautiful and the Lobby to the building were breathtaking Thank you for all the great pictures of the beauty

Walter K.		22-Jan-2013 23:08
To Seth: I lived on East Tremont Avenue just off The Concourse. This area has many art deco buildings including some on the intersecting side streets. I went back for a visit almost 10 years ago and noticed a few that had seen better days. You may want to check out the buildings between 175th to 181st streets.

Guest		22-Jan-2013 21:22
To Seth: Are you Seth Rudolph who lived at the Roosevelt Apartments???

Seth		22-Jan-2013 03:08
Thanks for the quick response, Walter The lobby of the Fish building is stunning. I had originally thought this would be the perfect location, but realized that it looks too pristine for my film. The story of the film takes place in a building that has seen better days. So I'm really in need of something that's more past it's prime. If you can think of anything more like that, I would really appreciate it. In the meantime, thanks so much for your help.. Seth

Walter K.		20-Jan-2013 21:24
To Seth The so-called "Fish Building" at 1150 Grand Concourse is probably the most recognized art deco styled building in The Bronx. It's between East 166th and 167th streets and I walked by there many times on my way to Yankee Stadium. You can see what the building looks like now by going to Google, select 'maps'and then type in the address. Choose 'street view' and you'll be able to navigate around the area using your mouse. Good luck on your upcoming project.

Seth		20-Jan-2013 17:07
I stumbled on this great site while looking for a location for a film I hope to shoot in the spring. I'm an aspiring filmmaker looking for a location on the Grand Concourse, particularly a lobby of an art deco apartment building. The ideal location would have the vestiges of the art deco era grandeur, but clearly has seen better days. A set of elevator doors in the lobby is a requirement. High ceiling and a revolving door are on the wish list. If anyone has any candidates, I would really appreciate the help. Thanks.

Alfred C. Walch Jr		18-Jan-2013 06:11
Anyone remember a man named alfred walch, who lived on walton ave or eric or edwin stjohn fron 1020 grand concourse? I'm trying to locate any living relatives. i would be grateful for any clue.

Cathy		14-Jan-2013 19:28
So glad I found your site, It really was like taking a stroll down memory lane ...I was born in Harlam in Dec. 1951 but my family moved UP to da bronx in 1954 so I'm really a "Bronxite" because I Still Live In Da Bronx lol...We Lived on Jesup (thats how it was spelled in the 50's, now it's JesSup) Then when I was 19 I moved "up" to Fordham area ,Then @ 28 I moved to City Island,then Pelhambay section (stayed in Pelhambay section for 32 years) And now we are back on Beautiful City Island...Many people say how bad the bronx is and Many of our neighborhoods are terrible compared to What They Once Were,But I LOVE Da Bronx,Always Have and Always Will :) I Wish People Could See How Much Of Our "Beautiful Bronx" Is Still Wonderful!!! Thank You For Sharing Great Pics And Great Memories.

Guest		13-Jan-2013 02:04
what happened to ps 104?

Chris		08-Jan-2013 23:29
Lived at 2430 Morris from 1950 till 1967.PS 33, EBB and Our Saviour Lutheran HS. Went to St. James Church on Jerome. Schrafts, Davegas, Woolworths, Peter Reeves Market, Merritt Farms, Krums, Alexanders, Jahns, Lowes, Grants, RKO, Sutters, Webers, The Lido, Suzzzanes dress store, Truform shoes, Poe park, St. James park, Devoe Park, Fordham Hill Apts.I can go on and on and on. I miss it ! Fantastic memories !!!!!!!!!

Howard Vogel		08-Jan-2013 04:58
Brings back memories. I lived at 1800 Davidson Avenue from 1954-1964 and attended PS 26. I remember the Park Plaza and Tremont theaters, the stores along University Avenue and the imposing steps from Jerome Avenue up to Davidson. What a shame that things have deteriorated so badly.

Robert		06-Jan-2013 13:29
My Grandfather, "Radio Ray" Weber lived in the Bronx from about the late 20's until the early 40's.....he lived at 2922 Meyers ST which is off of E Tremont Ave across from the cemetary. I have some pics this is where my father Robert Alan Weber was born. Raymond Weber was working in a radio shop for RCA at this time, does this sound familiar to anyone? thanks robert raul700@yahoo.com Pasadena, MD

Frank		05-Jan-2013 01:25
I used to live on Mosholu Parkway and Jerome Ave in the 50's. I hung out on Fordham Road and remember the two recruiting offices right across from Alexander's at Grand Concourse and Fordham Road. I still tell people about the Loews's Paradise Movie Theater with the starry ceiling and the suits of armor. The Bronx had good memories.

Lou Pike		04-Jan-2013 18:51
I remember Blooms bakery. I lived on Walton Avenue between 179th and Burnside. My family preferred the Garden Bakery on the SE corner of Burnside and Morris Avenues. My favourite memories include their crumb buns,strawberry short cake and seven layer cake. Can anyone suggest where I can find a picture of Krumbs (across from the Paradise).

Lou Pike		04-Jan-2013 18:50
I remember Blooms bakery. I lived on Walton Avenue between 179th and Burnside. My family preferred the Garden Bakery on the SE corner of Burnside and Morris Avenues. My favourite memories include their crumb buns,strawberry short cake and seven layer cake. Can anyone suggest where I can find a picture of Krumbs (across from the Paradise).

Guest		31-Dec-2012 13:47
Have a very Happy and Healthy New Year!!!

Howard		25-Dec-2012 17:36
I grew up at 811 and then 975 Walton Ave on the 5th Floor between 1962 - 68. Sad that the place at 975 burned. I've gone back there a number of times during the past few years to go to Yankee games and last time, I took my wife for a trip down memory lane by going into the building and showing her around. Thanks for posting this site, which I came across when looking up info on what happened to the building after the fire last summer.

Akiva		23-Dec-2012 15:31
Hi Great Photos Any one out there have any live rare cantorial recordings of the great cantors of the Bronx? Please contact eelelectric1@gmail.com

picwis		23-Dec-2012 03:47
I lived on Rockwood Street 172nd st and the concourse. from 1960 til 1971. It was a wonderful neigborhood a mix of our large Irish Catholic family in a sea of Jewish folks. We loved all of our neighbors. I had great memories of lively times and summer days sitting out in lines of beach chairs down our block.

Terence Keating		20-Dec-2012 16:26
I only lived in the Bronx for the first 3 years of my life but returned for many years to visit my aunt who lived in the same building(2386 Walton Ave) We lost Mom last week and looking through a lot of old pictures and telling stories with my family, I thought of Webers Bakery and my web search brought me here. Thank you and Merry Christmas

David Plotnick		18-Dec-2012 17:49
Hi, My name is David Plotnick, I grew up at 1881 Morris right next to Wade JHS. Yes I remember Mr. Arena, He was my home room teacher in the 8th grade., I had Ms. Polachek, ms. Goldstein, Mr. Cohen and the guy the girls all loved, the gym teacher Mr. J. Levine. Played stickball in Wade Yard for years and went to Eddies nut house candy store, cappy's and Sauls Delicatessen on Tremont ave. Lived there until 1974 went to PS 28, Wade and Dewitt Clinton. Live on Long island for past 40 years and always look for old friends from Wade and the old neighborhood.

Guest		18-Dec-2012 08:11
Merry Christmas!

Allen Brown		17-Dec-2012 14:46
If you are reading this Crystal I remember Mr. Arena from Wade. I was in Miss Landi's orchestra, in the late 50's, and she and Mr. Arena would go head to head all the time about who was a qualified musician and who wasn't. Allen B.

Guest		14-Dec-2012 03:40
There is a website "Bronx Board" with graduation pictures from Macombs Jr. H.S PS 82 dating back to 1944, photos of the Old Bronx and message boards to post and receive. It is a great site and has been around for quite a long time. I lived at 80 Brandt Place,right off University Avenue and 176th Street and spent a great deal of time after school and in the evening with friends at "The Benches." Also was a member of a club we formed called "The Stars", all girls with burgundy colored jackets. Had teachers like Miss Sheridan, Mrs. Saracheck and a teacher of Spanish who played guitar at Macombs. Mr. Hickey and Miss Riley ran a very tight ship. We belly whopped down Nelson Avenue in winter and turned onthe hydrants in summer. Slept on the fire escape or tar beach for a breeze, and without fear. Grew up straight, strong, and caring for others with a solid, no nonsense foundation by our parents, by example. We became street kids with insight and built-in intelligence,quite different from the street kids of today. We had role models and heroes who were discreet and considerate of the fragility of kids, so kept their own foibles hidden and gave us only the best of the best. This is the foundation which shaped my character, as well as my brother and cousins...all Bronx kids...and proud of it. Living in Manhattan, a far cry from a 5 story walk-up, I have never forgotten my roots.

Guest		10-Dec-2012 09:19
Happy Chanukah!

Ralph Shaw		01-Dec-2012 21:45
I too, delivered groceries for Cooperman Resnick.

Guest		30-Nov-2012 21:49
I like the photos. I was brought up in the South Bronx on St. Ann's Avenue opposite St Mary.s Park. between 148th and 149th Street. It was later called Fort Apache. I have many fond memories sliding down the big rock in the park and the countless times I was brought to the playground by my Mom. We had the recreation center to swim in and watched gymnastic meets in the gymnasium.We played knock hockey in the game room and I also enjoyed the carpentry shop. I didn" t like the cooking class because the teacher was very disrespectful. I had a friend who lived on the Grand Concourse. Her father was a dentist. My Mother would refer to the Grand Concourse as very expensive to rent. Good memories, but, do I miss them ? No! I appreciated them and moved on to create more fond memories.Thanks again for sharing the pictures. Joan

Guest		30-Nov-2012 18:27
Dear Bronxites, Enjoy the holiday season!

Guest		27-Nov-2012 19:46
I HEAR THAT PEOPLE UTILIZED TWO REFERENCE POINTS IN THE BRONX DURING THE 40S,50S,60S,... THE DIME BANK CLOCK TOWER NEAR FORDHAM ROAD,AND THE SPIRES OF MORRIS H.S.(WHERE MY DAD WENT)FOR DETERMINING DIRECTION.

Ralph Fontan		25-Nov-2012 01:35
God bless all my homeis from the Bronx. I love your pictures. Try sending a picture of my firet elementary school PS 20 on Fox and Simpson St back in the 50`s.

Guest		23-Nov-2012 14:01
Anthony, Did you belong to the Bronx House on Bathgate Ave.?

Anthony		23-Nov-2012 13:42
I lived at 541 E 182 St between Bathgate, and Third Aveunes

Guest		22-Nov-2012 21:30
I remember Bloom's Bakery very well. My favorite bakery on Burnside Ave. was the Garden Bakery. I have yet to find a bakery to top it.

Guest		21-Nov-2012 06:29
Does anyone have any memories of Blooms Bakery on Burnside?

Steve		18-Nov-2012 02:11
Beautiful pictures, better memories. Grandparents were on Sheridan Avenue, right near Joyce Kilmer Park, minutes from the stadium. Did anything taste better than Bronx water?

Guest		16-Nov-2012 22:16
Happy Thanksgiving!

Gloria		12-Nov-2012 15:03
I was born (1939) and raised in the Bronx... these pictures brought back so many memories... Good memories. I moved to Yonkers in the 80's and in 1990 I moved to Georgia... I've been back to the bronx a few times and it's truly sad to see what it has become... Although, my life here is so beautiful I will never forget THE BRONX.... Thank you so much for the memories....

Roger Kelly		11-Nov-2012 17:51
I was born in the bronx 1943. moved to florida in 1966. I am looking for old friends. I used to hand out on aqueduct avenue by NYU campus.

Guest		11-Nov-2012 12:52
Pat, Thank you for starting a long road of wonderful comments and fond memories. Happy Veterans Day to all!

Guest		07-Nov-2012 13:54
Looking for Buddy Greenberg who was on the Theodore Roosevelt H.S. the Bronx, basketball team. [late 50's - early 60's]

Lou Acosta		05-Nov-2012 09:34
WOW After reading all of the messages I can only say that I spent 30 years going from one part of the Bronx to the other. I started on 158 st and St Ann's went to PS 29, JHS 38, Moved to Clay Ave & Teller Ave and went to PS 90, PS 53 JHS 22, & JHS 145 before I went to Clinton for a year. In the 70's I Lived on Creston 183rd the 182nd street and Grand Concourse, then Sedgewick and Kingsbridge then Ohio. I owned a club on 183 st. anothe on Gunhill & WHite Plains and another on 93rd and 2nd ave. Lost my wife had to get away, been in Ohio ever since.

Anthony Morgan		03-Nov-2012 14:28
My Grandfather was born in the Bronx and after 30 years of living in North Carolina; my wife and I have decided to move to the Bronx. My wife is very nervous about moving to the Bronx, she had told me I am from Saratoga Springs city people are going to hate me. Thank you for the photographs.

Jannis M. Fetter		29-Oct-2012 23:14
Wow, does this bring back memories, and I am still in the neighborhood. I found this site by typing in my building, 1749 Grand Concourse. Have lived there since 1975, and was here at the time of the great fire. My niece and her daughter was one of those who had to go to the hospital. I went to PS 70, Wade Jr. High (117), Taft High School (graduated in 1967) and Bronx Community College. I am a die-hard Bronx resident, and love this neighborhood. I have been through many changes (gentrification) in the neighborhood and still love the ambiance. It is home!!

Myles		28-Oct-2012 11:42
I was a 172nd St and Walton Avenue guy, having attended PS 64, Wade JHS 117, Taft HS (class of '67) and Hunter (Lehman) College. Big into stickball, basketball, and touch football. Vendored at Yankee Stadium weekends, summer break, night games. My mother, father, younger sister Meg, and I moved to Coop City in early '70, where my mom still lives. In '71 I married a Bronx girl (Taft '69) and after ourselves living in Coop City for 3-years, moved in '74 to and still reside in the Washington DC area, where our two sons, now grown were born and raised. We have a retirement house in the Hilton Head SC area to which we will be moving permanently in 2013. Two other Bronx literary venues that cater to Bronxites are the magazine "Back in the Bronx" and the website "Bronxboard." I still keep in contact with a number of childhood Bronx friends, and I recognized some of the posters on this site. I enjoyed the photos, reading the posts, and appreciate this site and the opportunity to share.

Ralph		17-Oct-2012 13:04
My street name was Butch, 946 Union Avenue Bronx NY 163 and Prospect Avenue. My time here was the late 50's and 60's. Best friend was Lawrence. If you know me please contact me at Ralph@oldheidelberg.com

Guest		10-Oct-2012 14:20
Thanks for sharing your pics and memories. I now live in the building you grew up in for 3 years now. I grew up on Soundview but I love this neighborhood now too :-)

Crystal		09-Oct-2012 20:35
Does anyone remember Mr. Arena (music teacher) and Ms.DelgeniZ(Economics teacHer) from ll7? The memories of his music teaching was great,. Ms. Delgenio's chocolate chip cookies who she taught me to bake were fabulous. Also Mr. Grimsby PS-70 who taught us to swin. Great memories

Terrie		01-Oct-2012 20:42
Loved this! You captured the building my grandma lived in on the Concourseduring the 60s. I LOVED it there!!! It really transported me. thank you

Anita Baron		01-Oct-2012 16:16
Early childhood on Brady Ave. in the Pelham Pkway. area; P.S. 105; Marjorie Ward's Dancing School (Penny and Garry Marshall's mother); then Walton and Morris Aves.; Wade and Taft; of course Alexander's, the Paradise, and Krum's (where all my birthday cakes came from; the Ascot theater for foreign films (my grandmother was taken there to see "The Good Earth" because Paul Muni, a Jewish actor, was in it. Poe Park with Poe's cottage; dances at the Concourse Plaza Hotel; then the move to Manhattan, where I live now. But I'm still a Bronx girl. Anita Baron

Sheri Leonard		30-Sep-2012 01:33
Looking for an old friend from Walton HS. Her name is Helene Diamond and she lived between Morris and Burnside Ave. I know she moved to California many years ago. Anybody have any info?

Joyce		29-Sep-2012 19:50
I loved your pictures.. this really took me back in time. I was approached by a writer who asked me some questions about the Bronx.I lived in the Lewis Morris. The book you may find of some interest is.... 'Boulevard of Dreams' by Constance Rosenblum.

Carol Bellis		27-Sep-2012 22:49
Carol Ann Bellis; lived on 169th and Sheridan Ave. l block off Grand Concourse. My first child Dawn was born on May 12, 1962, on Mother's Day at Lebanon Hospital. I used to love going to the Yankee Stadium (7 blocks away) and also Fordham Road, Paradise Theatre with the big yellow gold fish in the water inside Lobby. Also Alexander's to shop and also the skating rink. Those were the days! I now live in Tamarac, FL.

TILTON WEINSTEIN		24-Sep-2012 23:36
TILTON WEINSTEIN (9-24-12) PS104, PS82, TAFT H.S. BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE CCNY THE SITE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES. I LIVED AT 1491 SHAKESPEARE AVE UNTIL I WAS MARRIED IN 1962. I MARRIED ELLEN ROSEN IN 1962. WE MET AT THE 167th STREET CAFETERIA. WE WOULD LAUGH AS I NICKNAMED THE OWNER "THE HAY SIT DOWN THERE" ELLEN AND I LIVE IN ARIZONA.

Sheila (Kolmer) Greenbaum		24-Sep-2012 19:39
Lived on 176th St. just off Anthony Ave. Went to PS 28, Wade JHS, and Taft HS. Left the Bronx in 56 when I got married and moved to Calif. There was nothing like living in the Bronx at that time. It's sad that things have changed so much. I haven't been back since 1962. We were able to downtown on the subway and not worry about being mugged or worse.There is nothing like the holiday parades on the Grand Concourse. Who could forget the corner candy store and a great egg-cream. Many good memories of living in the Bronx.

Harriet (Greenbaum)Wolfson		24-Sep-2012 06:11
Harriet I lived at 2396 Valentine Ave. until 1957 when my family moved to California. I went to P.S.85, EBB and Roosevelt.H.S.. I miss The Bronx and have only been back one time since leaving I would love to hear from any of my friends from way back then. I listen to Neil Diamond's "I Am I Said" and it sure brings tears to my eyes. It was wonderful reminding me of all the wonderful places The Bronx offered.

Marie Manookian Oestreich		23-Sep-2012 23:49
I too have the very best of memories growing up in the Bronx. I was born in 1937 - went to PS 79 to the 6th grade, EBB 7-9, Walton HS grad. in 55 & Hunter Secretarial School. Would love to get in touch with Vivian Nelson who lived @ 2700 Heath Ave - Bx - went to Brooklyn College - got married & moved to NJ (I believe). Thanx so very much for the wonderful pictures - seems like another life & in a way it was. Still good friends w/Harriet Greenbaum (Wolfson) lives in Ca.

babs rachells		23-Sep-2012 14:06
I lived in the Bronx at the end of the Grand Concourse on Jerome Avenue and Mosholu Parkway for 20 years. I used to take the bus to Alexanders and of course, the Lowe's Paradise. The art deco buildings were something to see. You can't go home again. It just isn't the same anymore. But, fond memories I will always have. Made friends I still have today. Babs R

Marsha Strom (Morse)		23-Sep-2012 12:59
Is Marvin Neuman the same person that was known as "Butchie" I lived at 1800 Davidson Avenue until 1964. My husaband (Warren Morse) and I went back this Summer. The saying "You can't go home again" is true. Not the same. Sad.

Rosa Flynn		23-Sep-2012 01:22
I lived on 170th Street and the Grand Concourse. I have some memories of that area since we moved to Miami, Florida when I was 11 years old. I went to school at P.S. 64. I had a few months at Wade Junior High in 1970 and was very relieved to leave that experience behind. But, I do remember the Concourse and Fordham Road and watched my sister graduate from Walton High School at the Loew's Paradise Theater. I enjoyed the change of seasons on the Concourse. I recall on warm sunny days walking to Fordham Road with my family. I was very young but I did appreciate the loveliness of the buildings. I have not really visited much since I grew up in Miami, but I do feel very lucky and still proud to say I am from the Bronx and the Grand Concourse. thank you for the spectacular photos and memories.

Hellen		22-Sep-2012 17:09
Thanks for this labor of love. Pat, I am Harvy's wife. we met yesterday in Washington Square Park and I called Brian so that you could meet him. You really captured the heart of what makes the Bronx so special for those of us that remember her in her glory. The was nothing better than riding up the Concourse looking at the magnificent Art Deco buildings; I remember when some of them still had doormen. Alexander's, Gorman's Franks across from the Valentine Theatre. I forget the name of the place on the southeast side of the Concourse diaganolly across from Alexanders that sold the batter fried shrimp displayed in the window. So many wonderful memories of a magically place called the Bronx. There is no place like it. Thank you Pat

Kim		21-Sep-2012 20:24
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos. I did not think the buildings and their beauty were appreciated by anyone other than me. So glad to know there are others who look and admire the wonder of years past. I think these beauties only exist in the Bronx and Harlem now.

Guest		18-Sep-2012 16:17
Both my husband and I lived in the Bronx He lived on Clay and 174th St and I lived on Shakespeare off of Jerome. We both attended Taft H.S.( Shellly 1956 and I in 1958) Graduation was held at the Paradise. When I was first born my parents lived in the Lewis Morris. Thanks for bringing back such great memories. Sue Z

Alex		18-Sep-2012 03:29
I was born in Bronx Hospital on Jan 28, 1939 I lived at 541 Union ave. went to PS 25 left in 1949. use to swim in the east river, my brothers and myself would sneak into the Ace theater on Saturday, wait for the crowds to leave and walk in backwards, we could not afford the Nickle, my Mother use to send me to buy her cigarettes at the corner store union and southern blvd. 3 for a nickle.Kissed my first Girlfriend she was 4 I was six, Lois T-, Had a friend Eddie Sharkie, (Wonder where he is now) Had the street bully (Tommy)throw a rusty knife at me and stick in my back, called up to my Mom she told me to pull it out missed my spine by not much still carry that scar to this day. Some nights I dream that I have moved back into that building, living in that small apt. its all fixed up but it's so small, I wonder how us 4 boys ever lived in that small bedroom in bunk beds. Remember the Ice man carrying up Ice on his back he was so strong and big, coal being loaded into the building through the coal chute, the snow storm or 1947 when they use to move all the snow to the corner and we had a snow mountain, flying down dead mans hill in Saint Mary's Park on borrowed roller skates and running into a car and chipping my front teeth,(Father gave me a good licking for that ) took 50 years to get them repaired. also lived on Morris ave, Holland Ave. and last but not least 215 E Gun Hill Rd but that another story. Have friends to this day that Live on City Island, and when in NY meetup at Fiddlers Elbow on E. Tremont ave, had a girlfriend (Mary Ann)lived on Belmont ave. and we would listen to Dion and the Belmont's singing on the corner, So many memories so little time.Moved to Queens, and now retired to Delray Beach Fl. (They call S. Fl. the 5th borough. met someone Eddie and his wife today that reminded me of the Ace theater, can you imagine that small world.

sherrie		16-Sep-2012 22:22
Wow. Taking a little break here(entering grades into my gradebook--I'm a teacher now) and found this site. Relaxing, also nostalgic. Kind of hits me in the stomach! Me too, I have vivid memories of Krums/ Alexanders(Fordham Road in general!), Lowe's(sp?) Paradise theater, we loved looking up at the huge,starry ceiling.Maybe it wouldn't look so huge now. Grew up -Van Cortlandt Park South neighborhood, those friends are still the best. The most poignant thing I saw here, referring to family,thanks Michael____, was how in the 6th grade ".. they started moving away.." , Ouch, and really!

Guest		15-Sep-2012 20:41
Loved the pictures...I lived on Nelson Ave and 170 I understand the apartmeent building burnt down but my memories are good. P S 11. Walton High and even Taft...Miss friends, Alexanders shopping on Fordam Road and going to the movies Paridise and 170th. We took my granddaugher to a Broadway show and the Museaum of Natural History....Miss the Bronx

Lisa		13-Sep-2012 00:30
Hi, I was brought home from Lebanon Hospital in February, 1961 to 840 Grand Concourse where my brother was best friends with Linda and Susan and Diane. I loved and still love the Bronx. I have lived on Cape Cod up in Massachusetts for 20 years, but my mailbox is painted with pinstripes and the NY symbol. My kids are all Yankee fans. We go to Yankee Stadium a couple of times a year for games. My brother still has a ticket package. The Bronx is still very much a part of our lives. Very close friends of mine live in Woodlawn, Pelham Parkway, and Riverdale. I love the Grand Concourse; I rode the city bus to my high school up the concourse every day to Bedford Park Blvd. and the Academy of Mt. St. Ursula. My brother attended All Hallows High for 12 years. My mother was an Italian Catholic who joined Hadassah!!! I hope I spelled that right. We still visit the Belmont section, Arthur Ave. and 187th Street, for food. In fact, I take my high school students from Cape Cod down to the city for the day and we always stop in Belmont for food and shopping!!!! The Yankee Stadium area is gorgeous, Belmont is still terrific, Pelham Parkway is still pretty sweet, and Riverdale and Woodlawn are looking good,too. Riverdale is still great for Jewish Deli food. Those of you who have been away, come back for a visit!!! I'm a Bronx girl, graduate of Lehman College, and proud of it. Go Yankees!

Marvin Neuman		12-Sep-2012 02:28
i lived at 1711 davidson ave from birth 1957 to 1964. i have pictures that you would all enjoy of those steps, and the street in those years. what a special place that area was. Mt eden park, the stores and scent of success. many special hard working people made much of there lives from there. and what is great for me, is that all have such loving memories of the area.

Joseph Laiacona		01-Sep-2012 22:55
I have a small 1932 Senior Champs Basketball Medal which states on the front C.C.66 ~ Bronx . . . Anybody have any idea what team this was ? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

Marie		25-Aug-2012 13:18
I grew up in the Bronx. First 12 years I lived on Bainbridge Ave near 196th St. I went to Our Lady of Refuge Elementary. Then we moved to Riverdale in the north Bronx. But I remember shopping on Fordham Road, going to Alexanders, Loehman's, Plymouth, National Shoe store. I remember going to Jahn's for an ice cream sundae once in awhile. That last picture you posted of the bank with the clock on top - that used to be Dime Savings Bank I think. Mt brother had his first job there. It's nice to see the pictures; thanks for posting.

gonzalez		24-Aug-2012 20:12
I lived on 1530 jesup ave , went to p.s.104 parents mercedes and paul gonzalez, sister cookie martinez. Lokking for Harold Ratner , Ray Lopez, Jeannie Furgeson, Lynn Kelenson , Carlos Verdi, etc. Year somewhere aound late sixties early seventies. Thank you. g.dawn65@yahoo.com

Susan G		21-Aug-2012 23:00
Ahh, The Bronx. I actually wrote a book about my upbringing in Da Bronx. How many years it took me to pronounce my R's right out of the Bronx....I lived at 840 Grand Concourse with my lovely friend Linda whom I have the honor of having her in my life as well as some others. Every Yom Kippur I break Fast with my friend Richie who I also hung out with at Joyce Kilmer Park. I loved that park....I never went to shul but I did go to a Yeshiva so I guess that counts. My parents did go to converted Shul on the Holy Day at the Concourse Plaza when it was really a hotel. They converted it for the holidays to help the non religious Jews who didn't want to pay a yealy fee at Young Isreal....lol I also wrote a book and a big part is dedicated to my life in the Bronx that was once a very magical place....and it it so nice to visit down memory lane....

Linda		21-Aug-2012 21:14
Thank you for a wonderful walk down memory lane. I grew up on the Concourse across from the courthouse until I was 13. The friends from those days are still my friends. The adventures we share are unique to us, and we still get together. Looking at your pictures makes me almost smell the fresh rye and bagels from the bakery on 161st St.

Roberta		19-Aug-2012 04:49
Hi. Thanks for the memories. I lived in The Bronx for 61 years before moving to Israel 16 years ago. I loved living in NY and I miss it terribly. For a number of years we kept our apartment on Pelham Parkway, but gave it up about six years ago. For the first 5 years of my life I lived on Gerard Avenue near the Yankee Stadium. My brother used to sell "Who's Who in the Major Leagues" near the entrance of the Stadium. We used to frequent Molloly Playground. We moved further North before I started school. For nine months we lived on the Gr. Conc. and Bedford Park Blvd., but then moved to 196th St. and Creston Avenue. I attended P. S. 46 and then Evander Childs H.S. I chose that H.S. because it taught Hebrew for 4 years. I hated the school, but I loved certain subjects, Hebrew the most. Then my family bought a house on Bainbridge Ave., & 194th or 195th St. I went to Hunter College in The Bronx where I met the man I married. My husband & I moved to 177th St. & Walton in 1963. We lived there with our son until 1970 when we moved to the Pelham Parkway area - Barker Ave. between Mace & Waring - where I lived until moving to Israel in 1996. My son went to SAR Academy in Riverdale and then to Yeshiva HS. He moved to Israel the day after he graduated high school. I got to your site through Stewart Levine who I met when he visited Israel a number of years ago. We discovered that we knew a lot of the same people and went to the same places in The Bronx, and I'm certain our paths must have crossed in The Bronx at some time or other. Thanks again for posting the photos.

Stewart Levine		18-Aug-2012 21:21
I am now 67 YO and lived on Morris Ave between Kingsbridge and St. James Park from 1953 until we moved to Washington Heights in 1960 something. I left New York for good in 1965 to go into the Air Force (recruitment station on Fordham and the Concourse) I married a nice Jewish girl in and from New Orleans in 1968 and we went to the Philippines and returned to New Orleans after I was discharged. I had to sneak my wife into the Philippines but that's another story. I am a cigar smoker and I found this site while looking for stuff about a cigar factory I remember on Jerome Avenue and 190 something street. I remember watching the rollers though the window beforw it burned down in the late 1950s or early 1960s. I still haven't found anything but Mr. Google sent me here.

Burt		17-Aug-2012 18:29
I was one of the guys who sold you fish to throw to the seals at the Bronx Zoo. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Guest		14-Aug-2012 14:14
Once a Bronxite,always in your heart. Dolores

JoeH		10-Aug-2012 16:15
Memory lane. Thanks for your efforts! I was born in 1946 & lived at 55 East 175th Street (Townsend & Walton) between Jerome & the Grand Concourse. When I was 18 we moved to 2200 Morris Ave. Then at 24 I moved out on my own to Tracy Towers, then Reservoir Avenue. A couple of years later after I got married we moved to Forest Hills. I'm a Bronxite at heart.

Barbara Ramsey		10-Aug-2012 01:46
My Grandma and Grandfather lived in the Jaime Towers way back when they were still sorta a new thing. The deli's were way prevalent and life was much calmer. They had an 11th floor massive apt with a balcony that I loved. My Grandma died in 1977 my first year of college and February of that year was the last time I was in the Bronx. My Dad lived in Hell's Kitchen NY until he passed in 2009. I lived in Long Island and moved out of NY in 1984 but I am now and will always be A Native New Youker..I Love New York all of it the architecture, the people, the smells, the food..every little nuance. I live in Florida..hate it because there is No place like Home.. New York is the epitome of class and style, grace and reverance. No other place will ever come close.. thanks for sharing these pics..

Mel Turner		08-Aug-2012 01:25
Mel Turner Lived at 1520 Sheridan Avenue from mid 1940's thru 1964, loved every day there by Taft and Claremont park. Went to LUXOR, SURREY, MT. EDEN, ZENITH, ASCOT, PARADISE. Played in Taft schoolyard with stickball and pitching in and softball etc. Greatest days of my life. Miss all the guys I grew up with.

Guest		07-Aug-2012 19:33
hi i use live in loring place near devoe park my sister lived on davidsona ave. remember the lowes paridise and rko movie theather, also woolworths. Memory lane. fran

Pat Geringswald-Mejias		03-Aug-2012 21:43
I was born in 1958 and raised at 561 Southern Blvd., near E. 149th Street. I went to PS 161, IS 162 then James Monroe. My older sisters and brother remembered the Ace movie theater right across the street. I shopped on Third Avenue at Hearns and Alexanders. One of my older sisters still lives on the same block. I now live in Soundview and work in Hunt's Point in what used to be The Hunt's Point Palace. I love the Bronx now and always.

Donna A Fiore		26-Jul-2012 19:10
Pat, very touching tribute to the place you call home. I was a Brooklyn girl and I understand your feelings ... I thought this was so beautiful " This was my residence for the first ten years of my life, yet it has been my home for all of my life." For me it was Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Very much enjoy your images of NYC

karen		26-Jul-2012 13:39
Hi, I was born in the Bronx, both parents born in the Bronx and both children born in the Bronx. It will always have a fond spot in my heart. I spent many years there and have a lifetime of stories and memories. Take a minute and look at this site www.nostalgictimewarp.com.bronx.html

Steve Berger		25-Jul-2012 15:04
To Barbara Glick Read your blog and knew exactly who you are. My Dad, your father and uncle played Gin Rummy in the courtyard in Beach 29th Street, The Rockaways. I remember your bedroom on Walton Avenue, You had a 4 post bed. You went to school with my sister and we had gone out together a couple of times. My sister is Joyce Berger and I am Steve. I loved that store and it is one of my dearest memories. Post here I'll check from time to time. If you have any doubt, You were a pretty and very popular blonde. Steve

Guest		22-Jul-2012 05:18
I remember Flipside Records on E170st near Jerome Avenue anyone know the exact adress I believe it is a cell hone mobil electronics place now. the locksmmith. is still there

Crystal		22-Jul-2012 00:52
I WOULD LOVE TO GET A VIDEO OR TAPE (audio or visual) of the chorus at 117x in 1961-2 singing Battle Hymn of the Republic (long version).. I was in the chorus and remember getting a standing ovation from the parents and guests attending that evening, we were wonderful and Mr. Arena was magnificent. If any one has suggestions on how I can obtain a video or audio archive tape I would greatly appreciate it. Please post... thank you

ROB C		21-Jul-2012 11:06
i WAS BORN AT ROYAL HOSPITAL ON THE CONCOURSE IN 1956,AND STILL LOVE THE BRONX.LIVED ON 182ND AND CROTONA AVE,AND WENT TO ST MARTIN OF TOURS.PLAYED ALL DAY AT PS32.IT WAS GREAT,AND I WILL NEVER MY DAYS GROWING UP IN THE BRONX.LOVED HANGING OUT ON ARTHUR AVE WITH MY FRIENDS,GOING TO FORDHAM RD,ICE CREAM AT KRUMS,PLAYIND STICKBALL.SKULLY,OFF THE POINT,AND ALL THE OTHER GAMES WE COULD MAKE UP.PROUD TO BE FROM THE BRONX.

Gil		20-Jul-2012 20:27
I grew on Walton Avenue, between 167th Street & Tudor Place. I attended PS 114, JHS 22, Bronx Science and NYU Washington Heights. We've lived in Dayton OH since 1966. A few years ago, our youngest son called from NYC. He drove up from Delaware and wanted to see where my roots were. I just wanted to thank you for this website! (I had one graduation (JHS? HS?) in the Paradise Theater.) Several years ago, I met a young woman on a flight to Tel Aviv. She had grown up on Shakespeare Avenue (almost as steep a the hills in SF!) and we had memorties of the Sherbloom Bakery (where my mother had worked for several years) in common. Again, THANK YOU!~ Gil

Peter Rosen		19-Jul-2012 01:27
I was born in 1947 and lived at 975 Walton for four years until my parents moved to Forest Hills. I have great memories of playing in the park across the street. I now live in LA but return every year to go to the "Stadium" and see my beloved Yanks. I still walk up 161st St and turn left on Walton. Would love to connect with anyone who lived there at the same time. Does the name Pretzel mean anything to anyone ?

wayne		16-Jul-2012 23:26
I grew up on davidson ave between 174-176 st in 1735 davidson... i tell ya those were the glory days and seeing these pictures brings back alot of memories laughs smiles and it has me shaking my head. i attended taft high school graduated 1991 i also attended cjhs 82 on macombs road and a attended ces 42 when steven ortiz jr was the principal. like i said lotta laughs just thinking about it. i remember climbing those stairs on featherbed lane every day after school and the middle steps from jerome ave going to davidson. i had a great time growing up on davidson as a kid. everyone on the block new everyone i can remember hearing mr softee coming thru the block and mr bobby the good humor truck on those hot sunny days coming thru with a line full of kids. and the spanish FREKO flavored icee with the cart also coming by ringing his bell selling ICEEE damm those were the days. we used to have block parties shutting the block down from 174 st it was a one way street anyway but we did it. thanks for memories to whom so ever posted the pics i got a lump in my throat right now. BIG UP

Guest		16-Jul-2012 22:07
I grew up in 1535 University avenue,born 1959. Moved across the street to 164W 174 th street. I lived there until I was 8 years old.We were a mixed community,I'm Black, and had plenty of Jewish,German friends with whom I always got along .The ones from Undercliff were a bit unlike most of us,to be sure! There was one very special charm of The Bronx in those days Certainaly the charm was Sedwick Houses! I'll never know why it worked so well but I guess I have my parents to thank. I live in Sweden now but I sure miss those special moments just having turned 53. Chirley's candy store, the 2 pizza shops,15/20 cent slices and both were different but good.PS 109,104,64,82( Park Plaza at it's worst yuck!)Sedwick nursery school was my first real encounter with other kids!I always wanted a fancier world and soon got it in my early 20's but only now can I truly appreciate what I really had back then. I put a lot of effort into denying my Bronx roots for years. Sigh,tears,Glad you are all here to share this with me!I'm one of you and you will always be what made me who I am,thank you. Neal

Guest		15-Jul-2012 17:05
Does anybody remember Robert Michel, his wife Catherine and son Robert aged 2, living in Grand Concourse in 1940? I am interested in the family history, as I am a relative living in England!

Guest		14-Jul-2012 04:26
I remember Mr. Arena. He was just as you describe. The only thing is, I didn't appreciate him as much as I should have and would have these days. I have grown to love opera and classical music. I't nice to know there are others out there how have the same memories as I do.

mike acevedo		13-Jul-2012 03:25
Joel R., I went to OLR and PS 46. Do you know if anyone that starred in the "A Piece of Cake" afterschool special. I'm very curious to see this also.

Crystal		12-Jul-2012 19:49
Does anyone remember Mr. Arena from JHS 117 on Morris Ave. He taught music and he was a great teacher, he was strict and very disciplined, and we were scared of him but he taught us music, we sang Battle Hymn of the Republic (long Version) in 196l and received a standing ovation, I still remember that, I have vivid memories of him and the chorus at 117x, If anyone knows where I can give archive footage of that event or a tape please post.......

Hermine		04-Jul-2012 19:57
I'm so thrilled to have found this website, especially because the person I was looking, Barbara, for posted a comment. Kimballs toy store was a fixture in my life, alongside The Expess. Our parents were the dearest of friends and I'd love to make contact. We lived at 1414 Walton Ave., right across the street from PS 64. What a wonderful place to grow up. Thanks for the memories.

Alice		01-Jul-2012 22:18
This is a fabulous website..the photos are terrific. i'd like to know if the steps going up to Featherbed lane started on Jerome ave or Gerard ave and took you up to the highbridge library? I went to 64, 117 and Taft as did many others. I have to go back and read all the posts. I grew up at 15 Marcy Place between Jerome Ave. and Walton ave.

Sara Cohen White		01-Jul-2012 17:33
What a wonderful experience I had today going through this website. Thank You for this gift. My name is Sara White formerly Sara Cohen. Lived at 1295 Sheridan Avenue. My father owned the corner pharmacy at Sheridan Avenue and 169th Street. I then moved to 800 Grand Concourse in 1956. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers and want to bring back old wonderful memories. TiWhi@aol.com is my email. I live in Southern California for almost 50 years......

HOWARD SUER		30-Jun-2012 21:41
Howard Suer I had "howie's luncheonette on Kingsbridge Rd. across from the Armory. Had friends from the area of Kingsbridge Rd. between University Ave. and Morris Ave. (I was an usher at the Kingsbridge theater as a kid) Played in St. James park, had a girlfriend (Marilyn Gordon)in the East Bronx. and Claire Young (who broke my heart), in the West Bronx. Would like ro get in touch with Helene Abrams who lived at 333 West End Ave. Manhattan and Richard Fatt who lived on Central Park West. I sttended PS 86. Is Richard Dietz still around. He went to St. Nicholas of Tolentine I believe he became a priest. My "Rat-Pack" friends were Kenny and Marty Buchalter, Frank Olin, Ralph Kraitchman, Jesse Kahan, and Donald Saltman. Would love to communicate with some of the old gang.

Doris		29-Jun-2012 20:38
These photos are great! If any of you are living in Southern California you may be interested in attending our Bronx Reunion Picnic on July 22, 2012 in Marina del Rey. This is a free event. We have many people attend who grew up in all the areas you are talking about. You can contact me at dlpdoris@hotmail.com if you are interested.

Guest		28-Jun-2012 14:48
Happy 4th of July!

bronxboyforever		24-Jun-2012 23:04
Thanks for the photos and memories. My personal memories are a little north of this area, I remember Weber's Bakery on Fordham Road. Playing little league baseball beside the University Heights bridge...UHLL. The pool in Devoe Park, walking along the "Aquie" (Aqueduct Ave.) Stickball and street roller hockey and all the Bronx street games. Keep telling your stories we want to hear them. The Bronx was something you had to live, it can't be explained, but keep trying. Left in '73 at age 10 but it is always in my heart.

barbaraLundberg-gosselin		24-Jun-2012 04:19
I wnted to answer Phylis who took her class to the bronx zoo in '65-my grandfather used to take me to the bronx zoo all the time in '65-and your comment on spaldings- i wish i had a dollar for every spalding i lost in the sewers!Blast those sewers!

Barbara Lundberg Gosselin		23-Jun-2012 06:15
I lived in the bronx on and off until I was 17 in 1975 havent been back since. We were so poor,and I never thought I would get off of University Ave. Now I'd give my eye teeth for a slice of pizza, some italian ice, a black and white cookie or a napolian..I'm looking for my best friend Theresa Rose Flanagan, and her best friend Laura Daugherty I'd love to hear from them

Bernie Bierman		17-Jun-2012 17:44
I lived in the West Bronx from 1939 to 1957, specifically at 1665 Morris Avenue, 1725 Morris Avenue (demolished by Mr. Moses to make way for the Cross-Bronx Expressway) and 1685 Selwyn Avenue. I very much enjoyed seeing the contemporary photographs of all of those places that were a daily part of my life all those many long years ago. My biggest regret is that I took very few photographs, and regret even more that there are so preciously few historical photographs of that particular area of the Bronx. Finally, one piece of information not known by too many: Lebanon Hospital on Mt. Eden Avenue was a U.S. Army Hospital between 1942 and 1944.

yamilka		14-Jun-2012 00:27
Hi everyone is there any way i could get help of someone who still lives in 167th st Grand Concourse 10456 in building 1236 or knows someone that has lived there for the past 30 years please help me find my old childhood people or friends before i die!!! :(

Guest		11-Jun-2012 08:26
Happy Father's Day!

Guest		08-Jun-2012 03:50
Aint there anyone that used or live in 1236 Grand Concourse 17th street 10456 ineed help

Ronnie Fein		07-Jun-2012 15:13
ohmy! I remember Tom's! We ate there on Sundays. Red vinyl booths. Near P.S. 82??

Guest		05-Jun-2012 00:40
Janet, my family went to Tom's Inn every Sunday. We still talk about it. My dad would order veal cutlet with french fries and green beans while we ate Chinese food. We lived at 1691 Eastburn Avenue, across from PS 70. Great years!!!!

Janet		04-Jun-2012 01:49
Thanks for the photos. I lived on Monroe Ave. and 175th St. from the mid 50's until the early 70's. I went to PS. 70, Joseph H. Wade Jr. High (117), and Taft HS. My grandfather owned the chinese restaurant, Tom's Inn, on the Grand Concourse. I remember my street had the fire station, Julie's candy store, a small grocery story, dry cleaners, and drug store (which became a laundramat) on our street. There was also a butcher shop around the corner on 175th. It was a great neighborhood and nice place to grow up. I loved going up to Fordham Rd. for shopping and ice cream sodas. I also remember the bakeries on 170th St. where we would order birthday cakes. The Mt. Eden florist made lovely birthday corsages. It was such a shame the neighborhood fell in such despair. I would like to know how to find out about a Taft '69 class reunion. Thanks again for the nice memories.

auggy1954		02-Jun-2012 14:54
I knew a Cheryl Goldfarb that lived in Mt Vernon

Yamilka		01-Jun-2012 00:15
Yes i need help its been 30 years since i flew from 167th st Grand concourse 10456 to Puerto rico and never went back to the states and i am wondering if anyone could send me a few pics from the area and of the Bronx my building was 1236, i am planning to go again to the bronx in 3 months and wanna also know if there was someone who went from 1981 to 1986 to ps 90 elementary school i had this best friend her name is Vivian and her moms name is Angie p please help me

Guest		29-May-2012 13:54
To Diane - Did you know Susan Goldfarb who lived on Allerton Ave.? She graduated from Columbus H.S. in 1962. If you do know her, please acknowledge her married name and where I could reach her. Thank you.

DIANE		28-May-2012 22:19
ANYONE REMEMBER SILVERMANS KOSHER MEAT MARKET ON ALLERTON AVE

maria		25-May-2012 20:19
awesome. I'm originally from the Mott Haven section (the southernmost tip of the South Bronx), nearly walking distance to Harmlem. We had our own unique culture, as do many of the old neighborhoods in the Bx. Folks complain that nothing ever changes here, but that's precisely what I love most. Nice to see I'm not the only person with such a romantic view and memories of the Bronx. I know there are plenty of us out there, who will always call the Bronx home. I still live in the Bx, but no matter where I go, IT IS WHO I AM--at least a significant part. Thank you for this

Guest		24-May-2012 03:00
Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! I miss the terrific parades on the Grand Concourse.

Linda		22-May-2012 02:43
Does anyone remember buying a fig s and apples dipped inhot jelly from a puhscart at 176th Street in the Bronx ? This would be late '40s.

Walter K		21-May-2012 19:25
To RON BAYOR Your brother Charles and I were classmates in the sixth grade at PS 28 in 1952. I saw him again in October, 2002 in Manhattan for a reunion and we rented a car and drove up to the Bronx for a ride through our old neighborhood. I now live in Asheboro, NC. We still keep in touch.

Al		20-May-2012 23:38
looking for anyone who lived on Walton Ave who may have known Alfred Walch during 50's until 80's he lived at 1187 Walton Ave, Bronx, NY contact me at alwalch@hotmail.com AW Jr

al		20-May-2012 23:29
anyone know Eric and Rilla StJohn 1020 grand Concourse

Sheila Spindel Sussman Mehanna		20-May-2012 18:05
A BX girlfriend who lived uptown on Walton Ave. e-mailed me your pics. They are amazing. I attended my 50th Taft HS reunion 4 years ago in Manhattan. I grew up on Topping Ave. which is off Mt. Eden Ave. on the block of Claremont park. We could easily walk to the Grand Concourse and take the bus to Alexander's on Fordham Rd. and my mother would also take me shopping on Bathgate Ave. My two sons were born in the BX before we moved to Long Island. Thanks for the memories.

Steven		17-May-2012 08:56
Use to Live in 169 Morris ave

Phyllis		15-May-2012 21:16
I took my class to the Bronx Zoo in 1965 and looked through the chainlink fence at my old apartment building. I hadn't seen it in 14 yrs. and tears ran down my cheeks. The late 1940's and early 50's were such a wonderful time, everything looked different, tasted different, smelled different. We were all pretty poor, but didn't know it. We loved the Bronx, I think because we were so free. We played so hard... with The Bronx Zoo as our back yard. Even at 7 and 8 we played outside with our friends, roller skating and jumping rope, bouncing our Spaldings, for hours on end. It was a wonderful time when something as simple as a Good Humor Bar excited us. The pink cobblestones of Bronx Park South could have been made of gold for all I knew. I only lived there until I was 10, but I carried with me, the impression, for my entire life. I can still smell the early spring and feel myself standing in front of my building in my Chesterfield coat with the velvet collar, brown suede anklestrap shoes thinking that I was the richest kid in the world because my father's 1950 Buick Special was parked in front.

Ron Bayor		15-May-2012 18:54
Ron I grew up in the late 1940s and 1950s at 1920 Walton Ave, went to PS 28, Wade, Taft, and CCNY. I have great memories of playing stickball in the Wade school yard and hanging out at Eddie's Nut House on 176th Street. I left Walton Ave in 1963 and in 1967 left the Bronx. Your photos brought back many wonderful memories. I've been living in Atlanta for the last 39 years but the Bronx will always be my real home.

bonniel		13-May-2012 03:45
I grew up on Townsend avenue across from PS 64. Until the mid sixties, I felt safe. The area deteriorated beginning with my building when there were robberies and muggings. The familiar smell of chicken soup on Friday evenings was replaced by that of urine under the staircase.. There were often seedy looking males hanging in the hallways, waiting to cop dope. Since that time, I still walk very fast and run up the steps in groups of two or three. Last summer, i went back. the building was clean and instead of two courtyards, there was one. I was not scared and I walked around the corner my myself. Thwn, we went to Briggs Avenue, to see the buildiing in which my husband grew up. Unfortunately, his building, which his grandfather had owned until 1971 had was in lovely condition, now has broken bottles and beer cans in front, and the windows in the "lobby" are boarded up. I do remeneber Kimballs, in response to a poster named Barbara, My old friend Mona's mom worked there. Ironically, I work less than a mile from the Henry Kaufman Campgrounds in Pearl River, though it is really Orangeburg- where we went each day from the YMYWHA on the Grand Concourse.

Guest		09-May-2012 23:03
Happy Mothers Day!

Guest		07-May-2012 00:53
Does anyone know if, when, or where there will be any 50th reunion for the graduates of Theodore Roosevelt H.S. in the Bronx???

Carmine Pezzella,Jr.		05-May-2012 17:02
Great site! Brings back fond memories. I spent the first 15 years of my life at 1515 Macombs Rd. PS64 and PS82 and a year at Dewitt Clinton High. Graduated PS82 in 1968. Walking to Yankee Stadium they were nto so good in those years. Moscov's Deli on Mt.Eden Ave. Shopping at Fordham Rd. Jahns after little league games. Wouldnt trade my growing up in the Bronx for anything! Thanks for the memories.

Guest		04-May-2012 01:21
Have a wonderful Cinco De Mayo weekend!!!

Robert Lee		30-Apr-2012 20:40
Thanks Walter for your reply. I am trying to find out what happened to my grandfather I think he owned a Chinese laundry called Sam Wah.

Walter K		28-Apr-2012 23:15
To Robert Lee No, I'm sorry but I don't remember the name of that Chinese laundry on East Tremont Avenue. I do remember the owner's daughter - we were members of St. Thomas Lutheran Church on Topping Avenue - very nice girl, can not recall her name.

Robert Lee		28-Apr-2012 19:25
Hi Walter K, Do you remember the name of the laundry you used to pass?

Charlie S.		25-Apr-2012 14:18
thank you! I lived at 1500 Shakespeare Ave. attended PS 104 and PS 82. Geat years. Born at Royal Hospital 1938.drove back about 15 years ago and saw the building I grew up in vacant and beat up. I almost cried. "You can't go home anymore" Thank you again.

Walter K (Wally)		20-Apr-2012 15:13
To JAY and GUEST: I didn't know that Marty had a toy store further east on Tremont Avenue. I lived on Anthony Avenue at 175th street and used to go to Sam's candy store a lot. This is where we bought all our school supplies, spaldeens, comic books, etc. I remember Burt who was behind the soda fountain and made great egg creams and chocolate malteds - sometimes he played "strikeouts" with us in the PS 28 school yard. There was also Louis (Looie) who took care of the stationery section and watched over the spaldeens and bubble gum cards that were kept behind a glass case. Sam watched over everything else. All the stores that were on East Tremont Avenue between Anthony Avenue and The Grand Concourse, are GONE! Some friends and I returned to The Bronx almost nine years ago for a walk through our old neighborhood. Many of the apartment buildings that were there in the 40s and 50s were torn down and replaced with smaller, three story houses and office buildings. You can see what the area looks like now by going into GOOGLE, select "maps" type in an address, click "search" and then select "street view". You can then "drive" down the blocks by using your mouse and see what's on either side of the street.

Jay Popper		19-Apr-2012 23:12
I've seen some comments about Marty's luncheonette on Tremont near Anthony Ave. I remember sitting at one of the few booths on the right side of the luncheonette enjoying a malted. You would pour it from a metal container into a glass. I can still taste it! Marty opened a toy store in the fifties several stores east of his luncheonette. I bought lots of neat stuff there. I also frequented Sam's Candy Store at the corner of Anthony and 176st street. There are two items in particular I remember from my childhood (1947-54). One was sort of a movie you would make by putting together perhaps thirty or forty still frames, each about 3/4" square. You would stack them and connect them together with a rubber band, and when you flipped them with your thumb they would produce a short moving picture. I think they came in a pack of gum (of course) The other item was a set of negatives and special paper. You would place the negative on top of the paper and expose them to the glorious Bronx sun, wait, and then see a picture develop on the paper. Two simple things that I've remembered with affection my whole life.

Guest		19-Apr-2012 22:54
Wally, Thank you for that wonderful walk down memory lane. When the weather was bad my mother gave me money to have lunch at Marty's or Sol's Deli. I'd bring my lunch into the phone booth and talk to my mom. That's what we did before cell phones! I wonder if any of those stores are still there???

Walter K (Wally)		19-Apr-2012 20:31
Marty's Luncheonette, on East Tremont Avenue just west of Anthony Avenue. I used to go there often after playing ball in the PS 28 school yard. The counter was on the left as you walked in and you could get a sandwich or a cool drink. Next to it was Victor's Orthopedic Shoe Repair where you could wait while they repaired your shoes. Then there was a Chinese laundry, a fish store, vegetable store, Dick Flor's German delicatessen, a jewelry store, Sol's Hebrew National delicatessen, a Daitch store, "The Food Cart" grocery store, the Devon theatre, a variety store - that was owned by a Mr. Glucksman. Going further up towards The Grand Concourse, there was a Chinese restaurant where I often bought "take out" (chicken chow mein), a barber shop, Hausner's Meat Market where my mother often shopped. Almost everything we needed was right there! Didn't need a car - walked everywhere and sometimes took a bus to go up to Fordham Road.

Guest		11-Apr-2012 23:25
April 9th, Monday, 2012- There was a major production film shooting (advertisement video?) at the intersection of Walton Avenue and 174th Street in The Bronx. The signs posted said Pretty Bird?(the name of a Production Think Tank Company in California). I believe they were shooting an Adidas? sneaker commercial. Street vehicles were removed on 174th street from Morris Avenue to Jerome Avenue, Walton Avenue from Mt. Eden and I believe to 173st.... plus on Townsand Avenue (for production vehicles). They said the vehicles are a distraction for viewing a film/video... and they had filmed in all four directions (NSEW) from the above intersection. And the next day they were shooting in Manhattan. So be on the lookout for a sneaker (Adidas ?) commercial... it should be interesting to view.

Guest		09-Apr-2012 21:50
To Joel R. If you Google "A Piece of Cake" hopefully, you'll find all the info you're looking for.

Joanne		09-Apr-2012 21:27
The Bronx! It was a wonderful place in which to grow up.....I remember during my high school years (HS Music &Art) Fordham road, on a Friday Night was wall-to-wall teenagers! Shopping at Alexander's, the different movie theaters, lunch with Grandma at Schrafft's,the Army & Navy store for jeans...Krum's, Jahn's, Sutter's Bakeshop......I could go on and on..... When I was eleven years old I met John F Kennedy campaigning for President in front to the Loew's Paradise Theater. I'm glad to see so many others feel the same about our beloved Bronx. I lived on 198th St between the Grand Concourse and Valentine Ave. In the summer, people would line their deck chairs against the buildings and sit out at night. It was sometimes intimidating to pass before the women sitting on the benches around Poe Park. Robert Hall had a large store just across from the park. Great memories.Great people.

Joel R		09-Apr-2012 18:40
Great Pictures. i used to live at 2773 Briggs Ave. I went to P.S. 46. If anyone reads this I am looking for information on a movie that was made in 78-79 called a piece of cake. It was shown on WPIX as a after school special. I know PS 46, Pugsley pizza, and our lady of refuge are in in also me and my brothers.

Guest		09-Apr-2012 00:08
Does anyone remember Marty's luncheonette on Tremont Ave. across the street from P.S.28?

Guest		08-Apr-2012 05:56
That is to say the fries were good and salty, not the old man and his wife. Although they may have been as well; I wouldn't know!

Guest		06-Apr-2012 00:46
I absolutely remember the guy with the bulbous nose and him scooping the fries from that greasy pan and putting them in the cone shaped wax paper. I think his wife behind the counter as well. They were good and salty.

Marc Furstenberg		05-Apr-2012 09:13
I went to 117 sometime around 1959/60. I always call it Lee Harvey Oswald Junior High because he went there too. Does anybody remember a shop on Jerome Ave. that sold only one thing-French Fries? The greatest french fries by the way. You could buy a nickel bag or anything up to 50¢ worth, but only french fries. The walls and everything in the place was coated with a fine film of oil and the old guy who ran the place had obviously over the years absorbed an overload of oil himself as his nose looked like it was about to burst but they were the best fries ever. This was one of my first steps on the road to becoming a travel guide writer but I wonder if anybody remembers that fries shop too.

Guest		02-Apr-2012 22:36
What happened to all the Jewish deli's? There aren't too many left. The food was so delicious. Those were the good old days!

Guest		02-Apr-2012 04:46
I remember Kimballs. Wasn't it next door to the Tom McCanns shoe store? I forgot what they sold (all kinds of stuff like stationary, toys and books?) but I remember shopping their quite frequently. As a matter of fact I believe my bike was stolen when I left it unlocked outside and went in "just for a minute" to buy something. I'm about 3 years older than you but I can still see it all quite clearly. I too went to PS 64, Wade & Taft. I could go on writing but all the other contributors have done a good job so far. If I started I wouldn't know where to stop.

Barbara		02-Apr-2012 03:58
Such an impressive written display of pride for a place so many of us called home. I was born in 1949 and lived on Walton Ave. (West Bronx) near the Grand Concorse where we all used to "hang out." I went to PS 64, Wade Jr.High and Taft High where I graduated from in '67. My dad and uncle owned a retail store on 170th St. (between Walton and Jerome) for many years by the name of Kimballs Inc. Does anyone remember this store? My dad bought my uncle out at some point but retained the name. He continued to travel there for quite some time even after we moved to Ft.Lee, NJ right after my graduation from Taft. It seemed that either you moved to Queens, Westchester or NJ at that time, but you DID move because unfortunately, the old neighborhood was falling into deep dispair. Some time later, (don't remember the year) a few stores on my dad's block suffered a raging fire. That was a sign to us and we relinquished the business. Was anyone around that neighborhood during that time? Would love to hear YOUR memories. This has brought back so many fond memories that I didn't even know I had. Thank you. What a treat!

Guest		28-Mar-2012 23:25
Dear Bronxite Friends, Have a very Happy and Healthy Passover and Easter! May all our fond memories continue to grow on our chain link of messages. What an amazing bond!

ENRICO RIVERA		28-Mar-2012 00:41
Born 1933 in Metropolitan Hospital on Welfare Island now known as Roosevent Island. Roosevent Island is under the "Queensboro" 59th Street bridge in the East River. Lived in the Yorkville section of Manhattan on E. 81st St. Moved to E. 107th. St. & Park Ave in Manhattan in 1935. We then moved to apt bldg. at 1322 Southern Boulevard, Bronx in 1939. As a kid I was known as Junior Rivera. When I reached 13yrs. of age I made my friends call me Rico. My full name is Enrico Rivera born of Puerto Rican parents. I was always proud of my heritage and am now known as a "Newyorican". One of my childhood friends was Junior Aiello k/a Danny Aiello the actor. I attended JHS PS 98 and graduated Theo. Rosevelt HS in 1951. My parents then bought a new, three bedroom home in Massapequa, Long Island in 1951 for $10,500.00 I kept returning to my old Bronx neighborhood every weekend via the Long Island Railroad. I then bought a 1940 Pontiac, manual top convertible for transportation. I still love and cherish the memories of the old Bronx, my friends, neighbors etc. The people were so civilized, gracious and had great self respect. Moved to Los Angeles in 1971 after getting married and moving to Bensonhurst, Bklyn. in 1962.

CW		27-Mar-2012 01:36
Who referenced Dr. Koblenz on Franklin Avenue in the Bronx ?

SALLY		26-Mar-2012 00:21
I was raised in the Bronx. We lived on Monroe Ave. Went to PS70, Wade Jr.High, and Taft. Graduated in 1953. We had a candystore in middle of the block named Gellers. It was such a wonderful place to be bought up in. Still a Yankee fan, even though I live in CA.

Sally		26-Mar-2012 00:17
I was born in Harlem. Dr. Leff was my mother's obgyn. Moved to monroe ave. Went to PS70, Wade Junior High, and Taft. Graduated at the Paradise theater in 1953. Married, moved to Jericho and CA. in 1968. Loved the bronx. My apartment building is still up according to google. We had a candy store in the middle of the block. Forgot the name. I had my sweet 16 party there. Just remembered, it was Gellers.

Audrey Maioff -Silverman		25-Mar-2012 19:29
I am a 73 year old Bronx girl...lived at 2720 Grand Concourse, one block North of Poe PaRK(rmember the dances?),PS 46 between Briggs and Bainbridge Avenue.Graduated from Evander Childs HS although Walton was closer, took wo buses each day to school and home cause my firedns went to Evqnder and did not wnat to go an all girls school. My fondest memories are of my great free childhood in the Bronx, playi8ng junmprope on Valentine Avenue, my pink spaldine,chalk for Potsy, and my ready made friends onthe treet til dark... leaving doors and windows open notfearing danger.It was a time tht will never again be....What a great placde to grow up. such simple pleasures...NAt And jacks deli on Valentine avenue. Iggy's barber shop, Zaro's(original) bakery, oh those onion rolls, the appetizing stores, and the corner candy store....hot summers with n o ar cnoitioning but we survived, Orchard Beach, Alexanders, Simco, AS Beck and Bakers shoe store on Frlodham Road. The Valentine, Fordham and Lido Grand and Paradise Theatres ,k JAcob Schiff Center and of course Krums....Oh for those days again...Those sweet romances... St James Park and the roller rink on Jerome Avenue....Van Cortlandt Park.... I could go on and on and still smell the summer rain on the hotcement sidewalks. The street hawkers, "I cash clothes", the Italian opera singer we would throw money down to in rolled up napkins, The merry go round truck, Bungalow Bar and good Humor, Adventurers Inn and Freedom Land, Shorehaven... I need to go back again in my mond and feel comforted...I did take a trip back about ten years ago and cried seeing how "my" Bronx has crumbled...I close my eyes and see it as it was....My mother and father created and had an Art Gaallery Picture Frame store opposite Poe park,( Maidoff Gallery)no relation to Bernie!) it was a time of peace and beauty... How lucky I was to be there at that time....Love to all of my fellow Bronxites...hang on to those golden memories...

Mel Matulsky		20-Mar-2012 21:57
I attended P.S. 4 on Fulton Avenue and 173 Street from 1942-1950. Some of my class mates, from whom I would to communicate with include Bernard Wasserman, Roslyn Hecker, Phyllis Switzky, Leonard Cohen, Yale Oster, Bertram Trebach, Maitland Griper, Robert Rossett, Shirley Yablonsky among others. Anyone still out there?

Chilly Cee CEe		19-Mar-2012 17:57
I lived in the Soundview Section (Lafayette Houses) of the Bronx, Bronx River Parkway & Morrison Avenue...We had lots of fun...Someone mentioned Ward Theater, yes every Saturday we went to watch Bruce Lee Flicks, Fordham Road and Alexanders...Wow!!! We had such great fun in the BX..I attended P.S. 93 and JHS 123 (James Kieran)...Bronx Zoo & Botanical Gardens...I miss the Groto at St. Lucy when I moved to Pelham Section of the Bronx....I went to High School of Fashion and it was on then...I started meeting everyone all over...

Artie		19-Mar-2012 17:50
These picture stir a great deal of emotion I lived on he Grand Concourse and 144th st. from 1957-1964. My heart has never left. I must confess that it is painful to see what they did with PS 31. Would love to see picture of the area from late 1950's to late 1960's. God bless all my brthers and sister from the BRONX

Ada Muniz		18-Mar-2012 16:26
On 176th and Davison Ave my father god bless him is still alive he was the Superintendent from the 70s to the 90s of both building 1765-67 and 1770 across from each other 1st next to the hill red stones the other next to the steps from Jerome Ave me and my brother, 3 sister's grow up there it was lined with beautiful trees and all of the elderly used to sit outside under them it was a great time wish we could live it again. I miss it so.

Ron Springhorn		16-Mar-2012 17:40
I grew up on Tudor Place by the Concourse and 167th street. I loved those days of stick ball, Johnny on The Pony, curb ball, off the wall knucks and ring o leavy O....I went to Bronx Science and got pelted by snowballs by the Italian kids as we walked from the strain station to the school and ran from the attacks from DeWitt Clinton students. Great times sneaking into Yankee statium and hanging out with my friends at the park on the concourse oppposite the Concource Plaza. I also graduated at the Paradise theater and went to Krums and Alexanders with my mother when my two sisters were in dancing school at the Jlues Faber dancing school. Great times, Great memories-wouldn't trade it for anything.

Guest		15-Mar-2012 10:03
I grew up on minerva pl. and creston ave. I remember Bootsies, barely. I was very young when it closed. Did you guys have to rip it all out? I remember my brother worked on that because he brought home containers of coke syrup. don't remember what year it was guess it after he came back from nam.

Paul		13-Mar-2012 21:03
Thanks for your wonderful site. Although, I didn't recognize any of the people who responded, it was still a pleasure to revisit my old stomping grounds. I lived at 1422 Nelson Avenue between Edward L. Grant Highway and 172nd Street. My six story building was attached to PS 104 that I attended from 1945 until 1951. My teachers were, in order from 1st grade to 6th: Ms. Mann, Levenson, Klairish, Josephsburg, and Carol. I can't recall my 5th grade teacher. I then attended PS 82 and in 1957 graduated from Taft. I too was a stock boy at Alexanders and as a teen socialized at the Concourse Y. Nelson Ave contained Jewish,Italian and Irish families. Sacred Heart Church had an anti-semetic priest, and any kid, irrespective of how small with red or blond hair, a light complexion and freckles was to be feared. I remember seasons such as yo yo, pea shooters, pitching cards,marbles with cheese boxes with small openings, roller skate,wooden guns with thick rubber bands that shot pieces of linoleam, scooters made with roller skates, an orange crate, handles and a rectangular board.

ronald jackson		13-Mar-2012 04:50
attend our lady of victory school from 1953 to 1961 and de witt clinton until 1965.

Guest		12-Mar-2012 03:32
Happy St.Patrick's Day!

Harvey		11-Mar-2012 07:50
Errol Reiss 05-Mar-2012 12:23 I would be very interested if anyone has a photo or a story about Schiller's Toy Store at the corner of Tremont and Crotona Avenues in the Bronx. It was there that I bought my first microscope which set me on a path that resulted in my career as a microbiologist. I lived a block away. I used to enjoy the train setup in the window during christmas as I crossed tremont going to PS 57. I lived on crotona by fairmount place. Iteresting fact. My family moved out in 1965 and moved to a co-op in Rockaway. On our floor was a family whose son married the daughter of the Schiller, the owner.

Norris Burroughs		10-Mar-2012 19:55
I moved to Allerton and Barker,to the Coops when I was five and lived there until my early twenties. AS soon as I was old enough, I would walk or ride my bike across the park to explore the area. Of course I went to Fordham Road to the Valentine and Loew's Paradise. Eventually, I attended the High School of Music &Art, so some days I would walk home from West Harlem, just to connect the dots. I also dated several girls in Riverdale, so my explorations would take me across Moshulu pkwy as well. This was during the sixties, so I saw all of the gangs, The Baldies, The Ducky Boys that were featured some prominently in the film The Wanderers. There seemed to be so much history and old world culture everywhere I went. It's great to tweak all of those old heartstrings by looking at the amazing display of photo. Thanks for the memories.

Guest		10-Mar-2012 17:05
Thanks

Guest		09-Mar-2012 04:57
I lived in the Bronx from 1943-1949/50. But I remember it like yesterday. We lived across from Claremont Park on E. 170th. My dad owned a chicken store past The Grand Concourse on E 170th. The steps you have in many photos? I remember going up those steps every morning to get to kindergarten. Was there a school at the top of the steps? Every Sunday he and I would walk up the hill to the Luxor Theater and a candy store on the corner of E 170th and the Grand Concourse. He would buy me candy. We lived in a walk-thru apartment with huge rooms. The kitchen was about the size of half my present apartment. My parents, my sister and I shared a bedroom the size of a small house. Whenever I think of the BX I think of summery sunny days. I haven't been back in decades/decades/decades. But my memories are warm and lovely.

Eileen		07-Mar-2012 22:28
I stumbled upon site while looking for YMHA on Grand Concourse and 162nd St. We lived at 1972 Walton Ave and parents owned Love Nook Luncheonette on Burnside Ave. Graduated Taft HS. Great memories and a wonderful site.

Eileen		07-Mar-2012 22:24
Stumbled upon your site while looking for the YWHA on Grand Concourse and 162nd St. I lived on Walton Ave and Tremont until I was married. My parents owned .the Love Nook Luncheonette on Burnside Ave. anyone remember it? Great site you put together.

Errol Reiss		05-Mar-2012 12:23
I would be very interested if anyone has a photo or a story about Schiller's Toy Store at the corner of Tremont and Crotona Avenues in the Bronx. It was there that I bought my first microscope which set me on a path that resulted in my career as a microbiologist.

Andrew Nadler		04-Mar-2012 05:08
Grew up at 196th and West side of the Concourse. Big wall three blocks down, (Creston, Morris, Jerome) by elevated train where teens hung out on summer months. Kids attended PS 86 across the st. from the Armory, actually used by the military back in the '50s and early '60s. Long walkway from 196th and Jerome, along the "backside" of Walton HS to Resevoir Ave. The Dirt field is now a turf LL field and the use of the Armory is being debated. It was the kids that made the neighborhood, second generation, Jewish, bright, and athletic for the most part. About 12 cement tennis courts, rarely used, alongside the East side of Walton, all-girls back in the day - pelted by snowballs in the winter on their pilgramage to the 196th subway entrance and Concourse bus for transportation home.

Mary		04-Mar-2012 00:18
Thanks so much for the memories. I lived on 169th and Morris ave. I graduated from Taft HS in 1960. When I was a child I use to walk on the Grand Concourse and watch the door mem open the doors from the fancy buildings near the Concourse Plaza. I use to go to Alexanders by bus every Sat. what a treat. I graduated from the Lowes Paradise. What a great movie house. Those days are gone forever. Love to all you kids from the Bronx...

Anthony (Tony) Rose		03-Mar-2012 18:15
Neopolitan and Yankee pizza shops. 2 great pizzerias on Westchester Ave between Stratford and Ward Aves......yum yum. The James Monroe HS pool. The playground at Morrison & Watson Aves. The PS47 and PS77 school yards. Didn't spend alot of time on the Grand Concourse, the big avenue in my growing up years was Westchester Ave with the #6 train rattling overhead. Westchester Ave had all the stores we ever needed. Around the corner from our semi-detached townhome at 1160 Manor Ave was a 9th Federal Bank, Stern's shoes,John's bargain store,Carvel ice cream, jewelry store, Hebrew National deli,fruit/vegetable stand, Yankee pizza,Kun Ming chinese restaurant,live poultry store,dentist,general doctor Dr Liss,Bakery, Chicken Delight, 2 clothing cleaners, 2 laundrymats, Stanley's pharmacy, Y&S Pharmacy, Kenmar's (lady's clothing), Thom McCann's, the Ward theater,a billiard hall and Woolworth's all within a 2 block walk from the house. And believe me I left out a few businesses.

Anthony (Tony) Rose		03-Mar-2012 15:02
Does anyone here remember attending PS47, JHS123 or Alfred E Smith HS during the 1960's - 70's ?

Guest		03-Mar-2012 14:49
Does anyone remember the "Ward" movie theater on Westchester Ave between Ward & Boynton Aves? Mrs. Bellini worked the ticket window and also served as usher. Mrs Bellini also worked the cafeteria at PS47 on St. Lawrence Ave. The Ward always showed at least 2 movies and a cartoon, and once in a while they'd show a 3rd movie called a "sneak preview" There was a seperate children's, adults and smoker's section in the theaters at that time. My younger brother and I went to the Ward almost every Sunday. The Ward closed down in the mid 1970's to become a furniture store.

beatriz		02-Mar-2012 05:19
I appreciated your pictures and comments. My parents, Colombian immigrants, bought 1561 Walton Avenue in 1962. The building had 22 apartments and all the tenants were elderly Jews from: Russia, Turkey (Spanish Jews who had settled in Turkey after the inquisition, they spoke Ladino or a variation of Spanish), Rumania, Germany, and England. These tenants had lived there since the 1930's. There was one tenant who was Italian. I was 17 when I moved in and got to know the tenants. They were wonderful and it was interesting to hear their stories. The neighborhood was full of elderly Jews who would congregate in a very small park on the corner of Mt. Eden and Walton Avenue. There was a Jewish Temple across from our building. There was a two story house right next to our building, a relic from another time. I think it was a shul at one time. After my parents left the building in 1978, the investors who bought it demolished it and made a parking lot on the site.

Anthony (Tony) Rose		29-Feb-2012 22:52
My Mother was raised at 740 Jennings Street during the 1940-50's. My Dad was raised in Fall River, Mass. Their brothers were in the navy together, that's how they met. I was born in Fall River, Mass in 1959. We moved to the Bronx in 1966 at 1335 Fteley Ave. In late '66 we moved to 1160 Manor Ave. I went to PS47, JHS123 & A.E.Smith HS. Was a cub scout, troop 247 den 6. I remember that noisey #6 el rattling up & down Westchester Ave. My block was culturally diverse, there were blacks, whites & Jews. We all played the usual street games, most games centered around the Spaldeen. We didn't play much stick ball because our block was mostly 2 story town houses and alot of trees. But we had a nice wall for Slugs(chinese handball). My whole world was between Elder and St Lawrence train stations on the 6 line. Spent lots of time swimming in the pool at James Monroe HS. I played baseball for the Soundview little league. The 1960's was a fun time in the Bronx, even the early 70's.

Jesse Rosenberg		28-Feb-2012 23:41
Why was the Royal Hospital on Grand Concourse called "Royal Hospital"? Did it operate under the auspices of the British monarchy? My mother was born in that hospital in 1930, and I've always found the name of the place perplexing...

Gilberto		25-Feb-2012 21:00
My story is pretty Unique! We first moved to Hell's Kitchen in NYC only to find ourselves shifting to the Bronx in the early 60's! We were the only thing spanish then so if someone says "The Bronx was Jewish" agree! My buddys from school were jews who wore yamickas and I got along fine with them! I was always afraid to go to the Concourse since it was inundated with jews so I learned to hang with whatever was on the east of the concourse and 167th st. I remember there were synagouges all over the Bronx! 1972 was my saddest year cause all my jewish buddys disappeared all of a sudden! One by one!

Ruth Suero		25-Feb-2012 03:04
I personally appreciate taking your time in having all of these beautiful pictures, and allowing us to view these, and also bringing back so many memories which to me is like a start of living all over again. I lived from the age of 2 until I was 18 on 1090 Southern Blvd. between Westchester Ave. & E. 167th Street. South Bronx, NY. This building was domolished...I am hoping so much to be able to see a picture for I am sure there has to be archives with pictures on every building knocked down. Please let me have as a gift a picture of this building in its entirety, and maybe you may even find pictures of when they built this building on the beginning. Thanks in advance for any help possible...once more thank you!

Guest		25-Feb-2012 03:03
I personally appreciate taking your time in having all of these beautiful pictures, and allowing us to view these, and also bringing back so many memories which to me is like a start of living all over again. I lived from the age of 2 until I was 18 on 1090 Southern Blvd. between Westchester Ave. & E. 167th Street. South Bronx, NY. This building was domolished...I am hoping so much to be able to see a picture for I am sure there has to be archives with pictures on every building knocked down. Please let me have as a gift a picture of this building in its entirety, and maybe you may even find pictures of when they built this building on the beginning. Thanks in advance for any help possible...once more thank you!

Barry Morgenstern		21-Feb-2012 19:20
When I saw the Loew's Paradise Theatre I got goosebumps remembering going to the shows at 10:00 AM on Saturday morning for the cartoons and the two movies. We would then go to Krum's for ice cream sodas because Jahn's on Fordham was more expensive. Lived at 2396 Morris Avenue: went to PS 33, JHS 79, and Clinton HS. Like most of us I worked at Alexanders as a stock boy. It was quite rewarding seeing pictures at the intersection of Fordham Road and the Grand Concourse. Now all we have left are memories of a wonderful childhood.

Sue		21-Feb-2012 19:12
My grandfather drove a bus for 50 years here. He loved it. I was cusious as to what the Grand Concourse was so here I am. Love the pictures. Thank you, Sue

Mama C		21-Feb-2012 18:05
OMG What a time line, and how beautiful the buildings really were. I was brought up in the S0undview area and went to James Monroe H.S, graduated in 1970. Also lived in the Bronxdale Projects, I found this because I was surfng the web to see old photos of my home land. thanks for the memories. Mama C

emmy		20-Feb-2012 04:03
made me cry when i saw these pictures i left when i was 5 or 6 and im 14 now :( i miss the bronxx

mel einhorn		16-Feb-2012 23:26
My girlfriend from age 6-12 on Sheridan Avenue was Rhoda Lakritz. The secret passageways connecting the buildings were the best, with hidden alcoves to hide in or steal a kiss.-Regards to all now in their early seventies. Mel Einhorn

Guest		15-Feb-2012 16:07
Patrick Dunne. Kildare,Ireland. I STAYED IN THE BRONX 1976 WITH MCHALE FAMILY 2010 POWELL AVE. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO KNEW THEM HAVE LOST CONTACT. Many Thanks.

robert Lee		13-Feb-2012 00:47
Hi Pat, The reason I have arrived at your site is that I am trying to find out what happened to my grandfather. My grandfather was of Chinese origin and lived in New York. The last known address we have for him is 4218 Park Avenue, Bronx 57. The name on a letter I have seen from him was Chung Tong another name that was on the envelope was Sam Wah he also had a business partner Tom Lee (Pay Y Jung) who lived at 1257 Longfellow Avenue, Bronx 51 NY. As far as I know Chung passed away about 1972. I was under the impression he may have been in the laundry business but have been told that the address in Park Avenue used to be a cinema. If anyone has any information re. the above I would be really grateful if you would contact me. By the way your pictures of the Bronx are wonderful.

john folz		11-Feb-2012 23:28
I grew up, got married, and started my family highbridge (1944-1968). I played summer softball against P.S. 70. I attended P.S. 104 and Macombs Jr. High. I now live in Long Island, though I spent 10 years in Brooklyn )(1968-1978).

TREMAINE		11-Feb-2012 03:13
I WENT TO C.E.S. 7O IN 1980, WENT TO WADE 117 IN 1985.... 0MG I LIVED ON 1565 GRAND CONCOURSE FOR 22 YRS BEFORE I RELOCATED TO MD... DAMN I MISS MY BLOCK FROM MOSHULA ALL THE WAY TO 135 TO GO TO THE KEY... THANKS FOR THE STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE... IN TEARS... MT EDEN AND THE GRAND CONCOURSE, MY BLOCK

Guest		06-Feb-2012 02:05
Happy Valentines Day, all you wonderful Bronxites!

Guest		05-Feb-2012 04:26
I lived in the Sedgwick houses 1963 -1975 dad had a butcher shop on University ave and west 174street from1966-1975 then we moved to Pelham parkway we lived in 5F at 164 west 174st 1950-1975 coopcity opened up in 1970 and destroyed the West Bronx!!!

DPL		02-Feb-2012 05:20
As Hope said "Thanks for the memories" We came back to NYC after retiring to Fla. & then to Vegas. 104--82--Taft. Moses ruined the Bronx. The memories live on!!

Hector		01-Feb-2012 19:17
I left New York in 1979. The Bronx, as was much of the city, was a mess. I have many fond memories of the Bronx and would not hesitate to go back if it were a bit less crowded and much cleaner. I've traveled throughout the world but lone to come back home someday, even in my old age. I live in Texas but like many places in the southern United States it is without the soul and vigor of New York.

george		31-Jan-2012 14:18
Hello all, found this site ,was looking for info on 'when I was a boy' Lived across the street from High school of science,1940 till 1963 the moved with my bride thousands of miles away ,all these posts talk how the neighborhood changed, Are we not allowed to state how and who changed it? Some body bring me up to date. Born 1935 went to ps 33, ps79 Dewitt clinton, military married and moved.When ever friends came to visit my family always commenteded on how quiet and nice the area was. Yes I remembver the paradise rko krumbs, it breaks my heart that thats all gone.At least thge memories survive, regards to all

Jean		30-Jan-2012 17:26
Thank you for the memories ... Luhrs, Kramers, Macombs Jr. HS, PS 26, 181 W. Tremont Ave., Montgomery Ave., Popham Ave., PS 104, Walton HS, Andrews Ave., Calvary Methodist Church, Alexanders, stoop ball, etc. Thank you!

ellen		29-Jan-2012 15:45
Loved looking at your pics. I was born in the bronx. I was little when I moved to Ohio. But I spent my summers at my grandmothers apt ( Webster Ave). I remember many trips walking up Fordham Rd to shop at Alexanders. Everytime my grandmother and I went, she would get me a kinish at the store on the corner of Webster and Fordham Rd.

Guest		28-Jan-2012 14:39
To Richard I lived across Burnside Ave. on Creston. Who did you hang out with? I worked for Alexanders, also.

Richard		27-Jan-2012 17:51
Born in the Bronx in 1941. lived at 2087 Creston Ave. went to PS79 Creston JHS and DeWitt Clinton. Great memories of the Bronx and the Grand Concourse. The parades on Memorial Day walking to Fordham Road. I worked at Alexander's as a stock boy. $1.00 per hour So many memories of a great childhood. Any body from that area would love to hear from you.

TED		26-Jan-2012 04:01
HAVING GROWN UP ON 1711 DAVIDSON AVE THESE PICTURES BROUGHT BACK LOTS OF GOOD MEMORY'S. The ONE PICTURE looking down the stairs at the Lewis Morris is what i saw everyday out my sisters window. Shout out to Albert.Warren.and malcom

Mark P.		21-Jan-2012 22:34
I lived in the east bronx rosedale and bruckner, but I had a GF who lived in the Lewis Morris building back in the early 70's when it was just starting to go down hill(actually the concourse and the whole westbronx had been going down before that) The Grand Concourse was a classy thoroughfare back in the day. Alexanders on Fordham Rd, memories!

Gina		19-Jan-2012 15:24
My mother moved almost every 6 months when I was a child growing up in the Bronx. We lived at 1559 Vyse Avenue, on Nelson Avenue, 2078 Creston Avenue, 1975 Walton Avenue, we moved down the street on Walton Avenue but I can't remember the building number. We lived on Eastburn Avenue, 110 Mount Hope Place, and as an adult I lived at 2114 Aqueduct Avenue across from Bronx Community College. I went to C.S. 50 (we lived across the street) in 1972. I went to P.S. 73 in 1973, maybe in 1974. I went to P.S. 28 in 1975 and 1976 (it was so cold walking there from Walton Avenue and crossing the Grand Concourse. My mother use to boil and egg so our hands would stay warm. We were able to go outside for lunch and we would go to a pizza shop on Tremont Avenue and get a pizza and an icy for $1. I went to J.H.S. 117 from 1976- June 1979 and it went up to the 9th grade, but I left and went to Fashion Industries and then ended up graduateing from Theodore Roosevelt High School on Fordham Road. I actually went back to JHS 117 and taught there for 4 yrs and was the speaker at the graduation. I attended Lehman College which has Gothic Art. Then I attended City College, but relocated to VA in 1994. I have a twin sister name Lisa and everyone always got us mixed up. I read just about every comment but didn't see the great Bronx past time of going outside in the summer to play in the fire hydrant. We use to jump rope, play hopscotch and stuck ball in the street. Mr. Softee always came through when mom was broke, and someone always had a boombox blasting on the stoop. We use to go to the RKO and Lowe's Paradise as kids and my father bought us a book called, "The Beautiful Bronx" back in the day. I was a kid when the Yankee Stadium was FIRST remodeled and we would watch as they put the letters up spelling Yankee Stadium. I wish we had took pictures and documented that stuff back then, they would be priceless right now. I remember penny candy, rum caramel now-and-laters, squirrel nuts and mary janes. I live in rural VA and people always ask why we moved. I don't miss people brakng into to my car to steal my son's car seat, my car being picked up for parking tickets, aggressive driving and the trash. I do love my fond memories as a child, the block parties, walking to Orchard Beach, Manhattan, and selling used magazines we found in the trash. I packed bags at the E&B food store on Jerome Avenue and worked the Summer Youth Program. Thanks for the pictures Pat! Gina

Mike		19-Jan-2012 04:58
My mother grew up in the Bronx near Fordham Road and Webster Avenue. She passed away a few years ago and I have a butcher block from her Uncle's Butcher Shop. His name was Johnny Mazzaro and he owned a butcher shop at 93 West Fordham Road near University Avenue. I am pretty sure that is the exact address. I believe he owned it with his brother Ernie and it was probably called ERNIE & JOHN'S BUTCHER SHOP. I'm looking for a picture of it from back in the day that I can hang by the butcher block.

Raymond Arroyo		17-Jan-2012 09:15
Thank you for the wonderful photos. You have taken me back to a great childhood growing up in the Bronx. Lived on 1686 Clay Avenue, apt.44 from about 1963 to 1973. attended PS 70 from K-6th grade, 1966-72. We moved to 153 E. 184th St. between Grand Concourse and Crescent Ave I believe. I attended EBB when it went co-ed. My Brother Victor Cardona and sister Victoria Cardona attended PS 70 and Wade. We relocated to So. California in 1978. I do miss the Bronx and all of New York. Again Thanks for the memories. If anyone recalls my brother, sister or myself drop me an email, nightlifebailbonds@gmail.com. Thx, Raymond Arroyo

lorraine ferrara		14-Jan-2012 01:46
I was born and raised in the Bronx...the Allerton Avenue section...spent most of my teenage spare time shopping on the Concourse. Westchester relatives shopped at Lord and Taylor but I shopped at Alexanders...and had the most amazing outfits...looked like a million dollars... they looked like "ragamuffins." Oh...and the name of the bakery was Sutters.

Guest		13-Jan-2012 22:16
born in the Bronx on Webb ave. in 1941. Lived in bedford park section -Marion Ave,- until 1955. Remember the "fancy" architure of local apartments, especially on the concourse. Remember Lowes Paradise RKO Fordham (movie MARTY?), poe park, mosholu. Krum's Webber's bakery. Could go on and on. moved in mid 50's but returned regularly until mid 60's. Now only go back occasionally. Old neighborhood is in a sad state. Fortunately your pix make the area look great

Carole Mannion		10-Jan-2012 06:12
I stumbled over your site while googling "Krums". I lived at 1583 Macombs Road - that building was the last one left standing north of the Cross Bronx Expressway. I went to PS 104 and used to walk up Featherbed Lane and then Nelson Avenue to get there. My favorite aunt lived on Davidson Avenue, and I'd often walk to her house. I remember those steps!!! I spent the first 10 years of my life in that neighborhood, and it will always remain a fond memory. I'll never forget the Moishe's supermarket we used to shop at - the tiny deli where we'd buy franks with saurkraut. But especially sledding down Macombs Hill on a snowy day when the schools had been closed! On special Saturday nights, we would walk down Mt. Eden Avenue (and then all the way up) to the Grand Concourse, then stroll all the way to Fordham Road to go to Krum's for an ice cream sundae (or, in my case, an ice cream soda!) We didn't have much -- but those family walks are something I will always treasure. Sadly, many many years ago, I traveled back to visit the old neighborhood, and hardly recognized it. They say you can't go home again -- but thanks for the wonderful pictures and memories. Carole Mannion Myrtle Beach, SC

Guest		09-Jan-2012 08:57
To Violet Rose Gold Google - Back In The Bronx You can buy a DVD all about the Paradise Theater. There are many wonderful items you can view and buy, as well.

Violet Rose Gold		09-Jan-2012 04:56
I can't believe I've stumbled on this site. I went to EBB from 1957 to 58 and then went to Music & Art HS. I lived at 2310 Creston Ave & 183rd St. So sad to see the shul burned out on another site. I remember it was quite imposing to me as a child. Does anyone have pics of the inside of the Loew's Paradise? I live in Virginia now and have told so many people about how beautiful it was but I can't find good pics of the inside with the grand staircase and the marble fish pond by the concession stand and all the marble statues. Dances at Poe Park in the summer and the parades down the Grand Concourse.And of course, Krum's, with the best coffee ice cream sodas anywhere! Alexander's, where my mother cured me forever from wanting to shop, shop, shop. Thank you so much for this site.

Seymour Reichbart		07-Jan-2012 17:54
Pat, I grew up in the Bronx, searched for a "Krum's page after I found a book of matches. Are you still receiving or is this outdated? What I can tell you is that I left "da Bronx" in 1950 when I was drafted. I live in San Diego and known as "da rock from da bronx" I got chills reading so many memorable letters you received. I have a lot to tell you. 2186 Grand Concourse, between 181st-182nd St. r

P T		04-Jan-2012 15:59
I'm glad I stumbled on your site. This brought back a lot of memories - I grew up in the Bronx from 1958 to 1974 and lived in two neighborhoods 1365 Sheridan Avenue up the street from Taft HS and at 1665 Grand Concourse across the street from Lebanon Hospital. The last time I was up there was 1992 - I still have dreams to this day of being back there - those were the happiest times of my life. I've been living in Texas since 1986 but as I still tell everyone - You can take me out of the Bronx but you'll never take the Bronx out of me.

Guest		03-Jan-2012 10:09
Leigh - Could the bakery your dad and uncle are thinking of be Zaro's or Zeppieri's ?

Guest		01-Jan-2012 20:09
Response to Leigh. I know the bakery you are talking about. I would get a black and white everyday on the way to school.(OLA) Unfortunately, I don't remember the name.

Guest		31-Dec-2011 04:51
Happy New Year!

Guest		30-Dec-2011 08:11
Looking for Susan Goldfarb. She lived on Allerton Ave.- went to C.Columbus H.S.- graduated 1962.

Blanca Gonzalez		28-Dec-2011 23:28
Wow how great to see my beautiful Bronx I lived 1384 Grand Concourse i moved there right after my mother died in 1969. On 170th Street playing handball in Taft going to the movies on Fordham Road good times,great times.Hanging out on Sheridan Avenue 169th

Blanca Gonzalez		28-Dec-2011 23:28
Wow how great to see my beautiful Bronx I lived 1384 Grand Concourse i moved there right after my mother died in 1969. On 170th Street playing handball in Taft going to the movies on Fordham Road good times,great times.Hanging out on Sheridan Avenue 169th

Blanca Gonzalez		28-Dec-2011 23:24
Wow how great to see my beautiful Bronx I lived 1384 Grand Concourse i moved there right after my mother died in 1969. On 170th Street playing handball in Taft going to the movies on Fordham Road good times,great times

Leigh		26-Dec-2011 00:08
My father and uncle are trying to think of a bakery they went to that was near Sedgwick ave and kingsbridge back in the 60's. They think it started with a Z but they are not sure. If anyone knows this please email me at leighsmiller@gmail.com

Guest		20-Dec-2011 03:59
To Gilda - I moved from Rockland County twenty years ago. I loved having delicious stuffed pizza at Posa Posa. I'm so glad it still remains at the same location. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

R. A. Chen		20-Dec-2011 02:30
Grew up on 170th across from Claremont Park and attended PS 88, PS 53, JHS 22 for one year, SP class at Wade JHS 117 and graduated from the HS OF MUSIC & ART in 1973. Have plenty of bittersweet memories of the Bronx, and still take rides through the Bronx to reminisce. If anyone remembers the play "Oliver" at Wade in 1969, contact me. I played "Oliver." rialchen@gmail.com

Gilda		19-Dec-2011 18:37
Sitting at the moment eatting pizza at posa posa in rockland . I was ecstatic when I discovered this shop after 30 or more years of lousy pizza. I missed the family owned pizza shop on southern blvd in the Bronx. Do you know the name of the shop? I remember a whole Italian sausage for each slice! I remember it only cost .20 cents! There was a flavor in their sauce that could not be matched even by our so called famous pizzas in manhattan!

MANUEL LAGE		18-Dec-2011 00:31
THANK YOU FOR THESE WONDERFUL PHOTOS . YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOY YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO ME.

Joe C		14-Dec-2011 21:20
I lived at 1695 Andrews Ave until we moved to NJ 1960's-mid 1970's. Went to PS 109 (which became CES 109), then JHS 82. I heard the temporary classrooms they built in back of 109 in early 1970s are still there! Great photos. I've been wanting to go back and look around for some nostalgia.

Regina		13-Dec-2011 02:25
I too lived in 1371 Shakespeare Avenue. I went to PS104,82 and Taft. I remember sitting on the stoop when it was a hot summer's night going to the candy store around the corner for penny candy. Going to the movies in Macombs road for 50 cents ang going to Alexanders shopping with my parents. Going into the bakery for black and white cookies. Graduating at the Paradise theatre. hanging out ay the playground on Plimpton Avenue.. The place where I made a friend for life

Fern		12-Dec-2011 22:26
Had to add that I've forwarded a link to a number of friends and family. This is a real treasure. And if anyone is from my neck of the Bronx woods, E.L. Grant Hwy, Plimpton Avenue, Shakespeare Ave, PS 104, etc. you can reach me at fgweis@gmail.com. Maiden name, Gersten. I feel as if I just got back a piece of my life. Living in the suburbs, most people around me have no idea what it was like being a 'city kid' and how much fun it was, at least back them.

Fern		12-Dec-2011 21:55
Met someone today who asked, "Have you ever heard of Featherbed Lane?" Of course I have. My mom did all her shopping there. I don't remember it, I was seven when we moved. But as you said, those first years hold special memories. Love the picture of the Grand Concourse flatiron building. Pretty sure my pediatrician was in that building. We lived at 1430 Plimpton Avenue. Most people have never heard of it, first street off the E.L.Grant Highway. My cousins were a block or two down on Shakespeare Avenue. Went to PS 104 around the corner through first grade, and our shul was just at the end of our block. It's so sad, my building isn't even there anymore. I was never able to take my kids back and show them. A typical 6-story walkup... didn't you just love the lobbies of those buildings? I remember living in a 1 bedroom apartment (4 of us in one BR!) until I was 7. I remember jumping rope with the older girls and always being the 'steady ender'. I remember my first day of kindergarten in 1960, the tail end of a hurricane, so wet and windy, but so excited to finally go to school. I remember running around in and out of our neighbors' apartments, and having multiple 'parents' in the building, and spending hours in the (not always so) fresh air, and always having someone to play with. And Francine Silberberg, if you're out there, I'd love to walk down memory lane with you. Wish I had time to read through all your comments, but the first hundred or so will have to do for now. Do I sound like our parents when I say, "Here's to the good old days"? Well, they were!

Guest		11-Dec-2011 16:27
Wishing all you "Bronxites" a Happy Chanukah, a Merry Christmas, and a very Healthy New Year!

Marcia Robinson		09-Dec-2011 08:04
I was born at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. I lived at 1425 Sheridan Ave right across the street from Taft HS. We migrated to Queens when I graduated Wade JHS in 1968. The Bronx made me into the woman I am today and I hold those memories so close to my heart and soul. If anyone knows how to contact Cynthia(Kashuck)Lax please let me know. She taught English in the 60's at Wade JHS.

Michael Keats		07-Dec-2011 22:01
I was born in 1957 & originally lived at 1500 Grand Concourse. There was a Chinese restaurant and a dry cleaner on the block. I remember when the first supermarket in the area opened. i think it was named "Food Stop." When I was 8 we moved to 201 E. Mt. Eden Parkway. My father was the associate director of Lebanon Hospital and his commute was all of a 3 block walk. I graduated from P.S. 70 in June 1969. PS 70 had a beautiful indoor pool and I remember Mr. Leffler was the swim instructor. My teachers at PS 70 were: Mrs. Nestenpower (1st grade), Mrs. Marden (3rd grade), Mrs. Benjamin (3rd grade), ??? (4th Grade), Mrs. Slobody (5th Grade, that was the music class) and Mrs. Arnauer (6th grade). How do I remember their names??? I then attended JHS 117 (Wade JHS).The neighborhood was starting to change in a bad way and I made the SP and graduated after 2 years. I made Bx. Science but decided to attend The HS for the Performing Arts once accepted. We moved out of the Bx. after I had finished the 10th grade and we headed to the safe borough of Queens. My entire family lived within a 15 walk of my apartment. When I was in the 6th grade everybody began moving away. My grandparents had lived at the corner of Clarke Place & Jerome Avenue for almost 40 years and they moved to Co-Op City (Section 5, Building 26). My grandmother's 2 sisters and brother and teir families all moved to Atlanta, GA. An so began the exodus. Things I remember: -Krum's candy store on the Concourse near Fordham Road -Alexander's -Movies at the Luxor, Kent and Loew's Paradise theaters -Jahn's and the KITCHEN SINK -Little League baseball and the annual baseball season parade on the Concourse -The YMHA on the Concourse near 167th Street (I earned a brown belt in judo there) -Working as a runner in the beauty parlor my mother went to on 17oth Street -Hebrew school at the Mt. Eden Jewish Center/Rabbi David Hollander -The library across from PS 70 -Stickball in the schoolyard -Riding bikes at Poe Park -The playground at Claremont Park -Taking the #1 bus to Riverdale to go ice skating -Walking to Yankee Stadium with my grandfather -Charlotte Rousse pastries -Two slices of pizza and a soda and getting change for $1. Toppings???? There were no toppings then. -Sitting on the fire escape with my grandmother on hot sticky days in June -Escaping the city to go to the Catskills after school let out in June and returning just after Labor Day -Susan Bass......my first crush -Taking the Jerome Avenue train to Van Cortland Park -My classmates and friends from my childhood; Clifton Anderson, Lee Rosenthal, Michael Cohen, Steven Cohen, David Pinsky,Leslie Malar, Michael Dain, Bruce Dain, Mrs. Dain, Danny Cavanaugh -My neighborhood kosher deli and its mouth watering foods (knishes, pastrami, corned beef, tongue & brisket). I remember the owner's son was killed in Vietnam and he was never the same and shortly afterwards, he closed the deli. -Attending numerous affairs at a catering hall on the other side of Mt. Eden Parkway. I don't remember its name.

Hayden (Denny) Reiter		07-Dec-2011 18:00
My 1st 16+ years were spent living in Parkchester; PS 106, JHS 127 (During the years of the "Mad Bomber"), 'Clinton '61. So many memories; all good despite some very crazy times for which I deserved to get my butt kicked! There IS something very special about having lived the 40's, 50's and 60's in the Bronx, despite the "real world" influences that were also present. 'have lived in many parts of the world and the US, but there has never been any place that could replace 'home." 'now live in rural Tennessee (holdover from my early Boy Scout days!) - talk about a turn around! Thank you so much for all the energy and creativity that's gone into developing and posting the photos.

Sheridan forever		03-Dec-2011 19:51
Born in bronx leb.. in the 70s lived @1511 for 21 years took alot of loses...even lost a brother a best friend and many other friends to violence....but nothing will ever take away the memories of sliding down taft grass in the winter and hoping not to crash into the gate.....love sheridan always

Maureen		01-Dec-2011 01:26
Mom reminded me she lived on 135th Street near Alexander, not 138th. I have to exercise my memory more often. :-)

Maureen		01-Dec-2011 00:50
Hi, My Dad moved around a lot but loved his time in the Bronx, where he lived at 1400 Grand Avenue, among other places. He & my mother were neighbors on Virginia Avenue later in the 1930's and were married at Blessed Sacrament Church on Beach Avenue in 1943. Both my parents have very fond memories of the Bronx. Though my Dad only moved there when he was about 14-16, my mother was born on 155th Street. My parents would have stayed in the Bronx but found it hard to find a residence there in the late 1940's. They had a very small place on 138th Street near Alexander Avenue but needed more space when they had children. They moved to Long Island in 1948 but always talked fondly about their memories of the Bronx. I found your webpage by searching for their old Bronx addresses - loved your photos and stories! Maureen

Dennis		30-Nov-2011 21:19
Born in Brockton, Mass. in 1946 but moved to 1566 Macombs Rd. when I was 3 months old so I consider myself a "life-long" Bronx resident. Moved to Woodlawn in 1959 when x-bx. expwy was built. Attended PS 104 & JHS 82 before moving. Went to De Witt Clinton HS & graduated in 1963. Married 44 years to my childhood sweetheart who lived on College Ave. from 1947 to 1962. Played baseball at Clinton & remember when our football team had cheerleaders from Roosevelt High School! Remember when a movie (loew's Paradise) and a soda at Jahns was only $5 for two on a date? Remember "opening day" each year at the Mt. Eden movie theatre when they gave out Comics to the kids & dishes/glasses to the parents? Remember the old matron movie ushers who asked for your birth certificate if you were big for your age and always were shining that darned flashlight? Remember Skully, Red Rover come on over, King of the Hill & Johnny on the Pony? the 15 cent soft rubber ball & the 25 cent Spalding? They say nostalgia is really only remembering the good parts of the past but growing up in the Bronx in the 50's & 60's had no bad parts.

Gabrielle		29-Nov-2011 04:56
Gae Edelman. I grew up on Hull Ave. off Gun Hill Rd. Your pictures remind me of my building--same tiles, same bricks, same fire escapes, same look. PS 94, JHS 80, Evander Childs grad. in 1957. My friends were Judy Glotzer, Bonnie Trost, Lucy Nathan, Phyllis Cohen, Bunny & Alice Schwartz, Bob Jacobs, Arlene Goldberg. Now in California, a psychologist, name is Gabrielle Grossman.

Daniel Smith		28-Nov-2011 02:44
I just came across this site and forgot that I had posted comments a year or so ago. I don't know where to begin, what with all the memories flooding into my brain from this second visit. I lived at 1208 college Ave, then moved to 210 Mt. Hope Place...attended PS 53, PS 22 (first year when it opened!), Taft HS etc. I well remember all the shops on Tremont Ave, The Fleetwood Theater, The A&P on 167th St,the Kent, Luxor, Devon, and on and on. I lived in London for 18 years and came back to the states in 2005. (Not by choice as these were still the corrupt Bush years-but that's another story)..what struck me was how much the buildings on Mt. Hope Place leading up to PS 28 in the photos could very well have been in London...beautiful architecture as are so many of the apartment houses still standing. Also I well remember how safe and clean it was everywhere, the trolly cars, Cascade swimming pool on Jerome and 167th St, the Ascot on the Grand Concurse where 'foreign' fils were shown, the large playing field of PS 53, ...I am sure that 90% of everyone who moved elsewhere over the years would NEVER have left if the Bronx stayed as we knew it before it went downhill...Having lived in Europe and traveled to many countries, I am always dismayed at how Americn cities (the Bronx being just one of countless examples) become abandoned and dangerous and 'downtown' hardly exists in so many places. 'Downtown' in Europe's cities are viable and hardly changed over the centuries...and mostly safe and thriving. I blame TV for so much of what destroyed our culture...for those of us who remember, there were glorious movie palaces, night clubs, restaurants, stage shows, dance bands and show bands, and so forth where people went out to partake of all this.. It is mostly all gone now and people have retired to places such as Florida and Arizona where that special spark of life is simply not there. I lived in Europe in regard to a musical career as a soloist on the bassoon and am now back in the states and living in Brooklyn...and still performing in jazz and classical.....The main point of these comments is to express the many fond memories I have, and will always have, of growning up in the Bronx...My wife is from Brooklyn and she considers Brooklyn superior to the Bronx....fuggedaboutit...Da Bronx was da best...And the ONLY other places where THE is used as part of a full place name are THE VATICAN and THE HAGUE..perhaps a few others, but THE BRONX was the best! danbassoon2@aol.com if anyone wants to make contact..I noticed a Joan Lang and a reference to Evelyn Adler from Mt. Hope Place along the way.

Cathy Bernstein		25-Nov-2011 19:00
I was born at Mount Sinai in 1969...my parents lived on DeKalb and Gun Hill (no baby doc in the Bronx then I guess :) Grew up there until leaving briefly for Boston College and returning after crushing homesickness. Lived in Manhattan for 15 more years and then left for Miami in 2009. No you can't go home again but the menories live on always and the fact that we always thought we were privileged to live in the best place in the whole world! My parents and my sisters are STILL there. My parents-same apt. on DeKalb and my sister is in the Amalgamated.

Evelyn (Evy)		23-Nov-2011 00:36
Evy Wow, what a great site. Born in Mother Cabrini Hospital-lived on Hoffman St. in the Bronx's "Little Italy" section a.k.a. Arthur Ave. Lived @ 314 E. 196th St. attended P.S. 46. We moved to Walton Ave. btwn 183rd st and 184th st. Really bad neighborhood back then in the 70's. We moved to 176th St. and College Ave. an even worse neighborhood... went to Elizabeth Barrett Browning-JHS 115 on 184th st. We moved to 2599 Briggs Ave. I attended John F. Kennedy H.S. in Marble Hill and Evander Childs H.S. on Gun Hill Road. I had a job in Lady Godiva on Fordham as a teenager-and the Manufacturers Hanover Bank on 149th Street off Third Ave. I LOVE the Bronx--won't live there now but LOVE the architecture and the memories- Thanks so much for posting these photos...

Caryn		21-Nov-2011 22:06
these pictures are wonderful! thank you. i only lived in the bronx for 10 years and then we moved to queens. we lived at 1405 college avenue. my grandparents lived at 1410 morris avenue, right around the corner from us, and directly across the street from taft. i learned to ride my two wheeler in taft's schoolyard. i went to ps 88 and then to ps 64. i have such fond memories... my parents and grandparents always loved the bronx and spoke about it so warmly. great days. thanks again for sharing.

Caryn		21-Nov-2011 22:06
these pictures are wonderful! thank you. i only lived in the bronx for 10 years and then we moved to queens. we lived at 1405 college avenue. my grandparents lived at 1410 morris avenue, right around the corner from us, and directly across the street from taft. i learned to ride my two wheeler in taft's schoolyard. i went to ps 88 and then to ps 64. i have such fond memories... my parents and grandparents always loved the bronx and spoke about it so warmly. great days. thanks again for sharing.

Caryn		21-Nov-2011 22:06
these pictures are wonderful! thank you. i only lived in the bronx for 10 years and then we moved to queens. we lived at 1405 college avenue. my grandparents lived at 1410 morris avenue, right around the corner from us, and directly across the street from taft. i learned to ride my two wheeler in taft's schoolyard. i went to ps 88 and then to ps 64. i have such fond memories... my parents and grandparents always loved the bronx and spoke about it so warmly. great days. thanks again for sharing.

Caryn		21-Nov-2011 22:06
these pictures are wonderful! thank you. i only lived in the bronx for 10 years and then we moved to queens. we lived at 1405 college avenue. my grandparents lived at 1410 morris avenue, right around the corner from us, and directly across the street from taft. i learned to ride my two wheeler in taft's schoolyard. i went to ps 88 and then to ps 64. i have such fond memories... my parents and grandparents always loved the bronx and spoke about it so warmly. great days. thanks again for sharing.

Harold		19-Nov-2011 17:57
I also lived at 1563 Walton Ave and also for the first ten years of my life, from 1950 until 1960. First in an apartment on the first floor looking out on the backyard, then on the ground floor facing the front of the building, and lastly back up to the first floor facing but in an apartment facing the front of the building.The fire escape over the entrance to the building was ours, the window to the fire escape that is over the front door was in the kitchen and the other window was my bedroom. Great memories, knew all the neighbors, played on the sidewalks, and went to PS 64.

Dara		16-Nov-2011 01:51
Hello. Saw a posting for someone who lived at 1304 Merriam Ave. My dad grew up in that building in the 1940's to the 1950's. Looking for people he knew back then, Donnie Henry, John Grohl, Joe Fitzpatrick. Dad passed 18 years ago but mom would like to connect with his friends.

Neil V. Sternberg		15-Nov-2011 23:06
What a fantastic treasure of a website. Born at Hunts Point Hospital in 1933, were living at 2876 Jerome at my earliest memory and we seemed to move every time the apartment needed a paint job. We had apartments at 2776 Jerome, then 2824 Morris, 3400 Tryon Ave.,2347 Tiebout at which time I left for the military in 1953. Started school at PS 86 in 1938, then PS 94, JHS 79, DeWitt Clinton class of 1950 (what a wonderful place it was, great faculty and greater students) then trade school at State Tech in Brooklyn for 18 months and then basic training at Sampson AFB. Went to Bryan AFB in Texas and concurrently studied at Texas A&M, 4 years later at Ohio State and finally dental school at NYU. Loved growing up in the Bronx, all of these contributions made me think of where I lived and what I did. Anyway, now retired and still in Texas but my heart is back in The Bronx. Would enjoy hearing from other Bronxites residing here in Texas.

Guest		12-Nov-2011 12:46
Your pictures are great! I went to P.S.70; Wade, and Taft. It was great growing up in The Bronx. The childhood was terrific. Remember 172nd St. and Sheridan Ave, steps; school yard; candy store. Those were the days!

Kevin Lydon		12-Nov-2011 07:09
Great pixs, nothing touched growing up on Kingsbridge / Sedgwick Ave. Wiffle ball , Stickball , punchball,off the point, football, and kick the can. hangin out little league name it 1967-1973 was awesome !!!!! moved out old man saw nieborhood changing

SYCO TC		10-Nov-2011 19:19
You I grew up at 221 E 173rd and eastburn, I remember there was a synagogue across the street from the pics you labled the church, it had been adandoned and infested with rats, so the city bomed and sealed it for a few years then tore it down and built an apartment building.... Man that was way back. I went to C.E.S 70 and ran those streets for many years, after a tragic killing of one of my friends I decided to leave. I joined the Army and found a better life outside the BX. The Bronx will always be my home, the place that prepapred for just about anything in LIFE, I really appreciate the time you took out to take and upload these photos, each one brought back a memory!!!! P.S I got to your page looking for an article on another friend of mine that was killed on 174th st at the chicken spot...

Frankie Small		10-Nov-2011 06:32
Found this while looking for fire escape photos. Saved it for future reference. I was born in the Bronx in early 1957. My parents owned a lunchenette called Bootsie's on the corner of Jerome Avenue and Minerva Place. This was from probably 57- 67. Great memories of that place.

Sonia H.		09-Nov-2011 02:02
What wonderful memories of PS 31, that castle on the hill. I recently drove by on the Deagan Expressway with my son and husband. He's 2 and pointed to the school and asked me if I saw the "castle". I told him "mommy went to school in that castle". Time truly flew by but those were the sweetest memories of great teachers, great art/music program and friendships that were innocent. Sonia H.

Marlina Teich		06-Nov-2011 20:26
I grew up at 57 west 175th Street, Bronx in the 1960s. I love your photos. Went to P.S. 104 and hung out a lot on Featherbed Lane. Then we moved to Bayonne, NJ when the apartment and neighborhood started getting high crime. You couldn't own a bicycle on that street because it would get ripped off. But, I loved that neighborhood and the people in it. My 6th grade teacher Ms. Sher was sensational. I would love to connect with her again if anyone knows how to connect. Thanks!

Mary		04-Nov-2011 12:52
What was the name of the chinese restaurant on Hugh Grant Circle next to Daitch Shopwell Supermarket?

Steve Weiss		03-Nov-2011 22:11
What is it about the Bronx that makes us all miss it so, including myself? I think because it was a slower, happier, really rich home life, when many of us still had our grandparents, aunts and uncles living nearby. I grew up at 65 East 190th Street between Alexander's and St. James Park just off the Grand Concourse. Left the Bronx for Miami Beach in 1954 when my Dad had enough of shoveling his car out of the snow every Winter. I only spent the first 9 years of my life in the Bronx, but I have a lot of great, still-vivid memories: Attending PS33 which always looked like a giant European castle to me; Going to the Plunge (Crotona?)on a hot day and drinking orange drink in those little triangular-shaped waxed containers; eating dinner out at The Chinese Casino restaurant near the Concourse and my Dad telling me every time the soy sauce was really 'Black Bug's Blood'; Walking with Mom and Sis to Loew's Paradise and spending more time watching the moving ceiling, twinkling stars, statues and exploring the many levels and alcoves than the movies. I remember the swords made into lamps hanging in the bathrooms. Those were the days parents could let their kids wander alone in a movie house without fear of some pedophile hurting them. Visiting my friend David Braunstein, who's Grandma lived with him and always had fresh-baked cookies waiting; Going to Nedicks or Gorman's for a hot dog and grape drink before the Loew's Grand; Visiting my Dad's combination billiard parlor and bowling alley on the Concourse, and meeting all the professional wrestlers who hung out there. They used to ask me to 'make a muscle' with my puny, twig little-kid arms and go 'ooh' and 'aah' as they squeezed it; The kids playing stickball or 'Off The Stoop' with their bright-pink 'Spaldeen' ball; Other kids shooting marbles with cigar boxes their Dad gave them which had little holes cut out to shoot into; Still others flipping and trading baseball cards (nobody I knew ever traded football cards, but we had those too); A visit to John's Butcher Shop and being a little scared of the pile of bloody, staring chicken heads on the floor; A visit to Mooney and Benny's Fruit Stand and always getting a dill pickle as a gift from them; The barber shop on Jerome Avenue under the elevated train, where the barber always got me to be still by telling me he cut off the last little boy's ear because he squirmed too much (it always worked!); Krum's, where they could have charged for the smells alone!; World's best pizza on Arthur Avenue when the whole family would walk down together and we would magia and listen to the wonderful, happy Italian music always being played; Playing endlessly in St. James Park, a green and beautiful refuge in the big city. I could keep going but we all have this greeat storehouse of warm, pleasant memories from our early childhoods. Thanks Pat for sharing those great photos of a place and time that, like Margret Mitchell said, is now "Gone With The Wind."

Sandra		01-Nov-2011 05:11
I found your site while I was searching for Archie's Bar in the Bronx. My grandfather was the cook there in the 50's (I think). We were estranged and I went to Archie's once when I was in 8th grade and my dad was stationed at Fort Dix. Just wondering if it was still there and if anyone knew anything about the original owners. I was told that they named one of their daughters after me, and would like to know where she is. If anyone has any info that would be great. Thanks.

Guest		31-Oct-2011 02:27
Hello, This message is for Shana, who posted in July, 2011 concerning her grandfather's bakery, G&R on 161 st. near the old Yankee Stadium. Shana, My family loved the Bakery, especially the iced rum cheesecake with the bottom crust coated with glazed fruit pieces. It was terrific and I've been trying for a long time to duplicate the taste. Is it possible at all that you have this recipe that you would be willing to share? Please comment as I will be monitoring this wonderful site for these Bronx memories. Thank you, Sherry

Bob Grand		26-Oct-2011 21:47
To the guest who wrote in on August 22, 2011, and is a teacher at P.S. 88. If you read this, I can tell you what it was like in the 1940's when I went there. Contact Bob Grand, email: bob@cadacinc.com

Guest		21-Oct-2011 04:44
Hi Rapp, I lived on 176st and nelson, near Macombs Rd. Do you remember Frank and Gloria's candy store on the hill of Macombs and Dr. Wienstein was the medical Dr. in a building on Macombs. Peace! April

Ray Rapp		20-Oct-2011 16:38
Wow!! what a wonderful stroll down memory lane. I remember so many of the places mentioned above as I lived on Nelson Ave and Macombs road until 1968 when we moved to kingsbridge. MY aunts and uncles and grandparents lived in the Fordham, Webster and Arthur ave areas. I actully moved back in 2001 and live on the concourse near the Satdium. It is really nice but nothing will ever be the same as the Bronx of Old Ray R

Gladys		18-Oct-2011 17:17
Hi, I would like information of someone borned around 1962, who went to PS 61 School.

Bob		16-Oct-2011 01:21
What great photos bringing back fond memories including the Mt Eden Hospital where I was born in 1945; Jahns where I first met my future wife...she on a date with my friend who she disliked (lucky me!!); Daitch's Dairy on 174th Street before and after the Cross Bronx crushed a good part of the neighborhood and took away friends; the Dollar Savings Bank which had an in-school savings plan...bring a bit of money to school weekly and become a saver for life; the Mt. Eden Synagogue on 174th Street and the Park Plaza on Mt Eden for my Bar Mitzva party; summer school and swimming at PS70; dodging traffic crossing the Concourse at Eastburn Ave on the way to Wade (where we played basketball at night); going in the back door at PS 70 in the afternoon after we'd gotten out of Taft to play basketball in the first floor gym; the PS 70 schoolyard before they put in the classrooms huts...stickball, softball, basketball, handball and johnny-on-the-pony; and the special music classes grades 5-6 where I learned to play the trumpet. Lived on Morris Ave around the corner from Rosoff's Pharmacy...which still stands today; great times well remembered!!!

Ken Brown		14-Oct-2011 12:05
Hi Pat...I stumbled across your site as I was feeling a bit down about how many years have slipped away. I attended PS 91 and Creston also, and after that Bronx HS of Science. I was wondering if we might know one another as I do not recall your name. I was born in 1953. Thanks for the slight respite from 2011. And if anywone visiting this site remembers me, I would really enjoy hearing from you. My e-mail is editman1000@yahoo.com --Ken Brown

Denise Angeledes-Knipp		12-Oct-2011 19:29
Dear Pat I too grew up in the Bronx and while I was there I loved it. I found this site while looking for a library I think was at Mount Hope Place. A librarian named Miss Bush.who was an inspiration to me from the time I was 6 years old. Here 51 years later I still think of her often. Your photos are a wonderful trip down memory lane. My neighborhood is also trashed and overrun with gang activity. 176th and Walton. Our building has long since been burned down and remains a vacant lot, but the memories are still alive. Thanks for the memories. I'll stop by here again. Thanks

Ava G. (guest)		09-Oct-2011 21:43
Pat M. - Do you remember the vending machine in the lobby of the Lewis Morris building in th 1960s? It sold quarts of milk for 25 cents when the grocery stores had it for 15 cents.

Guest		09-Oct-2011 17:43
hi my name is mayra n i lived at 167st gerard my building was 1180, i moved in with my parents at the age of 1 n move out at the age of 23.. it was the best ever, i would never forget it.. i visit there every now n then.. my bestfriend from there was n still is joyde that had a sis name layshack....i remember every one.. i was born in lincoln hospital in 1978 n now i live on walton ave in 172st...

Ava G.		05-Oct-2011 16:58
I was born in the Bronx in 1949 in Royal Hospital (closed 1950). Lived at 1751 Anthony Avenue (no longer standing). Used to look out the window and watch the Cross Bronx Expressway being built (1959). Went to PS 28, Wade JHS117, and Taft. Moved to 178th and Creston. My father Joseph worked at Franks Sports and Bobkoffs on Tremont Avenue - down the big East 176th St. hill from Anthony Ave. My dad also work at Bobkoffs on Fordham Road Thank you for all the GREAT photos. I moved to Manhattan in 1970. I use Google maps to look at all the great buildings and areas of the Bronx and remember what it used to look like.

Guest		04-Oct-2011 23:36
Seriously- Regis Philbin originally comes from Morris Park Ave. If you contact the show website- he would most likely know the answer, and be glad to talk about the old neighborhood. He loves his roots, "The Bronx."

Guest		04-Oct-2011 17:23
Would anyone happen to remember the name(s) of candy stores located at or near the intersection of Holland Ave and Morris Park Ave operating during the 1940s?

Guest		04-Oct-2011 04:19
I was born in 1954 at Mt. Eden General Hospital. Lived on Home St. till 1st grade and then moved to 133 Clarke Place. Our Clarke Place windows looked over the yard of Christ the King Church on Marcy Place. I went to kindergarten at PS 66 on Jennings St, then moved in 1st grade and went to PS 64, Wade 117 and Bronx Science. and Temple Adath Israel Hebrew School. I remember the pickle guy (5 cent pickles), Jerry's Knishes, Sen Ho and the Hamburger Express. And the deli on Jerome Ave near Marcy Place. Food!

Guest		02-Oct-2011 18:02
Yes, the pickle guy.... you could smell them a block away. And the locksmith around the corner on 170th St. The Concourse Chinese Restaurant and so many more. I was born in '46........ boy, the endless memories.

steve		02-Oct-2011 14:52
Great photos. I was born in 1948 and move to 108 Clarke Place and lived there until 1970. Attended PS 64, 117, and Bronx Science. I would still love to have a cheeseburger from the Waldorf on 170th St. "Hey Sophocles, get me a cheeseburger and a cherry-lemon coke!" Barracini's. The pickle guy and Carvel on Jerome Ave. The Kent and the Luxor theaters. 167th street cafeteria. Temple Adath Israel.

April		28-Sep-2011 04:36
Hi Judith. Did you know Tawana and her brother Stephon? I think she lived in 1507 Popham. It would've been between 1972 and 1977. She was my best friend at the time.

Guest		27-Sep-2011 04:59
Awesome photos..so many memories...grew up in the 1960's at 181st & Grand Ave...went to PS 91 and then Holy Spirit school on University Ave, PS 143 (Tetard Jr High). Hanging out on the Aqueduct, the Francis Martin Library, the Hall of Fame at NYU, Fordham Rd, pizza on the Concourse, Lowe's Paradise, Alexanders, St James Park, Tolentine, High Bridge swimming pool, Van Cortland Park, wow, big trip to the 'country' was Bear Mountain, looking back..it was so great..everywhere i go in life I meet people from the Bronx...the deli at Davidson & Burnside, Cousin Brucey and Jean Shepherd on the radio, the worlds fair, sitting in the bleachers at the old Yankee stadium, riding the subways, going to Radio City at Christmas, it was really something. My mom was the last holdout, she always said "Leave NY ? Why would I do that ? it's the greatest city on earth". She's in the Poconos now, and I'm out here in Kansas City, but I'll never forget it...thanks for the memories.

Judith		27-Sep-2011 02:23
Yes, thx for the memories. Lived at 1507 Popham AV; no longer there; went to Sacred Heart, Bronx Community & Lehman. That Art Deco rocks! God bless all! Judith

Tommy Farkas		27-Sep-2011 01:36
everyone remembers something in the bronx,but no one remembers the best knish baker and chessplayer in the bronx and probably the east coast,Martin from 65 Burnside Avenue/and always playing in Poe Park against any challengers/from about 1962 to 1968....!!!!

moish		25-Sep-2011 23:39
anybody lived in the east bronx,like wilkins ave,southern blvd,freeman st,ps 54

Guest		23-Sep-2011 19:06
Grew up on Weeks Avenue (175th and Concourse) - went to PS 28, JHS 117 and Taft, then onto what was Hunter College, now Lehman. Does anyone remember Doc's or Julie's Candy store on Monroe Avenue????

Idris Salaam		16-Sep-2011 00:44
Formally Vaughn Featherstone (aka Baby Boscoe): Born at New York Hospital. Grew up in the Williamsbridge area of the Bronx. The #2 train. Lived at 1836 Watcon avenue (near Bruckner BLVD) until I was 4. Moved to 223rd street (between Laconia & Paulding ave) until I was 8. Moved to 220th street (b'tween Barnes & white Plains road). Stayed there until I joined the military in 1981 (moved from the Bronx in '87). I go back when finances are right (every 2-3 years). I miss the hell out of the Bronx. My neighborhood is trashed now (gangs) but I still miss it. No place better. Miss going to Haffen Pool near The Valley, hanging out in Bronx Park, riding the 2 train from 241st street to New Lots Avenue. I miss riding the trains PERIOD! I used to take the 4 to Burnside avenue and walk to Gun Hill road and home just for the hell of it. Got robbed on Fordham road when I was 15 in front of Thom McCan's. They only got a dollar. hahaha! Used to go to Alexander's just to dream. Got my first set of turntables from Krazy Eddie's!!! Hanging out on Mosholu Parkway, River ave, Rucker park and up near the Reservoir. The first time I saw Grant's Tomb I was like, "Oh shit!!!" I remember the blackout, Son of Sam acting crazy and the dude that was shooting peeps from rooftops. I forgot what type of weapon he had. I was young. I remember when the mafia shot up Paul Castallano (I think his nae, was) and the Daily News had it on the front page. I was a paperboy and was like, "Ma, did you see this?!" Best spots (in order): Boccia's: best bakery I have EVER eaten in my life! Still the best! Their eclairs were incredible! Frank's Pizza (3770 White Plains Road): STILL THERE after all of these years! Best pizza's on the planet! Carvell (225th street/White Plains Road): Ice cream was ridiculous. Jamaican store (225th street): Had Beef patties that would have you like a crack head begging for crack. Damn, I miss home!

George		13-Sep-2011 23:10
Great, great photos!!

Chet		11-Sep-2011 11:50
From 1955 to 1965 I lived in 1005 Jerome Ave., a beautiful art deco building near lots of parks. I went to PS 114. We used to shop on 161st Street. I remember the small soda fountain near the subway entrance, the toy store (I think it was called Book Art), the bank, Addie Vallins with it's chrome and glass birch deco facade, the Roxy deli...the bakery, the movie theater and more. The only things that are still there are the pizza place and the county courthouse.

Vincent DeSaro		10-Sep-2011 21:53
The first ten years of my life were spent in the Bronx in the Marble Hill Houses on Broadway between 225th. street and 230th. street, in Kingsbridge. I went to PS122 onKingsbridge Road at Bailly Ave. I also went to St. Johns School on Godwin Terrace for first, second, and third grades. I have been back to my old neighborhood many times in the past ten years or so mostly just to remember and enjoy the nostalgia that being there brings always with a camera to recapture the memories. Thanks for sharing yours.

Sam Goodman		07-Sep-2011 18:50
It was the Surrey on Mount Eden Avenue-where my grandparents would often take me to see a double feature. There was the Earl on 161st Street, the Kent on 167th Street on 170th Street-well I'll have to let someone else give up that name-but could it have been something like the Grant? The Paradise Theater south of Fordham Road is now restored and a city landmark both inside and out.

Guest		03-Sep-2011 04:57
To Linda: Do any of these theatre's ring a bell? Zenith, Luxor, Mount Eden, or Surrey.

Linda		03-Sep-2011 00:11
So many people went to P.S. 70. My father taught there --Mr.Watskin. Does anyone remember the name of the movie theater on MtEden? Great site. Linda

Vickie		31-Aug-2011 04:06
Yes I miss the Bronx, also I lived on under cliff ave 1973 to1981 I went to Taft high school . Had a little girl with Arthur Robinson he live on university ave and also lived on Montgomery ave in the Bronx, I am looking for him if anyone knows him give my email vickieclass@yahoo.com is daughter is looking for him.

Alan Hecht		31-Aug-2011 01:25
I agree. I miss the Bronx the way it was. I was born while my parents lived at 54 E. 176th St. We moved to the Grand Concourse and 198th Street where I grew up until we moved to Co-Op City when I was 19. I found your site while looking up Krum's Bronx NY. I'd really love to go back into their lower level and get another chocolate ice cream soda.

Gene D. Simes		29-Aug-2011 05:52
This is Gene D. Simes please call me at: 315 986-7322 I need help locating where I lived.I am 66 years and was in the Marine Corps in 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 and 1969 Gene D. Simes pllease contact me, thank you

Sam Goodman		24-Aug-2011 19:48
Appendix: A great book about the Grand Concourse is "Boulevard of Dreams" by Constance Rosenblum. She makes the boulevard "sing." I really am amazed that so many people share my passion for this very special place. My goal is that today's residents understand their neighborhood's past and from this knowledge better appreciate how they are part of a very distinguished community, its past, its present and its future.

Sam Goodman		24-Aug-2011 19:20
I lived at 1815 Morris Avenue, (Grand Concourse @ 175th Street). I attended P.S. 70 where I learned to swim.I was bar mitzvahed at the Mt. Eden Center. My family relocated to Westport, Ct. in 1967. In 1994 I purchased an apartment at 800 Grand Concourse. I work as an urban planner and as a hobby I conduct walking tours of the Grand Concourse and as we walk I share historical information about the area covering most of the 20th century. The Grand Concourse is evolving into a community of choice for people seeking spacious accommodations for affordable costs. So many memories, so much to talk about and a lot to look forward to-that's what's happening around the boulevard in the 21st century.

Guest		22-Aug-2011 18:47
currently teach at PS 88 would love to know what it was like in the past.

Guest		22-Aug-2011 18:44
Shana- I LOVED that bakery!! I have recently found a couple of images of the Bakery. One of the exterior on of the interior. Email at 4everpsu@gmail.com and I will send the link.

Guest		22-Aug-2011 03:35
Great reading all the comments. So many memories. Anyone remember Francis Hammer from 169th St. back in the 50's?

Diane D.		21-Aug-2011 17:17
Love all your photos. I was from E. 162nd Street betw. Morris and Teller. I went to P.S. 35, on Morris. Graduated in 1958. Then we moved to Staten Island. Still remember the wonderful Library on 162nd St. and Morris Ave. This was before it was modenized. Always loved the beauty of the building I researched it, and found out it was designed in l914, by Carrere @ Hastings, who also, designed the New York Library. If posssible would love to see an old picture of the old Library.

Alice		20-Aug-2011 21:53
I was born in Bronx Hospital & lived at 1506 Walton Avenue from birth till my 20s... went to P.S. 70, Wade Jr.H.S.and Taft High School.. then to Hunter College... would love to go back one of these days but know that most of my memories aren't there any more... enjoyed your photos... and if anyone remembers me I'd love to hear from them

Guest		20-Aug-2011 17:19
what beautiful pictures ! i would love to go home for a visit too. i lived at 2800 jerome, across from ps 86 and walton high school. so many memories, what a wonderful place to grow up. we moved away in '63 and i've only been back a few times. but, it's not something you ever forget. thank you

Lisa Steinberg		20-Aug-2011 14:35
Enjoyed the walk down Memory Lane.I wen back to PS70 a few years ago and was happy to see that the old neighborhood seemed to be revitalized after years of being torched. The shuls went when Co-op City opened.

Carmen Soto		18-Aug-2011 18:13
Thanks for the memories. It made me cry. I remember getting off at Grand Concourse to go to summer school at Roosvelt High, I also remember getting off the bus there to go to my singing teacher's studio, Miss Jauss. She was the piano teacher of TV producer's e, Spelling's niece (Tori's father. Tori wasn't born yet) He was crazy about his niece and took her to her piano lessons. I remember him in the recital at Miss Jauss' house. I remember Miss Jauss had a dear friend of the family named Mrs. Weingans. Since I was invited to the social I enjoyed her cooking so much. Those were the good old days, too good to be forgotten, but cry just thinking about it.

Carmen Soto		18-Aug-2011 18:02
Carmen Boy, these memories have made me cry. Thank you for sharing them. One summer, I would get off at Grand Concourse for summer school at Roosvelt High School, don't know if it still exists. Plus, I use to get off at Grand Concourse to take my soprano singing lessons from a Miss Jaus. I remember she gave piano lessons to the neice of Spelling, Tori's father, she wasn't born yet. Since I studied at Walton High School, I remember how much fun we had in the train with the boys from Clinton High School. That was a long time, but I feel like crying with the memories.

Guest		16-Aug-2011 22:40
Lived on Kingsbridge Terrace. Hung out on Kingsbridge Rd. and Webb Ave. Went to OLA. Great memories.

Guest		16-Aug-2011 21:14
Your pics are wonderful my husband is from thee bronx - weeks ave across from PS70, I heard him mention the grand concourse at times when meeting people from the Bronx he went to PS70 - thank you for your tour I always wondered what the bronx was like aside from the crime and grime you gave me a picture of something beautiful and it give me an idea of where my husband of 27 yrs grew up. If you like art deco you should visit south beach-miami florida if you have not been it has many building designed in the art deco fashion ... THANK U AGAIN FOR YOUR GREAT PHOTOS

Guest		16-Aug-2011 21:10
Your pics are wonderful my husband is from thee bronx - weeks ave across from PS70, I heard him mention the grand concourse at times when meeting people from the Bronx he went to PS70 - thank you for your tour I always wondered what the bronx was like aside from the crime and grime you gave me a picture of something beautiful and it give me an idea of where my husband of 27 yrs grew up. If you like art deco you should visit south beach-miami florida if you have not been it has many building designed in the art deco fashion ... THANK U AGAIN FOR YOUR GREAT PHOTOS

Guest		16-Aug-2011 13:08
This message is for guest Eleanor. I know the Pat Morgan you are talking about. He went by the nickname "Mad Dog". Did the Duigou's live in your building? The Gariola's?

Gerald Greenwald		14-Aug-2011 03:31
Born in 1941 at the Royal Hospital, 2021 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY. This same building housed my Daddy's optician office on the main floor. The telephone operator, Gladys, used to let me play on the switchboard for incoming calls. I loved the Grand Concourse. Remember Schweller's and Epstein's delis on Jerome. I can taste the tongue as I write! Remember Krum's, Barton Candy, the Paradise Theater. I saw Chuck Berry perform live there in about 1953-54. At age 10, we moved to Yonkers.

Guest		11-Aug-2011 04:10
Gueat.Once again I have been reading all the comments and memories of our forever favorite place the Bronx. Would love to find a photo of Alexander's.

Ellen		10-Aug-2011 10:55
Transported back in time with the photos. Thank you! I grew up on 167th St. and College Ave., went to P.S. 53, Jordan L. Mott JHS, and W.H. Taft H.S. I remember when John F. Kennedy had an office in the Concourse Plaza Hotel on 161st St. across from the Bronx Supreme Courthouse and up the hill from Yankee Stadium. All those art deco's along the Grand Concourse bring back some wonderful memories!

Peter Adler		09-Aug-2011 23:49
Peter Lee G. or Ira B. I can be reached at bronxboy55@att.net. I drove through the Concourse and up Jerome Ave. two weeks ago,many of the old landmarks still remain even if in slightly different formats. Hope to hear from you.

Elissa		08-Aug-2011 20:27
I lived on Walton Ave 2386 to be exact. Went to PS 33 and EEB Jr High.and T. Roosevelt High.Moved in 1951 to upstate new york. I have great memories of the Bronx. I found you accidently. Was looking for a photo of Alexanders on Fordham Road.

RKB		06-Aug-2011 21:18
Grew up on Walton Avenue between Henwood Place and 176th Street. Went to PS 70 (still tell people about the pool), Wade JHS, and Taft. Now I live out west but the Bronx is my roots

RKB		06-Aug-2011 21:18
Grew up on Walton Avenue between Henwood Place and 176th Street. Went to PS 70 (still tell people about the pool), Wade JHS, and Taft. Now I live out west but the Bronx is my roots

tony		06-Aug-2011 19:39
i grew up in the bronx in the 70s , your pics brought back alot of memories , leaving a lump in my troat , and tear in the eye , i lve in westcheter now , but am still a bronxite at heart , possibly making plans to move back and stay for good ! thnanks again for the site it was great !

HARRY MARCUS		05-Aug-2011 15:00
loved your site . Iremember my grandfather taking me to St James Park and Poe Park.Iremember going to the Memorial Day parade on the Concourse.Iwent to PS 33 on walton ave.When I was 12 we moved to Bergen County N.J.I AM NOW 64 YRS OLD.HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR PHOTOS OF KRUMBS FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

vicky morales		03-Aug-2011 18:01
hey! i graduated fron walton high school ,please can someone same me or post some pict of the school ,thankss

Joe Mazz		01-Aug-2011 20:41
I went to All Hallows on Walton Ave and Cardinal Hayes on 149th street...I had to take 3 buses from the Aurthur Ave section of the Bronx....I also like the Art Deco Building style...the apartments were even nicer than the outside of the buildings! NICE STUFF!!!!

Guest		01-Aug-2011 04:59
no one has posted for a while... my name is Eleanor and lived at 2701 Webb Ave... not sure if your the Patrick Morgan I used to know, but thought I'd ask... /?I was born in '64 and believe you were a bit older...bother Richard, and think you visited someone in the building beside ours... just be funny if it were you... great pictures!

RS		30-Jul-2011 07:03
Here are a few photos I took long ago that I placed on flickr a few years back. They are from Fordham Rd., 170th St., Mt. Eden Ave., and the Grand Concourse around 1969. I took these with my trusty Kodak Instamatic R4 camera with VP127 B&W film. flickr.com/photos/24213506@N00/sets/950682/with/18611512

Shana		29-Jul-2011 18:53
Hi! I have been looking for some photos of my grandfathers bakery. I was wondering if you have. It was the G&R bakery on 161st street Thank you!

Guest		27-Jul-2011 17:42
~ANGELINA RIVERA~ Does anyone know or remember a woman by the name of Angelina Rivera? She had two boys in the early 50's or so. Angelina and the boys lost there husband/father to a fire.

Guest		23-Jul-2011 23:36
Walter K To: JAY POPPER I haven't looked at this site for a while, and was surprised to see your response to me a few messages below. We did not know each other back in the Bronx, but did live in the area of Anthony Avenue and East 176th street. Did you go to PS 28 or Wade Junior High School? Maybe we both were there at the same time and had the same teachers. That neighborhood was a great place to grow up and I have a lot of fond memories.

Lee		20-Jul-2011 04:49
Looking for classmates from ps 70 and wade from the 60's for a reunion. Peter Adler, please contact Lee or Ira on Facebook.

Ginger		14-Jul-2011 13:23
I was born in St. Francis Hospital, Bronx NYC , lived on East 145 Street, between Willis and Brook Ave, (Mott Haven area which it is called now) . I have so many happy memories of the Bronx, Going to St. Mary's Park, on St. Anns Avenue, going on the swings, playing on the rocks (hill), ice skating - seeing Santa Claus at St. Marys park - rollar skating - jumprope - ring-o-levey-o, hide and seek - my Dad playing chess at the park - flying kites - sledding in the snow, the trolley cars- Alexander's = hitching onto the back of the horse waggons with our rollar skates, cobblestone streets on Brook Ave, the ragman calling out rags for sale as he rode his horse wagon down the street. Having the ice man deliver ice for our fridge, listening to the radio and when we got tv - I beleve I was only 6 or 7 yrs old. Sitting on the fire escape - waiting for the johnnypump to be turned on and all of us kids running in the water as it was running. I could go on and on! Such happy times, kinda bittersweet. We moved from the Bronx around 1953 to Keansburg, New Jersey.

pirjo Amato		13-Jul-2011 02:16
i grew up and out at 825 walton and 828 gerard ave across the court house. just up the block from the stadium. had lots of friends on ogden av and miss them and have not found them. barbara was married to bobby brewer and her parents owned the luncheonette on 167 and ogden. would love to find them.... i am now in florida and have great memories of the brons...... my name then was helena or my full name is pirjo riitta helena kanervikkoaho...... i am now a happy amato

jay popper		12-Jul-2011 22:08
Hi Walter K I am the Jay Popper from 333 East 176st. I apologize, but I can't seem to remember you. Help!

Figgy		11-Jul-2011 21:07
I was institutionalized at All Hallows on 164th and Walton from 1965 to 1977. I'll never forget the view of Kilmer Park from the top of the school steps. And the looming court house building on 161st. I was watching the NAKED CITY episode shot around Yankee Stadium, "A Hole in the City" and saw so many old sights from my boyhood that I started to google some of the businesses in the episode, starting with the Olinsky Supermarket. Search led me here. Thanks for sharing your photos. You have a great eye. Keep sharing.

Keith		11-Jul-2011 19:50
I was watching the show Naked City and saw Olinskey's Supermarket on the televison. Thought I would Google it and this site poped up. I live in Alabama and have never been to New York City but like the old show. Things must be very different than where when the episode was filmed in the early 1960's.It had Robert Duval as the crook and Ed Asner as a cop.

george j carroll		11-Jul-2011 17:35
Great pics but I would have liked to have seen Cardinal Hayes High School from which I graduated. It is still On the Grand Concourse. George

george j carroll		11-Jul-2011 17:31
Great pics but I would have liked to have seen Cardinal Hayes High School from which I graduated. It is still On the Grand Conourse. George

Sy Stahl		09-Jul-2011 18:51
As a kid I remember walking from Mount Eden Ave and Macombs rd to Universty Ave via Featherbed Lane and enjoying the very first 5 cent Ice Cream Soda at the newly opened Ice Cream Store on Featherbed Lane (circa 1935). We lived in a 5 story walk up apt bulding on Macombs Rd. It was bitter sweet during the depresion. In the Winter I remember bobsledding down Mt Eden Ave from Macombs Rd. A thrilling ride all the way to Jerome Ave dodgeing cars the whole way down. I still miss the old Bronx the way it was. the way down- These are just some of the memories I will keep with me forever.

Sy Stahl		09-Jul-2011 18:50
As a kid I remember walking from Mount Eden Ave and Macombs rd to Universty Ave via Featherbed Lane and enjoying the very first 5 cent Ice Cream Soda at the newly opened Ice Cream Store on Featherbed Lane (circa 1935). We lived in a 5 story walk up apt bulding on Macombs Rd. It was bitter sweet during the depresion. In the Winter I remember bobsledding down Mt Eden Ave from Macombs Rd. A thrilling ride all the way to Jerome Ave dodgeing cars the whole way down. I still miss the old Bronx the way it was. the way down- These are just some of the memories I will keep with me forever.

jill		08-Jul-2011 19:40
jbethbrady32@hotmail.clm--should be .com sorry!

jill		08-Jul-2011 19:37
Love the photos...lived at 2295 Grand Concourse Apt 5 A from 1965-1972. Went to Saint Simon Stock. Does anyone know if the apt building is still there?? I would love to take my son so he can see where I spent my early years Email jbethbrady32@hotmail.clm

Jackie Cicero		08-Jul-2011 16:44
Jackie Cicero (Valhuerdi) I went to P.S. 70 in the early '60s and P.S. 79 in the late '60s. I remember the time living there with fond memories. I miss them dearly. I loved the huge candy/soda fountain on the GC near Fordham. Anybody else remembered the "Huge" Easter egg at the front window? And the 5 & 10? I saw Lucille Ball and Bob Hope in the front of the RKO there. Priceless!

Rick		06-Jul-2011 12:46
Pat, You did a wonderful job with retrieving memories. I lived on Mount Hope and graduated from Wade Junior High in 1973. I subsequently moved to 156 and Gerard Ave., across from the Yankee Stadium. I remember taking the 4 (at the L on River Ave. and 161 street), changing in Manhattan, then traveling to Aviation HS, I graduated in 1976. What an experience! Thank you for bringing me back!

Guest		05-Jul-2011 02:26
To Bob, The store you're questioning could be Davega's or Modell's.

Guest		03-Jul-2011 23:18
Reply to Bob: Davega was the name!!! jpl-177

Bob		03-Jul-2011 02:43
HI: Can anyone tell me the name of the sporting good store on the Grand Concourse, just south of Fordham Road in the '60s? I bought my dad a great Bob Gibson (left-handed model) in '68 or so, and had it promptly stolen out of a locker at the Shorehaven Beach Club. thans-Bob

Guest		01-Jul-2011 00:30
Have a safe and wonderful 4th of July! Love to all you "Bronxites!"

Eva Lazaar (Cohen)		24-Jun-2011 16:08
Your photographs are grand. I too am a fan of the architure. It is awesome to imagine how things were constructed. We need to walk your walk too. My neighborhood began on Gun Hill. We watched Montifiore grow and support the neighborhood. For me, this is where I thrive. Today we live in a townhouse in Co-op City and hope we contribute to our community in a postive way.

Roberta (Schwartz)Bragg		23-Jun-2011 17:16
I'm an East Bronxer,but so many of these pics are familiar. Until now I never gave a thought to the art that was ever present--just thought everything was old and dingy. Thanks for the beautiful tribute. Roberta Bragg Monroe '65

janine		20-Jun-2011 07:04
great pictures. i grew up in the bronx, these bring back so many memories. i went to ps 64 in the bronx, and lived on clark place between jerome and walton,and grand concourse. some of my best memories ever! the pictures bring all the memories back and more. i found a few of the people i knew(remembered)through facebook, which was great. the best place to grow up!

Phil L.		18-Jun-2011 12:02
Sarah, The Bronx Royal Hospital was at 2021 Grand Concourse and no longer exists. It was a HIP center in 1989. It is now used by St. Barnabus. Phil

Phil L.		17-Jun-2011 21:53
Mel: Are you related to Bella and Oscar Einhorn? Sarah: I was born in the Royal hospital too, in 1948. Don't know if it's still around though.

sarah		16-Jun-2011 19:06
What a beautiful site! My dad would love it! He grew up in the Morris Park/Pelham Pkwy area, but was born at Bronx Royal Hospital. Does anyone know what year they closed? He grew up in a house that my grandfather built at 1230 Lydig Ave. It's the only 1 story house. it was supposed to be 2 stories, but my grandmother had a heart attack or stroke at the time so he made it just 1 story. I hate the fact that the people who moved in it after we sold it in the early '90's had pored cement on the front yard (It's a pretty little corner house)so they can park even though there's a driveway that they never used. I would really like to know though when the hospital closed

Charles Petersil		16-Jun-2011 18:06
A great site. my name is charles petersil, my nickname is Husky. I lived at 1144 Nelson Ave. My father had a grocery store across the street. I went to PS73 and Taft High School. We left the Bronx in 1957 to move to Southern California and I still miss the old neighborhood, Highbridge.

Jerry L.		16-Jun-2011 05:37
What a truly wonderful site, and what wonderful memories it brought back! Like so many others, I too can connect with the same places. I noticed that Ira Guthrie was born in Mt. Eden Hospital; so was I. He went to PS 70, Joseph H. Wade JHS, and Bronx Science...and so did I. Different years, however, so we never knew each other, but there is our common ground! (Would love to know what teachers he had at Bronx Science.) As for the photos of 174th Street, does anyone remember Mazursky's Delicatessen, Shapiro and Forman's Barber Shop, Daitch's Grocery, and the first A&P on 174th and Monroe Avenue? And then there is also the Mt. Eden Center Hebrew School on 173rd and Morris Avenue. It is amazing what memories and what images come to mind! Thanks so much for the time you took to put this site together.

Annie Reisch		15-Jun-2011 21:51
I am sitting her and crying. Remembering all the "old wonderful memories" of my childhood. I was from Macombs and Mt Eden. Featherbed Lane was "around the corner" . Went to PS 104 and JHS 82 ( Macombs Jr High) graduated in 1957 from Jr High. Tommy's was the candy store we "hung out" in . I loved every minute of this. Thank you for putting this wonderful bit of nostalgia together.

Guest		14-Jun-2011 09:58
Wishing all you Dad's a very Happy Father's DAY!

Guest		13-Jun-2011 00:41
Margaret The photos are great, I left the Bronx to move to Lakewood, N.J. back in 1958.I used to walk to Krums for an ice cream sunday at lunchtime from EBB. Thanks for the memories.

effildIncitle		11-Jun-2011 12:31
You certainly deserve a round of applause for your post and more specifically, your blog in general. Very high quality material

Mel Einhorn		04-Jun-2011 04:07
The Bronx was unforgettable. I escaped.

Phyllis		30-May-2011 19:57
Hi, I was born in 1951 in Mt Eden Hospital.At the time, we lived at 862 Jennings St. Went to Kindergarten in PS 54. Then we moved to Elliot Place,just off the Concourse. Went to PS 64, Wade & Taft. I remember walking along the Concourse (downtown) , past the fabulous Fish Bldg with it's mosaic Art Deco front & going to the Y for Sat dances, Sunday lounge 7& the year-round indoor swimming pool.Used to go to Claremont Park all summer long (brought lunch) & not coming home till dinner time. Also, Crotona & Highbridge pools. There was another park/pool at Mclelland Park very close to Yankee Stadium.Wherever we went, no need to call home-ever- just get home for dinner !

Stephanie		29-May-2011 12:12
Hi. Thanks for the photos and the great site! What a wonderful tour. I lived at 1791 Grand Concourse (an art deco building), on 175th Street and attended P.S. 70 and Wade. We always went right outside on Memorial Day and sat on the pedestrian island in front of our building to watch the parade (which I mention because it is Memorial Day weekend as I write this). We were patriotic and flag waving then and always bought the little poppies from the veterans. The funny thing is that the whole time living in the Bronx I looked forward to moving out of it one day. I lived there until I was twenty, but for many, many years I've periodically dreamed that I was back in my old apartment. In the recent dreams, I say to someone, "Wow, I've had many dreams of living back here again, but now I really am."

Rhoda Lakritz Berkowitz		26-May-2011 00:20
Loved your pictures, particularly P.S.70. I was born in the Bronx in 1939; lived on Sheridan Avenue; went to P.S.70 and Wade (then moved to Riverdale). Our movie theater was the Luxor, but for a treat, went to the Paradise. Played almost every day in Claremont Park. Thank you for posting these.

Roz		24-May-2011 08:37
The Bronx is only place in the world with these unique six story apartment buildings. Does anyone know the name for these building designs?

Roz		24-May-2011 08:24
The Bronx before surveillance cameras on side of buildings and barb wire fences in between the buildings. LOL.......

Roz		24-May-2011 08:04
240 Did you for get about building 240 East 175 th street. And 176 East 176St. Building around the corner 240 was responsible for most of the block parties (Play street) on Weeks Ave. between 175th and 176st. Also Jam in Echo Park and in 117 JHS school yard in the early-mid 80's. Mount Hope was livest area in the Bronx in the 80's. Yes, this area had energy and everybody was FAM.

Guest		23-May-2011 14:35
Happy Memorial Day! I miss all the parades on the Grand Concourse.

April		23-May-2011 06:38
Great site! I lived on 176st & Nelson ave from 1964-76. I shopped at the A&P on University, and Sloans Grocery. Remember Lurs eatery on University; use to buy rock candy and white chocolate there. Shopped @ Alexanders on Fordam; Mom bought my clothes from Susans on Fordam. Remember BallMals on Fetherbed lane. Went to ps 82, ps 109 and Forest Hills in Queens. Went to 161st Pool. I think the movie theater on Fordham was Lowe Paridise. Can't forget about the Art Theather on Jerome. I think.

Sal		22-May-2011 01:51
I was born in 1955 and spent the first 10 years of my life on a hun sixty second and morris and a hun sixty third and melrose before my italian american family moved to queens. I went to ps 35. Saw mantle play. I've been living now the past 28 years in manhattan. But I always thought of myself as being from the bronx, and those years are the most beautiful time of my life. Go figure.

Linda		18-May-2011 01:47
Some additions. Loved the photos of the Lewis Morris building. I had a friend who lived there whose name was Pat and her father was a physician. We used to take the elevator up to the top floor and go out on the roof. Whe I garduated from Wade I went o Music & Art High School, then to Queen's College and then to University of Maryland. The Bronx holds wonderful memories. Does anyone remember a shop that sold buttons—I think it was on Bathgate Avenue.

Linda		18-May-2011 01:37
I was looking for a site that listed a Chinese restaurant in the Bronx—about 1950 and your site poopped up. Imagine my surprise when I read a comment left by Barry Malispino. I, too, lived at 124 East 176th Street from about 1942 —to 1958. I went to P.S. 28 and to Wade J.H.S. And I remember Tony's Shor repait. I marveled at how he could hold nails in his mouth and spit them out one by one as he needed them.

Elisabeth Jennings		14-May-2011 21:26
Found your site and wonder if anyone familiar with the Bronx would know about my grandfather's German bakery and where it might have been and what its name was. If anyone had a picture of the outside, that would be fabulous. His name was Wilhelm Ernst, and he arrived in New York from Germany in August 1910 at age 28, the bakery would have been in the Bronx from about 1910 until the late 1920's. He later moved to northern New York state (became a farmer in the farm community of Johnsonville, outside another farm community, Cambridge). I do genealogical research, and I have a wonderful picture of the INSIDE of his bakery, complete with the wonderful pastries I grew up eating (I grew up in northern New York state), but I've never been able to figure out where the bakery actually was. I've never been to the Bronx, but I'm hoping some people familiar with the city might lend some insight. Thank you!

Guest		09-May-2011 11:12
al argibay grew up on 170th st .bx went to rice looking for anyone that grew up in that area around 1970's and 1990.

Barry Malispino/Tanney		08-May-2011 19:16
I lived at 124 E. 176th St, Apt 3E from about 1939, when I was 5 to 1947 when we went to Panama, then to CA. I went to PS 28 and Wade Jr Hi. My best friend was Robert Ryan. I remember Sol's Deli and Tony's shoe repair, Cretona Park, and the Devon theater. Even though I've been married for 50 years and now live in OR, 176th St will always be my favorite home. The pictures and comments brought back many happy memories.

MARTY Z		08-May-2011 05:24
LOOKING FOR CAROL LUBOWE JESSUP AVENUE. HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER HAROLD, ALTHOUGH SHE CALLED HIM "BROTHER" Marty Z rxz@webtv.net

Marty Z		08-May-2011 05:16
i would love to hear from any one who grew up on grand and 181 from 1943 thru 1960. I attended PS 91, Creston JHS, DeWitt Clinton H.S. Feels like a million years ago but if I think hard enough I can see myself sitting on he "3 steps" I wish I could go back in time. We werepoor but never wanted for anything. Best time of my life! rxz@webtv.net

marty z		08-May-2011 05:10
Hi Pat- I grew up on 181ststreet and Grand Avenue from 1943 thru 1960. 2137 Grand Avenue. I believe that apt house is long gone. Those were thehappiest days of my life.

Elaina		07-May-2011 21:15
Hey there I am from the Bronx.... GUN HILL Road and White Plains.....Found you thru google. I was searching for old names of stores in the bronx, as I am looking for an ex Bf named John R ( cant remember last name).....

Jarhead		06-May-2011 11:37
Just posted a note a few minutes ago and I couldn't remember my e-mail address! Its an error, in case anyone wanted to touch base. The correct address is amrdk10@gmail.net vice amrdk93 (or was is 98?)@gmail.net. PS Also born in Fordham Hospital in 1931.

Ira Guthrie		04-May-2011 07:31
Wow. Great Site. Born 1949 at Mount Eden Hospital (now gone). We lived at 1555 Grand Concourse for 8 years and then moved to 1509 Morris Ave. Went to PS70 '55-'61, Wade117 '61-'63 (2-year SP program), Bx HS Science '63-66, CCNY '66-70. My parents owned Parkside Nursery & Kindergarten on Morris Ave for over 50 years! Lived in that same brownstone till I moved away at 20. Wonder who chess player "Ed" is that posted that he knew my folks? A great place to grow up then... a world-class education and some of the best friends I've had. Ira

Rick Rosen		04-May-2011 00:19
My 2nd grade girlfriend sent me the link--she lived on Anthony Ave near Burnside, I was at 1930 Grand Concourse and later at 960 GC. We still correspond and gather old friends from PS28/Wade & BxSci. Biked and bussed all around the Bronx. My dad grew up at 180th & Vyse and Bouby Ida lived there and we visited a lot, walked to the Zoo. In the Sputnik era got interested in ham radio and had many contacts with other Bronx ham operators including operations from Hart Island off City Island. I enjoy reading "Back in the Bronx" and other books written about those glorious days. Fond memories, a rich childhood, and the hope that the new residents will have experiences to "kvell" about when they age! Thanks for a walk down memory lane and thanks to the builders of the Bronx.

Guest		03-May-2011 23:29
F. 22-Oct-2010 13:21 LAURA F. Great photos, great memories! Here's mine: Went to PS 114, JHS 22 and Taft HS. I lived on Gerard Ave, between 165th St and McClennan Ave until I was 20. Went to the Y on 165th St and the Concourse. I remember Sadie's Candy Store on Gerard and 165th St, the grand 167th St Cafeteria (loved the egg barley!), the Jewish deli, Kent movie theater, the Chinese Restaurant, the fancy lighting store (never went in there!) and the stationery store, all on 167th St between Gerard and River Aves. Also, a pet store on River Ave between McClennan and 167th St. On 161st St between Gerard and River Aves I remember Addie Vallen's and Barton's. I also remember the shopping area on 170th St, and that wonderful record store where I used to buy 45s for 69 cents! Can't remember the name of that store. sob And the fabulous Fordham Rd shopping area! The Lowe's Paradise, Krum's, (Uptown it's) Alexander's, the RKO Fordham, Deli City, Woolworth's 5 & 10 (how I miss all those Woolworth's! Duane Reade is NOT a substitute!), and all the shoe stores on Fordham Rd, ha. When I was 20 we moved to the Concourse and 196th St. Never felt attached to that area like I did to my li'l home town of Gerard and 165th. Google queen of cyberspace. IN RESPONSE TO YOUR POSTING, I LIVED AT 1068 GERARD AVENUE AND SADIE'S CANDY STORE WS ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVED. THERE WAS ALSO A DRUG STORE ACROSS FROM THE CANDY STORE. I LIVED THERE FROM 1952-1962, WENT TO P. S. 114 AND THEN 22 AND THEN MOVED TO UEENS. WEHRE DID YOU LIVE?

Dave G		02-May-2011 13:53
Born in Lebanon Hospital grew up on 199th & Briggs. PS 46 JHS 79 Clinton class of '73 My mother worked in Alexanders for over 20 years. I was a vendor at Yankee for 29 years now live in AZ. Truly miss the Bronx of my childhood

Mike R.		01-May-2011 23:36
Anyone remember seeing JFK when he was running for president in 1959 at Poe Park? My dad took me there. He was on a elevated platform right opposite the Poe cottage. I remember it was a huge crowd.

PAUL		01-May-2011 21:51
GREW UP ON 182ND ST WALTON AVE.FROM 1955-1971 THEN TO CO OP CITY.THESE PICTURES ARE GREAT BRINGS BACK MANY MEMORIES.

Guest		01-May-2011 21:47
PAUL GREW UP ON 182ND ST WALTON AVE WENT TO PS 79 LIVED THERE FROM 1955-1971 THEN TO CO OP CITY. THESE PICTURES BRING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES

Nancy H		01-May-2011 19:46
Raised on Anthony AVe off of Burnside -went to PS 28, EBB JHS (all girls then) and Bx Science. Worked at Bx Lebanon, Morrisania diagnostic center (167th & Gerard) and now at Lincoln Hospital (149th & Morris. Most of the old buildings in these areas have bodegas, check cashing places, or small markets with tons of people hanging out in front people selling stuff ( some legal, some not)and trash all over. Many buildings have been renovated, some boarded up. On the Concourse & 149th - the Post Office is still there - but a very different feel. And just south of Yankee Stadium is the Gateway shopping center(largest in NYC) with many big box stores(target, marshalls, bad bath beyond, toyr us, etc etc) A lot is the same but a lot is different

Mike R.		01-May-2011 18:46
I was born in Lebanon Hospital. I lived at 355 E. 187th St, between Tiebout Ave & Marion Ave, at the top of the steps going down to Marion Ave. They were the courtyard( horseshoe) buildings that went from buildings A to K I think. With a basement that went underneath all the buildings. We played down there as kids. Quite an adventure. I worked at Krums, also the Loews Paradise theatre. Clinton class of '67. I was on the football team. I went to Creston JHS, and PS 85 right down the steps from where I lived. The last time I was in the Bx was 1994.

Dave G		01-May-2011 16:47
Born in Lebanon Hospital grew up on 199th & Briggs. PS 46 JHS 79 Clinton class of '73 My mother worked in Alexanders for over 20 years. I was a vendor at Yankee for 29 years now live in AZ. Truly miss the Bronx of my childhood

Ian		01-May-2011 03:47
I grew up on the Concourse and Kingsbridge in the 60s. My father owned a liquor store on University Avenue near the old NYU campus. I attended Hebrew Day school, also on University Avenue. Those were the good old days!

Adam M Greenwald		26-Apr-2011 20:09
My folks were born at Bronx Royal Hospital in the early 1950s. My Dad went to Dewitt Clinton and my Mom to Evander Childs. My paternal grandparents met at James Monroe. My paternal grandfather had a home furnishings store on Fordham Road, Capital Decorators, for 40+ years until 1991 when he closed the store and passed away. I am searching for photos of Fordham Road, Bronx Royal Hospital. Please email if possible. Thanks. -Adam (AdamMGreenwald@gmail.com)

Robert Wood		22-Apr-2011 02:41
My mother was telling me about growing up on Grand Avenue and Fordham Road and going to Walton high school. My mom lived there from 1919 to 1945. She moved from there when she married. She was telling me about Weber's bakery and how delicious the food was. So I did a search came upon this site and decided leave a message. My parents George and Dorothy Wood are still married going on 66 years this July 11th.

Guest		16-Apr-2011 18:24
Dear Bronxites, Have a very Happy Passover and Easter!

Michael Brummell		08-Apr-2011 15:10
Hey Mike, are you the same person who played lead guitar for “mother Earth” With David G, Thomas “tick” G , Mike B and Doreen Williams. Mike B

michael samuels		05-Apr-2011 20:56
I lived at 1695 right next to the Lewis Morris, my family was one of the first black familys to live on the grand concourse, we moved in around 1970, it was a sight for lil black kid form the projects. great pic's

ellen o'neill		02-Apr-2011 15:56
My grandparents on both sides lived in the Bronx for many years. I remember visiting them with my family when I was a kid in the 1950s. My paternal grandparents lived on Marion Ave. My maternal grandmother lived on Davidson Avenue. I remember the welcoming smell of the marble tiled floor when you entered her apartment building. I loved the dumb waiter. The German "super" and his wife lived in an apartment across the street. They were so nice, although I had a little bit of a problem understanding them because of their German accents.I used to look out the bedroom to watch kids playing stoop ball across the street. My grandmother and I would walk up to the end of the street. There was a Horn and Hardart's automat there, and I loved to look at all the different food in the glass cases and try to decide what I wanted to eat. We would shop at the grocery store just down from the automat (on Jerome Ave.?). It had a German name beginning with a D (I remember how to pronounce the name but not how to spell it (maybe you can help me there). We sometimes would stop at the corner tavern on the way home where my grandmother's roomer Jimmy (from Greece) used to make us a turkey-on-rye sandwich--the best ever. I hate to think what the old neighborhood looks like today. I will just cherish the memories I have from the good old days. Thanks for sharing your memories and beautiful photos of the Bronx.

ted weiner		01-Apr-2011 02:58
great photos, went to hunter college but passed lots of times with the bronx crew esp. steve grodsky. where is he

marty t		29-Mar-2011 01:50
lived at 1533 jesup ave 40_50s ps104 ps 82 taft I read everyones comments but no one mentioned the 167 cafe. This was the place you would meet after you came back from a date.

marty t		29-Mar-2011 01:50
lived at 1533 jesup ave 40_50s ps104 ps 82 taft I read everyones comments but no one mentioned the 167 cafe. This was the place you would meet after you came back from a date.

Stan		28-Mar-2011 20:12
Marvelous pictures and commentary. One minor correction. PS70 did not have a pool it had a "Natatorium". I was born and raised in the Bronx lived on Weeks Ave and 175th st. back of building was on the Concourse. Went to PS70, graduated in 47, and then Joseph H. Wade Jr, HS PS117 graduating in 49 and finally Bx. Science in 52, and NYU uptown in 56. While in JHS we moved to Nelson Ave. off Featherbed Lane. Remember walking down Edw. L. Grant H'wy to Yankee Stadium to see either the Yankees, NY Yanks (football) or the Giants. All before the monstrosity of Moses' Cross Bronx Expwy.

Stan		28-Mar-2011 20:12
Marvelous pictures and commentary. One minor correction. PS70 did not have a pool it had a "Natatorium". I was born and raised in the Bronx lived on Weeks Ave and 175th st. back of building was on the Concourse. Went to PS70, graduated in 47, and then Joseph H. Wade Jr, HS PS117 graduating in 49 and finally Bx. Science in 52, and NYU uptown in 56. While in JHS we moved to Nelson Ave. off Featherbed Lane. Remember walking down Edw. L. Grant H'wy to Yankee Stadium to see either the Yankees, NY Yanks (football) or the Giants. All before the monstrosity of Moses' Cross Bronx Expwy.

howie holtz		26-Mar-2011 20:09
I lived at 1391 Eastburn Ave. across the street from the hole in the fence in P.S. 70. I went through all grades in P.S. 70, Wade and Taft. I vividly recall the swimming coach at P.S. 70. His name was Mr. Bones. The pool seemed to be a mile underground. At Taft we used P.S. 70 for the Swim team. Pools still had diving boards

Joan Lang		26-Mar-2011 18:01
Forgot to mention in my previous comment, Devon movie house was opened the night I was born, 12/31/37 on Tremont Ave. (according to my mother). Stores on Tremont I remember: Daitch's Dairy (butter wrapped in brown paper); Liberty (five & ten) and Mr. Gluckman; Dick's Deli; the two candy stores on each end of TRemont - loved those egg creams, big little books and Bobbsey Twin books. I nearly left out the bakery - rye bread at its best and Sol's Jewish foods - we bought their hot dogs, etc. every Sat. for lunch. The Bronx was the best.

Joan Lang		26-Mar-2011 17:51
Born 12-31-37 at home, 1st floor, 1930 Anthony Ave. Moved at 3 yrs. to 220 Mt. Hope Pl. Enjoyed your pics of 215 Mt. Hope - our 3 rm. apt. across the st. from their doorway entrance. I remember a younger boy Bart whose father was a pharm. who lived right above entrance and directly above on 4th floor lived Evelyn Adler and her family. I started at St. Margaret Mary's in 1st. gr thru 8th and then Acad. of Mt St. Ursula (Bedford Park Blvd.) 1951-55. Enjoyed pics of Mt. Hope but didn't see our side. Every yr. wouldn't miss the Decoration Day Parade. Saw Prince Phillip one yr. Used to color posters for Leto's music shop - had forgot the name until I read it on this site. Our dr. was Dr. Joseph Alvich at the bottom of the big hill. On a hot day,kids would open the hydrant outside PS 28 and we'd go over there in our bathing suits. Sam's candy store 176th st. was my second home. Used to read comics on the steps of our bldg. or hit the ball on the wall until the super would come out and chase us. My mother always seemed to forget something at the store and would send me at night (I'd take my friend along) to a little grocery store around the corner called Artie's (and his brother Armond). When I was a teen, we moved to Leland Ave.

ALAN SOLOMONl		19-Mar-2011 18:09
ALAN WONDERFUL PICTURES BORN 1932 JEROME AVE & 196 ST. PS 86 (1946) BRONX SCIENCE (1950 HAVE EVERLASTING MEMORIES AND THESE PICTURES BROUGHT BACK EVEN MORE. I WILL KEEP THIS SITE AND WILL REFER TO IT OFTEN AS EACH TIME I REVIEW IT MORE MEMORIES POP UP. LIVING IN FLORIDA NOW AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM FELLOW BRONXITES.

Guest		19-Mar-2011 00:47
What wonderful photos, thank you for sharing them :). I was born in the Bronx at Parkchester Hospital, six days before Valentine's Day and lived on Valentine Ave. :). It was a beautiful area. I remember the super always sweeping the sidewalk, and my Dad treating me and my siblings to soda at the candy store across the street, along with some neighborhood kids. We had a lot of relatives who lived close by, and we'd stop at Krum's or the Alpine bakery on the way to a visit :). My parents decided to buy a house so we moved away in 1967, but I still remember the apartment building we lived in, and the magnificent water fountain in its courtyard. Recently, I googled the address and sadly, the fountain was gone. A lot of my relatives are gone now but looking at the photos brings back lovely memories.

mAVI		17-Mar-2011 14:33
WOW...thanks for the memories. The photos are terrific. I was born in Morrisania Hospital (1957). I lived on 150th st between Morris and Park. I used to play on the step of the post office on 161st and Grand Concourse. I went to PS29, JHS 38 and to Walton High School. You've made my year, THANK YOU.

Guest		10-Mar-2011 03:56
wow, we were all neighbors. eugene, i too lived at 124 East 176th st, starting around 1964. before that, 20 featherbed lane, 2025 walton ave. ps 28. ebb. the music and art.my frandmother was a salad lady at Krums. ......marcy

Clara Fallick Dreymann		08-Mar-2011 14:29
went to ps 70 wade & taft..had my firescape lived at 1770 Walton Ave for 19 years

Marlyn Liebman Thuroff		07-Mar-2011 23:28
Fantastic photos!Brought back so many wonderful memories of growing up in "The Bronx".Born at Mt. Eden Hospital,right by the ovals.My brother was born at Bronx Lebanon Hospital.I lived at 1560 Selwyn Avenue.Went to P.S.70, my brother went to Taft and I went to Music & Art.I remember the Paradise Theater, Crumbs, Olinskys,Alexanders, and all the shops on Fordham Road.I learned how to drive by Yankee Stadium.Beautiful Art Deco buildings! The Grand Concourse! We played stoop ball, stick ball, johnny on the pony,and hung out by Roosevelt Gardens.I remember the tunnel,the library,and Barnitas(great Italian restaurant).Thank you so much for sharing the pictures.

Guest		07-Mar-2011 22:17
I was born in the Bronx Hospital and lived at 40 Featherbed Lane in the Bronx. I remember everything that everyone else does. The egg creams, the pretzels, the Kosher delis. I want to go home but every time I do, it just isn't there.

Warren Dolny		07-Mar-2011 20:11
Warren Dolny I was born at Dr Koblenz Sanitorium on Franklin Ave. Lived on Teller Ave and grew up at 1711 Morris Ave. and finally 1197 Anderson Ave. Went to PS 70, Wade and then transferred to PS 73 where I sat next to Edie Gorme in 8th grade. Graduated from De Witt Clinton and then CCNY uptown and finally to Baruch on 23rd St. My wife of 61 years lived at 1420 College ave and also went to PS 70, 117 and Taft.We lived on Tiebout ave and then Clay ave be for moving to Haverstrww and Monsey in Rockland County. We moved back to the Bronx (Riverdale) in 2003 and will soon depart to Sunny Florida. There are so many fond memories of the Bronx, I love reliving them

Janine		03-Mar-2011 03:29
I love your pictures. I see my grandmother's building. I remember walking with my friends to Fordham Road every Friday and hanging out in St. James park, sometimes.I loved Crumbs Ice cream palor and the beautiful Paradise Movie Theater. I lived at 2830 Morris Avenue off 197th Street and the Grand Concourse. I went to P.S.89, JHS 143 and Music & Art HS.I am almost 52 years old but I will never forget those days.

Jorge		02-Mar-2011 23:07
When i first came to The Bronx,i was merely 9 years of age,from Puerto Rico. I grew in 188st Bathgate Ave,ever since i have lived in every corner of this borough,except Pelham Bay or Throgs Neck,Now I reside in the Riverdale section of The Bronx.I attended PS 33,JHS22 and then Taft HS,,in 1981,,,,I remember this place how bad it was looking so many great buildings were destroyed,Grand Concourse was the place of spacious apartments with sunken living rooms.Just like you Pat,always been fascinated with the buildings art decos.I remember store back in the days as Alexander,Sear,White Castle,Kress,H.L.Green,Woolworth's,Pisers,,,,Now The Bronx is looking great,no more empty lots,houses and buildings erected everywhere,Do you guys rememeber the shuttle train from Gin Hill Road to 149 st?,that's lone gone already.I stumble with your webpage,,,,looking for pictures of this area,,,,,Riverdaleborderline with Yonkers across from Van Courtlandt Park.Someday would love to share pictures i have of this great metropolis.

Marlene C.		02-Mar-2011 06:45
Want to add some school info. in case there's other classmates out there! Lived on Clay Ave, a walk-up apt, of course the top floor, until age 5. Went to PS 28 where Mr. Werfel was the principal; I had Miss Berman for K., then Miss Linecram for 1st grade. Next, I went to PS 79, 2nd grade we had Miss Levinson; third, Miss Chappee; 4th, Mr. Kolb, who left and then Mr. Mueller took over (he was very friendly with Miss Morales.) I had Miss DeSantis in 5th grade and I think a Miss Becker and a Miss Wolfe were her assistant teachers; I started 6th grade on Long Island! We had a nutty music teacher named Miss Marr, who used to put you in the garbage can if you misbehaved, but I can't remember if she was at PS 28 or 79! Anyway, I do remember dressing for the assemblies and performing plays on a stage at school. We performed something about bluebirds in 2nd grade and a take off on Cinderella in 3rd! Hope to hear from any one who attended when I did...1965 to 1969!

Marlene Cutler		02-Mar-2011 05:44
I was born in Lebanon Hospital in June 1960; my name is Marlene. My pediatrician was Dr. Zucker. I lived on 2195 Walton Ave. Looking for Jamie Hoffman, Judy Cohen, Robert Zane, Kenny Stolen, (PS 79 and EBB) or anyone who might remember me! I used to sit on the stoop with Judy, eat pixie sticks bought from the local candy store and playfully argue about who was better--the Beatles or Simon & Garfunkel, circa 1967! I played Twister at Jamie's house, blasting Magical Mystery Tour, while her grandma says, "What happened to those boys? They used to be so clean-cut!" Dad bought me mono records (lps) from Alexanders, downstairs area. Upstairs, the swinging '60s mannequins wearing fashionable styles of the day, colorful minis with go-go boots (I had day-glo orange ones, and white patent leather ones). Having eaten too many sundaes at Krums, I actually had to get my clothes from Robert Hall, where they carried half-sizes, like 6X, for chubby me! Lowes Paradise on Sundays, followed by dinner at a Chinese place by Kress; visits to Van Cortland Park! My favorite was walking to all the shops on the Concourse, admiring wedding window displays--i want a diamond crown tiara like the ones in the window. Then mom buys me white frosted lipstick from the pharmacy, just like Ethel Kennedy wears (I'm cool now!). Pizza wars, 10 cents vs. the guy two stores away for 5 cents a slice! Some hippie shops. A Horn & Hardet (sp?) with the best custard in little tins. And, of course, the best ever pretzel with a vanilla egg cream at a candy store on a hill leading down to Burnside Ave! Those were the days; it's true...no cell phones, just talking with your best friend through two cups linked together by a string!

stan Greenberg		01-Mar-2011 16:45
Stan Grew up in the beautiful Bronx. Born on Brook Ave. and then moved to 1661 Topping Ave at the age of 4. Went to P.S. 70 Wade JHS and Taft 1956. Good old days in the Bronx playing stick ball in the street and hitting 3 sewers, Play softball in Clarmont Park, strike outs in the P.S. 70 school yard. Dances at Poe Park. Walking to Fordam Road to krums. Sleeping on the roof on hot nights, leaving your door opened. Collecting soda bottle for the money to go to the movies. Playing stoop Ball in front of my house. Those were the good old days that our children missed. It was safe.

Sara Hirsch		26-Feb-2011 05:15
This is a returh visit. I was Sara Hirsch at 215 Busth St. Born at 1506 Walton. Went to EBB. Just found Edie Selman fr 215 Bush St. Near me in Fla. You have accomplished much. All you feel about our Bx. is how I feel. Anyone grad. fr PS 28 in 1948 or EBB, 1951?? Thanks a million for your site. Our Bronx still lives.!!!!

donna scanlan		25-Feb-2011 17:40
what wonderful pics. I grew up in the bronx and now live in Florida. In 2 months I will be attending a reunion at our lady of grace, the last time I was there was in 1986. Looking forward to seeing it again. I especially loved your pics of Fordham road, used to shop there every friday evening with my mother, walking up that long hill and eating potato knishes for dinner. One time a guy grabbed my mom's purse as we were getting on the bus to come home and she hit him with it, he never got it. Thanks for the beautiful photos.

maurice butch steif		23-Feb-2011 17:06
wow... i googled krums, as i am writing an article about a memory i have of that great place, and came upon this site... just great! i lived at 1240 walton, bet 167 & 168, from 1956 - 1967...114, 22, taft...so many great memories, names, places...and i still go back to the bronx at least twice a year, and drive through the neighborhoods, to revisit. last year, my mom came to visit, and i took her back to the places we lived long ago; 1240 walton, 315 e 176th, and her house on bogart on pelham parkway.. thanks !

Guest		21-Feb-2011 00:41
I really enjoyed this trip down memory lane.I was shocked to read the comments from David who grew up living at 2185 Grand Concourse. I lived their too and remember him,his paernts ,grand parents and cousin Douglas. I was the only girl in the building with red hair. My name is Sheila. I still speak to Ellen and her brother Donny who lived there too.

Rick		16-Feb-2011 08:24
I grew up in the Bronx, I lived at 1325 Walton Ave on the corner of Clarke Place. Went to PS64 and graduated the 6th grade in 1969. I remember Woolworth's on 170th, flip side records, Thom McCann and Florsheim shoes, the pickle store with the wooden barrels on Jerome, Olinsky's market, and Carvel ice cream on Jerome, Cascades pool on Jerome (I never went in, but was jealous of the kids that did), went to JHS 117 (Wade) for only the 7th grade and then moved to Florida. Our neighborhood got pretty bad in 1970. Anyone else live on Walton and Clarke???

steve		14-Feb-2011 03:31
Steve Grodsky Great photos and site..enjoyed comments. Lived in the Sedwick Projects:attended p.s.104,82 and Dewit Clinton graduate 1960. Frequented the Lowe's Paridice,Jahns and played stick ball under the bridge.

Pam		14-Feb-2011 00:36
This brought back so many memories. I often visited my grandparents at 930 Grand Concourse in the 1950s and 1960s. We could see Yankee Stadium from their living room window. I was even lucky enough to go to the 1960 World Series. There was a wonderful Italian restaurant, Lauretano, that we ate at very often. My mom and I loved going to Alexander's on Fordham Rd. My grandfather's medical practice was right around the corner. Thanks again for look back.

erica Weissman		12-Feb-2011 11:23
erica A blast from the past and i guess for me its back to the future. i was born in bronx lebanon hospital back in 1959 i understand for the first 2 years of my life we lived on valentines' ave. then moved to monroe ave.. i remember going to p.s. 28 for kindergarten and my older sister was the class monitor. she was in 4th grade. then i had ms. parada in first grade - who when i had her had a nervous breakdown and was absent for most of the term. but i do remember so many things. i remember a boy named richie who lived upstairs from me on monroe ave. and his brother jackie and mom harriet. i remember walking to the ave. where my mom shopped and i believe there was a small movie theater there. but the best was going to fordham road and going to the loew's paradise theater and krums afterward. then shopping at alexander's. it's unbelievable how things change. one culture moves out another moves in. in april of first grade we moved to van cortlandt ave. where i then attended p.s. 95. i went to 143 from there and then on to john f. kennedy (which i understand is one of the schools in the process of being closed down). in 1982 i got married moved to brooklyn and was there until the year 2006 when i got divorced and moved back to the bronx. i now work on ogden ave. back in the south bronx. i guess you can say that i am back from the future. funny how things are. great website to reminisce about things. thank you.

Daniel Smith		10-Feb-2011 04:07
Just came across this website..I was trying to find photos of the Cascade swimming pool on Jerome Ave. Having lived in England for some 18 years and traveled to many countries, the Bronx holds up very well in regard to Europe... the buildings, neighborhoods, theatres, restaurants, etc. Unfortunately it is mostly all gone...I blame both the Cross Bronx Expressway and TV for the disintigration of what was indeed a very special place. I also had a four year nightmare experience trapped in South Florida...ran for my life and am now in Brooklyn. My wife is from Brooklyn and does not understand what it was like growing up in the Bronx. Went to PS 53, PS 22 (first year it was built). then Taft..lived at 1208 College Ave...last time I saw it there was nothing but a hole. Then walked to a local small candy store one block down from PS 53 and there was the son of the original owner still inside...he recognized me! Virtally all the small children in the store were black and I was quite surprised to see him there many years later. Having seen how in Europe, such destruction and decay is not the norm...just the opposite in fact, I am always stunned at how this can happen..the Bronx being just one example of many throughout the USA..and the 'downtown' in all of Europe means a viable place for people to assemble, stroll, shop, eat, etc. while in many cities here, 'downtown' is a dangerous place at night. Anyhow, those of us who grew up in the Bronx really did have a very special chidhood. Wish it was still there.

Arlene Paige		06-Feb-2011 19:10
Maybe someone could also cover my neighborhood. Boston Post Road and Corsa, where the horizontal marquis of the Leow's Post Road movie house still stands and, with paint peeling, looks somewhat like a blasted heath. We bused to Fordham and loved the Paradise with it's twinkling stars in the ceiling and the 2 giant African goldfish... huge, like sci-fi. One died and Cecil B. DeMille, or whoever, never replaced him. Sadly, one day, his significant other was gone too. My friend and I used to crawl under the immaculate toilet stalls in the posh ladies room after we locked them all, and die laughing when the fat and mean matron in her white uniform had to crawl under to unlock them while we pretended to preen in front of the elegant dressing table mirrors. No one ever got onto us. My friend became a doctor and moved away, of course. So did I. Manhattan and then California. But I still remember the joys of growing up there before the neighborhood went. We loved the flavored chocolate covered marshmallows at Krum's and used to buy them hand sorted by weight. I had my first white chocolate there. And until about the age of 14 I did my shopping uptown at Alexander's before I graduated to Macy's, and then to the better stores on Fifth Ave. There was much laughter in those days, and there still is, but the corner candy store with the egg creams, the real NY made-fresh-to-order pizza shop, and the neighborhood Chinese restaurant where they'd give us iced water to go in real glasses when we were kids playing running games on hot summer days, and we always brought their crystal back unbroken... all that's gone, never to return like the 60's and airline travel that once involved running to catch planes. I lived in that area of the Bronx from about the age of 8 and grew up with my childhood friends, some in my immediate Boston Post Road area, and some in Concourse housing, to win scholarships and solidly move on. Nice to share.

Rich		05-Feb-2011 17:40
Oh yeah.....this really jogged my almost 70 y.o. memory.. Almost forgot...was SO close to President Roosevelt that I could 'almost' touch him when he made a surprise motorcade on Kingsbridge Rd. in an 'open car' in the rain (ca 1944-45) Dad brought me to see him!

Rich		05-Feb-2011 17:34
Wow! Great! Didn't bargain for such a fab memory mix! 2719 Morris Avenue, October 1941 through October 1949.... Dad was an 'Air Raid Warden, remember the sirens and blackouts! Attended PS 86 47-49, attended my first of many, many baseball games at Yankee Stadium with my wonderful Dad in 1946.....frequented St. James and Bronx Park with my folks... For a 'treat' walked with my Mom to Krum's, on the Grand Concourse, for the best hot fudge sundae EVER! Sol & Mo's candy store was right around the block on Kingsbridge Rd.(direction towards GC)and the movie theater was the other way(towards Jerome Ave)... Lots of memories, although I never believed that I belonged there....when Mom & Dad bought their home on the Island (Bethpage) in 1949, I came to life and really began living! But I'm proud to be from this area of the Bronx and very happy that you posted this site! Thank You!!!

Sanford		05-Feb-2011 04:36
What memories! I was born in 1940 in Mt. Eden hospital so I qualify as a native Bronxite. Enjoyed the best ice cream sundays at Addie Valins, played baseball at Harris Field, attended PS 86, Creston Jr. High, DeWitt Clinton, and Hunter College(now Lehman). I remember Alexanders two expansions, which made it three times its original size. I remember many baby carriages parked outside the store with sleeping babies while the mothers shopped. Across the street, Gormans hot dogs were the best around. Spent many summer nights sitting on the "ramp" at 196th and Jerome waiting for the heat to dissipate so we might be able to sleep with the fan on and the door open. Went to high school with Robert Klein. He recently performed at my "cacoon" in south Florida, but he doesn't remember me any more. To all of you commenting before me, I say "Thanks for the Memories".

Rosalind Bard		04-Feb-2011 02:39
Wow I lived at 1770 Walton Avenue next to Henwood Place and walked the tunnel to P.S. 70 before the Cross Bronx expressway was built. Then Wade jr Hi (P.S. 117) and Taft. My grandparents lived next to the shul on Townsend Avenue. I remember learning to swim at the P.S. 70 pool and walking to Claremont Park with my mom to go under the sprinklers. Was born at Jewish Memorial in Manhattan. I live in Colorado but keep meeting people who know Fordham Road and Alexanders.

Barry F. Bealick		01-Feb-2011 04:45
Pat...adding to your memories of your Walton Avenue building, my late father's first dentist, from age eight until my dad's untimely death in 1972, was Walton Avenue's own Dr. Leon Kossin. If you do a "Google search" of Dr. Kossin, you'll find him listed in a directory from 1931-1932, indicating Dr. Kossin's Walton Avenue address BEFORE he moved his dental offices in 1936 to The Grand Concourse's "Fish Building" -- that beautiful Art Deco structure with the multi-color mosaic tiles at its base forming a fish tank. While Dr. Kossin practiced dentistry on Walton Avenue, my paternal grandparents ran a fruit-and-vegetable store there. My dad, my uncles, and my aunts were required to help my grandparents run the store. Dr. Kossin told me during one of my dental visits to him that he always purchased his family's fresh fruits and vegetables from my grandparents' Walton Avenue store, where Dr. Kossin would see my dad sitting on an old-fashioned wooden crate doing his homework while waiting on customers. I was born in year 1951 at The Bronx-Lebanon Hospital on Mount Eden Avenue just after that hospital was converted from a World War II U.S. Army hospital to what it was before the war: a civilian hospital. I grew-up on The Grand Concourse, residing at 1355 Grand Concourse -- on the top floor in this non-elevator building, located between Marcy and Elliott Place and close to the wide 170th Street shopping neighborhood. The paternal grandparents I had mentioned in this post resided close-by, on Wythe Place between Jerome Avenue and The Grand Concourse. We were family friends with DAVE BUNIS, who owned the 170th Street BUNIS SHOE STORE. We also were friendly with the RUDIN family, which operated the BARTON'S CHOCOLATIER on 170th Street. The S & A variety store was on the corner of Wythe Place and 170th Street, with Roosevelt Gardens Apartments just up the block at 170th Street and The Grand Concourse. On 170th Street there was a jewelry store with an outdoor glass display directly in front of the jewelry store's entrance. Right next-door there was a large toy store. We kids loved going to that toy store with our parents and grandparents. An air-raid siren sat atop the Woodlawn-Jerome #4 train station at 170th Street. As a small child I learned that the siren noise emanated from that subway-mounted siren. We went to Claremont Park and to John Mulally Park. During the Christmas holiday season we attended the Christ The King Church bazaar...from my bedroom window I could see the bazaar with all its colors and lights. There were even tents for weather-protection. This was the 1950's when nuns still wore traditional clergy clothing, complete with very large headware. Our area was religiously-diverse...Roman Catholic parish churches and synagogues were all within convenient walking-distance. In 1954 New York Yankee DON LARSEN "pitched the perfect game" only a few blocks south in Yankee Stadium. Nearby, The Concourse Plaza Hotel was still in its heyday and hosted weekly dances. The German Lorelei Fountain across the street from the hotel upheld the park's majesty. Art Deco buildings adorned The Grand Concourse and its environs. Barry F. Bealick

kathi knickerbocker		27-Jan-2011 03:16
Thank you so much for the fond memories. I was born in Flower Fifth Ave. Hospital- live at 108 Avenue D for the first few years of my life and then up to the Bronx on Powell Ave just outside of Parkchester. I walked all over the Bronx. How I miss those days of being carefree and fanciful. Graduated from James Monroe in 1969 and Lehman College. Danced at the CYO at Our Lady of Solace. Remember Jodi and Sebby (didn't really spend very much time with them). Life was a dream and most of ALL I miss Jerry. Remember walking past the barber shop - White Plains Road and Morris Park Ave. All these wonderful streets and buildings - how time has changed us all. I'm not a photographer with and so this means so much to me to view such a wonderful display of those places I took for granted when young. Thanks. kathi (fera)

Mel Matulsky		24-Jan-2011 21:07
We lived at 1673 Walton Avenue (Between 174 St and Clifford Place). Our building was the only one left standing on this block when the Cross Bronx was built. Our windows faced the expressway (?). We lived there from 1952 to 1970. I remember walking along the Grand Concourse and feeling that only rich people could afford to live on that magnificent blvd. We used to walk to the Jewish bakeries on 170 Street....what a treat. Wonderful memories of Mt. Eden Avenue and the movie house there. (By the way, I believe that Edye Gorme lived nearby. Thanks for the memories. Mel Matulsky

Rich Wagner		19-Jan-2011 15:27
I'm also a Bronx native, born and raised on 197th St and Briggs Ave until I was 16. We used to cruise the Concourse and Fordham Road regularly, head over to Twin Lakes to hang out, sing doo-wop at the bandstand in Poe Park, marvel at Jahn's "kitchen sink", listen to 45's in the booths at Cousins, make out in the balconies at RKO Fordham, Valentine, and Paradise theaters, take the D train downtown and ride the ferry to Staten Island for a nickel a pop, play nock-hokey at PS 46, stickball in the streets, and fall hopelessly in love with that girl down the street. I've been long gone from the Bronx, but will always be a Bronxite at heart.

Mike Wyman		18-Jan-2011 21:10
I just happened to pop in on this web site-Looking for familiar names. Surprisingly I only found 2 that I knew. Luari Rovin Ward (who now is an accomplished and published interior designer) The other is Jay Popper-( however I can't quite put the name with the face).I was born in the Bronx at Dr. Leffs' in 1945. Lived in 1405 Walton ave.(the corner of 170th st.)I attended p.s. 64-(I still remember Mrs. Zimmerman and "Sexy Sybel for the life of me I now can't remember her last name-but they were very attractive and great teachers). I attended Wade JHS 117 and went on to graduate from the H.S. of Music and Art class of 1963. Later on attending The School of Visual Arts. I still touch base with a whole network of Bronx friends who mostly attended Taft H.S.. I ended up marrying my wife of 37 years who was also a Bronx gal-Barbara Weiner who attended EBB JHS and graduated Walton H.S. class of 66. She went on to to CCNY and got her Masters at Columbia. In 69 I lived in Dallas Tex.then moved back to Manhattan. By this time my parents had left the Bronx. My wife and I live right across the Hudson in Fort Lee N.J.. From time to time aside from making the trek to Yankee Stadium we ocassionally take ourselfs on a touring journey of all the the old huants and places of interest that have been mentioned in these previous passages. There seems to be a magical and also an incredibly nostalgic attachment that our fellow Bronxites share.-For the most part most of us grew up of modest means, amongst concrete towers, with little pockets of greenery. We relied on public transportation,we lacked the amenities that the more affluent suburban neighborhoods offered or the the glitzy neihborhoods of Manhattan but I think the special relationship we all had with the "old neighborhood" lies with the quality of the people, our friends, teachers, shopkeepers, yes even the neihborhood cops. We lived in a world where the streets were safe,and clean, the schools were great and our general quality of life was as good if not better than mostother residential areas. Recently (a little over a year ago) we had a neighborhood reunion. There were people there that hadn't seen each other in 40 years it was fantastic. The next day 5 of us jumped in a jeep and traversed the Bonx. The Stadium, Muhlaley Park (I don't think I'm spelling it right), Taft H.S.,Jordan L Mott JHS, Sherman and Sheridan aves., Morris ave. The the site of the old Sugar Bowl.170th st (none of the older stores are there any longer). The school yards of p.s. 64 have been totally renovated with astro turf and state of the art recreational equipment. Drove up the El Grant highway -the Steps, Davidson ave., PS91, Jerome ave. Mt. Eden the Concourse. The revamped Paridise, Fordham Rd.. Roosevelt H.S. Arthur Ave..For the most part most of the structures were still in tact, but the character of the neihborhhods has drastically changed. However you can see here and there there are pockets of revitalization. Hopefully this will continue on so that future generations will enjoy the same experiences that we had a couple of generations ago Fordham U.

Jeff		16-Jan-2011 01:15
Hi, Great site. Does anybody remember the candy store on the north side of 161st ST between Gerard Ave. and River Ave. It was at the entrance to the stairs leading down to the D train. I am trying to locate Joey P. He was the son of the owner's of the store. Joey's mom, dad, aunt and uncle owned the candy store in the 1960's.Joey played in the Stadium Little League. If you remember or know Joey P. please email me at driftymaster@aol.com. Thanks much.

Arturo Rodriguez		11-Jan-2011 21:08
I was born in Puerto Rico and I lived in Hunts Point for a while and in 1982 moved to 164th street College Ave. but it was just a short walk to the Grand Concourse. After seeing these photos, it also took me back. I lived in this area for almost 20 years and my parent’s still lived there. I had some great times there. There are also some amazing memories. I found this site because I am currently writing some stories of my life (just because it thought it would be fun)and the Grand Concourse has a great chapter. Thank you for taking back threw memory lane.

harvey BELSKY		11-Jan-2011 04:22
PS104 JHS82 Taft HS1957 Great training ground It made the rest of the world easy.

0eg Mazzei		10-Jan-2011 19:50
I remember Arthur Avenue for grocery shopping and also Alexanders. When my parents told me my mom was going to have a new baby but that they couldn't promise a baby sister as I wanted. I remember telling them to try to find one at Alexander's and to check all the bins under the merchandise display tables to see if they had any baby girls stored there. :>)

Peg Mazzei Tursi		10-Jan-2011 19:44
Hello, and thanks for sharing your wonderful photo history of the Bronx. I moved there with my parents when I was a baby in 1953 and remained until 4th grade. We lived on Morrs Park Ave., directly across from Our Lady of Solace where I went to school. My Aunt Doris Marchetti and her parents Tessy and Peter lived on Victor Street. I remember the Bronx Zoo and eating egg salad sandwiches with my parents Anna and Mario Mazzei on a hill overlooking the Zoo. I remember the park and playground on the Grand. Concourse and the time one winter daywhen my parents walked there with me from our house to go ice skating. When we arrived I found I had forgotten my skate's ankle strap and my dad went all the way back home (walking or on bus?) to retrieve it. I remember the closed off "play stret" we played hopscotch on along the side of OLS school on Holland Ave. I remember there was a fire once at school and the lady that owned the corner candy store came to pick us u at school and brought us all home. I remember my friends Sherrill Powell from Wallace Ave, and my friends MarySue Ferroni and Lorraine Pallazollo from my building. I remember the sun in my eyes as I looked up to our kitchen window (on the 4th floor) so that my mother could toss down my school beret in a paper bag when I forgot it. I remember walking with my mom to get rotisseroie chicken from such a store near Fordham. I remember collecting green stamps and thinking why was collecting "books" such a big deal when we had so many books in the shelves. I remember going on the roof with my mom occassionally And fearing I would get swept off or fall through the crackly bubbled roofing paper. Finally I remember my mom hanging laundry from he living room window that looked onto an open paved area below, as I picked the gravel composite from the window sill which I could barely reach.

Diane Duca DelPrete		08-Jan-2011 02:24
Born in the Bronx,1946. Went to P.S. 35 from l952-58. I remember the Library on l62nd St.around the block from l63rd betw. Morris and Teller where I lived those years. I too, fondly remember all the wonderful times at Earl's Theatre, we could spend all day there, on Saturday's for 25cents. The Stadium. Addie Vallins, yum. Joyce Kilmer Park we grew up there. I remember asking my Mom, why all the ladies there looked like they were dressed for Sunday, everyday of the week. Alexanders, Paradise Theatre, The Atlanic and Pacific Tea Co., now A&P., The Court House loomed huge.Oh, I can't forget The Grand Concourse Hotel.To the south of us, was the Old Alex and Henry's Annies Vegetable and Fruits, Great Italian Bakeries, live chicken places w/sawdust on the floors. Mom could buy feathered or plucked. Sawdust was on floors of butchers and hardware stores, too. After P.S. 35 moved to Staten Island for 38years. Now in Jersey.

Mark Palo		05-Jan-2011 16:42
Wow! Many of those photos took me down Memory lane. I was born in Fordham Hospital and was raised on University Ave and Burnside Ave. I went to PS 26, then 82 and Samuel Gompers HS. The photos of the old Paradise theater brought back memories of my first dates in the 60s with my first wife. It's been 30 years since I've been back. I still am a die hard Yankee fan even though I live in the land of those much hated Red Sox. You think New York fans are bad, try dealing with Massachusetts New England fans. In closing, I want to thank you for the photos. BTW-have you ever heard of the Bronx, the way it was, magazine? Peace, mark

Bob Grand		04-Jan-2011 02:37
Bob Grand, P.S. 88, P.S. 90, JHS22, Taft '55. Lived on Sheridan right next to 88. Noticed posts by two people I'd like to contact me if possible at cadacbob@gmail.com Michael Silverstein - where are you. We were both Josh's friends. Barry Feder - just looked up your photo in the Taft yearbook. I do remember your face, although we didn't really know each other back then. I've been in touch with some Taft guys. Please get in touch with me if you see this.

George Zenkewich		03-Jan-2011 17:23
I lived on 3rd ave and Claremont parkway, I remember Bathgate ave where you could get live chickens /fish fruits/veg.and go swimming at the Cratona pool on Fulton ave,for 10 cents the whole day. To make movie money I used to shine shoes,and sell shopping bags on Bathgate Ave.I went to PS 4 on Fulton Ave,Junior High untill 1944

Guest		03-Jan-2011 05:03
To Evelyn Alexander: Temple Zion at 1925 Grand Concourse is now a head start facility. What happened to the good old days?

Guest		31-Dec-2010 00:00
steve the name of your site is walton and burnside ave. I was born in THE BRONX hospital in 1946 and lived my first 17 years on the corner of walton and burnside right next to woolworth. on the corner of jerome and burnside there was a chinese restaurant and above that was al"s pool hall, also blooms bakery, and boxers deli on burnside ave. I remember walking to fordham road and going to poe park, krums, playing stickball till dark, ring-a-leveo and all the other street games. thanks for all the pics it was great!!!!

EVELYN ALEXANDER		29-Dec-2010 20:31
EVELYN I LIVED IN THE BRONX UNTIL 1962. I LOVED GROWING UP THERE AND STILL REFER TO IT AS MY HOME. I WENT TO P.S.67, JR. HIGH 44 AND T. ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL I REMEMBER THE CONCOURSE VERY WELL EVEN THOUGH I GREW UP IN THE EAST BRONX. MY FIRST BOYFRIEND (MET HIM AT THE FORDHAM ROLLER RINK) LIVED ON THE CONCOURSE AND MT. EDEN AVENUE. I GOT MARRIED AT TEMPLE ZION, THE CONCOURSE AND 174 STREET. LAST I HEARD IT WAS A BINGO PARLOR.

Guest		29-Dec-2010 16:48
Shelly Greenberg WOW! You did a fantastic job. Thank you. I was born 1938 and lived at 2065 Walton Avenue until I got married in 1957. Spent most of my childhood at The Fordham Skating Palace on Fordham Road and Jerome Avenue. Went to PS79, then EBB and graduated Roosevelt. Now live in Florida like most of the Bronx alumni. You brought back wonderful memories.

Lenore		28-Dec-2010 19:01
I also grew up in the Bronx. 2071 Walton Ave. It really was great seeing the pictures and reading all the comments. Thanks for the great photos and memories.

Guest		27-Dec-2010 09:51
Watching the snow blizzard on T.V. brought back fond memories of living in the Bronx and having a wonderful time playing in the drifts of snow. We were young, and didn't have a care in the world!

Guest		26-Dec-2010 08:21
Bronxites: Have a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

Claudia		13-Dec-2010 20:13
Guest 15-Jun-2010 02:14 TO CLAUDIA..... When did you live in 1075 Grand Concourse? I was born in 1954, lived in the building thru High School, Apt 2H. I too went to 114, then 22, then Taft. Tell me more... Howard Hi Howard, I was surprised to see a reply after all these months. I was born in 1947, You might have known my brother Glenn, he was born in 1952. Hope you're well

joel		13-Dec-2010 18:55
wow..I was only 6 years old when we left 1045 Anderson Avenue. I remember when my Aunt Lee would take me to Adde Valens for Ice Cream. The Sephardic Shul across from my building as well the railroad graveyards..

Guest		07-Dec-2010 07:44
Dear Bronxites, Have a very Merry Christmas!

Guest		06-Dec-2010 06:28
Our dad owned and operated Pat's Shoe Repair on E. Burnside Ave. His store was next to Harry's Produce store, such a nice man. Cesar's Pizza was on the other side of his store.

Burton Stern		05-Dec-2010 16:32
I probably forgot to press send because I wrote something and it didn't show up but here goes! Lived 1678 Anthony Ave. (between 173rd and 174th St.). Graduated from PS 70, JHS 117 and Taft HS (class of 1947). Bar mitzvahed at Mt. Eden Center, now an iglesias. Also enjoyed pictures of Lewis Morris where Eydie Gorme lived next door (also Taft graduate 1946). Have been telling story for years about Mr. Bone at PS 70 who taught us how to swim (boys naked!!!) and would rub our ankles to make sure we actually showered. Nobody believed me until this site talked about Mr. Bone. Also still have yearbooks from PS 70, JHS 117 and Taft. Can't go back but sure would be nice. Hate to be a sentimental sap but this was exhilirating.

Burton Stern		05-Dec-2010 16:21
Forgot one thing. The Cross-Bronx Expressway goes right through my grandmother's living room (1734 Monroe Ave. 174th St.)

Paul Brodsky		29-Nov-2010 06:05
I come McClellan St & Sherman Ave went to PS 90 then taft and Roosevelt Worded as soda jerk at Addie Vallen on 161 & River Got married and moved to Shakespere Ave worked in both the and the new Lincoln Hospital for 32 yeard moved to Queens and retired to Florida I will always be a Bronxite

Ed		20-Nov-2010 05:45
Hi and thank you for the photo's. I wazs actually looking for a photo of Krums on the Concourse when I discovered your site. I was born in the Bronx in 1948 lived on Featherbed Ave my first three years of life then moved to Queens. I understand that my old building was torn down as it was in the way of the expressway. My mom is 93 years old and unfortunately does not have a computer nor is she nearby. I am going to make every effort to show her this site somehow for I think she will enjoy the memories. She grew up in the Bronx. If anyone has questions about the old days in the Bronx you can address them to my email "pilot777@comcast.net" and I will ask her and get back to you.

Marge Ashcroft unruh		19-Nov-2010 05:46
This was wonderful to read and see the fantastic pictures of the Brons.. I put in Dollar Savings Bank, to see if it was still standing, and to see the picture of it on the Grand Concourse and Fordham Rd. was great. I grew up in the Hunts Point, Southern Blvd. araa. Lived on Garrison Avenue. Worked at the Dollar Savins bank from 1955 to 1958 then we moved to Stamford, Conn. Would love to hear from any friends that were in the area at that time or worked at the bank at that ime.. I was born at the Lincoln Hospital in 1937, and lived in the Bronx from 1937 till 1958. Marge

kevin		18-Nov-2010 01:44
looking for people who went to St.angela merici school on 163rd and morris avenue in the bronx from 1959 to june 1967. thanks for the memories

Richard Jackel		17-Nov-2010 17:53
I lived at 54 Featherbed Lane which is still standing. Born in 1942 Royal Hospital. Attented PS 70 until 1947. Remember Mt. Eden Ave. , Jerome ave and the Concourse. walked to ps 70 through tunnel under concourse. I can still see my windows at 54 Featherbed from the Cross Bronx Expressway. I also remember Inwood ave. And a Catholic Hosp on Featherbed.

Guest		17-Nov-2010 17:41
Dear Bronxites: Have a Happy Chanukah!

Mary		15-Nov-2010 01:58
Lived at 1905 Andrews Avenue across the street from P.S 26. I just went there this past June. I took a few pictures with my phone. Stopped by the Francis Martin Library and went in. I asked them if I joined, would the name of the Library be on the card. They told me no, so I didn't sign up. Walking through the old neighborhood made me bittersweet....I felt like I was "looking" for something that just wasn't there anymore.....maybe my childhood, family and all the good memories that went along with it. All in all, I'm glad I went and got the pictures that I wanted. MaryDeAngelo222@aol.com

Guest		14-Nov-2010 05:05
Looking for Sandy Goodman Rebackoff Roosevelt H.S. 1961.

Guest		12-Nov-2010 01:15
Dear Bronxites, Happy Thanksgiving!

Chuck Medwin		09-Nov-2010 09:32
I found this sight by accident......I was born and grew up at 2390 Creston Avenue. I attended PS 33, Creston Junior High School (PS 79) and finally DeWitt Clinton Highschool. I worked at the Ascot Theatre during my teenage years hoping to become the projectionist I never would. Theatres were closing. I became a New York City Police officer retiring as a sergeant in 1984. I am now currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bob Mintz		01-Nov-2010 04:30
I was born in Bronx Lebanon Hospital, lived at the corner of 176th Street and Walton Ave opposite Wade Jr. High School from 1954 to 1961. BAC, before air conditioning, I would sit out on our fire escape and blow bubbles. I remember Vic Tanneys on the Concourse, Alexanders, Krums, The RKO Fordham and Valentine theatres. Went to P.S. 28 on Anthony Ave. The Army/Navy store, Jahn's, Goldman's Yarns and Loehmann's, which is now down here in Pembroke Pines Florida of all things.

Roger		31-Oct-2010 21:41
Moved into the Capri (1700 Grand Concourse) in 1975 and went to PS 70 for 3rd grade only. Went to Christ the King elementary 4th through 8th (1976-1981) then went to Mt St Michael Acad in northern Bronx up by Mt Vernon. Grew up hanging out on Selwyn Ave playing football, stickball and hanging in the library when it was too cold to hang outside. Did most of my shopping on 170th and would head uptown to Fordham when we wanted to act like we were going somewhere high end. The Loews Paradise and Valentine theatre was a second home on winter weekends. Stumbled on this site when I did a search for the Capri and it brought back tons of memories; sent it to my brother right away. You did a great job with the pictures.

awilda		30-Oct-2010 01:31
I too grew up in "THE BRONX" the 60 up until the 90's it hurts me to see so many new generations come in and take for granted what is and always will be...one of the greatest place to have grown up in. My brother and i used to go to Lowes paradise theatre on sundays after church, if our mother allowed it. Remember it had a water fountain inside? it was truly a paradise to us. I remember my mother doing layaways at "Alexander" for us, because it was the only way we could afford clothing. My first train ride by myself on the "D" all the way to 59th and columbus circle. i almost peed on myself i was so scared and excited at the same time and it only cost >75cents!!!

Guest		25-Oct-2010 22:06
Happy Halloween!

Russ		25-Oct-2010 20:16
I grew up a little further north - 182nd and the Concourse - but I remember the Paradise and the bank and the Wagner building. And the steps up to Davidson. Great photos.

Guest		24-Oct-2010 16:18
Audrey P. S. 86 Chas. L, Klein, Mrs. Jaffee. Aqueduct Ave. 1939 - 1954. Music and Art H. S. Fond memories of Bronx. Thank you.

Guest		24-Oct-2010 03:57
I AM FROM THE BRONX AND i always enjoy taking a look back. I am from this area and remember most of your pictures. IT IS GREAT TO TAKE A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE. CASCADES/PALM BEACH POOL WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES, ALONG WITH jerome park, I STILL GO TO THAT AREA TODAY BECAUSE i GO TO YANKEE STADIUM ALOT, ALTHOUGH I PREFER THE OLD OLD ONE BEFORE IT WAS RENOVATED IN 1976

Laura F.		22-Oct-2010 13:21
LAURA F. Great photos, great memories! Here's mine: Went to PS 114, JHS 22 and Taft HS. I lived on Gerard Ave, between 165th St and McClennan Ave until I was 20. Went to the Y on 165th St and the Concourse. I remember Sadie's Candy Store on Gerard and 165th St, the grand 167th St Cafeteria (loved the egg barley!), the Jewish deli, Kent movie theater, the Chinese Restaurant, the fancy lighting store (never went in there!) and the stationery store, all on 167th St between Gerard and River Aves. Also, a pet store on River Ave between McClennan and 167th St. On 161st St between Gerard and River Aves I remember Addie Vallen's and Barton's. I also remember the shopping area on 170th St, and that wonderful record store where I used to buy 45s for 69 cents! Can't remember the name of that store. sob And the fabulous Fordham Rd shopping area! The Lowe's Paradise, Krum's, (Uptown it's) Alexander's, the RKO Fordham, Deli City, Woolworth's 5 & 10 (how I miss all those Woolworth's! Duane Reade is NOT a substitute!), and all the shoe stores on Fordham Rd, ha. When I was 20 we moved to the Concourse and 196th St. Never felt attached to that area like I did to my li'l home town of Gerard and 165th. Google queen of cyberspace.

Guest		21-Oct-2010 00:54
To Bob - I went to the YWHA on the Grand Concourse, also. There were two Bob's I danced with a few times. Unfortunately, I don't remember the last names. You may have been the Bob who took me for an ice cream soda. We all had lots of fun at the teen dances.

Bob		20-Oct-2010 01:37
Just came across your weibsite after doing a search for present photos of the old Zenith movie theater and these pics bring back so many memories, When I saw the pic of the steps leading to and frokm Davidson Ave. I really started to have tears in my eyes. I'm sure those are the same steps right by P.S. 53 (?.) I lived on Morris Ave. between 170th Street and 169th but closer to the corner of 170th near Taft High. I went to P.S. 88, 53, Jr high 22 and Taft but my family moved to Forest Hills, Queens in my senior year after I was attacked by a gang soon after my birthday and the ring my parents had given me for my birthday was stolen. The building I lived in---1347 Morris Ave.--isn't there any more but the address is as a new building that was going up from what I've seen on the net has the same address number. I was a member of the Y, the Jewish one, on the Grand Concourse and it was a good place to go to mingle with friends and especially to dance The Hop LOL. There was a pool too where all the teeens would go in summer I thikl near Yankee Stadium. I remember you had to walk up a flight of stairs to get to it and it was awlays busy. It was an outside pool and you paid admission. Best of all of course were the mom and pop candy stores with their egg creams. Ahh.. a world gone now.

may		10-Oct-2010 12:48
i love you colubus aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh wow

J.P..el flaco		08-Oct-2010 13:05
thanks for all this pictures they are beautiful..flash back.. I use to be in that area in the 80s

Guest		07-Oct-2010 03:36
Hello from the Deep South - Charleston, South Carolina! I loved the pix - I grew up in the Yankee Stadium Area of the Bronx(165th St) and then Dad got a super's job in Highbridge, where the Catholics and the Jews did not speak very much, unfortunately. We had a good life up there - Sacred Heart Church was a gem, a mini-Gothic almost cathedral, the celebrations, the day Bobby Kennedy spoke in the little church in fron of Hudnett's the funeral parlor everyone got waked out of. We had a great life there for many years. I was back last weekend after flying/then driving up to attend the Woodstock Film Festival with my childhood sweetheart! And before driving upstate I stopped and bought him pastries from the world-famous Egidio's Pastry Shop in Little Italy in the Bronx(Arthur Ave. area). Thanks for the wonderful photos. Regarding Art Deco, I did get off the highway at Yankee Stadium and went to see Gerard Ave. but first I caught sight of an incredible Art Deco building at the corner of 165th St and Jerome - do you know it? I think it said "Park Plaza" - go down and see it - it is awesome! Bye Mary Bridget

David		06-Oct-2010 01:36
Very fine photos. Thanks. I lived at 2185 Grand Concourse - attended PS 79 (elementary school) I still remember Mrs. Maxwell, K teacher. Mr. Donohue the principle at that time (1957). I was very very shy and introverted as a kid, so the Bronx was a mixed bag for me. I remember the luncheonette at the corner of 182nd and Grand Concourse, and the guy behind the soda fountain - Ralph (late 50s). A great Chinese restaurant halfway between 182nd and Fordham road on the Concourse. Vic Tanney's pool and gym on the Concourse. Anyone remember the Astor Theater that showed mostly foreign movies on the Concourse. I later attended the School of Performing Arts on 46th Street in Manhattan and after that I left NYC for good. I now divide my time between Cohasset, Massachusetts and La Crescenta, CA.

Howard Marder		01-Oct-2010 12:41
With PS70 in the news this week (the hooker teacher), I thought that I'd Google my alma mater (class of '57, maybe '58) and I found this incredible site you have put together. Thank you very much for this look into a wonderful past living in da Bronx Jewish ghetto. I lived on Townsend Avenue between 175th and 176th, went to Wade and then Bronx Science. You are right: you can't go home again because it isn't there, or at least a lot of it isn't there -- screw you Robert Moses!

Guest		01-Oct-2010 02:16
I forgot to mention...the movie with Denzel Washington, "American Ganster" was filmed in and around E. 175 St and Jerome Avenue all the way up to the concourse !! I loved seeing those scenes !!

Efrain Rodriguez, Jr		01-Oct-2010 02:12
I was Born in the old Lincoln Hospital which is now the bronx Towed Car lot...my mother told me I was supposed to be an "observed" birth for the nursing students, but I was coming and the nursing teacher tried to stop the birth by tying my mother's legs closed. I lived in a hotel on E. 157 and Park Avenue then moved into the Bronx Riger Projects when they openned in 1955. I attended PS 106 then was bussed to JHS !@& in Parkchester after the Civil Rights Bill was signed by Kennedy. I remember catching bees and lightning bugs in mayonaise jars during the fall and being yelled at for walking on the grass in the projects. because I was bussed I was fortunate not to have fallen into the stereotyped cluches of Hispanics at the time...lazy, junkies, hoods...I went to the Dances at Bronx House and had many classmates who lived in and around the Lydig Avenue area. WE used to have our Musicale's at Columbus H.S. I remember taking the #6 train to the last stop and taking the #12 bus to Orchard Beach and wishing I were rich so I could rent an umbrella and beach chair. on rare occasions we could buy a coke from those guys who walked along the beach with those big silver cans on their backs. I remember seeing King Kong at that movie theatre West Farms next to the motel. Going to the zoo with my father and renting a rowboat to go up the Bronx River.my first job was as a paperboy for the NY Post. I swear I had Supreme Court Justice Sonia SotoMayor as a customer ! I delivered all along Bruckner Boulevard before itbecame an expressway. I remember Korvettes....that was my first credit card. I attended Music and Art HS and graduated in 1971. I met my first wife Paula there. She lived on Lacombe avenue. The family still has the house but that neighborhood went down fast.My son by Paula still lives there. Her maiden name was Paula Edwards and she came from the Throggs Neck Projects. I started working at the old carwash on E. TRemont Ave up the block from the E. 180 St IRT train station. I began working for the city in 1975 first at the NY Public Library at the Mott Haven branch on E. 140 St and Alexander Avenue. later i would get a picture of Pope Paul II driving past the 040 precinct...and get hit by a cop motorcycle for the effort ! When I finally built a bicycle from old parts you would find i the many garbage-strewn lots around the Bronx I would venture off in serach of things I had heard about...Ven Cortlandt park, Riverdale, Hunts Point. Ironically I would become a Paramedic with NYC Emergency Medical Service, now associated with the Fire Department, and later a NYPD Officer starting at the 048 precinct, then the 050 and finally the 045, so all of these sojourns on my bicycle would become useful. I never got lost going to a call anywhere in the Bronx ! I was on a foot post at E. 161 and the Conc when I got the call my father had died at the numbers hole he worked in at the corner of E. 174 St and Bronx River Avenue, across from the Projects. I live in Putnam County NY now on the banks of the Croton Reservoir, the place where NYC gets their drinking water. I am retired but on occasion I travel down to the Bronx to see my brothers who live there or to just get a sack of White CAstles from Boston Road and Allerton Avenue or E. Tremont Avenue at WEstchester Square. The memories sustain me and they comfort me.

Eugene		30-Sep-2010 19:29
Your picture of Wade brought back many memories. I lives at 124 E. 176 St.starting 1936. I actually remember Wade being built. I had a front row seat from our apt. I went to P.S. 28, then P.s. 70 - back to 28 when the war broke out. I then went to Wade and D.W. Clinton ending up, of all peculiar places t the University of Kentucky. The Wade schoolyard was my growing up place. What a wonderful place to have a childhood.

Mollie		28-Sep-2010 19:07
Today I found a wonderful package (Pat Morgans website). Inside was a world of childhood memories - not forgotten but as one commented - those memories, came to life. I was searching for classmates from St. Helena's Catholic Grammer School. I was a student there from 1948 - 1953. I lived in Parkchester and yes those parades were great - I remember looking out our LR window onto Unionport Rd. (just down from Tremont Ave.) Our mode of transportation then(us kids) were rollarskates (4 wheels) . Remember those plastic strings we wove together to hold the rs key we wore around our neck. (no bikes allowed in Parkchester) Does anyone still have their bag of marbels or stack of comic books we used to trade.(Many were 1st edition super heroes - who knew their value). I long for some Italian lemon ice like the kind we got on Castle Hill. The deli on Unionport really did have a barrell of dill pickels /what a treat. Always looked forward to stopping in at Finnegans Bar with dad for coke and peanuts. And the biggest thrill was the Zoo. The Bronx Zoo is truly the best - spent many Sundays with my family there. Thank you Pat...... and "THE BRONX LIVES ON"

Mary Curry		22-Sep-2010 16:11
Lived and worked in the Bronx from 1973 to 1975 Lived on Creston Ave and worked at Union Hospital Always shopped in Alaxanders Great Irish bars back then Good Time Charlies Wagon Wheel Bunratty Dirty Nellies Mary Curry

Guest		18-Sep-2010 13:40
I lived on 167th street and Sherman Avenue. I found this site by accident (surfing Facebook) and am once again amazed at how many people feel the nostalgia of living in the Bronx. Who says "you can't go home again?" Wrong. The memories are wonderful! Thanks for taking the time to create this scrapbook.

Raquel Martinez		13-Sep-2010 02:43
Actually it was PS 42 not 52 as posted on previous comment.

Raquel Martinez		13-Sep-2010 02:34
Wow! Nostalgia set in. I miss my home town. My last dwelling place was 114 E 168th Street. I regretfully left NY in 1986. I was born at Morrisania Hospital in 1949. My father had a Photo Studio on 488 Claremont Parkway and once on Third Avenue. I went to PS 52,58 JHS 44 and Jane Addams HS. I climbed those steps to Davidson Avenue numerous times. I lived on Washington Avenue and used to go to the Fenway theater. I was a part of the Our Lady of Victory Church on Webster Avenue. Oh my I can go on & on. I love your website and the photos are awesome. I currently live in Memphis TN. Thank you for the memories!

Lou Pike		12-Sep-2010 11:22
I share your love of Art Deco architecture so these pictures were a thrill to see. I grew up at 2003 Walton Ave. between 179th Street & Burnside. Another individual who left a message, Andrea, lived a block away and I'd like to see if we knew each other since we would both have attended P.S. 79. I went on to Stuyvesant H.S. and Hunter College (uptown). About 7 years ago I took my wife to the old neighborhood to show her where I grew up and, much to my surprise, it had regenerated from earlier years when it looked like Dresden after the fire bombings. We spoke with a local resident who told us that neighborhood associations were responsible for the rejuvenation. Things looked quite good, I'm happy to say. I hope other children are now able to have the same memories that we all share from those times in that special place.

Jerry Sarnataro		10-Sep-2010 17:14
Great pics...I just cannot stop looking at each scene to see if I actually knew that site. I was raised at 1346 Findlay, born in 1942, went to PS 53, JHS 22 Taft, and Manhattan College. Old friends included Steven Young, Gabby Miller, Stevie Bookvar, Sheila Cohen, Ronald Schlueter, Eddie Rubin, Jackie Goldberg, Jack Bernstein (Vietnam casualty), Butch Yatches, Marian his sister,Renee Smith, Carol Barrett, Doris Grossman and soooo many more.And I mean dozens more. We never lacked for two football teams on any one afternoon. Sewer to sewer of course...

Hank Feingold		07-Sep-2010 03:30
Hank Feingold from 168th St and Sheridan Ave. I still call The Bronx my home. Now living down a dirt road on 10 acres of land in Gainesville Florida. Although I am a hard core Florida Gator fan, I still have Yankee pin stripes in the blood. I was a life guard at Cascades, Palm Beach Pool or Concourse Cabana Club - all the same. Looking for lost friends

Andrea		06-Sep-2010 19:09
This is soo wonderful. I grew up on Walton Ave between Burnside and 181st. I went to Walton HS and graduated 1968 from the Paradise theatre. Brings back so many memories. I remember what a great area this was until COOp City opened and all my friends moved away. That was the beginning of the change in the neighborhood. Just recently I reconnected with some of my friends from there. Again this was great and hoping you do more of it. Thanks, Andrea

Guest		06-Sep-2010 15:01
Does anybody remember these stores that existed around 173st and Webster Ave, way back when? Poley's Grocery, Tony Tangredi the barber,Steinhaus candy store,Jake Knauber, the butcher, Louie Weinberger's saloon, Sauerteig's delicatessen, Semp's ice cream parlor,and the chicken slaughter house, and of course Daitch's Dairy where an old woman would come in and ask for "ein eier"(one egg), and "a halb viertel pfund of puta", (a half of a quarter pound of butter). Those were the days.

Guest		06-Sep-2010 00:40
To our Jewish friends: Have a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

Sandy		03-Sep-2010 16:37
I graduated from Walton High School in 1960. I remember the Grand Concourse as a beautiful very clean area of the Bronx. We would go to the the movies on Grand Concourse, I always felt I was going somewhere. Dr. Sussman, our family doctor was there. Sometime on the way home from school we would stop and get off just to walk around. I would also getoff at the Stadium sometime, to see the boys from Clinton run track. The Bronx was beautiful then. You can never recapture those times once you leave. When I come to visit, it hurts to see that the Bronx no longer looks the way it use to. Your picture were beautiful and brought back so many memories of my childhood.

Becca		02-Sep-2010 05:29
Pat: The photos are wonderful and bring back such fond memories. Marion: I wanted to touch base with Marion who lived at 1726 Davidson. I lived there from 1945 until 1964, when we moved to Yonkers. We must have known each other. My name is Becca.

Sharyn Seide Reiner		31-Aug-2010 16:25
Thank you for such wonderful photos and evoking such fantastic memories. I came across your website while checking out P.S. 70. I lived at 8 Featherbed and attended P.S. 70 until 6/56 when we had to move because the Cross Bronx Expressway came thru our living room! I remember the "steps" because that's the only way I could get to dancing school. The photo of the building on Featherbed also had a small courtyard right off the steps that my friends and I played in. I remember all the wonderful neighbors and friends whose doors were always open. My sisters use to tease that we needed a turnstyle at our front doors. Thank you again for memories that have long been forgotten and probably not regained without these great photos.

Guest		30-Aug-2010 17:11
Bronxites: Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

marion		28-Aug-2010 04:08
hello pat: found your fine site whilst seeking some thing of Featherbed Lane. I lived at 1726 Davidson Avenue from birth 12/51 to summer of 1965. I can recall the blasting thru of the X-Bronx beneath us as we walked to PS 104. From University Ave [west] down Featherbed Lane, to the 3 Steps to Jerome further east to the Grand Concourse; from Mt Eden north to Fordham Rd was all my home place. my dad had a store on East 167th Street. the Bronx is still so deeply a part of who I am; now in the NC Triangle. Museums and Broadway were "the city," but not really ours. wish I had more time to write tonight.

Guest		22-Aug-2010 14:54
Oops, just caught my own error. The De Luxe Theater was not originally the Blenheim. It was the Belmont. Sorry.

Guest		22-Aug-2010 13:55
I was born on May 30 1916 at Fordham Hospital after the midwife failed my mother in delivery in our apartment at 380 E 173 St. Grew up among Irish, German and Jewish families. Went to PS 28, 70 and Clinton High School. Loved the swimming pool at PS 70 except during the time when the girls had the pool and the boys had to spend the period under the shower. Neighborhood games included stoopball, double dutch, potsie and boys stickball on Carter Ave next to the garage. Police confiscated our sticks because of garage complaints, but hinted to us where they hid them. Halloween was fun day when we'd put on old clothes and fill our mothers stockings with flour to bang everything and every kid available. When we ran out of flour, we would go to Tierney's hot water pipe sleeve factory on 173 St and Anthony Ave, gather up piled sawdust resulting from trimming the sleeves down to size and blown out the fctory vent. Little did we know the dust was filled with asbestos. On Decoration Day (Memorial Day) we would go up to Grand Concourse to enjoy watching the parade which included marching bands, World War 1 and Spanish-American War veterans marching in step with the music. There were even a few Civil War veterans in chauffered Packards waving to us as they passed by. This happened around 1926. There were many movie houses in the neighborhood including the Benenson (Fenway), Fox Crotona, Metro, Burnside, Blenheim (Delux) Tremont and others. The first movie I ever remember seeing was "The Phantom of the Opera". Was so scared, I hid behind a post. Ah, those were the days to remember.

Bob		19-Aug-2010 03:53
I found this my doing a Google for P.S. 86. I went there when Mr. Klein was the principal and Harry Truman was our president. I learned to respect teachers there. For example, when it rained, we had to go to the gym first to dry off our clothes and Mr. Klein was waiting for us. I lived on Jerome Avenue and 198th Street. The El ran all the time and it was just part of life. Our shul was Schiff Center. We played stick ball and stoop ball. You knew when it was time for supper when Mom yelled your name out the window. Remember the man who asked for old clothes, "I catch clothes"? Life was good. On my desk, I have a picture of my father, Ohav Shalom, suit and fedora, holding me in his arms--68 years ago. Thanks for the memory.

R.G.		17-Aug-2010 21:58
I stumbled on your site quite by accident while doing a search on Sutter's Bakery on Grand Concourse in the Bronx. I was born in the Bronx and lived there until I got married in 1962. My grandmother's house where I lived was situated on Jerome Avenue, between 182nd and 183rd Streets, right beneath the Woodlawn/Jerome elevated IRT line. A hundred times a day, the train roared over our heads and was a part of our lives. I attended school at Creston JHS, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Walton High on Kingsbridge. Walton was recently closed. Every year on my birthday, my dad contacted Sutter's Bakery and ordered a gorgeous buttercream cake for my party. I am 68 years old and have lived in three states, but have never tasted anything as fresh and delicious as those cakes from Sutter's. Three years ago I drove through the Bronx, looking for some of the old neighborhoods. Of course, nothing is the same. Thank you for these wonderful photos and memories of the place where I grew up. If not for people like you those memories would be lost forever.

Brian Axelrod		17-Aug-2010 05:57
Hi, I grew up living in 1240 Walton ave and I'm still in touch with all of the other "kids" that lived there in the middle 50's until the early 60's. The Bronx was a wonderful place to grow up. I went to PS 114 PS 22 and Clinton HS Thanks so much for the wonderful pictures and nostalgia. If anybody wants to contact me they can at baritoneBb@gmail.com Brian Axelrod

al ginsberg		16-Aug-2010 18:25
your pictures are teriffic such mememories all should be thankful for i was born in the east bronx faile st longfellow than moved to the grandcoursemy dad was in charge of the cateringthereat theconcourse plaza hotel the bronx was greati now live in fla but my heart is alwaysin the bx.

GUEST		15-Aug-2010 21:49
I LIVED AT 811 WALTON AVE FROM 1932 TO 1945. I REMEMBER SEMRICKS DELI,THE EARL THEATRE, WATCHING THE FIGHTS AT THE STADIUM FROM ACROSS THE STREET, ROLLER SKATING DOWN THE HILL OF FRANZ SEGAL PARK ETC. WENT TO PS 73 ON WOODYCREST AVE.WE WERE PICKED UP BY BUS. CROSSED THE BRIDGE TO THE POLO GROUNDS EVERY SUN. WITH MY DAD TO WATCH THE FOOTBALL GIANTS PLAY. 811 WALTON WENT CO-OP BUT IT WAS AN ELEGANT BLDG. I GET A PANG WHEN I THINK OF MY YEARS GROWING UP IN THE BRONX. WENT TO WALTON HS

Gail		11-Aug-2010 04:54
I was born in Bx. Hospital on Arthur Ave. April 1, 1947. I have lived in New Mexico for 32 years but have not lost the Bx. in me. I went to PS 6 JHS 98(Hermann Ridder) and Roosevelt High School. Graduated in 1964. Love these trips down memory lane.

Sheldon		09-Aug-2010 19:03
What a nice memory. I went to PS 70 1946-51,then Wade(1952-54) and on to Taft HS.(1955-57) I remember all of the streets. Those were the days thank you Sheldon

john Sherman		08-Aug-2010 17:33
thanks for the wonderful photos of my old neighborhood. we lived on 173rd and Monroe and know the area well. I just spent two full days on the GC, exploring and photographing the deco buildings from 181 to 156 street. Some of your photos I didn't recognize--and address would help. Are there any photos available of the old Mount Eden and Zenith movie houses?

STANLEY M		06-Aug-2010 19:47
ANY ONE LIVE ON BRONX PARK SOUTH ?? WHERE DID EVERY ONE GO??

ALAN SOLOMON		01-Aug-2010 14:44
ALAN I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE BRONX, LIVED MOST OF THAT TIME AT 2786 JEROME AVE. WENT TO PS 86 (GRADUATED 1946) AND BRONX SCIENCE (ON CRESTON AVE, GRADUATED 1950) AND STILL HAVE MANY HAPPY MEMORIES. YOUR PICTURES WERE WONDERFUL AND I AM SURE YOU TREASURE THEM. DROVE THROUGH THE BRONX ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO AND WAS SORRY I DID. I PREFER TO REMEMBER IT AS IT WAS. ANY SCHOOL GRADUATES CAN CONTACT ME AT 7964@BELLSOUTH.NET. THANKS AGAIN

Guest		31-Jul-2010 14:54
To Judy P.S. I may know your grandmother as well!

Guest		30-Jul-2010 22:49
To Judy, I attended Sunday school at the small reform Temple Sinai. It was on the Grand Concourse, around the corner from Bush Street, and across from the Royal Hospital. Rabbi Seville conducted services there for many years. I may know your aunt and uncle. It's a small world!

Judy		30-Jul-2010 19:53
My aunt and uncle lived there until the 70's. My grandmother used to go to Sinai Sisterhood of the Bronx in the 50's. Does anyone remember this synogogue?

Errol Kaget		30-Jul-2010 00:04
I lived on Jessup Avenue (between Featherbed Lane and W. 172nd Street). Went to PS 104, JHS 82, and graduated from Taft in 1966. Great memories seeing these pictures. I remember many of the locations and it saddens me to know that we can never go back, but forge ahead. We certainly had a good education at that time in New York, and all of the teachers are remembered with fondness (especially Mrs. Belinker -- 5th grade). Yes, a man of 62 still remembers all of his teachers at PS 104.

Guest		28-Jul-2010 20:02
MR.RONN PDUE FROM 1563 WALTON & MT EDEN ACCROSS THE STREET FROM THE SYNAGOG YES THAT WAS A REALLY FANTASTIC FLASH BACK IN TIME FOR ME THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE MEMORIES AN I SURE WILL TELL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT WHAT I SEEN AND HOW IT TOOK ME BACK TO A PLACE AN TIME WHEN LIFE WAS OH SO VERY EASY IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.THANKS AGAIN FROM ME RONN AKA SCORPIO 170 .KEEP UP THE BX.

Guest		28-Jul-2010 17:21
woowee that was incredable

Ellen Levitt		27-Jul-2010 15:11
Hello. I am writing a book about "lost synagogues" of the Bronx and Queens, as follow up to my book THE LOST SYNAGOGUES OF BROOKLYN (Avotaynu, NJ).[Synagogue buildings that still stand, even though they no longer house Jewish congregations.] I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has memories of the synagogues they went to in the Bronx, Hebrew schools, the Y, etc. Thank you-- Ellen Levitt bigsis464@yahoo.com

Guest		22-Jul-2010 17:30
My sister & I lived with our grandparents in the Bronx during the war-Went to PS103-- Great time!!

Diane		13-Jul-2010 23:07
I was born at Royal Hospital in 1950 and lived at 1592 University Avenue until I was 8 years old. I remember Eddie's candy store with nickel egg creams on University and the new projects being built. Look back now and can't believe the freedom I had as such as young child. Safety was never an issue then. Went everywhere by myself including St. Francis Church on Featherbed Lane and rode the public bus (with other kids, though) to Holy Spirit School. The Park Plaza Theater was as grand as Radio City Music Hall. We made visits back for 30 years because so many family still remained. Loved to visit the Bronx, there was always so much going on. Pat, I enjoyed your pictures and your enthusiasm for the Bronx neighborhood and it's beautiful architecture was a great nostalgic visit. Haven't been back there since since the late 80's when my grandma left Webb Avenue and moved in with me--after her 3rd mugging. Gave up carrying a purse and hid her $$ in a magazine she tucked under her arm. But, she never could get used to suburban Long Island! Weren't those old buildings magnificent inside and out? Thanks for the memories.

old highbridgite		10-Jul-2010 20:09
i grew up in the highbridge section of the bx. ps 11, ps 73 and of course sacred heart. it is truly a unique experience to be a bronxite and especially to be from highbridge. i was truly suprised to see only 1 or 2 emails from people from my neighborhood. i remember so many of the places mentioned and even had forgotten a few. i live in florida now, as so many other former bronx people do but have never felt at home anywhere but the bronx. my mother worked at morrisania hospital and then for the borough president at 161st for 35 yrs. i went to walton h.s. and just learned a short time ago that it no longer exists. that was a tough school to get through. the teachers and principal, mrs. heffernan took nothing from all of the girls there. i believe there were 3,000 plus girls there the yr. i graduated (1963) everyone from that time thought the parochial schools had strictest policies but i would put walton against them anytime. we moved out of 1304 merriam ave in 1965. we stayed as long as we could. people were getting mugged and beaten up. girls weren't safe. so sad as mentioned by others that before this time you could leave your doors open and no one would bother you. what great neighbors we had. truly a melting pot of nationalities and religions. my mother did the typing for some of the meetings held in her office and said the idea for the projects was to bring in different cultures and low income families to see a better way of life. well we had a very diverse population then but by the 70s the area was no longer diverse. there was only 1 or 2 ethnics left. it was a horrible feeling to be forced from your homes and to try and find somewhere else safe to live. before you knew everyone in your neighborhood and they watched out for you, after there was never the same feeling of community. i now check real estate sites for the old neighborhood and see news articles that say it is coming back. the prices for homes and condos seem to reflect it. i have mentioned to my husband, who is also from that area, that it is still affordable and he just shakes his head and thinks i am crazy. after reading all the mail i know i have found other crazies. thanx for those great pictures. i have always loved the architecture of our bldgs.

Arlene E.		07-Jul-2010 20:44
Love your web site. I was born in the Bronx on July 14, 1955. I was always told I was born in "Dr. Leffs Hospital." My birth certificate says "Central Maternity Hospital" There was a posting about a year ago from someone who said Dr. Leff's Hospital( I think they spelled it Left's) closed in 1954. I'm wondering now. Does anyone know the history of Dr. Leff's Hospital? I lived at 245 Echo Place until I was eight. Attended PS 28.Then moved to 1917 Loring Place and went to PS 26. Then Hunter, then moved to Yonkers. My parents sold 1917 Loring place in about 1968. They sold it on an assumable VA loan. With those loans the new buyer "assumes" it but the original owner is responsible for the balance of the mortgage for the full 30 years. Don't you know in about 1990 my father got a letter from the VA saying the building had been abandoned then sold at auction. It sold for about 2 or 3 thousand less than the original mortgage was for, almost thiry years prior. He had to pay it. It's called a deficency judgement. That was when I learned that real estate can go down in value! My parents owned Rapid-Lite fixture on 149th off the concourse. My brother still has the business.

bob wasserman		04-Jul-2010 22:52
Hi, I am looking for people who went to the concourse cabana club.. It was a pool located on 168th and Jerome. Thanks, Bob Wasserman chefbobwass@yahoo.com

bubu		03-Jul-2010 22:52
i live on 178 grand concourse right across from the pictures above... although things have changed i wuz born and raised there and i still love my building my grandmother moved there in the late 40s when all the italians where leaving... very diffrent compared to before especially races...however i always wondered who wuz there before us... my building looks very old and its been standing for over 100 years its now owned by rosenburg dimond....

shirley		02-Jul-2010 23:37
Guest Shirley Post script:Would love to hear from old friends if you remember me ! artshirl10@aol.com especially the ones on Shakespeare Ave and Taft H.S. who are my age (79-80) hope someone is left !

Guest		02-Jul-2010 19:16
Guest I found your pictures by accident. Memories are always there of The bronx. I lived on Tremont and University from 1939-1941 went to PS 26. Moved to Manhattan and back to Shakespeare Ave in 1942. Went to 104, and 82 and Taft H.S.. Married and lived on Shakespeare Ave , my sons were born there 1 in Jewish Memorial Hosp(1950)& 1 At Lebanon(1953) they attended 104 and my oldest went to 82. Moved to Queens in 1964. To Az in 1993. Toured The Bronx, in 1993, couldn't leave without a goodbye. I cried to see all the old haunts were gone,My Bldg was a dirt Hole, The stores were gone,The Temple on plimpton Ave where my son was Bar Mitzved was gone, The bagel place on Nelson Ave gone,The pickle store on Jerome was gone. my Boscobel Ave (Edw L Grant Hwy)changed. But in my memories nothing changed. Krums and the Paradise Theater, the Dances in Poe Park , Cascades Swim Club.Orchard beach on and on. Noone will take that away. Everyone knew everyone it was a small town in a big city. The kids were safe and so were we. At 79 I think of all the friends I once had and hope their memories are still there. You did a great job.

Bonnie Gumpman		30-Jun-2010 06:41
Im Bonnie none as Sunshine from pelham Bay but hung in Hickies and Beehive had friends like Robby Murderer and Bobby spick John Gardella Gary and Roy Arnez Cubin so on & so on crazy names and crazy people. Stayed in Vancortlin motel alot. My friend Maureen (Cookie) hung with me all the time. she is still in the Bronx. My mother still on the Hutch 49 years since im 6 months old. I miss the hell out of those good times . Im in Florida now but still home sick. I hung there around late 1970,s erlie 80,s . If i could have just 1 of those wonderful nights back in that wild party town. Peace out Bonnie Gumpman see if you know me on facebook sunpoysin13@live.com would love 4 some old friends to hit me back & Thanks so much for shareing this site

Guest		29-Jun-2010 07:15
Have a happy and safe July 4th!

Lillian Rivera Ascolillo		28-Jun-2010 20:42
Thank you for this wonderful journey. I grew up on Bathgate avenue during the 60s and walked everywhere. Sadly, there are very few photos of Bathgate during the 60s when it was all stores. Anyway I spent a lot of time on Grand Concourse. These photos are precious you have truly enriched my life for sharing them.

Guest		26-Jun-2010 00:13
Rumor has it, the Grand Concourse is suppose to have a so called "FACE LIFT!" Happy days are her again!

janine		22-Jun-2010 22:33
the bronx, my childhood memories, one of the best memories in my life. life was pure,simple and fun. i lived on clark place in the bronx and would walk by myself to school, ps 64,bronx and home at the age of 6(60's). i remember the small candy store near school,near the back entrance on walton ave,they had the best selection and would stop there every day. i remember christmas time on 170th st, the crowds and christmas trees lined up on the street for sale near woolworths. i remember the large toy store on jerome ave(170th st). i remember olinskys supermarket, albrechts where they had the most beautiful clothing, and i always wished my mom could afford to shop there. and i remember the grand concourse,alexanders and everything around. i remember everything so clearly, it was like yesterday.

Guest		17-Jun-2010 17:34
Happy Father's Day!

Ira		15-Jun-2010 19:15
I'm from Parkchester. Lived there from 1942 to 1961. North quadrant. Anybody from there?

Guest		15-Jun-2010 02:14
TO CLAUDIA..... When did you live in 1075 Grand Concourse? I was born in 1954, lived in the building thru High School, Apt 2H. I too went to 114, then 22, then Taft. Tell me more... Howard

Guest		13-Jun-2010 22:10
Wonderful photos! I used to play chess with the regulars at Claremont Park in the 1960s, and knew the owners of the Parkside Nursery School on Morris Avenue across the street. How about Frank's Hobby Shop, Izzy's Candy Store, Lee's Furniture, all near the Kent Movie Theater on E. 167th Street? The Cascades Pool on Jerome Avenue, the Bronx Hobby Shop, and other childhood places....Ed

anna		13-Jun-2010 21:47
Anna This was an awsome trip down memory lane my god especially featherbed lane were we had such great times and my baby brother was born. thank you for the trip down memory lane

Susan		13-Jun-2010 01:48
Thank you! I lived in the tunnel building 100 E 174 Street (1675 Grand Concourse) - 2nd floor. Your photos brought back so many memories. Love the one where you were in a baby carriage across from my side windows - before the cross bronx express way happened. So Sad. So many good memories - but "You can't go home again" but then again " home is where the heart is" I guess I will always be a Bronxite - with many good memories. PS 70, jhs117, Taft high '65. Keep up the good work - a grateful fan!

Rose		10-Jun-2010 08:12
This was great. Thank you for takeing me back. My uncle used to own a record store on West Avenue calld the Soul Stop and he owned the building on top of the records store. God I walked all over the concourse as a child. My family used to take night walks after dinner. We would walk from Belmont Avenue up Tremont Avenue to the Concourse. And back every night. I found my dog names Sam on the concourse. I patted him on, his head and that was it. He followed my family all the way home from the Concourse. The next night we took him back to the same spot I found him. I let him go. The dog walked away. So we proceeded to walk back home. and as we got to the front of building who Came to meet and greet us. Same. On live Belmont Avenue, near the lowest theater. oh my I do I remove the block parties, barbecues PA L.summer camp. i live in Crotona park as a child i lovd Indian Lake play in the summer time. My grandmother lived 656 E 176 St . Sitting in front of the building in the summer. seeing the Fire hydrant a hot summer day. Praying not to get thrown in the hydrant and mess up my heir I always could run and walk up those steps on 174 St . i had family who lived up the block from the steps. I remember black light parties, waistline parties, and even rent parties, I was the youngest one at every party. The Bronx was a wonderful please were i and my family growing up. I truly miss the family I had everyone looked out for one another. I remember having my first kiss in the Bronx. I had a remarkable lovely childhood in the Bronx.

Walter K		09-Jun-2010 14:03
To JAY POPPER. Sorry for the typo in my message below. Adding to my previous comments, I believe the house you lived in at 333 East 176th Street is still there. I went back for a visit to my old neighborhood 7 years ago and there were 2 or 3 private houses and then the big apartment house that curved around at the end of the hill next to the church. My friends and I often walked down that hill to go to the Crotona and DeLuxe theatres on Saturday afternoons. It wasn't bad going down but, coming back up, was a little tougher!

Walter K		08-Jun-2010 22:54
To JAY HOPPER. I just saw your message from this past March. I lived just up the block from you on Anthony Avenue and East 175th Street. Used to go to SAM'S candy store all the time. Do you remember Bert and Louie? You lived on the big hill going down to Carter Avenue and Webster. That's one of the straightest hills in the Bronx! Just before Webster Avenue, there was Leto's Record Shop where we bought all our rock 'n roll records in the 50s. I'm 2 years older than you. Who knows? maybe we saw each other at one time or another in SAM'S candy store.

Lusia		07-Jun-2010 01:14
Lusia I grew up on 170th street and Morris Ave. Do you remember the Sugar Bowl at the corner of Morris and 170th where you could get the best egg creams and Bazooka gum that cost 1 cent and you got 2?. The Luxor movie theatre? The Jewish Book store? all on the east side of the Grand Concourse.I went to P.S.88 till 3rd grade. I remember walking to P.S. 64 (4th 5th and 6th grades) when the kids were walking to Taft High school, and pretending that I was big liked them. My parents always thought it would be great to roll out of bed and be able to go right to school (Taft High School was just across the street. My building faced the school yard) , but I got into Music and Art. Harriet and Charlotte, my friends from junior high got in too. I went to Wade, JHS 117 and returned as a teacher there after graduating from CCNY. I went back once to see where I used to live and couldn't stop crying. All my childhood memories came flooding back. Although the neighborhood changed a lot, my building was still left standing. Thank you for the photos. They are part of my history too.

Claudia		05-Jun-2010 03:32
1075 Grand Concourse Apt 6P. was home for many years. I went to; PS 114, JHS 22 and was to go to Music & Art. My family moved to Florida, my life changed but have some wonderful memories. Loved the pictures. Thanks for this site.

Dolores Long		04-Jun-2010 03:41
I graduated in June 1967 as well @ the Paradise. Did your brother go to Taft?

Barbara		29-May-2010 21:02
I was looking for photos of P.S. 64, Walten Ave. I grew up on Macombs Road, 173rd during the 60's. Graduated from P.S. 64 in '69. Went to JHS 82 but too much violance there so my parents got a fake addy so I could go to 143 John Peter Tetard off of Sedgwick Ave. I remember 20 cents pizza, 15 cent subway fare, 10 cent ice cream, 5 cent pickels out of the wood barrel on 170th St. Used to ride my bike to 167th St & Jerome to a candy store that sold penny candy. I went to the Concourse Cabana Club in the summber which was on 167th and Jerome Ave. You can see it from the #4 train as you passed over it. I remember Merit Farms that sold the best fried butterflied shrimp. I also rememeber quart size milk for 25 cents! Those were the days when kids could play outside from sun up to dusk without a care in the world. My mother never thought twice about it. Went outside, played with friends, came home when we got hungry... yep, those were the days. Oh, yes, I remember the pool at P.S. 70. We went there with the P.S. 64 day camp for lessons. And, Paramus Bathing Beach and the Palisades Cliffs in NJ. Went there for picinking with my family. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Guest		26-May-2010 16:15
Happy Memorial Day! I miss the annual parade on the Grand Concourse.

Eileen O'Leary		25-May-2010 16:29
I was just talking about the Bronx and swimming during the summer at PS 70. I looked up the Public Schools in the Bronx and found your site. I grew up till age 13 on Eastburn Ave. I graduated from St. Margaret Mary's on Tremont in 1965 and attended St. Helena's HS for one year.

Mari VegaRoman		23-May-2010 17:25
I lived on Anthony Ave. Went to P.S. 65 but cant remember the building I lived in when I went to 65.

Steve Weiss		23-May-2010 00:25
Grew up in the 40's and 50's at 65 E. 190th Street right behind Alexander's at Fordham and the Concourse! Played in St. James Park around the corner which seemed to go on forever to a little kid. Went to PS 33 which looked more like a prison inside and out than a public school! I remember: Eating Charlotte Russe on the Concourse; Incredible hot dogs and grape drink at Nedick's; ice cream at Krum's; buying sporting goods at Davega's; movies on Fordham Road and the Concourse, My sister dancing her little feet off upstairs at MacLeavy's Dance Studio; East Coast (the best) Chinese food at The Chinese Casino; Mooney and Benny's produce shop where I always got a free pickle and a smile from ageless barrels; John's butcher shop with the scary piles of chicken heads and feet on the floor; The Plunge with its rocky, concrete bottom; bakeries that smelled like a little piece of Heaven; Pizza on Arthur Avenue; Alexander's and meeting Santa there every year - should I continue? The Bronx we knew is gone forever - no razor wire, unlocked doors, walks at night, etc. But I'm happy as a clam and retired in Palm Desert, California, so good luck to all my old neighbors from 190th street and The Grand Concourse!

Guest		22-May-2010 20:06
My wife and I lived on Andrews Ave and 179th St. My eldest went to school on Andrews till 2nd grade. Then the school strike hit and we left New York. The area on Burnside Ave was wonderful for food shopping and University was also convient. I was born and raised in Hunts Point also very special. Its a shame my children did'nt live on 179th and Andrews longenough to develop street smarts.We now live in the suburbs on Ct. If you don't drive its tough. My kids had to bus to school Public, Middle and High school. We did enjoy living on Andrews and have made life long friends even though we moved, Thanks for the memories

Guest		22-May-2010 12:03
I loved every minute on my stroll down memory lane! Grew up in the Bronx in the 50's-60's and as you well know, there was nothing like it! Never will either! People say, How could you say that?" but it's the truth. We lacked for nothing, the people were not neighbors but friends. Thanks for bringing back my Bronx memories for a little while! Great site!

Brenda (Samolsky) Balin		22-May-2010 08:20
I graduated from Taft HS in 1967, with a ceremony at the Loew's Paradise. (Remember the stars on the ceiling?) Is Steve Morgan your brother? I saw a comment on here from Gus Perdikos. I think I remember Gus) I lived in the Lewis Morris from 1962-1969, when I moved to Manhattan to be on my own. My parents remained in the building until they moved to Co-op City a few years later. Even in the '60s, its grandeur had faded. Nevertheless, we still had a uniformed doorman--who was often missing in action, or drunk on the lobby sofa. Thank you for posting such wonderful photos, evoking such memories. If anyone from the old neighborhood is interested in contacting me, I am on Facebook as Brenda Balin.

joe		17-May-2010 02:43
looking for friends from 138st.between brook ave. and st.anns (1950-1980)coco in indiana

guest		17-May-2010 00:24
How about the South Bronx ... Hunts Point ... Southern Boulevard ... Longwood Avenue ... Tiffany Street, Fox Street, Beck Street ... area around/near NEW YORK YANKEES stadium ... Intervale Avenue ...Simpson Street... Prospect Avenue ... these photos are memorable but only to those that grew up with money ... I did not. Let me know if there is a website about THE SOUTH BRONX ... I would love to see those photos.

Guest		14-May-2010 23:42
these pics are so cool i used to live in that building on davidson ave by the stairs when i was in jr.high

Eugene		13-May-2010 12:18
Born in 1932 family living at 1011 Sheridan Ave. In 1936 moved to 124 E. 176 St. Lived there until I finished college (1953) in Kentucky of all strange places. Started kindergarten in P.S. 28. When Wade was bulit I went there (they had 1st & 2nd grades there for a short time). Then to P.S. 70 and when World War II broke out they moved me to P.S. 28 becuae of the establishment of 'Air Raid Zones". Attended Wade (I lived right across the street) and finsihed at Clinton Was a memeber of Hawks A.C. (Eddie Hahn, Eddie Pollock, Marty Steinberg, Sammy Marcus, Ray Acetta. Red/white jerseys. We lost all the time. Spent most of my youth in the Wade school yard - Levinson, Heshy were great basketball players. Hung out in Cappy's, Schlecter's Deli, got medicine from Guze's Pharmacy, etc. My sister carol is still very much alive. My brother Myron passed away 6 years ago. Love the Bronx. Whenever I have foreign visitors i take them on a tour. They find it more interesting than midtown. Thanks Pat for the great pictures.

Guest		13-May-2010 02:42
When living in the Lewis Morris building, did you know Rose, Ben, and their daughter Barbara?

Guest		12-May-2010 19:32
Your wonderful pictures and comments were just sent to me by a very old friend of mine. I lived in the Lewis Morris from roughly 1937 to 1945. Went to PS 29, Wade (117) and to a very "preppy" prep school after a year in Taft. Now live in California. The last time I was back in the Bronx was about 30 years ago and it looked like a war zone. As I understand it now, it is one of the hottest real estate markets on the east coast. Terribly sorry to hear that Yankee Stadium was torn down but glad to hear that the Paradise Theater still exists.

Guest		07-May-2010 00:31
Happy Mother's Day!

Pw		05-May-2010 21:24
WOW! Great memories thank you so much. I am a 49 year old man who grew up in the Lewis Morris building. The most cherished memories in my life are from the Grand Concourse. I still communicate with so many of my friends from that era on almost a daily basis. Recently about a month ago I reunited with my childhood sweetheart my first Love and just this Sunday we went back to the neighborhood which is why when I received this website link from another friend who did not even know I had been there made this so apropo. My girlfriend took me by my hand to those famous stairs and reminded me that this was were we had our first argument. I was 14 years old. She had tears in her eyes and it was real emotional for me as well. Thanks again Pat for the trip back.

DJNatural		05-May-2010 21:03
WOW.... The Universe has to be in near perfect alignment...The Bronx... especially the Grand Concourse/ 174-175th St. to me, in a word... "LOVE" A Brooklyn girl made her way to the Bronx @ the tender ripe age of 12 met and fell in Puppy Love with a Bronxite... It's been one adventure after the other...thirty-five years with a combined 5 kids later... We had the opportunity to not only visit the old neighborhood but to see it together. Our love has endured many things... ie: 4 marriages, divorces, infidelity, distance and time... Whom ever says Puppy Love is a falsehood...hasn't experienced it with a Bronxite. Thanks to Pat Morgan for the opportunity to share.

Guest		03-May-2010 18:50
Guest Loved these photos. I lived at 675 Walton Ave from 1947 to 1954. I went to PS 31. I remember Addie Valens (sp?)ice cream shop. I think it was on the concourse. Franz Siegal Park of course, the Courthouse, a large prison or house of detention nearby. Great Pic of Loews Theater. I'd love to hear from anyone who went to PS 31 then and who lived around Walton Ave and Gerard Ave. (sp?) Thank you for the great photos. MARGERY

Guest		03-May-2010 15:40
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FROM SHAKESPEARE AVE FROM THE 40 TILL ABOUT 1960 LET ME HEAR FROM YOU STU SHERMAN 1371 SHAKESPEARE AVE BRONX NY WENT TO 104 82 AND TAFT USED TO PLAY BALL IN 104 SCHOOL YARD

Marilyn		01-May-2010 15:41
Hi this has been wonderful, was born an raised in the Bronx, what wonderful memories, I agree, best place to have lived an grown up there, born in 46. lived first on 180 th st. then moved to Hull ave. and lastly to sedgwick, off of fordham rd. a few blk. down from St. Tolentines, use to go there for fri. nite dances, went to EBB. jhs. then Roosevelt. rember going to the roller rink on Jerome ave. loved Alexanders, Loews pardise theater, was amazing, loved to go to krums, ice cream parlor, and Jahns. poe park, was great. Remember going for rides on the staten Island ferry, for a nickel, remember riding uses and trains for 15 cnts, and getting transfers to boot, to go anywhere. Remember going to orcard Beach, or to miramar pool, pool in manhattan, right across the 207 th. st.bridge, lived down the road from nyu. and hall of fame. I remember when I was real young, on 180th st. thay use to come around with a truck, with rides on it, lil, carousel, and ferris wheel. Remember the man coming, with the fruit an veg. cart, pulled by a horse. remember the ice man delivering the ice. also remember the man coming on sat. mornings, playing the harmonica, or someone playing the accordian, how about the monkey an organ grinder. oh yes, those were the day. thanku so much for all the wonderful memories, to share. Proud to have, lived an grown up in the Bronx, n.y.

Cecil A. Brown		28-Apr-2010 22:22
I was born in East Harlem of immigarnt parents from the West Indies. Iwa born at Metropolitan Hospital in 1937. I don't have a memory of Harlem because we moved to the Bronx when i was around 3 years old. My fondest memories ore of the south Bronx. I liveed at 759 Jennings St., 751 Foret Ave, 1713 Hammersley Ave in the Bronx. I attended PS 124,51,W.H. Taft H.S. and City College. I graduated from Taft HS and CCNY(Engineering). My fondest memories are of my old High School and College. Taft was located at 174ST. and Morris Ave. When I started Taft I lived at Forest Avenue, but later moved to Hammersley Ave (North Bronx). I had to take two subways(IRT and IND) to get to Taft every day, I was never late in the three years I attended.

B. Tracy Pardo		28-Apr-2010 12:00
Hello, wow, I was looking for information on Jordan L Mott HS 22 and found your page by accident and I was so amazed at the beautiful memories of the building where you lived, why? Because I also lived there as well when I was 6 yrs old 1967. Your pics brought me so many good and sad memories, wow, what a coincidence. I saved some of the pics. Memories will never be forgotton. Glad I came across your page. Take care and God bless

Guest		25-Apr-2010 21:10
I lived on 125 Morris Ave: 1105 College and 1230 Teller Ave. I went to PS 53, Jordan L. Mott Jr. HS 22 and Taft HS. I remember delivering the NY Post and wishing that when I grow up I would one day live on the Grand Concourse. My father was the Supt at 1235 Morris Ave and 1230 Teller Ave............JOSE RODRIGUEZ I think I was the only Puerto Rican on this two blocks!

Guest		22-Apr-2010 17:06
I grew up on Webb Avenue between Ames Place and 195th Street, Attended PS86 (Charlie Klein, Principal) from 1943 - 1949, and then on to PS79 (Creston Jr. High) in the SP program. From there to De Witt Clinton, class of 1954 (Walter Degnan, Principal) and then to CCNY. "Graduated" from Kingsbridge Heights Jewish Center, the place of my Bar Mitzvah. The Bronx was just an absolutely great place to grow up. We played in the streets and the school yards and there was never a concern for safety. As real young kids, we had to walk up and down the stairs of the train station at Jerome Avenue and Kingsbridge Road to go to the Kingsbridge Theater (10 or 12 cents admission!) I would get 25 cents to go the Yankee games (I was first an avid Giants fan, then an equally avid Dodger fan but the Yanks were closer to go to games). The tickets were free, courtesy of the Police Athletic League. 10 cents was for the round trip subway (actually elevated all the way) to get to Yankee Stadium, and 15 cents to buy a soda to go along with my bag lunch. Oh, such fond memories, but alas, they have been tarnished by return trips to the area many years ago (my mother-in-law still lived on Creston near 198th Street) and the deteriorization was horrible. After she was moved to Ft. Lee, NJ, for safety considerations, I have never returned there because I want to retain only the good images in my memory. Oh, for a good kosher hot dog with kraut (and a soda, also for 25 cents when I went to PS 79 at the kosher deli across from the school), or a twisted pretzel from Izzy, the pretzel man. Thanks for publishing these photos of (good) times gone by. Mel M.

jack		15-Apr-2010 23:49
hi born on 1414 shakespeare ave. lebanon hospital, 1958. . went to ps 104. moved to queens 3rd grade. great job on pictures!!!!

alan		15-Apr-2010 01:13
Fordham Hospital was on Fordham road and Health and Hosp. Corp closed it in the 70's. Morrisania city Hospital 167 and Walton was also closed in the 70's. I remember they would run an ambulance service out of Morrisania, before the days of standards and training, and they would have a nurse's aide providing emergency care. Every man for himself.

alan		15-Apr-2010 01:06
I was a small child when I left the Hghbridge section of the Bronx, I remember P.S. 114 and 1st grade, Yankee Stadium,egg creams, jewish delis on 167 and jerome. Shopping on 170th street. I lived at 1307 Edward L. Grant Highway which Ibelieve was formerly called Boscobell Road??. I remember a bar on a corner of 167 st and Grant highway.I remember an old comic store on 168 that had very early editions, I believe I got a #2 Justice League of America.The Hospital in picture may have been Lebanon on the Concourse. I was born in Bronx Hospital 167 st and Fulton. It has been such a pleasure conversing with everyone.

PAUL B		13-Apr-2010 09:40
Lived in the bronx 1943 t0 1966. I lived at 65 Mt Hope Place. AttendedSt. Margaret Mary 1949 to 1961. I lived across the sreet from Wade Junior HS. AttendedDeWitt Cinton 1957 to 1961. CCNY- Grduated in 1965. USMC 1965 to 1967. I remember Cappy's Candy store and Eddie's Nut House. Wade JHS School yard was our summer camp. Delivered groceries for Cooperman's at 177th and Walton Avenue and Associated on Burnside Avenue. Spent many Saturdays at Paek Plaza, Jerome and Burnside Avenue movies. Jerome movie was the cheapest 14 cents. Garden Bakery, Barton's and woolworths were all part of our world. Great memories and an age of innocence. Thanks for your work and the trip down memory lne.

collie		09-Apr-2010 14:34
1672 Davidson I remember snowy days when we used to bring the football out, and play like we were in the superbowel, just a few names Boy, Pat, Howard, Rob,James,Puso, I can go on and on<, we use to slide under cars. wow

Guest		08-Apr-2010 04:00
Didn`t royal Hospital become Union Hospital?-Anyone remember Fordham Hospitalup by southern blvd?

Guest		08-Apr-2010 03:56
anyone remember Sutters bakery and coffee shop on the Concourse a few in from Fordham road. I also attended Fordham day camp on the grounds of Fordham University in early 1960`sWe moved to north new rochelle where my father bought the family home from the biggest bookmaker in westchester county ($5000,000) a year operation right out of the house on Pengilly Dr-His name was Albert Cuomo-bet he was one of Marios relatives.Someone should ask Andrew about it-lol

Guest		08-Apr-2010 00:44
Looking for Robert Manley,Seth Rudolph,Fred and Sheldon Golob,Joe Kirsting,Richard Fish, Buddy Greenberg,and Steve Gerber.

Guest		07-Apr-2010 22:02
Bronx was a beautiful place -My Mom was a buyer for Alexanders back in the late 1940`s and Dad owned Eastburn Garage and we lived at 1745 Eastburn Ave-Dad also knew Dutch Shultz-Shultz had a speakeasy during prohibition under the 5&10 on valentine and fordham. Thanks for the memories-Bob Conway-845-454-1573-Poughkeepsie,NY

Lynn		06-Apr-2010 02:00
Just came from dinner with 2 friends from the Bronx. I spent the first 10 years in the South Bronx, Timpson Place, then we moved to the "Concourse"..Wah hoo. Big time. I haven't lived in the Bronx for 40 years, but I still consider it my home. I don't have any bad memories growing up. The Bronx was freedom - knowing everyone on your block - calling for your friends without telephoning first (not everyone had phones). Climbing through to your friend's apartment on the fire escape - playing in the lot - we thought it was a playground. While we lived in the South Bronx, I never knew I was poor - Now, when I think back, I realize how rich I was. Thank you for this site. I love it and I love the Bronx.

Wyona Magee		05-Apr-2010 01:11
Hello, I grew up in the Bronx. Worked at Morrisania hospital - Jerome Av.. Found this page because I was looking for Johnny C. Brown or Louis Smith who were Administrators at Morrisania around (Director & Asst. Director I think) around 1974. I'm well acquainted with Grand Concourse, Walton Av. etc. Love those Art Deco buildings. They just don't make them like that anymore. Can you help me find them?

Guest		01-Apr-2010 07:12
Best Wishes for a very Happy Easter!

Guest		26-Mar-2010 00:37
Have a very Happy and Healthy Passover!

jay popper		25-Mar-2010 22:43
I'm so glad I found this site. So many people with memories of growing up in the wonderful bronx! I also entered this world at the Royal Hospital (in 1942). I lived at 333 East 176st Street, where Tremont Avenue and 176st came together two blocks before Webster Avenue. I remember taking the Trolley on Webster. I remember the blizzard of December 1947. Every block had a candy store with names like Sam's and Marty's. I could go on for hours. It was a special time and a special place.

April		24-Mar-2010 21:38
I lived on Sheridan Ave and E 169th st back in the late fifties to early sixties. I forgot how beautiful the architecture was. Moved out in 1962 ( to Queens) . I went to PS 88 on Sheridan Ave. I had a great many friends that lived on Marcy Place. I loved going shopping with my mom on East 170th St. Thank you for those beautiful photos and takingt me back to a wonderful time in my life.

barry feder		15-Mar-2010 17:52
These pictures are priceless to me They bring back the memories of my childhood I lived at 1605 walton ave until 1963 i went p.s. 70 wade jr. high and taft high school i graduated from taft in 1955 went on to n.y.u. heights and the n.y.u. dental school class of 1963 now retired with homes on long island and florida

Marlene		13-Mar-2010 14:10
Hi, In the late 50's, early 60's we would ride the subway and got off on Valentine Ave. From there we would walk 2 blocks or so and had to go down very, very long and steep stairs to my cousin's house. Are you aware of those stairs? Might you have a picture of it someplace. Thank you for your help.

Linda		08-Mar-2010 20:55
Linda I lived in the Bronx and attended P.S.117 and then went on to Wm. H. Taft, where I graduated and went on to Bronx Community College, CCNY Uptown and a Master's at Bklyn College. The memories are still vivid. Loved this site.

Guest		06-Mar-2010 06:46
I advise all to adhere to Sam Goodman's play of the Bronx. He lived it, loved it and is my good friend. He is the next Bronx Historian...........May

Ruth		04-Mar-2010 17:57
I loved your project.. I moved out of the Bronx just 2 years ago. Like you I was raised there and I miss it so much. Thank you great job..

michael silverstein		02-Mar-2010 01:29
I remember sneakers and other strange objects hanging from trees on the grand concourse. That was around clark place!My friend josh said to me, They call those garbage trees.that was in 1964. by that time the Bronx was changing real fast. 1-march-2010

BRIAN S		01-Mar-2010 09:31
nice pictures i live on 174st EASTBURN AVE since 1991 till now.

CHARLES SCHMITZ		28-Feb-2010 14:34
WAS BORN IN HARLEM CORNER OF 130TH ST&park ave MOOVED TO 189TH ST BACK OF ROOSEVT HIGH SCHOOL WHEN IT WAS BEING BUILT IN THE MID 20,S I WAS 6 YEARS OLD SAW LOEW,S GRAND OPENING WAS FASCINATED BY THE VAUDEVILE AT THAT TIME 1927. WE MOOVED TO BARNS AVE BETW.228TH&229TH ST CAUGHT THE LAST SILENT MOVIES AT THE WAKEFIELD THEATRE SAW MY FIRST SOUND FILM THERE A FILM CALLED "SWEETIE" WITH NANCY CARROL IN 1929.WE TOOK THE 3RD.AVE 'L'TO FORDHAM RD.AND WALKED IP TO THE CONCOURSE TO LOEW,S PARADISE WHEN IT OPENED IN 1929.THIS THEATRE MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.I WOULD BE MORE THAN HEARTBROKEN IF IT EVER WERE DEMOLISED.I AM 89YRS.OLD AND HAVE A LOT MORE MEMORIES OF THE BRONX

Hilda May		25-Feb-2010 00:01
I go back a great amount of years, I was born 1927 at 1122 Kelly St. At a early age moved to 1155 Intervale Ave. Got married in the Bronx (Ward Manor), raised my children in the Bronx, one born at Dr. Leff's and the other at Royal Hospital. Lived on Fox Street, andf them Burke Ave, Olinville Ave., until 1991, when I moved to Rockland. I still reside in Suffern, New York I think I must be the oldest person on this page. There is only one THE BRONX

Guest		24-Feb-2010 13:00
WOW, The wonderfull memories...I live at 1660 Monroe/173rd st 1975-1984...with my great family The Martell's. I had so many great childhood friends...I wish my life was enriched by them now as it was then.

jeff katz		23-Feb-2010 17:22
Hello Pat. I typed into Yahoo my old address of 2010 Grand Avenue and when I scrolled down I saw a name from my past and he is looking for me as well and have not seen one another in over fifty years!! So Glen, if you see this, I'm at massociates@stny.rr.com!!

Jeffrey Solomon		21-Feb-2010 08:07
Jeffrey Solomon I grew up a few blocks from you, Pat- 1596 Townsend Avenue (Between Mount Eden and 174th)I saw a few names here: Peter Adler, a classmate of mine at PS 70 and Wade 117.And also Djinna Gochis- my NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR- neither of which I have seen or heard about in 40+ years. It has been a wonderful journey down memory lane. Great to know there are others that remember too. thanks,Pat this is great!

Guest		16-Feb-2010 18:15
Looking for the former Jane Greenspan,Doris Klaw,Ellen Rafel,Vicki Barrett,Deidrea Gray, Nan Morofsky,Mira Cantor, Helene Rubin,Vivian Schreier,Linda and Ronnie Rubin.

Barbara		13-Feb-2010 22:50
The photos are so great. It brings back my years of growing up in the Bronx at 1530 Jesup Avenue. I remember walking along many of the streets especially the staircases leading up to Davidson Avenue. My aunt and cousins lived in a walkup apartment at 1727 Davidson (This building is no longer there.) Coming home from the #4 train to the 176th Street stop meant walking up the long staircase, which I did many times. Thanks for the memories!

guest		12-Feb-2010 13:42
This site was a great surprise. I was raised in the Bronx but in the Wakefield section. However, my best memories were taking the 41 bus and going to Fordham Road. Favorite shopping Axexander's Dept. Store. Movie theatre of course Loew's Paradise, Favorite restaurant (mostly Breakfast and Lunch) Schraf's and of course the famous Ice Cream Place Jan's on the Grand Concourse. I attended Mother Butler Memorial HS (and my best friend lived on 201st Valentine Avenue so the area was like a second home) My aunt owned a bakery on 149th street Morris Avenue (Maria's) so spent alot of time there as well. Nice memories. The Bronx was the best place to grow up. Lots of people, small neighborhoods. Didn't have alot but the neighborhood friends and little families gave me such a secure sense of community. I live in Westchester now and always share with my kids and my friends the wonderful times I had. Thank you, Pat Morgan

Augie		12-Feb-2010 10:19
So many wonderful comments have been made that I whole hardheartedly agree with. I too thank you for these wonderful memories. I grew-up in the Crotona Ave, 176 Street, Belmont Ave area. Where Dion and Belmonts sang on the corner. I remember frequenting Davidson Ave. and having a blast with so many friends.The memories I had of all my friends, Crotona Park, PS 92, PS 44, Theodore Roosevelt HS, The paradise theater, and playing as a musician in "Maxims Third Rail" night club on Jerome Ave. These memories will continue to remain very special and wonderful to me especially with these pictures. Oh, and don't forget White Castle hamburgers, Thank you

Guest		10-Feb-2010 09:09
Wishing you all a Happy Valentines Day!

Guest		08-Feb-2010 20:16
Does anyone have a pic of the old Ice House that was on grant avenue and 161 st?

Guest		08-Feb-2010 19:58
Dang....I grew up in the Bronx during 60'S & 70'S. a great place with wonderful memories back then

Michele		08-Feb-2010 10:48
Pat, thank you for bringing back some wonderful memories of my childhood. My family and I lived at 724 Gerard Ave and the thing I remember most is how the whole block was so unified and the block parties we would have. My brother's and I went to SPS 31 and IS 51 back in the 70's. We lived there until 1982...it was the best place I've ever lived.

Frank Della Volpe		08-Feb-2010 06:33
My parents and myself, at age 17,were the superintendants of 1665 Macombs Road in l955. I used this information to apply for a job as Regional Manager at Solarie, a management firm in California in 2010. I haven't yet visited the renovated "stately classical apartment buildings" which were slated to become Senior affordable Housing at the cost of $11.2 along with 1669Macombs and 1491 Montgomery. Anyone of the old neighbors or former residents would be fun to hear from

Mike M		07-Feb-2010 05:28
Maureen, Tolentine is on the corner of Fordham Road and University Avenue.

Maureen		06-Feb-2010 23:52
Great photographs! Where is St. Nicholas of Tolentine Roman Catholic Church?

guest		05-Feb-2010 05:50
i was born in lebanon hospital in 1966 and we lived in 1353 sheridan ave up the block from taft high school. my family moved out around 1970. but i remember my block. it has a great luncheonette and the luxor movie theater-many kung fu flix at the time. i went back to visit a long time ago-it was all bad. the 80s. sheridan was vacant. taft was awful and the movie theater and luncheonette gone like it was never there-it was a c-town supermarket which i heard burned down.

Mike M		04-Feb-2010 04:20
Laura, I believe the Candy Store at the corner of 173rd and Topping was Peter Lorie's. Fond memories of the PS-70 yard and Claremont Park (1957-65)

Mike M.		04-Feb-2010 04:08
Great photos! Lived on 173rd St down the hill from PS-70 at the corner of Clay Ave until 1965 when the family moved up to the Fordham area. Graduated from St Helena BHS in 69.

marva		03-Feb-2010 20:42
I grewup in the Bx. back in the late 50's lived on Jessup Ave. went to ps 104 jhs82 then 1 yr at Taft then we moved to Queens and I went to John Bowne HS...it was safe back then left the doors open and no one bothered you....

Guest		03-Feb-2010 06:08
Guest--I lived in the Bronx from 1939 to 1947 at 2 Minerva Place between the Grand Concourse and Jerome Ave. I went to PS 86--Charlie Klein was Principal. Played stickball in the streets, as well as punch ball--loved the old Spaldings. My whole family were big NY Giant baseball fans--often went to the Polo Grounds with my Dad and brother. Saw some great players--from Willie Mays to Johnny Mize to Sal "the barber" Maglie. Giants v. Dodgers--greatest sports rivalry ever. How about this oddity--saw a film of Edward G. Robinson's son Bar Mitzvah in 1946 at one of the theatres on Fordham Road-does anyone remember? Loved growing up in the Bronx--wish I could turn back the clock. Greetings to all my fellow Bronxites.

Guest		02-Feb-2010 01:41
Guest 08-Jan-2010 01:36 I attend P.S. 70 and lived at 1665 Monroe Avenue in 1978-1979. Thank you for sharing the pictures. I am looking for old friends. Michael Battle, Priscilla from my class. I am now in the FB group. Karen Karen I also lived at 1665 Monroe Ave- apt 5B if I remember correctly - hated having to walk up all those steps. Went to PS 70 1954-60,Wade 61-63,Evander Childs 63-66. My best friend was Helen Watras & I believe she lived on Weeks ave until her family moved to upstate NY. Also know Judy Bogash from Featherbed Lane. Have no idea where these people are now but would like to find them. Evander Childs 63-67. 61-63 hung out at candy store on the corner Topping Ave & 173 St.but don't remember the name - also right down the block at the park (claremont park?) Keep trying to remember other names but they escape me. Now live in Fla for past 6 years. My job has me talking to people all over the country - seems New Yorkers and especially Bronxites will always have the 'accent' - my NY customers from everywhere hear my accent immediately! Great pics - bring back lots of memories! Laura

Guest		30-Jan-2010 06:31
Lived on Findlay, Grant, Grand Concourse, Pelham Parkway, now in Riverdale. I went to 53, 90, 22, Bx Science, CCNY and worked in 53, 11, 126.Also wrote a book about growing up in the Bx.Great Pictures

Guest		21-Jan-2010 23:44
I'm looking for my favorite hairdresser. Her name is Zoe. She was born in Puerto Rico. The salon was across the street from the Seven Stars Diner. [Burnside and Jerome Ave.] She has three daughters. The two younger girls are twins. They must be around thirty nine. It would be wonderful to see her again.

GUEST		20-Jan-2010 21:44
I CAME TO YOUR SITE IN A STRANGE WAY. I SEARCHED MY FATHER'S NAME, AND YOUR SITE CAME UP. NO REFERENCE TO MY FATHER, BUT MY MAIDEN NAME APPEARED WITH A QUESTION IF MY MAIDEN NAME RINGS A BELL. IT DOES. LIVED IN THE BRONX UNTIL THE 60'S, GROWING UP ON MORRIS AND BURNSIDE AVENUES. THE PHOTOS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL - THE WAY I REMEMBER THEM.

guest		18-Jan-2010 22:19
TROSKIN - Carol 1/06/10. Yes, "Miss Troskin" rings a bell. My maiden name is Troskin. In the Bronx the only "Miss Troskin" would have been my sister or myself. I would be very interested in knowing if I am the Miss Troskin you are looking for. Love to hear from you.

Ronnie Patterson		16-Jan-2010 03:25
I lived at 1240 Walton ave where me and my friends ruled the building. Running the heads out of there. Long street races from conner to conner. We ran freeze tag all through the building. The lobby was for rolling Skating, skateboarding and music. I also remember the elevator rides up to the 6th floor with the lights turned off and the guys playing conners with the girls in the middle. MEMORIES FOR LIFE......

Margaret		10-Jan-2010 15:19
I came to the site by chance and it is wonderful. Just reading the stories of people who grew up in the Bronx I remember!When I was very young we lived at 480 St. Paul's Place,but the building is gone. I attended PS70, where I first learned to swim and Wade JHS(117); we live at 1698 Topping Avenue before there was a cross bronx expressway. I remember Fordham Road,The Dime Bank and Loew's Paradise Theater and the Grand Concourse when it was grand. I worked as a nurse(RN) at Fordham Hospital until it closed and we moved to North Central Bronx Hospital. I now live in North Carolina, but thank you for giving me a chance to reflect back on my childhood and young adulthood in the Bronx

Guest		08-Jan-2010 01:36
I attend P.S. 70 and lived at 1665 Monroe Avenue in 1978-1979. Thank you for sharing the pictures. I am looking for old friends. Michael Battle, Priscilla from my class. I am now in the FB group. Karen

carol		06-Jan-2010 20:43
Love the photos. I'm wondering if the Marion who lived at 975 Walton Ave. is the same Marion who was in my class at PS. 114. Does the name Miss Troskin rings a bell???

Glenn		25-Dec-2009 04:20
Born at 2010 Grand Avenue between Burnside and Tremont. Moved out at age 5 but continued to visit my grandparents and numerous other relatives on the block. I remember the used comic book store on the corner of Grand and Tremont. Fox's Butcher Shop, Gottlieb's Deli, Pete the Barber on Tremont. Looking for an old friend, JEFF KATZ. He would be 57 years old, may have gone to Music and Art. His brother was Steven Katz. The family may have moved to Co-op City in the late 60's/

Guest		20-Dec-2009 00:21
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Tina		19-Dec-2009 23:49
These photos brought back some wonderful memories. I lived on Valentine Avenue in the Bronx and if any one is a member of Back in the Bronx, the cover article of the November Issue The Bronx and Me, written by artist and Musician Rick Pantell... the Tina Lee mentioned in his article... is me...

Peter Adler		19-Dec-2009 22:31
Found your wonderful pictures a few days ago and have been reliving memories of P.S. 70 and J.H.S 117 and Mt. Eden Hebrew Center. I lived in the Lewis Morris Apartments from 1955-1971 when we moved to Co-op City. I recognize the names of two of your commenters who were classmates of my brother Richard Adler. As a young boy the Lewis Morris was a self contained community with loads of kids, lots of places to play, and a certain awe inspiring grandeur.

rob		19-Dec-2009 13:44
BUMPRESPONSE to Mary Hilyer August 19, 2009 - are you talking about the Schreiber family in Parkchester?? I'm the oldest grandchild of that family - they are all gone now - but I'd love to chat with you - I'm only a couple of years younger than you - did your parens know that family (assuming were taking the same family)

Guest		13-Dec-2009 05:04
Wishing you all a very Happy Chanukah!

Guest		11-Dec-2009 22:42
I really enjoyed that lovely walk down memory lane. I moved into 1727 Walton Ave when I was 5 years old, and that was in 1976. I attend Community Elementary School 70 from 1976-1981, it didn't have a pool when I was there, but I truly remember those days. I also remember the Shul, it was across the street from the library and the hospital. Oh, how I miss those days. Thanks for sharing those wonderful pictures.

Dermot McCabe		09-Dec-2009 12:57
My name is Dermot McCabe I am looking for information about the Archbishop McHale Irish Dancing Class The Bronx New York City, my grandfather Patrick McCabe was the Dancing Teacher; I have a photograph of this Archbishop McHale FOIF Dancing Class, the photograph was taken circ 1918 1920 information inset in the photograph. There is a few young people in this photograph if they are still a live I would like to make contact with them?. My address is Mr Dermot McCabe 8 Roslea Road Clones Co Monaghan Ireland.

Guest		06-Dec-2009 12:02
I often wonder what happened to Shorehaven and Castle Hill beach clubs. Does anyone know if they're still there? If not, what took their place???

rob		05-Dec-2009 03:43
RESPONSE to Mary Hilyer August 19, 2009 - are you talking about the Schreiber family in Parkchester??

Mike		03-Dec-2009 22:16
Great stuff! I lived on Morris ave,172 st across the street from Taft High School from 1959-1967. These pictures bring back wonderful memories. Thanks for posting.

theresa		18-Nov-2009 16:59
love to read about old stories.Do any one know Arthur Harvey who went to Morris High School in the 50s. He was a good friend of my husband. Thanks

Guest		17-Nov-2009 21:52
hello fellow sentimentalists!!! my name is debbie solomon and i grew up on fordham and davidson in the 1976 era.... i remember playing handball on the aqueduct courts... and movies on fordham?? why , there was the capri, the paradise and rko fordham!!! i moved to florida and lived there for 20 years...due to unforseen events im back on kingsbridge!! whoever said you cant go back...was right but i sure wish i could.... i see the ghosts of all my friends and yes ...my young self included!!! and jahns ice cream....does anyone remember the "milkbar"on fordham???? the best egg creams...

Scotty		16-Nov-2009 16:14
Loved it. A walk down Memory Lane. I grew up just off the Concourse on 163rd, between the Concourse and Sheridan. Went to PS 35, JHS .22, and Science. Moved away in 1966, only to return many times to the Stadium. My Mom's family was from Mt Eden area, my Father's from Kingsbridge. Joyce Kilmer Park, The Good Humor man, the first time you crossed the Concourse alone, curb-ball on 162nd and Sheridan, the great little Candy Stores. I even remember the horse-drawn wagon coming down 163rd once a week or so with his flatbed of odds and ends. Spaldeens and Stickball. Who Knew? It's a whole different world now. Live in South Florida now.

ALAN SHEMTOB		12-Nov-2009 04:28
people who lived at 1326 grand concourse pleas reply back to talk about the old neigghborhood please email me back.

ALAN SHEMTOB		12-Nov-2009 04:22
I LIVED AT 1326 GRAND CONCOURSE , I WENT TO PS64 , LIVED IN THE BRONX FOR MANY YEARS AND WENT TO THE SEPHARDIC TEMPLE ON THE CONCOURSE. MISS THE OLD NEIGHBOORHOOD. I MISS WERE MY ROOTS CAME FROM AND WILL NEVER FORGET THE WAY I WAS RAISED BY MY PARENTS.

Guest		10-Nov-2009 04:33
Thanks for the memories. I grew up on 175th between McCombs and Grand.

Judy		08-Nov-2009 03:52
I remember this area so well, the Alexanders, and Jahn's the Ice Cream parlor...how many birthday parties I went to there...taking the bus up there from where I lived in Kingsbridge...

Susan Morgan		07-Nov-2009 21:00
Great photos~~

Lorraine Sappah		06-Nov-2009 04:59
Some of my fondest memories were of my grandmother taking me every Sunday morning to Weber's bakery for Linzer tarts and crumb cookies. For years I have been trying to reconstruct crumb cookies, for myself and my sons, to no avail. I was wondering if anyone out there reading this site has any idea how to recreate these delectable treats from my early childhood. If so, my email address is lorrainesnews@yahoo.com. Thank you!

Guest		04-Nov-2009 22:43
thank you so much for the wonderful pictures and beautiful memories. i spent the first 12 years of my life at 2800 Jerome. i graduated from ps 86 and moved away during my second year at ebb. kingsbridge and jerome was my immediate life and neighborhood. and good old fordham road and alexanders my favorite places to go. i bought my barbie doll and my first 45 - the twist - at alexanders. my dad worked at a small dinette store on fordham road. all the way down the hill from alexanders. a few blocks before the el. it was right next door to a bar. my grandmother lived on the grand concourse, at the corner of 167th. i remember it all with such clarity. my teachers, the stores on kingsbridge road. the bronx was magic then. thank you for sharing.

Guest		31-Oct-2009 21:14
Remember those wonderful days Trick-or-Treating in The Bronx! Those were the days! Happy Halloween to all Bronxites!

I was Ruth Nuland		30-Oct-2009 16:11
Feeling nostalgic-did searches for various Bronx locales and was amazed to find not only the photos, but all the memories people shared. I was born September, 1937, Royal Hospital. My dad had finished medical school and was an intern at Beth David Hospital in NYC-but interns weren't supposed to be married back then! He started a practice in the same building we lived in on Townsend Avenue. By the time I was 4 he was called to active duty for the duration of WWII and we followed him to different bases till he went to New Guinea. We always came back to the Bronx whenever we could to visit relatives on Morris Avenue and to go to the Mt Eden Shul. All I remember was sitting in the women's "gallery" upstairs with my grandmother and nothing was said in English. After the war my parents bought a house on Cedar Avenue-going down Fordham Rd it was the last street before the bridge over to Inwood. Many of my friends lived 2 blocks away on Sedgwick. I can't remember if my first school was PS 90 or 91! Mr Spiro was the principle (I began there in 1946 in 4th grade). Went to EBB then was supposed to choose Walton or Roosevelt. I didn't want to go to either and used my aunt's address to go to Taft-graduated 1955. In early 1956 my parents had sold the house and moved to Westchester and I got married and lived in the Kingsbridge section till we too went to Westchester. I did come back to have my first child born in Lebanon Hospital, 1958. Memories-wow, I could fill a book! During the 40s I remember street vendors in horse drawn carts-the Dugans man sold cake, there was a knife sharpener guy and the rag man who called out "I buy old clothes". late 40s thru 50's-roller skating in the streets and once in a while at the indoor rink on Jerome Avenue. I remember when buses replaced the trolley car. We went a couple of times a month riding across Fordham to hang out at the Bronx Zoo. Alexanders was the only place to buy clothes for my family! My dad had a family medical practice in the South Bronx on Union Avenue. I remember that when I was not much older then 12 it was not unusual for us kids to take the subway to go hang out in Manhattan. Nobody worried about safety. We went to ice skate in Central Park, to the Museum of Natural History, to see the Xmas decorations and go to the show at Radio City Music Hall. Of course the Pardise is memorable, but we also went to RKO Fordham and Loews. Remember when there waa a Third Avenue El? Anybody remember the Windsor Theatre going way down Fordham? It had triple features and even some vaudeville acts-and stage plays till around 1953 or so. I'm also remembering when the put up the "luxurious" Fordham Hill apartments. Very particular management-friends who lived there said they weren't allowed to hang up their own pictures! Maintenance staff had to do it. Some of my Irish friends who were 2 years older graduated HS at St Nicholas of Tolentine. It's still there-the church but not the H.S. I remember rushing home from school to catch the '51 world series on tv. It was Dimaggio's last season, Mantle's first...and I had a major crush on Mickey! Ah, the ramblings of a 72 year old! I have 4 kids, 9 grandkids-none will ever know what it was like to grow up in that kind of neighborhood and with that degree of freedom to roam the whole borough and the city too. Oh, oh-can't leave this out-at EBB (where boys had shop and girls had an apartment to learn cooking and cleaning) often went to lunch at a Jewish deli to get hot dogs and potato knishes and to a bakery to get something that has never been duplicated in quite the same delicious way-a Charlotte Russe

Michael Brummell		30-Oct-2009 14:43
(1768 Weeks Ave PS 70 JHW 117 (703 & 8-2 & 9B2) TAFT AND CLINTON) Joined the Navy September of 1974. Thanks You for an outstanding effort. It took me back so many years. We played the talent shows at PS 70 lots of after school basketball at Wade and it seemed you fell in love every other day. The Bronx had the most beautiful women in the world. I was one of the best stick ball player in the neighborhood either pitching in on 175th or free swinging on the block, make sure your Spalding wasn't dead. I'd like to say hello to some of the old gang Timmy, Eugene,lil John, 2-2,Rondo,Scar,and my best friend David Greene. He had a cartoon he drew for Clinton in the early 70's called Fat Mike he never said it but I guessed I inspired it as he inspired me to not fall into temptation. I could go on forever but to all my class mates, neighbors and people who I met along the way GOD BLESS Mike

Laura		27-Oct-2009 21:02
I grew up on 179th and Creston Ave in one of the few remaining private houses left in the neighborhood. Went to P.S. 28, graduating in 1968. Any one else out there from that time?

angela shelton formerly gonzalez		26-Oct-2009 23:43
i would love to se fulton ave. i lived there in the 70's and i was 12 when we flew back to n.c. i to remember the pizza on the corner but i cant remember what it was called. does anybody hve pics of ps4 thats where i went to school and titos store with the deli in the front of the store . wow i kinda miss all that it was a very dangerous place but as a kid i had fun most of the time.

Elyse Springer		12-Oct-2009 07:37
I grew up in the Lewis Morris building, 1749 Grand Concourse in the 50's & 60's. It was a fabulous place for a boomer kid to live. There were kids all over the building then. I went to PS70, JHS117 (Wade) and then Music & Art HS. I have such great memories of walking to Alexanders on Fordham Road, stopping at one of the pizza places for pizza back when the only choices were regular or Sicilian, going to Krums, and Lowe's Paradise. It is amazing to me how many of us former Bronxites have stumbled upon this page and are overcome with nostalgia. You know the Bronx was a great place, not just because we all have fond memories, but because we all took a bit of the Bronx with us as we migrated all over the country.

Maura		11-Oct-2009 21:39
My thanks for the wonderful photos. I lived at the top of the 'steps'off Featherbed Lane from 1970 to 1972. 72 steps, if memory serves me. I loved being in that neighborhood and loved remembering the good times there. I grew up on Olmstead Avenue outside of Parkchester. Question: what street corner did the steps cut across Featherbed Lane?

Richard Jackel		05-Oct-2009 20:13
My name is Richard Jackel. I was born in the Royal Hospital on Oct. 29, 1942. I lived at 54 Featherbed Lane until 1949 when we moved to Bayside Queens. The building still stands. The building to its right was taken down when the Cross Bronx Expressway was built. We lived in Apt 6C and my grandparents lived in 2C. Every morning my mother would take her hair brush and tap on the steampipe in the bathroom to signal to my grandparents that we were OK. I attended PS 70 for Kindergarten and 1st. grade. I remember walking through the 174th street tunnel to get to the school on Weeks Ave. Heading the other way I remember walking up Featherbed Lane to University Ave. and then over the old George Washington Bridge across the Harlem River to Manhattan. I remember lots of other stuff but I dont know if anyone else is interested or remembers what I do. I certainly remember the steps at Davidson. My email address is richardjackel2000@yahoo.com

Lynette Clapp		01-Oct-2009 04:24
These pictures are amazing. I lived at 1327 Grant Ave, two blocks east of the Grand Concourse at 170th St. I can never go back. My children will never see the amazing architectural brilliance that was my entire block. I'm not sure what happened but I'm pretty mad about it. The entire block is gone, sad.

Anna Denizard-Muniz		22-Sep-2009 14:50
I cried looking at every single amazing picture in your exhibition. I was born and raised in "The Bronx" and reside in FLorida now, but it is just beautiful to see that someone like you can appreciate a place which has people discribing it as dirty and dangerous. To me its home and will always be. My last place of residents was in 182nd and the Grand Concourse. In walking distance of Fordham Road. I walked it everyday. I would love to see more

Gladys Sharat		22-Sep-2009 13:39
I am sitting here with tears in my eyes,It was so wonderful to see the photos. My father did some painting in the Lewis Morris building. I lived on Morris ave 183rd St. Went Friday night to Burside Ave to pick up hot bagles. Wonderful memories and sad ones also.I would love to hear from some one . I live in Raleigh NC now. God Bless Gladys Sharat

Barry Bloom		17-Sep-2009 17:53
I found this site by "Googling" the Lewis Morris Building. I am an anesthesiologist & live in LA. I had my tonsils out in the doctors office under general anesthesia in that building. No "surgicenter" or "ambulatory" facility - the guy's office. I remember it quite vividly. I must have been 5 or 6 which would make it 1961 or 1962. I grew up on Shakespeare Avenue until I was 13 ( behind the Hirsh Funeral Parlor at 167th St & Jerome. I went to PS 114 - Mr. Mullee was my favorite teacher. We moved to Co-op City in 1969 but my parents didn't know when the moving date would be so I commuted to IS 144 from the south Bronx for the whole 7th grade. I went to Bronx HS of Science & graduated in 1973.

Jessica		17-Sep-2009 05:26
I am actually looking for my Mothers Birth family by the last name of Barbados. The street names would be from 1954..The address I have is 2821 Devry Ave Bx 61,Ny. (the street name is very hard to read, it could be something similar) If anyone can help me out or even tell me were I could look please let me know..

Dick Steinberg		12-Sep-2009 04:08
Loved the pictures and the posts. Born in the Bronx....lived on Undercliff Ave. and 174th at the bottom of the steps from Popham Ave....1933 to 1961. Clinton, class of 1950, then off to College and landed in Connecticut. Wonderful memories of growing up in the Bronx

Trish Williams		11-Sep-2009 01:23
Hi, I am making some enquiries on the off chance that someone may know the Wilson Family, I dont know much really except the Mother was so I am lead to believe German and the father U,S they had a son called Scolfied Wilson who was born in 1955, the father was a Broker in precious minerals and worked away a lot on business, leaving his son with MUM a lot until his un timely death( the father that is ) died when his young son was but 12 years of age, leaving a widow and son to manage alone, they left The bronx to go back to germany and stayed there for a number of years, but for how long I do not know, and then came back to USA. If any one has any info on this small family then I would like to hear something even if its a teeny bit, ( it seems the ancestors were of IRish decent, hence the Boys name of SCOLFIED, he grew to be a man and is supposed to have follwed in his fathers foot steps of being a broker in precious minerals, but unfortunetly I do not know anything else, I am situated in United Kingdom and am trying to trace anyone who might know the family. thankyou

Ilia Vega Rodriguez		09-Sep-2009 22:17
Las fotografias della ciudad del Bronx me remontan al tiempo que estuve viviendo alla para los anos 1987- 1988.Me da nostargia especialmente las calles, los adificios, los parques ' las avenidas, las tiendas, los seafood market, las bodegas, bueno en fin cuando observe las calles era como si estuviera dandome un tours en el Bronx. Muchas gracias por las fotografias y las vistas corredizas. Gracias nuevamente,atentamente;Ilia Vega 9/9/9

Carol Reisner		09-Sep-2009 20:15
Found this by googling "Royal Hospital" where I was born. Lived my entire early life in the Bronx, first at 1265 Walton Ave and then on McClellan and Walton Ave where my parents moved after my freshman year in college. I went to PS 114, JHS 22 (I still remember the school song) and then Science HS (1962). Still cant believe the posting that mentioned Dr Kossin (I went to school with Warren Kossin) and even more surprising the listing by Vic Gabay who was my upstairs neighbor at 1265 Walton. Remember Sherbloom Bakery on 167 St as having the best rye bread ever, the cafeteria, the Loew's (pronounced Low-ees), Morrisania Hospital. Revisited the neighborhood recently and it is in much better shape.

Guest		08-Sep-2009 22:42
I remember the steps and Alexanders. I found this site by doing a search that said "People from Sherman Avenue in the Bronx." My older sister and brother went to PS 90, JHS 22 and Taft HS. So did I. My family lived a few blocks off the Grand Concourse by Executive Towers. Most of my relatives lived within a circle of 5 or 6 blocks. No one locked their doors. The kids had a lot of "mothers" looking out for them and when my dog ran away, the entire neighborhood when looking (and found him). Thanks for posting.

Guest		06-Sep-2009 19:31
Hi Carol- Recognized your name. I went to P.S. 35, J.H.S. 22, and Taft. I too live in L.A. area. We were both friends with Jerilyn Levy. Remember her? Your mother and mine were friends. Rhea Kahn Damon

Carol Nadel Hessler		29-Aug-2009 21:59
Carol Nadel Hessler Born in the Bronx and spent my first 20 years there. I lived on the Grand Concourse and 161st Street. Went to P.S. 35, JHS 22 (Mott) and then to Music & Art HS Does anyone remember Lofts Parlays ? I saw Addie Vallens mentioned, it was right down the street from me and took lots of will power to stay out of. I love in Los Angeles now and it is beautiful but tears come to my eyes when I remember my Bronx childhood.

ally		23-Aug-2009 12:02
hi; anybody go to our lady of refuge, what dances we had there, mike o'hanlon, richy, mike and someone else were are band, we had great times there. i lived on the concourse and went to the bagel shop on brainbrige for fresh bagels. i would'nt change those times for anything, we did have some fights at other school dances, but no big thing. i was the youngest and started everything and everyone finished it. lol the school yard became our tuff, we used to almost fill it up, drinking, playing cards, making out lol. it was a good time but i don't know if i would want to go through that again, remember all the walking we did from 204th to botanical gardens, we were in shape. lol sling shots, you couldn't bet those guys, and cho cho charle anybody remember him our hear from him. he was one of the first ducky boys. hi charle. and the byrnes all 9 of them were great people, we hung out at the ducky house, that makes me laugh cuz we didn't know that then, it was the ducky house but someone was always hanging out there. we'll hi to everyone. it was some crazy times.

Bill Mitchell		23-Aug-2009 05:31
Love all the pictures. I lived in Parkchester as a child (1970s) and went over to the Concourse for visits to the doctor or dentist. I remember how impressed I always was at the great expanse of buildings and the interesting architectural features of the buildings (especially the lobbies). My grandparents were immigrants from Ireland and settled in the Fordham Road/GC area, where my mother was raised. We visited once in awhile but the neighborhood had already turned for the worse by the 1970s. Parkchester held up better but also had significant problems beginning in the early 1980s. I am pleased to read (and observe when back in NYC) that the Bronx is experiencing quite a revival! I now live in Santa Monica, California and especially enjoy the glimpses of NYC online (since I don't visit there more than once a year or so)! Anyway, great Web site!

Mary Hilyer		19-Aug-2009 18:11
Just lovely photos. Does anyone have photos of Fordham Hospital? I was born there in 1964 and hear it was quite the imposing place. Does anyone know the Schreiber family who lived in the bronx in the 40s, 50s and 60s?

Guest		17-Aug-2009 18:02
An incredible site, fitting for an incredible place. I attended PS 28 while Golden was principal. I also grew up just off the Concourse, in the 60s and into the 70s. I recall the parades, the foods, the architecture and topography, and the wonderful mix of people of every description-black, white, Jewish, Irish, Puerto Rican, Cuban and more. Sadly, my memories are mixed-marred by the experience shared by many of the poor whites that remained behind as others fled to the suburbs. We were few in number, and a majority of us (this was true in many adjacent neighborhoods) were constantly bullied-constantly in fear of classmates and older children, sometimes even with knives and other objects. No doubt this reflected a divided America, teeming with racial tension. But with the exception of a handful of sensitive grown-ups (like the wonderful Mrs. Oliver, an African-American teacher of the highest order), the young, mostly Jewish teachers were willingly blind and apathetic to what was going on.

don Francis		08-Aug-2009 04:07
In the 1940's all of the Bronx between 170th Street and 165th Street between 3rd avenue and the Grand Concourse was divided into six prts - strips if you will. The most eastern strip belonged to the balcks. If you walked east of the third avenue El you were in there land. As you went east you came into the Italian area. It was small bu compacy are awith great grocery stores, great smells and hard working by=ut tough young people. Then came the small vacant lots, some aprtments houses but mostly plumbing stores and shoemakers and then the bif graages. This all ended at Webster Avenue which when you crossed but you in the middle eurpoen strip; Polish, German, Irish,Greek and others lived there. The next strip over was the WASP strip with the more wealthy prodies and finally west of Collge Avenue was the Jewish area. They dominated the two street on each side of the Grand Concourse. I went to PS 53 and was the only goy in the whole 8th grade class. Believe me I learned a loy=t by going to school with Jews. For one thing they taught me how t work hard in school but dont lets talk about the Jewish predjudice against WASP's and Catholics because unless you were there you dont know. When it was a Jewish hoilday no teacher bothere dteaching me because I was the only one there. I went to most of the places you mentioned in your stories. Most of these were not in my neighboorhood, Schrafts, the Lowes Paradise and Fordham Road were places we went BUT we also went to 148thn Street and the hub. We had the Fleetwood theater but did occasionally go to the Kent and Luxor. We also hung out in bars which few of the non-goys did. They were smarter than that. But they didnt have Sterling Oval and didnt have the Oaks semi pro baseball team and didnt see the Jake LaMotta All Sars play. Neither did they steal cake from Cushmans and milf from Shefiled farms. They played stickball and sometimes we would ave block rivalry games. We also has big flags with stars for all the boys (then) n service during WWII and took it down and had a big ceremony when someone on the block was killed. My mother use to drag me to jewish bazzars and I hated her bargenning with the sellers there. We also had seasons; seasons for skates; seasons for immys(sp); seasons for making wodden carts out of brokem up roller skates. Of course I learned to love bagels way back in 1940. There was a baggel factory just off 167th and Webster that I use to go to late at night and argue Isreal politics with the bakers. In 1950 Vito Markantonio got elected to be a represetative from harlem and started a travel agency where he brought in peple form Puerto Rico on a conditioanl sales contract for their air fare and brought them right to the welfare lines where they started there new life on our streets of gold. Pretty soon with the war over the strips feel apart with everyone who lived there fearing for thir lives moving to the Island or out to Jersey. The Grand Concourse held out longer but it to was taken over by the new Irish, the new Jews, the new Germans who called themslves Puerto Ricans. Soon many other cultures came along and settled in. Maybe my story does not have the same visage as your story but belive me when I tell you I loved the Bronx and the people I knew there from all the strips because I had school and playmates and fights with people from every strip.

Guest		05-Aug-2009 19:25
I am a bronxite thru & thru. I lived on the Concourse, born in now defunct Mt. Eden Hospital, on street of the same name. In 1955 moved to Undercliff Ave in the Highbridge section of the bronx. Lived right under the Sedgwick Projects. Loved the Library there. Went to P.S.11 (oldest school in the Bronx), then P.S.73, Taft HS and then Lehman College. Got married and lived in the Pelham Pkwy area of the Bronx, at dorms at Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Left the Bronx for Fort Lee, NJ in 1974.My parents were Bronx holdouts; couldn't afford Coop City (thankfully); moved to Yonkers in 1979, after several car break-ins. Used to be embarrassed about my birth place, now I an an avid fan of the greatest borough. Loved growing up there in the 50's and 60's. Such wonderful memories. I now live in Upstate NY, but have been visiting the Bronx since I left. 70's & 80's were awful. Burnt out blocks of my childhood; so sad and depressing. Has definitely gotten better since; maybe I'll move back when I retire!!!! Gerri

guest		01-Aug-2009 21:45
Hi, my great uncle emigrated to usa in 1912. I know he lived in The Bronx because he used to write freuently to my grandmother, his sister. We would receive these blue airmail letters and would all gather round to hear the news. It was just another world to us in Ireland. He was called Thomas Clarke, his wife Minnie and I know for sure he had a son William George Clarke and a daughter Rose Clarke. There may have been two other children as well but my memory is not so clear about them. I do know Rose had a daughter called Barbara and Long Island comes into the story at some stage. My great uncle was a very generous man, sending us money every Christmas which was most welcome. As I grew up and heard more and more about the Bronx I wondered what life there must have been like and unfortunately all information was pretty negative. However from reading your comments I can get a picture of what life was really like, a community in which probably everyone was in the "same boat". People looked after each other, living not too far from relatives who helped raise the kids. I have been to New York several times and I would love to visit The Bronx so the next time I am over I will definitely visit. In the meantime anyone who would recognise any of the above details of my long lost relatives please leave message. Thank you for the very enlightening reading and the wonderful photos.

Guest		30-Jul-2009 22:13
THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORY!

Doris		27-Jul-2009 02:24
The photos just brought back beautiful memories of the Bronx. I was born and raised in the Bronx, live in Minford Place East 174 street as a small child, then moved to Southern Blvd East 176 street, Last place was 219 street white plains road. I went to P.S. 50...P.S 67...JHS 44...and Dodge Vocational High School... Moved to Yonkers in the late 90's and presently living in Wisconsin. I remember going to Arthur ave to a bakery to buy lemon pies, no other place will ever replace that flavor. And Bronx Pizzas OMG no other place will ever make them as good, there was two favorite pizza places I loved. one on the coner of East Tremont Ave and Southern Blvd and the other at 219 Street and White Plains road. The Bronx no matter where I live will always be my favorite...thanks for the memories...

Guest		26-Jul-2009 02:23
The name of the bar that was on the corner of 173th and Bathgate Avenue, was called Archie's Bar.

Barbara Bresnick		23-Jul-2009 22:29
Barbara Hecht Bresnick I liver on Featherbed Lane two houses up from the steps. I akso Attended The Beth Jacon onJessiup Ave. I remember the bakery on Mt. Eden avenue. I also played on the lot next to the satirs. The pictures bring back wonderful memories. My grandmother and I would go the live chicken market on Innwood Avenue.

Johanna Hecht		23-Jul-2009 18:40
I'm a former Brooklyn girl who used to visit Bronx family who lived next to the stairs on Featherbed Lane in the late 40's, 50s and early 60s. I only wish someone could do for our neighborhood as you so beautifully did for yours which was so fascinating and has never left my memory. I got to know it when my sister and I used to sleep over on Passover. My husband is taking a walk up the Concourse today and we tried to find the exact spot on Featherbed on Google Maps. I failed then but since found you. I can hardly wait to show it to him when he gets home. I'm also going to try to send the link to my cousins Barbara and Harvey who lived there; maybe you'll hear from them. PS I agree you should have included the Hall of Fame. And I'm glad someone else remembers the chocolate wafer sticks at Addie Vallins!

GUEST		21-Jul-2009 23:55
I have an interseting story, When I was a little boy I used to play in the Valentine Varian House which was located I think on Van Courtland Ave near Bainbridge ave. At the time, the house was abandoned, and run down. The house was filled with old books, furniture, plates and silverware. I took home a fork that I found inside, dated 1907.I still have this fork.Rumor has it that George Washington slept there, sounds far fetched. I remember the entire building was moved to Bainbridge Ave,around the late 60s.to make room for an apartment building. I found out that it is now a museum next to resivoir oval.I was thinking about maybe visiting the Museum to see if they would want to put the fork on display, but I am reluctant to give it up as it has sentimental value to me of those days during my childhood. I dont know if they would believe me anyway.If any body knows anything about the history of The Valentine Varian House, I would appreciate a comment. Thank You Ex-Bronx Boy.

Nuncius		21-Jul-2009 03:37
I googled the words "take me to the Bronx NY" and this appeared... A long time ago I met someone from the Bronx in the US Virgin Islands, he left some special mark on me don't know why, and today I was just thinking of him, thats why I googled those words... I was just dreaming a little here. I will get to know the Bronx one day though, I really want to.

Gail Schafer		20-Jul-2009 17:35
Funny thing brought me to your page. I was born at "Dr Left's Maternity Hospital" in the Bronx. When I recently acquired my long form birth certificate, the hospital was called, "Central Maternity Hospital." I was seeking information on the hospital since it was rumored to have closed sometime after my birth in 1954, i.e., Dr. Left was welling babies on the "black market." I suspect the story has some truth, since I have THREE ADDITIONAL FRIENDS who were born in that hospital, in 1954; and they all know the same story. Anyway, it was nice reading your page... and reminiscing with you. Stay well. Bail Schafer

Jeanne		20-Jul-2009 13:58
Hello all: My parents grew up in Parkchester in the 50s and 60s.... My dad and his 3 brothers are trying to remember the name of the bar on the corner of castle hill ave. and westchester ave.... does anyone know what that might be, or how I can find out? thanks! Jeanne

Ira		19-Jul-2009 23:47
I was born in Bronx Lebanon Hosp in 57,Stumbling upon this site, brings back many memories, I hung out in Resivoir Oval by Bainbridge Ave,I remember cutting through Montifore Hosp.to go to P.S. 80. I lived on Rochambeau Ave and Gun Hill Rd.Moved to northern suburbs in 72.I have not been back in 30 years.So many memories cant list them all, One of the best was fishing at Van Courtland Lake. Occasionally I google earth the old neighborhood, and tour the old hood on my pc.Second best thing next to being in the Bronx. Soon I would like to visit in person, and see how it has changed.A true Bronxite remembers the STEPS!Even if you did not live in that area,you have seen them. Ira

Jean		09-Jul-2009 17:53
I spent my youngest years on Bronx Boulevard north of Gun Hill Road, but moved when I was 11 to Clay Avenue between 168th and 169th, and went to PS 53, then was in one of the early classes in the newly built Jordan L. Mott Jr. HS, then to Taft, then to City College, where I met my husband-to-be and our first apartment was on Shakespeare Avenue by the top of the huge steps that went from shakespeare down to -- can't remember, Mccoombs or something like that. I could see the 167th st station of the "el" on Jerome Avenue from my kitchen window. Yeah, I'm from the Bronx. Your neighborhood was a couple of blocks north and west and it's amazing that it's so foreign to me except for the major landmarks -- the movies and bakeries. I think every neighborhood in the Bronx had a "Sam's Candy Store". Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Guest		09-Jul-2009 01:27
Amazing photos! Made me feel nostalgic and old... I went to PS 70, Wade, Hunter High (for 1 year) and Taft (graduated 1959). I was born in Mt. Eden Hospital. We first lived in a walk-up on Townsend & 176th--1785 Townsend. Remember Sam's candy store, Bogen's kosher butcher, Daitch Dairy Store... And how well I remember the "tunnel"! The subway station there, and the 176th Street station on the Jerome Avenue El, were our link to the rest of the world. Dad did not yet own a car. During HS we moved to E. Mt. Eden Avenue, off Morris (right opposite the "ovals"). I taught for 20 years in a small alternative high school in another part of the Bronx, off Southern Blvd. Have not driven back to the old neighborhood in a long time. Must do it. Thanks again.

Alan Cohen		08-Jul-2009 00:29
I grew up in the BX 40's 50's 60's. Went to ps104 ps 82 Taft HS. I lived on undercliff ave between sedwick and university ave. It was heave we had a park doorman and showers in the park. Stickball softball football and basketball. Fordham rd loew's paradise the ascot theater,krums fabers dancing school. Love to hear from anyone who grew up on Undercliff ave at the same time. Alan Cohen

Guest		07-Jul-2009 13:52
Loved the photos and the old memories.Moved to Weeks Ave. 1942, went to P.S. 70, then Wade Jr. H.S. then Taft, graduated in 1948! Lived on Eastburn Ave. till I got married in 1953. Now in Florida for about 35 years. But still have great memories of Krum's, the Paradise Theatre, Alexanders, the Mt. Eden Center where I was married and of course wearing the silly looking grey bathing suit in the pool at P.S. 70 and the blue gym suits. But they were wonderful, innocent days when we left our doors open, when mail was delivered twice a day, when you respected the policeman who checked the business doors at night and when you were not afraid to walk through the tunnel even in the dark. Thanks again for your thoughtfullness. LEONA

Janet Diaz		04-Jul-2009 21:02
Wow! I really appreciate you bringing good memories to my heart,I walked through all those streets when I was small with my mom,my dear mom passed away and seeing these pictures brought tears to my eyes but beautiful memories to my heart. I use to live in 1482 montgomery ave apt-32b then when I was 12 we moved to 2234 Ryer ave that near 183rd grandconcourse. I have brothers I haven't seen for at least 15 to 24 years.I miss them so much.. I just hope one day before I die I get to see them again.. God bless the bronx.

David Vandivier		23-Jun-2009 10:33
David Vandivier I lived in 1698 Selwyn Avenue from 1963 to 1968 when my family all moved to Canada to avoid the draft. We all went, the dog, cat, three sons and mom and dad. I worked at Sam Blumenfelds Kosher Grocer and Dairy on 174th with the CBX across the street and I used to deliver groceriesa all throughout the neighbourhood. I then worked at the Patio Bakery on Mt. Eden wher I worked with Andy and Dorothy Heilwheel and a cuban guy named Louis Lamarr. I now live in London, England but do not ever forget the Bronx.

Guest		23-Jun-2009 00:27
Thanks for the wonderful fotos I live in the bronx now for 36 yrs. grew up on tiebout ave. live on valentine ave.

kimberly		22-Jun-2009 03:35
Kimberly Oh my gosh. Thanks so much for the memories. I too once lived in the Bronx at 1700 Grand Concourse. I so miss the Bronx. I lived there until just recently for about 25 years. Any good pics of the Capri Apartments at 174 and the Concourse?

Guest		20-Jun-2009 09:25
To April Chaifetz - Did you know Leah Heschel? She graduated from Ramaz in 1962.

April Chaifetz		19-Jun-2009 07:43
Wonderful pictures and a fast trip down memory lane. Living at 1240 Walton Ave between 167th and 168th St, we belonged to Adath Israel at the Grand Concourse; I remember going with dad to billiards hall and our building had a small party room on the ground level where I had my 9th birthday, boys had ties! and girls were all wearing puffy dresses (oh, those crinoline slips) and hard headbands. We were green before our time, walking up and down 167th St from Jerome to the Grand Concourse - a gourmand's delight with the candy store, pickle store, Greek shop, and on Jerome, we had the bakery, kosher butcher and grocery store. We had a car but I only remember using it summers, when we'd go to the bungalow colonies in Dover, NJ. Morrisania Hospital faced us; easy stop for splinter removal, until they brought that guy in with a dart to the forehead - never wanted to go back after that! At the Y, I'd watch my male older cousins (living on the other side of the Concourse - McClellan Street) play ball, my uncle Mac coaching them on, or watch my cousin Randy in plays, Bye Bye Birdie and Toyland. The doctor made house calls - we got shots for sore throasts and that yummy coke syrup for stomach aches. My mom and her sisters attended Walton HS and Hunter College. Mom taught at McCombs JHS and my aunt was dean Herman Ritter. Attending Ramaz, from age 5, I was taking the subway everyday to/from Manhattan with my best friend, Alan Weinberg. How jealous I was of my cousins going to school across the street from their apartments at PS 90, having a place to hang for candy and soda, at Izzy's. My grandma and aunt lived where Dad grew up on Sherman and Sheridan Ave. Beautiful apartment with big windows, so I could see them from the street. Remember playing with my friend Gail with our Spaldeens in the alley behind my building, climbing in and out her aunt Gertie's apartment window. Walked with family to Yankee games and shopped at Alexanders. Looking through all the posting was fun. I'll be passing this one to family members to come visit. Thanks for the memories.

Guest		18-Jun-2009 02:04
Happy Father's Day to all the former and present Bronxites!

Frank		16-Jun-2009 19:45
This is for Lynne Mazzucco. Hi Lynne my Dad came from the city called Tricarico which is also near Accettura and Basilicata in the northern part of Italy above Bologna. Check it out online.

Ed Norton		13-Jun-2009 04:57
I grew up at 2786 Jerome Ave ( now parkview terrace) in the 60's then moved to Scott Towers on Paul Ave, not far from those ugly looking Tracy Towers. My Terrace faced a train yard, which was covered up when they built Tracy Towers, seeing the Train yard was a much better view!!

Guest		13-Jun-2009 02:19
Thanks for the photos, can't quite beat the architecture. I grew up on Harrison Ave. off Tremont in early 60's. My dad owned the kosher deli on Tremont between University and Harrison. Anyone remember? My brother and I and I believe 1 other child were the last ones to attend Hebrew school at the University Heights Synagogue(I forget it's name)

Scott Mark Brown		11-Jun-2009 14:34
2334 Tiebout avenue apt 5D zone 58 (212) CYpress 8 - 6807 The past is always present. We close our eyes and can smell the flowers of the Shore Haven beach Club as you walk into the quiet tulip filled entry area....the air back in 1958 really was different. The popped corn aroma and the cool air conditioned breeze coming out of the Paradise...was a place ever more appropriately named? I kissed an angel in the elevator on Davidson Avenue in 1964...i'd push the 6th floor botton....and she live on two....god i'd never seen anything like Barbara Bergman. I spent a lot of extra nickels in the phone boothes next to the recruiting stations on Fordham Rd. just to hear her voice. Artie George Phil Isaacs Harry Viggiano Larry Impellitiere and Skip O'Donnell what a group....a glance back will never hurt, but a stare might turn me to salt

kathy fisher		06-Jun-2009 13:14
thanks for the pics. my sister nancy and i grew up on townsend by 175 or 176 th st. I remember walking in the tunnel to ps 70 and the pool. I had mrs mandell for kindergarden or was it first grade, mrs panzer and then a male teacher that played the guitar he was real kewl.

Regina Bailey		27-May-2009 16:15
I grew up in Parkchester, from 1944-1968, but totally enjoyed your photos, as I had many occasions to travel over to Fordham, and the Concourse - my mother got a job in Alexander's for a while, and for a time I hung out with friends from Fordham, not exactly your neck of the woods, but close - and I miss all of the Bronx! But, like they say, you can't go home again - home isn't really there anymore - but they also say, you can take a girl out of the Bronx, but you can't take the Bronx out of the "girl" - at 65 I still consider myself a B.I.C. - remember us? The Bronx Irish Catholics? It was the best place in the world to grow up in those days - maybe it still is! Thanks for the trip!

ROBERT DESANTI		24-May-2009 16:55
Bob DeSanti. Grew up at 1831 Holland Ave. 1947-1958... Our Lady Of Solace was several doors down. I attended St. Dominic's Catholic School then went on to Art & Design HS in NYC. We moved to Round Hill Drive in Yonkers in '59 or '60. Hung out with Bennett Weiss, Kevin Balthazar, Alfio Brunetti and Robert Toronto all from Holland Ave or Morris Park. Most guys are gone now, but I still hand in there at 62. Been around the world, moved to Florida in '84 after ten years as a police officer in Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY. Been traveling, working living on the road in a large RV with my current wife for the past ten years. If anyone knows the guys I wrote about, or remember me, contact me at rmdesanti@hotmail.com.

Marion Cohen		15-May-2009 19:59
Any pictures of 1560 Selwyn Avenue?

Nancy VanWagner		15-May-2009 02:36
My name is Nancy Mercaldo Van Wagner. I want a picture of 44 Jerome or 46 Jerome, B ronx, New York. My Grandfather went to stay with a cousin Nicola Bilotta in 1904 or 1905, I would like to see pictures of this house as it was then.

Guest		14-May-2009 04:55
Sherbloom Bakery on (I think) 167th between Walton & Gerard was a great Bakery too. I loved Sutter's but Fordham Rd. was a bus or train ride away. Sherblooms was our local place.... I can still smell the freshly baked rye & corn rye bread. I used to get some "heels" when Mom & me went in if they were just baked! Yum! I still ask for heels today at any deli I go to.

Guest		12-May-2009 04:01
Weber's and Sutter's were good bakeries. Did you ever shop at the Garden Bakery on Burnside Ave.? [E X C E L L E N T!!!]

GUEST		10-May-2009 21:10
RESPONSE TO DANIEL'S MAY 4, 2009 INQUIRY - Yes, Weber's was acoss the street and down the hill from St. Nicholas of Tolentine's Church on what was called University Avenue. It was always crowded and you had to take a number. As Bronxites, nobody had ever heard of Junior's then, and Weber's cheesecakes were delicious. And there was another great bakey, steps away, called Sutter's (Grand Concourse, next to the Dollar Savings Bank). It was a bit more expensive than Weber's and carried pastries somewhat different from Weber's fare. To me, as a child, they seemed more "serious." At Sutter's, you could actually sit down at genuine dark wood tables and chairs and enjoy a leisurely coffee and cake as if you were in a European coffee shop. We shopped here 5% of the time; the other 95% was Weber's because the staff was so friendly and accommodating and we never had a bad pie or cake. The staff at Sutter's was not particularly friendly but they, too, sold excellent pastries. Those wonderful days are simply gone ...

Guest		09-May-2009 03:19
Looking for Michael Cohen,Sam Strauss,Dennis Fierman,Michael Brenner, and Jerry-Bamberger. They all lived around Morris Ave. and attended P.S.79 and Clinton H.S.[1961] We were a group of teenagers,and had a lot of fun.

Liz Teet		09-May-2009 00:29
Thank you very much, for the Mother's day greeting! I also pray that you have A Happy blessed Mother's day!

Guest		07-May-2009 22:10
Happy Mother's Day to all the former and present Bronxites!

Howard		06-May-2009 04:18
SADIE..... I lived in 1075 Grand Concourse from the time I was born in 1954 till I finished High School in 1972. I'm Howard Cohen my parents were Roz & Murray. We lived on the 2nd floor. My parents were there for years before I was born. My Grandparents Mollie & Louis Lebzelter lived on the 4th floor. Who are you & when did you live there?

Raquel Feliciano		05-May-2009 10:16
Once again I have visited this site that i accidently found... Im not sure why my comments are being deleted but Iam very hurt. I will to tell my story on this site for I know that someone knws my mother or grandmother.. My name is Raquel A Feliciano I lived in the Lewis Morris building (1749). from 1982 till 1985, if you have any memories about Lorraine Jones or Adrienne Jones please4 let me knw...

Daniel		04-May-2009 02:53
does anyone remember weber's bakery on fordham road near university?

Paulette Tierney		01-May-2009 21:00
I was born in the Bronx 11/30/48 until I was 13 years old. I lived on 171st Street. Walton and Burnside Avenue. The Pictures were great. I wish I had more childhood pictures. The Bronx is a great place to be from.

Lynne Mazzucco		30-Apr-2009 22:26
This message is for Frank Tricarico. Does your family come from Modugno Bari by chance? My grandfather was Francesco Tricarico and my dad Vito. I live in Canada. My dad came to Canada in 1926. Are we related?

Stewart		24-Apr-2009 03:29
I was born in the Central Maternity Hospitalon the Grand Concourse in 1942. I lived at 108 Clarke Place, went to PS 64,up to the fifth grade. I have many good meemories of my first 10 years. It seemed as though you trusted everyone, you left your fire escape windows open all night,before we all had air conditioners. My father had a laundry business on 169th Street between Walton and the Concourse. I have a recollection of the Blizzard of '47. When it was all over, we came out of our homes and the snow was way over our heads. What a ball we had building snow men and throwing snow balls until we were numb. We left the Bronx for Queens in Aug. 52,but I will never forget how great life was growing up in the Bronx.

Sandy Grau		23-Apr-2009 22:18
After having now read all the comments here I want to add I was born In Bronx Lebanon Hospital. My brother & I both went to private school because the public school PS90 was already not too good, even still we were latch key kids & the bldg's super Grady would keep an eye on us. I went on googlemap & found my old building, snapped at my 12 year old because she couldn't grasp the importance to me & only wanted me to get off! KIDS! I remember the Young Israel synagogue on the corner of the Grand Concourse & 164th (?) street. I have piture from the blizzard of 1967 taken right on the corner of Sheridan ave & 165th Street. Pelham pkwy seemed so grand. It was portrayed to us as though the streets there were paved with gold (rather than the dog poop found on Sheridan ave). I eventually went to Columbus H.S. but left The Bronx in 1975 for Chicago. I still say I am from The Bronx, even though I only lived there 14 yrs.

Sandra Grau		23-Apr-2009 21:34
Thanks so much for the pictures and the memories, both have brought tears to my eyes. I lived in the Bronx at 1011 Sheridan Avenue from 1961 until 1971. As a kid we played at Joyce Kilmer park I remember going to summer concerts at the beautiful fountain, we sledded there in the winter & picnicked there in the summer. As a kid I didn't know we were poor, only that we, my brother & I were the only white kids left. We played stick ball, curb ball off-the-wall & anything else you can play with a spaulding ball. We saved our pennies & bought candy at Phil & Rita's candy store just up the street. There was a dentist (mine) in the first floor of my building I can't remember his name. I went to Dr. Kossin, his office was just down the street. All these memories, I can't thank you enough. When I was 11 we moved to Pelham Parkway on Barnes Ave. I lived there about a year or 2 till my mom passed & then moved the Chicago, which is where I am now. But how i remember those days. Shopping at Alexanders, taking the bus to the RKO Fordham & in the other direction I remember going to Yankee Stadium cheap bleacher seats every Sunday afternoon. The Bank on the corner FELT like a bank. My Uncle Leo had a car repair shop right over there. Thanks again for the memories :>)

The Chief		20-Apr-2009 22:35
While reading your comments, a number of you mention the "Tunnel" and PS 28. Later, it came to me; were you all talking about the tunnel where Tremont Ave passes under the Grand Concourse. Further, there was an elementary school on the east side of the tunnel. Is that PS 28? Small world, I once played Dodge ball there. Still tripping, "The Chief from The Bronx"

Jamal		19-Apr-2009 23:35
Thanks so much for the wonderful photos. I lived on Townsend Avenue around the corner from the Lewis Morris building, went to PS 70 and Wade. So many of these images are familiar - the steps, the tunnel, the triangle building, the buildings themselves. I had an aunt who lived on that very block of Mt. Hope Place. I was there from 1959 until 1965 when we moved to Jersey. There was a corner joint called "Shelley's" on the way to PS 70 where we all used to go for hamburgers at lunch. And the pizza place across from Wade was excellent. So many memories... PS: to "ricky", I don't know if you are the same person but I had a friend by that name in the '60s. If so, you knew me as "Larry Granick" - would love to hear from you.

The Chief		15-Apr-2009 23:46
Hello you Bronxites, I grew up in The Bronx, Beaumont Ave, Davidson Ave, Fteley Ave, Morrison Ave, and lastly Holland Ave. I attended PS 32, PS 26, PS 82, and graduated from Machine & Metal Trades HS (now a Magnate). I remember the Park Plaza, Burnside, Tremont Theatres and all of the movie theatres in the Fordham Rd & Grand Course area. I remember Lime Rickys, Egg Creams sodas, the fresh bagles on Jerome Ave, stick ball and the cops, Suicide Hill, Fordham Hosp, Mt Eden Hosp and a little private hosp on the corner of Tremont Ave and 177 st (aka Snake Hill). I remember singing in the chorus at PS 82 (The Chorale) under Mrs Etta Morris, I remember Jewish holy days and the few Irish and black kids having the school all to themselves. I remember the swimming pool at PS 32, running from the Catholic school kids as we passed thru their school yard on our way to PS 26. I remember riding the Woodlawn #4 train downtown MMT HS on east 96 st, working at K & B Physician's Supply on 80 st & Madison ave Supply, Red Arrow Msg Serv (UPS) and leaving it all behind when I went to war at 18 yoa. I later moved to SC and finally returned to my birth place, Miami, Fl. Through it all I've NEVER forgotten "The Bronx". I recently returned there to bury a sister and was hurt by what I saw. My remaining sisters and I, are planning a twilight trip to NY soon and visit every place we've ever lived and stop at the Italian bakery on 187 st for the last time. We moved to The Bronx in 1959 and left in 1972. I've been all over the world, but there's no place like the "The Old Bronx" (Yes I'm tripping) God Bless America

Judy Ringel Goldstein		14-Apr-2009 04:15
anyone from the Roosevelt Gardens? I lived there from birth to age 21 when I moved to Forest Hills and then married and moved to Westchester where I remain to this day. I remember the Memorial day and Thanksgiving day parades where we would run out to the curb and sit there for what seemed like hours watching all the bands go by. I remember how during the summer months it seemed like the whole Bronx would come to the Roosevelt Gardens to watch the "colored waters" dancing and spraying us in the hot summer nights. I remember sucking out the "honey" flavor from a certain unknown flower and the "security guards" watching over the building and chasing any trouble makers out the complex-there was 14 buildings attached to each other in a semi circle lettered A-M.I lived the "G" and "E" buildings with my mother and sister. I remember Krums where I would stop in for the butternut crunch candy and hot fudge sundaes after my 2 mile walk to Alexanders. Does anyone remember the Highbridge library and the tiny hole in the wall pickle store where my friends and I would stop and get the fattest most sour pickle for the walk home. Thanks for all the great pictures.

Ellen Marcus (Jacki)		12-Apr-2009 05:25
I lived at 1765 Walton Avenue...1/4 block down from Wade JHS..on the corner was Cappy's candy store, Eddie's nut house, and Schlakta's delicatessen on 176th st...between Townshend and Walton..went to PS 70, Wade..then Taft..then Hunter. Went back to the neighborhood a few years ago for a Taft reunion. It was incredible. What is still standing is the triangle on the Concourse...opposite where Alexander's was...and yes...still a recruiting station for our armed forces. Too bad about Mount Eden Center ...my brothers were bar mitzvah'd there ...with Rabbi Hallander....Terrific memories....I'm glad the Bronx is rising again....

SadieSadieMarriedLady@gmail.com		11-Apr-2009 05:04
Please feel free to email me if any of my comments ring true to you. Thanx. Sadie.

Sadie		11-Apr-2009 05:01
1075 GRAND CONCOURSE...anyone live there? 167th Street Meat Market...live chickens..sawdust on the floor, 167th Street Cafeteria, Concourse Y...club was 'beau-ties'.. DANCE SCHOOL on 165th off the Conc...anyone remember name..up a windy outside brick staircase... DOCTORS: Passacov, Berk, DDS Schreiber CANDY STORE: Emma Willie Walton & 165th St

Luca		08-Apr-2009 12:45
Very nice pictures, the Bronx always fascinated me, planning a trip to New York this year and definately going to check the Bronx out!

Guest		06-Apr-2009 00:17
Dear Bronxites, Have a Happy Passover, and a Happy Easter !!! Good Health to all.

Sara Hirsch Berlan		30-Mar-2009 13:43
hi Pat, When did you live at 215 Blush St.??? I was there when it was brand new, 1941-1958 and went to 28, EBB and Walton Your site is the greatest source for all us native Bronxites. My father was a dentist in 1C until 1952. Then we moved to4E. I have only been able to locate one friend fr the bdg.

SARA HIRSCH BERLAN		30-Mar-2009 13:34
HI PAT, MY, MY YOUR RESPONSES LISTED HAVE GROWH HUGE. WHEN DID YOUO LIVE AT 215 BUSH ST?? I LIVED IN 1C, MY FATHER WAS A DENTIST FR 1941, JUST BUILT ALONG W/1996 LIVED IN 4E FRON 1953 TO 1958. HAVE ONLY LOCATED ONE FRIEND-WE GREW UP TOGETHER. YOUR SITE IS WONDERFUL. DID YOU GO TO PS 28???????????????? SARA HIRSCH NOW BERLAN

Steven Siegelman		27-Mar-2009 05:38
I went to PS64, JHS117, and Taft. I graduated Taft in 1966. Lived at 1563 Walton Ave, near the intersection of Mt. Eden and Walton, played stickball in the school yard of PS64.I left the Bx. in 1972 to travel around the world for 3 years and then returned in 1975 and couldn't believe the change. It was just a burnt out area for miles. You can't go back home but I did enjoy growing up there.

Guest		23-Mar-2009 20:22
Thank you so much for your wonderful pictures and for all of the comments. My mom grew up at Sheridan Avenue at 164th. After forty years time, I just returned there to look around and it was still there! What great memories of visits there to see family and go to the Yankees, Paradise Theater. And you know what, that very special world still lives in us. Neil

Guest		21-Mar-2009 14:49
Regarding the documentary "Bronx Princess" --- when given the exact date of appearance on P.B.S., please share it with all your Bronxite friends. Thank you.

bronxprincess		20-Mar-2009 15:51
"BRONX PRINCESS" A new documentary about West African immigrants who live in these very buildings (near Mt. Eden and the Grand Concourse) will be on PBS this September. http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2009/bronxprincess/ http://www.bronxprincess.com

Ruth Price		18-Mar-2009 18:09
Guest I was just about to post a rant in response to today's horribly inaccurate article in the NYT on the Concourse (never the "Grand" Concourse to Bronx residents of my era) and somehow found my way here. Oh my god. I Went to P.S. 70, And Wade, and spent the first 16 years of my life in the Lewis Morris. I Know that tunnel. I had Friends on Featherbed Lane. It is all a lost language now and though your site just about broke my heart, I am grateful to know I was not alone there.

Ann Morano		17-Mar-2009 17:56
Dear Pat: I was in the library looking for pictures about Krum's and came across your site. I was raised in the Bedford Park section on Valentine Ave. My best friend was one of the Krum girls and we still keep in touch..It was the best place in the world in 1958'. Went to EBB, spent Friday nite at the Paradise and afterward to Krum's for ice cream and be with friends. We also loved Poe Park and hung there as well. Everyone knew everyone in our neighborhood and listened to Yankee games -Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris on my transistor radio..I miss those days. Now live on Long Island and don't know my neighbor's name!!Really miss the bronx days. Thanks for this site...Ann

Guest		12-Mar-2009 16:51
your photos are very outrages and thoughtful i couldn't have done it any better. these images are also important to me in a kind of way that make me think of how peaceful and awsome our world really is

Larry		11-Mar-2009 01:00
The pictures are great as were all the neighborhoods that you mentioned. You just missed mine and my school. It was 174th and Nelson Avenue, just north of Featherbed Lane up Macomb's Road. I went to P.S. 104 and J.H.S. 82 (Macomb's) and dated a girl named Lisa who lived just south of the Flatiron Building. Thanks for the great photos and memories. It surely was a beautiful time and borough.

Jennifer		10-Mar-2009 02:12
Great pictures, I grew up in the Bronx E 237th and Byron Ave in the same house my mom grew up in. We left in 1986. Great place to grow up.

Mary Heffron		09-Mar-2009 15:52
Hi, I loved this site. I was thinking about those steps on Davison Ave and I came across your site. I lived 179th st and went to St Margaret Mary's and Aquinas. I spend summers at PS 28. I love the Paridise and Krums.

Guest		08-Mar-2009 01:44
J.P.L.177 Joseph - I asked you first!!!

Guest		06-Mar-2009 18:34
Guest: Re: jpl177 What is your name!!

Marion		06-Mar-2009 17:34
Marion. I typed a previous message, but do see it listed. Loved living in the Bronx. I was born there and left in 1954/ We lived at 975 Walton Avenue. There was a park in front, so we had a clear view of the Grand Concourse. The next time I visit NY (my daughter lives in Brooklyn), I will revisit my old neighborhood. I'm told it has changed. I have wonderful memories connected to my Bronx upbringing.

Guest		06-Mar-2009 17:27
From Marion: I lived at 975 Walton Avenue and l64th Strret. I was born on Shakespeare Avenue and also lived on Nelson Avenue. Both streets were off Featherbed Lane. I think the Bronx expressway eliminated these streets. I lived in the Bronx from 1926 to 1954. I loved living in the Bronx. 975 Walton had a park in front of it and we had a clear view of the Grand Concourse. I remember seeing Franklin Roosevelt being driven on the Concourse. Two train lines stopped at l61st Street. The neighborhood was really grand. The Bronx County Court House and Yankee Stadium stood guard over the area. Addie Vallins was our favorate ice cream parlor. There was a movie on l6lst Street. On special occasions we would go to the Loews Paradise and admire its beautiful sky ceiling. We had a playground and public tennis courts at the back of the huge apartment building I lived in. we ice skated in the winter, when the courts were flooded. Great memories

Guest		04-Mar-2009 05:08
J.P.L.177 [JOSEPH] What is your full name? I'm from your neighborhood.

jpl177		03-Mar-2009 18:31
Lived at 29 E.-177 st. bet. Walton & Jerome, knew everyone in the bldg., from 1944-63- USN-63-67, went to St. Marg. Mary, then Cath.HS, 1/2 brother went to Wade/late 40's, then Stuv., in those days We had it all, great transportation, (buses & trains everywhere!!) tar-beach, echo pk., Yankees-(The MICK!!!),Zoo, Orchard bch., Fordham Rd.-(How many stores bet. Jerome & Webster ave.? In the early years, went to Jos.-Wade, (Summer-school prog.), leather belts, long keychains that You made, that smelly white GLUE, ping-pong, knock hockey, stick ball, softball, took Us swimming at PS-70, I think!!. The Jerome movies-$0.20 all day Saturday!!, The Burnside, Park Plaza & of course, The PARADISE-(w/The stars in the ceiling & Fish in the fountains), KRUMS. Remember walking to Fordham rd., either by way of Jerome ave. or The Concourse, if it was nice out the benches were full of people packed like sardines in Furs(Winter), with all kinds of jewelry, there were a lot of people w/money living in the bldgs. on The GRAND-Concourse. I remember one time We were walking south on the Concourse, maybe going to Claremont pk., as We got to Lewis Morris bldg., the doorman put His hand out to keep Us back, all of a sudden A Huge Black-Limo pulls up, immediatly a Butler comes out w/3-4 dogs on a leash, followed by a maid, & then an older women comes out dressed like something off a Life Mag. cover, the amount of wealth in that bldg. was amazing. Worked in Yankee stad. as a teenager, life was good. In those days, if you were 1-A, no matter what job You found, They would not promote, so went into USN. Remember, being home on leave, early 67, going down to the old Jewish syle deli-grocery store(Resnick-Cooperman, they called Me Yussel, all My life), when I walked in it was all different, being away 3-4 yrs., something had happened, the Pechter's rye, Smoked-Salmon, R & C were gone, the Bronx I knew had come to an end. In later years it started to look like Europe after the 2nd W/W. It is still the Bronx, many places are still there, the street signs still read w/the same names, but My Bronx no longer exists, except in My mind, where it will always stay. As the saying goes, "You can take the boy out of the Bronx, but You can't take the Bronx out of the boy" How true it is. Thank-You for this site, & all of the pictures & memories that They bring back. "A BRONXITE FOREVER"!!!!!!!

Sal		01-Mar-2009 19:59
I lived at 81 Featherbed Lane until 1942. The moved to 105 Eliott Pl. Went Clinton High. Then 3 years in the Army during WW 2.

Dan		01-Mar-2009 02:29
I also lived at 1691 Eastburn Avenue, from 1959-1962, with my mom and grandmother. My mom's cousin was a dentist, and his office was right in front...you walked in the building and turned right. We lived in the apartment behind his office. The living room window faced the street. My cousin's grandparents lived on the 5th floor, and used to take me over to Claremont park to play...I remember watching them build the CBE. I went to PS70 for 1st and 2nd grade. My mom moved us just across the CBE to 225 CBE during my 2nd grade year. She worked, I was a latchkey kid...things were so different back then, never had a problem outside the occasional bully in school. I was back in NY a couple of years ago and drove through the old neighborhood...yes, it's really true, there's no going back. Thanks for posting these pictures.

Guest		25-Feb-2009 15:48
To Frances - What years did you attend P.S. 28?

Guest		25-Feb-2009 15:48
To Frances - What years did you attend P.S. 28?

Guest		25-Feb-2009 01:13
What a delight. I lived on 176th Street and went to both P.S. 28 and P.S. 70 and then to J.H.S. 117, Music & Art and Queens College. I was born on Featherbed Lane. About five years ago I went back and drove around the neighborhood—many changes. But there was the Lewis Morris Building. I recall taking the elevator to the roof. Yes, I recall sitting on the curb watching the Memorial day parades. Still the best parade. We went to the Mt. Eden to go to the movies and I recall buying pickles.Down the hill from 124th East 176th Street was Minnie's grocery, a pharmacy and a candy staore. I loved the long salty pretzels and an egg nog. Thanks for posting these photos. Frances

Guest		25-Feb-2009 01:12
What a delight. I lived on 176th Street and went to both P.S. 28 and P.S. 70 and then to J.H.S. 117, Music & Art and Queens College. I was born on Featherbed Lane. About five years ago I went back and drove around the neighborhood—many changes. But there was the Lewis Morris Building. I recall taking the elevator to the roof. Yes, I recall sitting on the curb watching the Memorial day parades. Still the best parade. We went to the Mt. Eden to go to the movies and I recall buying pickles.Down the hill from 124th East 176th Street was Minnie's grocery, a pharmacy and a candy staore. I loved the long salty pretzels and an egg nog. Thanks for posting these photos. Frances

Frances		25-Feb-2009 01:11
What a delight. I lived on 176th Street and went to both P.S. 28 and P.S. 70 and then to J.H.S. 117, Music & Art and Queens College. I was born on Featherbed Lane. About five years ago I went back and drove around the neighborhood—many changes. But there was the Lewis Morris Building. I recall taking the elevator to the roof. Yes, I recall sitting on the curb watching the Memorial day parades. Still the best parade. We went to the Mt. Eden to go to the movies and I recall buying pickles.Down the hill from 124th East 176th Street was Minnie's grocery, a pharmacy and a candy staore. I loved the long salty pretzels and an egg nog. Thanks for posting these photos. Frances

Guest		16-Feb-2009 21:39
Thank you so much- The pictures are wonderful and your comments were touchingly heartfelt. I lived on 170th and Ogden Ave. in Highbridge until 1969. Thanks again. Frank Burrows

Guest		14-Feb-2009 05:29
Happy Valentine's Day to all you Bronxites!

Guest		31-Jan-2009 23:15
To Walter I recently discovered the two other sites you recommended. I located some friends I haven't seen in over 50 years. Unfortunately, I learned the passing of a few. If in the near future you find other good Bronx sites, please share it with us. Thanks again for your assistance.

Walter K		31-Jan-2009 17:17
To Guest Re: Other Bronx Sites I'm glad to hear that you were able to take a "drive" through the Bronx. There are two other Bronx sites that I look at frequently - www.bronxboard.com and www.backinthebronx.com Both have message boards and photos. "Back in The Bronx" publishes a quarterly magazine that I subscribe to. It has pictures and stories submitted by readers about living in the Bronx long ago and also a classified ad section where you can place a free ad if you subscribe to the magazine (such as: looking for old friends and classmates).

Guest		31-Jan-2009 01:10
TO Walter K. I finally found the "view street!" Thank you so much. I truly enjoyed the ride. What other sites do you recommend?

Walter K		30-Jan-2009 15:07
To Guest Re: Google Maps After you type in an address and click "search", a small image should show up on the right side of the screen. Under it, it says "street view' click on that. There is a little tab in the left hand corner on top of the image. Click on that to enlarge it. To see East Tremont Avenue and PS 28, type in an address like "250 E Tremont Avenue Bronx NY" It should bring you close to the school. Hope this works for you.

Guest		30-Jan-2009 05:31
To Walter K. I followd your directions, but could not find street view. Where did I get lost?

Guest		30-Jan-2009 03:58
Sara Hirsch Berlan, It is thrillinhg to have come across your site. I lived at 215 Bush St. and so many of your guest are from the same area, Graduations were fr PS 28, in 1948,EBB, then Walton and CCNY class of 1958. I went back w/Walter K. We are still in contact. Thanks,bunches.

Mari		29-Jan-2009 15:57
Thanks for taking me down memory lane ;) I am an 80's kid. I went to the castle on the hill PS 31

Walter K		29-Jan-2009 15:00
To Guest Re: Google Maps Yes, you can see buildings or whatever is there now. Some may be partially blocked by trucks or cars. After you get to "street view" you will see super-imposed directional arrows on the road. Click on these arrows to move along north, south, east or west. By moving your mouse in a circular direction, you can get different views of the buildings. Tremont Avenue is a busy street so some of the new stores are blocked out. PS 28 shows up well on the corner, and then you can go south on Anthony to see the mansion on the corner at Mt. Hope Place. These images were probably taken several years ago, but they give you a pretty good idea of how the area has changed. Type in any address in NYC and you should be able to get a street view. Here in North Carolina, I can only get a satellite view of my property (a street view is not available in some smaller towns or cities in the USA).

Guest		29-Jan-2009 00:32
TO WALTER My husband and I moved to Brooklyn in 1970. In 1975 we moved to N.J. We're now retired and living down South. I left my heart in "The Bronx." I think it would be too painful to see all the changes. When following your google directions, do you get to see the actual building?

Walter K		28-Jan-2009 17:21
To Guest - Re: PS 28 I left the Bronx in 1970 and moved to New Jersey. In 2007, my wife and I retired to North Carolina. I continued to go to Yankee games occasionally while living in NJ but don't think I'll ever get to go to the new Yankee Stadium. As I wrote in a few messages below this, some friends and I did return to the Bronx in 2003, walked through our old neighborhoods and took alot of pictures. Alot of the buildings we knew had been knocked down and replaced by smaller ones or turned into parking lots. You can see what the Bronx looks like today - go to Google, click on maps, type in any address in the Bronx and then click on "search". Then, click on "Street View". By moving your mouse around, you can "drive" down the blocks and see what is on either side of the street. I remember the Memorial Day parades on the Grand Concourse. We used to sit on the curb and when the American flag came by, we stood up! How many kids today would do that? The Concourse Plaza Hotel is still there but its no longer a hotel. I think it was taken over by the City.

Guest		28-Jan-2009 05:26
To Walter I graduated from P.S.28 in 1956. The stores have changed. The only thing that remained the same is good "old" P.S.28. Do you still live in The Bronx? I always liked going to the Memorial Day parade on the Grand Concourse. Do you know if they still have the annual parade? The Yankees stayed at the Concourse Plaza Hotel. Is that still on 161 Street?

Walter K		27-Jan-2009 19:16
To Guest Re: PS 28 When did you go to PS 28? Some of the teachers you mentioned, I don't recall. All the buildings on the block between the Concourse and Anthony Avenue still exist. There were some specialty food stores, a 99 cents and up store (where the Devon was ), a Hispanic meat market, a gift shop, a pizza place, a loan and check cashing place, a discount electronics store. Where Marty's Luncheonette used to be, it was all sealed up with steel panels. Going further down on Tremont, Echo Park is now called Julius Richman Park; they added some new playgrounds - of course, the big rocks are still there. My older brother used to play checkers there in the mid 40s. All the checker tables are gone. Just about all the movie theaters in the Bronx are gone, except for The Paradise which was being restored in 2003, and "came back to life" for a few months with some stage shows, but I believe now, nothing is going on there.

Guest		26-Jan-2009 23:21
Yes, I remember the mansion on the corner. The teachers all seemed so old to us. I remember all my teachers. Miss Cook, Mrs.O'Reily, Mrs.Cruisey, Mrs.Wolfman, Mrs. Marcus, Mrs.Hennenfeld, and Mrs.Hockman. What stores replaced all the ones you mentioned? My class learned square dancing. It was difficult getting the boys and girls to hold hands and dance together, at age 10!!! I haven't visited the Bronx in many years,I miss those wonderful years.

Walter K		26-Jan-2009 18:56
To Guest - Re: PS 28 I sure do remember assembly day, once a week, white shirt and red tie which the boys also had to wear for our class picture in 6th grade. I never ate lunch in the lunchroom. I lived just down the block on Anthony Avenue and 175th street. Walked to school every day, even in snowstorms. Do you remember the mansion on the corner of Anthony and Mt. Hope Place? Its still there and was sold to a couple from Manhattan about 3 years ago. I must have walked past that house a thousand times and never saw anyone go in or come out.It was declared a NYC landmark a few years ago. When I went back in 2003, my friends and I once again played ball in the school yard. I brought along a "Spaldeen" which I bought in a Modell's store in New Jersey. I punched a few against the wall and some kids who were there looked at us as if we were crazy. I remember most of the stores on Tremont Avenue between the Concourse and Anthony Avenue. Near the Concourse there was a small grocery store, barber shop, Chinese restaurant, Hausner's meat market, variety store, the Devon (where we spent many Saturday afternoons), a larger food store called the "Food Cart" - one time the "D" fell off and we thought a new Chinese restaurant opened up (LOL). Then there was Marigold's bakery, Sol's Hebrew National Deli and Restaurant, a jewelry store, Dick Flor's German delicatessen, a vegetable and fish store, a Chinese laundry, Marty's Luncheonette, and a shoe repair shop where you could wait and have your shoes resoled. My mother didn't have to go far to do her shopping. All gone now.

Guest		26-Jan-2009 07:01
Guest P.S.28 was renovated in the'50's. The gym was in the attic, and the lunch room was in the basement. If your mother didn't work, you weren't allowed to eat there. Do you remember what we had to wear on assembly day? Girls wore white blouses with a red scarf, and boys wore a white shirt with a red tie. The best teacher I ever had was wonderful "Mrs. Lillian Hennenfeld." [fifth grade] In sewing class girls made an apron, hat, and bag which was needed for cooking class in J.H.S. Do you remember across the street from the school was Marty's lunchette, Sol and Sol's deli, and the Devon movie theater?

Walter K		25-Jan-2009 22:01
To: Roberta Rempell I read your message and see that you graduated from PS 28 in 1954. I graduated in 1952 so, we were both at the school the same time. Some of the teachers I had were Hochman, Buono, Dunworth, Gold, Bennett, and Mr. Weiser who was the only male teacher. The principal was Susannah Schofield. I remember there was a girls' and boys' gym and a couple of steps separating them. To: Pat Morgan I found this site by Googleing PS 28 Bronx NY. The pictures are great and alot were taken in the Grand Concourse area where I grew up in. I was born at Bronx Hospital in 1940 and lived in the Bronx until 1970, then moved to New Jersey and in 2007 moved to North Carolina. In 2003, some friends and I returned to the Bronx for a walk through our old neighborhoods. We went to PS 28 and were able to go inside, registered at the entrance, given passes and were allowed to walk through the halls. The auditorium is still the same, the stage, with the three stained glass panels with the word "WORK" on them. We met the principal who was very surprised to see someone who graduated over 50 years ago. I asked her if they still had my school records (LOL). I often think back to my time in the Bronx, it was a great place to grow up.

afinnegan		23-Jan-2009 03:42
I was born in 1953 and lived on Morris Ave between 182nd & 183rd for the first fourteen years of my life. Attended PS 33 and then EBB. I live in WA state now, haven't been back to the Bronx since. I hear the buildings on that block have been torn down. Anyone have photos of the block in the 50's and 60's. Anyone out there my former neighbor/classmate?

Charles		22-Jan-2009 01:52
I attended PS 70 then PS 83. Lived at 1663 Walton Avenue until 1956 when it was targeted to be torn down to make way for the Cross Bronx Expressway. I remember walking through the tunnel on the way to school. I was even a school crossing guard. I used to play beside a retaining wall by the steps. One night the wall fell. My family moved us to the Highbridge Projects where I lived till '69 - great neighborhood, too! Thanks for the great photos and memories.

Guest		20-Jan-2009 06:48
Hi Bruna, It's so nice to find a long lost neighbor after all these years!

Another guest		19-Jan-2009 20:47
Guest - Jan 19th entry I'm not sure who you are but you do indeed have a good memory! I'm Bruna...

Angie Alexis		19-Jan-2009 16:26
Thanks for the beautiful site on the Bronx. I've lived here for 45 years and I remember what the Concourse was like, specially on Sundays during the summer. The elder ladies sat on their beach chairs getting tanned. The RKO and Valentine theaters, The Paradise with it's original humongous screen and art decorated walls, the red carpet. I wish I could go back in time and just remain there. I have lived in Arizona for two years and in South Texas for 8 months, but I always come home and I wish to die here.

Guest		19-Jan-2009 01:00
To the other guest- Are you related to the Carno family? Possibly, Zita,or Bruna? What a wonderful musical family.

another guest		18-Jan-2009 05:00
To the "guest" who wrote back in July and lived at 160 Bush Street - I lived in that building at 2020 Creston Ave. Went to PS28, EBB, Music & Art HS. We probably know each other...

Guest		14-Jan-2009 04:13
Hi Barbara, Who did you hang out with? Was your mother's name Arline?

Levenstein		13-Jan-2009 19:10
Barbara Rosalsky nee Levenstein Grew up on the Grand Concourse and 182mnd street Went to EBB the to Theodore Roosevelt H S Class of 62 Anyone out there from those days

Guest		11-Jan-2009 04:58
Hello Pat, “Hows By You!” LOL First and foremost, “The Bronx Is Beautiful In Its Own Way”! Thank you for posting about this area of The Bronx, with great photos and commentaries by you and others. I decided to go through all the photos and post comments as I went along (as a “Guest”)… instead of righting a very long post in this area of your website. Especially, when I took a “Drive-by” tour of the old neighborhood this afternoon and took notes as I went along (1-10-09). Pat, I hope you are seated because I used to live in the Siann Hall Building on Walton Avenue for about 20+ years; late 1945 to mid 1965. Yes, you read that right, the building your friend Robby lived in (and you talking to him across the alleyway). And yes, I went to the Mount Eden Center Synagogue, PS. 70, Wade JHS 117 and William Taft High School. Further, each block had their own GROUP of friends and I knew kids from Townsend Avenue, Walton Avenue, Morris Avenue. However, I spend most of my childhood playing on the streets of Selwyn Avenue (my GROUP of friends). Ya, stick ball, punch ball, stoop ball, hit the penny, flipping baseball cards, hide and seek (kick the can), softball (the open lot across from the library)…bike riding, roller skating, basketball, etc. One area in which you did not cover (can’t do it all) is the beautiful Mount Eden Malls running along Mt. Eden Parkway (adjacent to Clairmont Park, from Weeks Ave) and across the Grand Concourse on Mt. Eden Avenue (to Walton Ave)… And also, Clairmont Park. Do you or others recall the play ground at the entrance to the park? Ya, the monkey bars, sliding pond, swings, the “Good Humor” Ice Cream Truck. Aside- I also love photography and enjoyed your other photos as well. Some day when I finally buy a digital camera (got to be the top of the Nikon line (D700 expensive, I still shoot slide film)… I just might venture out and take photos of the old neighborhood. Pat, thanks again for creating this website and also to other people who have posted regarding our old neighborhood. Regards, Skipper

Liz Teet		31-Dec-2008 03:56
hello Lil Joe SantiagoSr. did you have a brother name Luis aka is the 70's(whapo)?

Liz Teet		30-Dec-2008 04:57
Hello, Anybody out there from down the hill on 173rd st btwn webster and park? In the late 60's and early 70's on the corner of webster was a lounge called Tom's Bar on the other side was a bodega the man name was Benny who owned it. before it moved the 48th precint was on the corner along with a glass repair shop I think the name was Mike Auto glass repair. just to throw ut a few names: Belinda Davis; Donald Wilson, Geraldine Loving. If you are out there pls give me a shout out!

MARTY Z		26-Dec-2008 14:32
I Lived on 181ST and GRAND AVENUE forover 20 years. Went to PS 91, Creston JHS And DeWitt Clinton. These were the best years of my life. Lots to do lots of friends. I would love to hear from any of the kids I grew up with, both girls and boys. Marty Zung rxz@webtv.net

Pedro (Pete)		19-Dec-2008 01:13
Pete Garcia: What a great collection of photographs and what a tremondous re-union of fellow Bronx'inthians. I hailed from 212 East Tremont Ave, and remember making that trek across the great divide, the GRAND Concourse to my beloved school, Wade Jr high. Damn those were the good ol'days as they say. And ERNIE, i suffer from a little known disease (known only to me) teflon brain disorder...but i can tell you that Blood and i were pretty good friends. I attended P.S. 28 and if memory serves me correctly the principal at that time was a Mr. Golden. My teacher there was a Mr. shapiro. would love to talk on but there not enough space and time. Thanks my brother for taking us through memory lane!! facebook Pedro Garcia.

Jeff Morris		18-Dec-2008 06:49
Pat, I saw your post on the Lefrak City Memories site and followed your link here. What great photos! Oddly, I am also tied to both places. I was born in The Bronx Hospital in 1955. We lived at 2121 Belmont Ave, but I don't remember it because we moved to 1205 College Ave. when I was 1 or 2. It was part of a group of three buildings bordered by College Ave, Morris Ave. and E. 167th St. JHS 22 was right across the street. I saw comments here from two people who were in that neighborhood -- a Giselle Gonzalez who said she lived at 167th and College, and a Vic Gabay who says he went to kindergarten at PS 53. I attended PS 53 from kindergarten to 2nd Grade; then we moved to Queens -- across from Lefrak City -- in July 1963. The principal at PS 53 was Mr. Spector; I had Miss Rogers in kindergarten, Mrs. Geehan in 1st grade and Mrs. Carrol in 2nd. I had a crush on a girl named Donna, whose last name I don't remember; her best friend was Nancy, and they once appeared together on Wonderama. I think they lived down on Clay Ave., along with a boy named Jerry Jerome. I was friends with Anthony Arana, whose father was our building superintendent. My other friends were Eliot Garfinkel, who moved to Islip Terrace, L.I. in 1962, and Robert Schultz, who I think moved to Co-op City after we left. I visited Eliot once or twice after he moved; it seemed to take forever to get to Suffolk County. My mother stayed in touch with his mother, Lillian Garfinkel. Unfortunately, I recall seeing a newspaper item saying she died in a car crash sometime in the 70s. My grandparents and aunt lived on Belmont Ave. off of Tremont, where we frequently visited. After my grandmother died (on Nov. 21, 1963, the day before JFK was assassinated) and my grandfather died in 1965, my aunt, who was divorced but had remarried, moved to the new Concourse Village. My Uncle Archie and Aunt Rose lived nearer the Concourse, I think on Teller Ave, until they moved up to Yonkers. Although our building's entrance was on College Ave, our apartment was on the 6th floor on the 167th-Morris side, and we had wonderful views; we could see the Manhattan skyline lit up at night, looking straight south so that all the buildings were jumbled together -- the RCA sign, the Empire State lit up, the Mutual of New York tower with its changing lights to indicate the weather forecast. In the other direction, we could look straight up 167th to the Concourse. On 167th were an A&P and an Olinsky's supermarket right across from each other. Olinsky's had real barrels full of sauerkraut, pickels and sour tomatoes. I can recall a fire in the block of stores with the Olinsky's; the damage to the supermarket wasn't bad, but the manager, Murray, a nice man who my mother really liked, collapsed and died of a heart attack. Sorry there seems to be a lot of death in my memories. I do recall being able to see the lights of Yankee Stadium from our windows, but we were Dodger fans (or had been) so I only went to Yankee Stadium once. I vaguely recall walking up a lot of stairs in the midst of a crowd of people. We sat in the bleachers for a day game, and I was 6 years old and not a baseball fan so I really had no idea what I was seeing; I just remember this player with a number 7 on his uniform being right in front of us in the outfield, and the opposing team being a new team called the Angels who had halos on their caps.

Scott Brown		18-Dec-2008 05:34
I was born in Bronx Lebanon Hospital - I lived at 2185 valentine Avenue - we left the Bronx when I was about 6 - but i remember all of these sites 9especially the Lewis Morris) because my grandparents stayed in the Bronx until I was 10 - in fact one grandmother stayed till i was 17. Time sure does fly...

arnie		15-Dec-2008 23:48
This is a great site. I lived at 47 Featherbed Lane. It was already going downhill. I'm glad I made it out alive from there, although many of friends didn't. The drugs, crime, makes me sick to thing about it even now. Look what they did. Anyway, keep this site going 'cause I want to remember the good things ---not the bad

D Walker		13-Dec-2008 20:40
I lived on the Grand Concourse from 1933 to 1951, south of 149th street which has since been demolished for now, The Bronx Community College. I am interested in locating a photo of P.S. 31 'Castle on the Hill". P.S. 31 was located on 144th street and Grand Concourse. The college has since engulfed the entire area, but I heard the 'castle' still stands because of its architecture. For the first half of the 20th century, this one block area (144th street to 149th street) was a mixture of many ethnic groups. Americans from other states and immigrants from many countries. PS 31 was the equalizer. It was truly an American experience. The area held its own unique history that may now be lost forever. It would be nice to hear from someone of that era. Just title it grand Concourse and send to dolor89716@aol.com

Frank Tricarico		10-Dec-2008 22:03
Frank Tricarico we all hung out on the corner of 181st and Arthur Ave at Sid and Jenny Tamburos Candy Store, there were five generations that called this home. Larry C Crazy Anthony C The Shadow Johnny Z Snake Ronnie D Pork Johnnie S Lover Carl D Injun Joe Alfred M Thief Jimmy M Nose there are many, many more, this is only a few. When we reached our 21st birthday we moved to Nick Zapps Bar on the opposite corner. Someone wrote a book about Arthur ave all about the section where we lived.

Frank Tricarico		09-Dec-2008 18:39
Frank Tricarico Born in the Bronx and lived the rest of my years on 183rd and huges ave then moved to Long Island, now in Florida. As for growing up in the Bronx For get about it, it was the best. Good times good friends and lot's of stories to remember. Iam still looking for an Artuso Bakery or an Atrhur Ave shopping place.It holds lot's of good memorys for my wife and myself. That was when people really got along in the best area to live. We who lived in the Bronx are the choosen people.

Sam Goodman		04-Dec-2008 15:06
Like so many others, my grandparents located to the Grand Concourse during the 1920's. Now, nearly 100 years later I own a co-op apartment on the boulevard and work as an urban planner in The Bronx. This collection of photos is amazing and I thank you for your remarkable effort. As for the Mount Eden Center on Morris Avenue at East 173rd Street, that's where my great grandfather, grandfather, father and me all worshipped. Its gone now, but not forgotten.

Sam Goodman		04-Dec-2008 15:05
Like so many others, my grandparents located to the Grand Concourse during the 1920's. Now, nearly 100 years later I own a co-op apartment on the boulevard and work as an urban planner in The Bronx. This collection of photos is amazing and I thank you for your remarkable effort. As for the Mount Eden Center on Morris Avenue at East 173rd Street, that's where my great grandfather, grandfather, father and me all worshipped. Its gone now, but not forgotten.

Harriet		22-Nov-2008 21:56
Thanks for bringing back such wonderful memories. I lived at 1533 Townsend Ave. Left The Bronx in 1956 to live in Brooklyn than in Bayside NY. I recommend a subscription to a magazine "Back in the Bronx"(914-592-1647) All the stories celebrate the experience of growing up and living in the Bronx. You can place an ad in the magazine if you are looking for childhood friends. I found two long lost friends after 50 years. The first time we spoke was like the fifty years never happened. I attended PS 64,Wade 117,and Taft High School

Vic Gabay		22-Nov-2008 21:09
Pat -- great photos! To put it mildly, they brought back many wonderful memories. I was actually born on the Concourse, at Dr. Left's Maternity Hospital, a tiny building on the corner of (I think) 176th Street & the Concourse. I left Da Bronx in 1971, but before that I lived at 1378 College Ave (170th Street) then 1265 Walton Ave (168th Street). I attended PS 53 for kindergarten, then PS 88, first & second grades, back to 53 for four years, then onto JHS 22 (Jordan L. Mott), and finally graduated Science in '62. Da Bronx was a great place to grow up in those days, but the last time I visited the old neighborhoods (maybe 20 years ago), it was a disaster. Morris Ave (the next block over from College), Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman were all GONE!! Nothing but empty lots, all those wonderful apartment buildings were no longer there, south of 170th. The building across the street from my building on Walton was nothing but a burned out shell -- no windows, no floors or ceilings, just the outside of the building was left standing. I had trouble holding back the tears. Like some other postings said, you can't go back -- but I do have some great memories of my old home town, DA BRONX.

Liz Teet		22-Nov-2008 03:51
OMG!!!!! Indeed awesome! I lived at 425 East 173rd St btwn Park and Webster. I went to P.S. 58 on Washington St. also Jhs 148 on 169th 3rd ave. Theodore Roosevelt fordham rd yes, I loved that white castle across the street. Grand concourse brought back a lot of memories! Even though the bldg I lived in is no longer there; but my memories are. I had lots of fun in the Claremont projects! I thank you much!

Mark Daniel Terrades		13-Nov-2008 18:38
Pat Morgan - Wow!!! I've been gasping since I stumbled upon your fantastic pictures. I was searching for "The Grand Concourse" just to see what was out there, and your site was the first listing on Google. My name is Mark Daniel Terrades and I'm 41 years old. I lived at 152 E 171st Street, Apt. 1-B from 1967 - 1976. I carry those first nine years of my life deep in my soul. I now live in Pasadena, CA and have been in this area over 25 years, but when asked where I'm from, I always refer to "The Bronx". All of your pictures nearly brought me to tears because of the many good as well as bad (relatives getting mugged) memories that I have of the neighborhood. I haven't been back in New York for at least 15 years, so these pictures have really hit home. The Art Deco is so gorgeous and you really brought it to life in your photos. I attended PS 64 for kindergarten and Christ the King Catholic School from first through third grades. I was raised by my Cuban grandmother and her sister, my God-mother; but in fact, it was "the village" that raised me. My building was actually 3 buildings connected together with a courtyard at the center. I'm sure there's still some skin from my knees somewhere on that courtyard. My cousins, friends, and I were always on each other's fire escapes and on the roof tops. My neighbors were Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Black (as we referred to the African American culture in my "day") and Jewish. We walked everywhere, or took the "4" & "D" trains to get to Manhattan or Coney Island. I don't remember the bus lines on the Concourse, but we rode them down to Fordham Road to shop at Alexander's and Sears. I named my 11 year old son "Alexander", after a cousin I grew up with in this neighborhood, but as well for the many memories I have from shopping at the store. My favorite place to eat was the counter at Woolworth's on 170th Street and Jerome Ave. I have endless memories of such a great time in my life. I was abruptly removed from the Bronx by my father in 1976, and lost contact with my childhood friends. The only two names I can remember are Michael Henderson, a black kid, and Kevin Frawley, an Irish kid. We were great friends at that time. If you're out there, please drop me a line. My email is: tarecomdt@sbcglobal.net. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, Pat Morgan, for the trip down the memories of the Concourse.

Giselle Gonzalez		13-Nov-2008 16:45
Wow this took me back. I lived on E 167 st and college Ave, then we moved to the Butler houses E 173 st and Webster Ave. At that time I remember violin lessons and Ballet were given by little old ladies at the community center I go through there these days and all I have are those memories. Thank you for pointing to the beauty that's still there. I'll always love the Bronx. Giselle Gonzalez

Guest		03-Nov-2008 01:16
I lived on G.C. til 1969 when we moved to England. I was born in the hospital on Mount Eden & my brother was born in Fitch hospital. attended P.S.70 from kindegarten - 1969 (6th grade). Does anyone remember Kreigels deli? Am going to pass on details of this site to my dad - he can remember lots of stuff from around that time. Thanks for memories.

Lil Joe SantiagoSr.		27-Oct-2008 06:37
I grew up around 173st and 172st Bathgate ave in the bronx from 1964-1972 before I went to the Marine Corp.I attend P.S.4,J.H.S.118 and DeWitt Clinton.I remember John's Bargain Store and the corner Drug Store, fruit and vegetable stands.Also the great pizza on Tremont Ave. Got a slice and small coke for .50 cents. Your pics are very nice thanks

Esther M.		20-Oct-2008 15:24
WOW! The photos are great. I was raised, studied,worked and married in the Bronx. I have wonderful memories. PS 20, PS 75, Morris HS. I never worried about traveling on trains or buses.

Djinna Gochis		18-Oct-2008 22:55
I began blogging a bit over a year ago, and part of what I am coming to do (in that I have no kids) is to begin to offer a personal history among the other commentaries within the blog (DjinnfromtheBronxTwo.blogspot.com/). I think I will be leaning more and more to doing that, with photos. Anyway, I was lying on my bed and I wanted to see if there was any picture of my old apartment building 1596 Townsend Avenue, Townsend and Mt. Eden. I left that place at 16 and moved over towards 231 Street, then in 1981 moved to LA, where I have lived half my life. I found your gallery, and although Townsend Avenue building is now a school (the landlord finally succeeded in getting everyone out), and although my memory of where things were is hazier than it should be, these photos brought waves back. My first bank was also Dollar Savings. I still have the cancelled passbook. The brick, yes! I am going to link to your gallery, so you have credit of course, but also because I don't have photos of the area (other than some black and whites of people with it in the background)and want people who cannot imagine that place or time to see it, to complement my words as I go along. Nancy's Tunnel, what was it's real name. I seem to think there was a candy store near there, Mrs. Bee's. What fun.

Judy Speckmann Garlow		17-Oct-2008 14:41
My grandma Speckmann lived in an apartment house on Tremont and Morris Ave.. The building is still there. My mom taught school at PS8 until 1955, when she died at 49. My Grandma Beckmann owned a boarding house on Walton Ave, 1 block from Fordham Rd. I am trying to find the address and the name of the street that crosses Walton. The hugh house was on the corner. I loved the Bronx. Thanks for the pictures,lots of great memories. Judy

Virge Castillo		16-Oct-2008 18:47
These are some great pictures. Does anyone know the name or number of the elementary that was on Grand Concourse one block away from the Post Office on 149th street? I thought it was P.S. 151 but I am not sure. Thanks.

denise john		15-Oct-2008 10:59
I grew up in the south bronx and attended ps 39 which is gone now, the building still stands though. I lived on Dawson St. probably 1950-1955, where our building stood is a park now, ironically one of the buildings in the park is addressed 832, the number of our building. How nice that you were able to get such nice pictures of your old neighborhood. Things change but memories never go away, thanks

Anthony Inman		15-Oct-2008 03:36
Wow! The pictures bought back so many memories of my days living in the Bronx. I lived on Topping Ave 173 Street. I attended P.S. 70 in the 70’s and I do remember the pool in the basement of the school and gym on the roof. Thanks for the memories.

NICK PERDIKOS		13-Oct-2008 02:31
NICK HI PAT, ARE YOU RELATED TO STEVE MORGAN? I GREW UP ON CLIFFORD PLACE AND I AM STILL HERE AT MY MOMS HOUSE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL HOLDING UP. NEW PEOPLE BUT ALL NICE. NO PROBLEM AT ALL. YOUR PICTURES WERE GREAT. I WISH WE HAD PICS FROM THE PAST. ANYWAY GOOD TO SEE YOUR PICS, TAKE CARE

Mary DeAngelo		11-Oct-2008 18:00
I enjoyed your pictures so much and was so saddened to see the best area's of where I grew up were destroyed, so much that it almost made me cry. I grew up on 1905 Andrews Avenue. The area where we lived was all Jewish at the time, and most of the residents were doctor's and lawyers. My father worked at the Hilton Hotel at the time. We were right across the street from P.S. 26, which is where I went to school when I was a child. My sisters and brother all went there, and during lunch time, we would run across the street to go home and have our lunch. We would always play in the school yard when we were finished with school. I remember a jewish bakery down the block from me who made the best jelly donuts! Thank you so much for sharing those pictures. If my father were still here, I know he would be enjoying them also.

Guest		04-Oct-2008 03:46
I graduated from PS 28 in 1954. Anyone else around from those years? I still have class pictures from Mrs. Widman's class, Mrs. Michael's class, and Mrs. Fisher's class! Let me know if you are in those pictures. Roberta Rempell

Guest		03-Oct-2008 21:11
Thanks for these pictures - they are beautiful. This is my current neighborhood and I love it. Moved back to NYC after finishing college and settled here - right on the Concourse, a little north of Burnside - in a nice big apt in an Art Deco building :) After 8 years here, I've had so little trouble (really!) it's not worth talking about. Let's talk about the community here instead. People still say hello/hola, the kids still play ball in the streets, still go in the hydrants in the summer. I'm not trying to paint a perfect picture (it is still NYC in 2008) but the more things change, perhaps the more they also stay the same?

Ernie		03-Oct-2008 07:52
Graduate of PS 28 in 1969.My favorite teacher Mrs Mateo in 6th Grade.Was a classmate of Mitch "Blood" Green in 4th grade(go to www.bronxboard.com)Class pictures PS 28 Class 4-1-2 1967.Lived on Mt Hope Place between Walton and Jerome.Naturally I went to Wade (loved the pics).Missed playing stickball their at the "U".Spent many mornings at Wade playing chess in the parking lot on Mr Marshall's Cadillac ! Great pictures ofn the whole neighborhood and like other writers appreciate the great buildings on the Concourse. Spent many summers playing softball vs PS 70 teams.Missed going thru the tunnel leading to the Concourse Branch Library.Back in the day who needed the internet when we had the joy of visiting the library.

Walter		27-Sep-2008 13:10
I was born and grew up in the Bronx, where I lived till my family moved to the Inwood section of Manhattan in 1968. I attended Evander Childs High School. I remember going to Fordham Road to shop in Alexanders and Sears, and buying a knish. I also went to the movies at the Lido Theater on Fordham Road - a double feature for 99 cents. I kept my money in the Dollar Savings Bank - a beautiful building. Now I live in Europe, and I could just as well live anywhere. I can't go back to the Bronx anymore, but as you said, somehow, it remains home. Thank you for refreshing my memories. At 58, I find myself becoming more and more nostalgic.

Guest		22-Sep-2008 18:55
Hi All: I lived on E. 206th street. 1951-1974 Went to PS8, 80, Mt St Michael and Manhattan College! So I guess I got an education in the Bronx! MoM worked at Krums Candy Store! Great Great Memories!

Joe Lania		09-Sep-2008 22:05
Spent so much time in that area.Went to PS64 (1966-69)4th grade to 6th. Lived on Elliot and Walton. Walked the Concourse EVERY DAY to JHS 117 (Wade) and moved to Jessup Ave for awhile before WE ALL GOT THE MEMO to move to Co-op City in 1971. My paternal grandma lived off of Fordham (behind the White Castle) on Belmont. I loved those old buildings, and as a typical boy, we travelled the neighborhood. Best place to live at the time. WE WALKED EVERYWHERE... Good lives, good friends.. nice family times. The Bronx was ours!!

Arnold		02-Sep-2008 16:01
I lived at 47 Featherbed Lane between 1968 and 1990. This site brought back such memories ---both good and bad. I went to Taft H.S. and graduated in 1972 then on to Lehman College. Bronx boy makes good!!!! Keep this site going.

Guest		28-Aug-2008 22:53
Guest To- Alan Ouimet St.Barnabas Hospital currently leasing the once Royal Hospital plans to build a ten story out-patient facility. I thought you would like to know what's happening to the hospital you were born in.

Alan Ouimet		26-Aug-2008 20:49
Great pictures. I was born at the Royal Hospital, in 1937, on the Grand Concourse. Lived at 2234 Ryer Avenue not one block from Saint Simon Stock where I went to school. Love you pictures especially the Loew's Paradise. I remember the Saturday matinee's - ten cents for two movies and cartoons. And you could take a chance on a raffle of one acre of land on Long Island. Was just a desert then. Now we live in Madison, CT - and always remember the Bronx in its hayday. Tar roof on hot nights, remember?

Mara		23-Aug-2008 19:43
This is to Elliot M. Roth: I went through elementary school with your brother Fred. I still have our kindergarten picture. He wore a cool flannel shirt. Mara

Guest		11-Aug-2008 03:23
Hi Mara, There is some Roosevelt history on the internet. There's too much to write under this small comment rectangle. I think you will enjoy reading some of those facts. Student Gossip - We were proud of Dion And The Belmonts, the famous White Castle, the known fact that the assistant principal- Mrs.Schneider, would put on bobby socks and catch the girls smoking in the bathroom. We had a really bad basketball team that lost every game, no football team, but a terrific glee club that practiced during zero period. We were a fun loving group of students. We have fond memories. The Roosevelt building will remain at the same location. Four smaller educational groups will use the property.

Mara		11-Aug-2008 01:06
Hello Guest, So sad to hear the school closed. Hard to imagine that area without Roosevelt. I rmember as a young girl it was referred to "The Maternity Ward" Do you know much about the school's history?

Mara		10-Aug-2008 21:07
Hello Guest, So sad to hear the school closed. Hard to imagine that area without Roosevelt. I rmember as a young girl it was referred to "The Maternity Ward" Do you know much about the school's history?

Guest		10-Aug-2008 16:21
Hi Mara, I graduated from Roosevelt H.S. in 1962. Graduation was held in the school auditorium. June,2008 was the last graduation. Sadly, the school closed.

Mara		08-Aug-2008 12:09
Hi "GUEST", This is Mara again. Lost this site and had to hunt to find it again-. I graduated from Roosevelt HS in 69 at the Loew's Paradise. I now live in Ellijay Ga. Tell me when you graduated.

Herb (Herk)		07-Aug-2008 03:33
I was born in 1928 and lived in 4 apartments until my 22nd birthday. These were located on Eastburn, Monroe and Topping Avenues. I attended PS 70, Wade and Taft HS ... graduated Taft in 1949. PS 70 was my hangout as well as the old handball courts in Claremont Park (down the steps). My friends and I played stickball and punchball on Eastburn Ave during the early 40's. I read someplace that..."The happiest people are not those who have the best of everything, but those who make the best of what they have." ... and we sure did.

Richie Bionda		05-Aug-2008 14:16
Richie Bionda Thanks for the photos. I grew up in 2155 Mohegan Avenue at the corner of Bronx park South from 1936 to 1957. I went to PS 69, JHS 118, and Theodore Roosevelt HS

Guest		28-Jul-2008 01:08
Mara I live in Marietta Ga. and graduated from Roosevelt. Where in Ga. do you live?

Mara		27-Jul-2008 22:11
WOW!! I went to PS 70 - the school with the swimming pool you mentioned (1955-61) then on to Wade JHS. It was really getting tough then. I remember girl fights almost every afternoon. (1961-64). Then Taft HS, moved in 66 and transferred to Roosevelt HS & graduated in 69 at the Lo-ez Paradise. I am in north Georgia now (?) & delight in finding Bronx trivia. This is a GREAT site. So many wonderful pix. Does anyone remember the Roosevelt Gardens Apts on the Concourse, around 171st St? Or the Sugar Bowl candy store across from Taft? Or the Jewish Book Store across from the Luxor Theater? Such fun. THANK YOU!

lucy johnston		27-Jul-2008 08:54
Wonderful pictures. Brought back so many memories. I was born and lived in the Bronx for nineteen years, until I got married and moved away. I lived on E. 227th St. between Bronxwood ave. and Barnes ave. Went to PS. 2l, PS 113 and Evander Childs H. S. I remember all the stores along Gun Hill Road. The neighborhood was mostly Italian and the stores were stocked with wonderful Italian food. Although I have never been back there I still have vivid memories of that neighborhood. I went to the Laconia movie theater and some others whose names I have forgotten. I cherish my memories of that wonderful time and that wonderful place.

RON		26-Jul-2008 05:24
My name is Ron. I lived, with my brother Richy(I was called Peewee back then), at a boarding house from around 1952 thru 1955. I can't remember the exact address. I do know that it was on Featherbed Lane, one block from the elementary school and all the homes that were torn down to make room for the Cross Bronx Express Way. There was a candy store on the other corner. Across from that was a Kosher poultry slaughterhouses...I remember the chicken running around after it's neck had been slit and dropped in a basket. The way they held an egg up to some type of light(candling) to tell if it was fertile or not. The Roman Catholic Church and Jewish Synagogue. The lady who owned the house was known to us as Miss Kelly. The house to the right was owned by a very religious Jewish family. The house to the left was owned by an older lady who worked for the state at some kind of reform school. The neighborhood was ethnically diverse. To quote, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...." After the third grade we were reunited with our mother and father and lived on Barnes avenue and 224th street in the North East Bronx, attended P.S.41 ON 225th street, between Barnes avenue and White Plains Road, Olinville Jr.H.S. and graduated from Evander Childs High school. I met the "love of my life", Bethy(Liz), on Barnes avenue, when we were only 17. We were married in 1966 at, Our Lady of Grace church. We now live in Las Vegas. Did you ever stop to think?..that The Bronx is the only borough of the five Boroughs that is referred to as "The"... It's not...The Queens, The brooklyn, The Manhattan, The Staten Island or The Long Island, But it is and will always be, The Bronx. We were born and raised in... "The Bronx". Thank you for the photos and the memories. Ron

Guest		26-Jul-2008 02:43
Sheryl 1965

Guest		23-Jul-2008 18:03
SHERYL---WHAT YEAR DID YOU GRADUATE EBB JR.H.S. 115 ?

Guest		22-Jul-2008 08:02
Sheryl I lived at 2474 Grand Ave and on Aqueduct Avenue. Attended PS33, EBB Jr HS 115, Bx Science.Your photos brough lots of memories to life. My building had this huge courtyard( at least it seemed huge), with a lobby that was marble and we would play king and queen on the steps. Would take short cuts to family on University area by climbing up the "hill" in the alley to get to the top of the Aqueduct. in those days traffic was the danger ( 1950-1972) and I remember being told to use the el to get across the big street on Jerome Ave. I live in the midwest now and they don't get the candy stores, Krums, Jahns and that amazing Paradise Theatre. The little Lido theatre too. Poe Park. I remember watching the tags at Loehman's for something to get down to where I could buy it. Alexanders was so ahead of its time. There is a book called the Old Neighborhood and in it are these descriptions of the Grand Concourse from the '50's that held true till Coop city got built.Your photos capture the glory of those buildings and what neighborhoods should be. thanks for the memories.

Judy		19-Jul-2008 02:24
Thx so much! I grew up on Popham Ave near the Sedwick Library in the late 60's, went to Sacred Heart and LOVED walking down Featherbed Lane!

BARBARA DOOLE		19-Jul-2008 01:40
thanks for the memories grew up on nelson ave&174 st. hung around park plaza is it still there?went to grace dodge h.s.graduated in 1957.THANKS AGAIN BARBARA

barbara doole		19-Jul-2008 01:31
loved your pictures would love to see more i grew up on174st.&nelson hung around park plaza1954.would love to see pictures university avefordham rd.thanks for the memories.barbara grace dodge h.s 57.

Guest		12-Jul-2008 23:13
Hi, I lived at 1685 Morris Avenue, around the corner from the library and across the street from the church and Mt. Eden Shul from 1956 to 1969. My grandparents lived on the 5th floor and we lived on on the 6th. I went to PS 70 and Wade as well then onto Music & Art. Live in the Florida Keys now but recently took my husband to see the old neighborhood. Sometime things from your childhood are smaller then you remember them but the hills of the Bronx are still as steep! Beautiful photographs! Thanks, Rita Irwin

Guest		12-Jul-2008 20:52
GUEST I LIVED AT 160 BUSH STREET, AND THE BACK ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING WAS 2020 CRESTON AVE. IT WAS A SMALL STREET OFF THE GD.CONC.- AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE ROYAL HOSPITAL. BETWEEN BURNSIDE AVE.AND 179TH ST. I WENT TO P.S.28 ON TREMONT AVE.AND ECHO PL. THE JUNIOR H.S.I ATTENDED WAS 115 ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING ON 183RD ST. AND RYER AVE. I WENT TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT H.S.ON FORDHAM ROAD. I WORKED AT ALEXANDER'S DURING MY SENIOR YEAR. MY UNCLE LIVED IN THE LEWIS MORRIS BUILDING. IT WAS THE ONLY BUILDING IN THE BRONX THAT HAD A DOOR MAN, AT THAT TIME. I BELONGED TO THE YWHA AND LOVED GOING TO THE YOUNG TEEN DANCES. I LOVED WALKING ON THE CONCOURSE WINDOW SHOPPING. I ENJOYED GOING TO POE PARK ON WED.NIGHTS DURING THE SUMMER, MEETING AND MAKING FRIENDS. IT WAS FUN GOING TO THE PARADISE LOOKING UP AT THE STARS, AND THEN GOING TO KRUM'S,OR JAHN'S FOR DESSERT. IN THE WINTER WE WENT ICE SKATING AT THE OLD OXFORD MOVIE THEATRE ON JEROME AVE.AND 183RD ST. ROLLER SKATING WAS ON JEROME AVE.AND FORDHAM RD.NEAR KINGSBRIDGE. WHAT FOND MEMORIES. I NOW LIVE DOWN SOUTH. IF YOU EVER VISIT THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING I GREW UP IN. I MISS THE JEWISH DELI, THE GARDEN BAKERY, AND THE SEVEN BROS.DINER ON BURNSIDE AVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE !!!

Mike		10-Jul-2008 02:51
I'm from Co-Op City. And I'm making a documentary film about the South Bronx and the last year of the old Yankee Stadium. I'd like to talk to people who lived in the area pre-1970s. If you lived in the South Bronx and are interested in sharing some stories, I'd love to hear them. You can contact me at mkgartland@hotmail.com. Thanks.

NEEKO SANTANA		03-Jul-2008 22:59
OH YEAH....175 AND DAVIDSON IN FRONT OF 1711....176....D.STREET ....170...... ELIOTT..

NEEKO SANTANA		03-Jul-2008 22:57
WOW I AM GASPING FOR AIR...HOW DID YOU GET THAT PICTURE ON TOP OF THE STAIRS ON DAVIDSON I USED TO LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.....AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIO ABOUT THAT LAND ...IT IS NOT THEIRS..........I GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE....I WANNA CRY!!!!THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD ...FEATHERBED LANE...CLIFFORD PLACE...WALTON...TOWNSEND...LEWIS MORRIS....THE 4 TRAIN ...JEROME AVE...THE GAS STATION ON JEROME..WOW....I WANNA GO HOME....LOVE NEEKO

Patrick		02-Jul-2008 23:08
Great pics. Was a beautiful place back in the day, way more expensive than where I lived on 184th between Washington and Park Ave. A great place to hang out. Thanks for the memories.

arlene dolen		02-Jul-2008 01:36
I'm going to have a fight with my husband if I don't get into the kitchen. PAT MORGAN - thank you...I won't be able to shake the Bronx until maybe my third reincarnation. Found your site by looking for Macombs Rd., Featherbed Lane, University Ave., etc. My neighborhood - 1647 Macombs Road was my home for almost 15 years. Guess the Park Plaza Movie isn't around anymore but that beautiful Paradise is. Used to have lime rickies next door and great ice cream across the street at Krum's. Thank you for bringing life back to my memories! Arlene Dolen

j.r.		19-Jun-2008 00:06
Did you go to Wade JHS?

Bob		15-Jun-2008 03:33
Thank you so much for the trip down memory lane. I found your site looking up bronx aparment bldgs. I am so happy I found this site. I was born in the Central Maternity Hospital on the Grand Concourse in 1959. Grew up on Topping Ave bet 173rd and 174th Sts. Attended PS 70 on Weeks Ave, spent 4 months at Macombs JHS 82 then went on to St Adalberts on 155th and Melrose Ave finally graduating from Cardinal Hayes in 1977. Lived in the Thomas Gardens Apts across from the County Courthouse on Grand Concourse before moving to California in 1987. I remember the Bronx so well. In spite of the fact that I grew up in the Tremont section as it was "changing" I believe it was the best place on earth and I'm so very happy to have grown up there. I proudly tell people "I'm Bronx, NY born and raised" Thanks again for this wonderful site. Bob

Devora		12-Jun-2008 23:17
Does anyone remember the Devora building on the Grand Concourse?

darrett		02-Jun-2008 03:06
thanks for the photos of featherbed lane. I lived at 15 featherbed lane from 1969-1975 and used to love to watch the trains come down the tracks from 170th st to mt eden ave. many a memory playing stick ball in the streets, watching cars roll down the cross bronx expressway, and planes flying over the BX leaving LaGuardia airport to Barbara Drier...what years did you go to PS 88? I was ther from 1966-67 pre kindergarden and kindergarden. Do you remember Mrs Massey?

melanie towler		25-May-2008 03:11
U took a nice picture of my building on 1695 Grand Concourse.Did u remember the black out in 2003? I use to go to school at st.Marget Mary and Crist the King in the Bronx and if u know where those schools are can u take pictures of them?

melanie towler		25-May-2008 02:55
U took a nice picture of my building on 1695 Grand Concourse.

kevin reynolds		22-May-2008 18:03
I loved the colorful and clear images that are here. One of my children was born in Bx Lebanon Hospital and I remember the Coucourse very fondly. Great photos ! Thanks for the invite !

Miike Maranto		21-May-2008 20:19
Thank you so much for sharing the wonderful pictures of Bronx. I live at the corner of 176 and Morris Ave in 1990's. You sure did bring old memoroies back. I used to take the trains from Grand Concourse near 176 street(My favrite D Train). Your effort is much appreciated here.

omar		19-May-2008 11:10
Took a quick look and the pictures and captions are great. What inspired you to document your neighborhood? It seems that there are several chapters in a story. Your chapter precedes my experiences, since I was part of the new wave of immigrants inhabited the south Bronx. I'm sure there are areas of overlap, but it's great to hear the memories of a place that is near and dear to us. Omar 2025 walton ave.

ELLIOTT M. ROTH CPA		18-May-2008 19:39
Great photos. As the cbx was being built , my building that i lived became the corner house on townsend (1605) my apartment overlooked the handball courts, where i spent my days. (when i went to taft i was on the handball team and those handball courts were taft's home court). As i worked my way through college i worked two stores down from the paradise theatre at the concourse paradise catering hall. sometimes i would work from saturday morning to sunday night preparing smorgesbords for weddings and bar mitvahs (i don,t remember any bat mitvahs then). the then owner of the concourse paradise and his son are now my clients. i had friends on walton avenue, perhaps you knew them. Jay Citron, Jeffrey Gutterman, Linda Zuckerman amongst others. When I got married in 1971 I moved to 1560 grand concourse. Around that time quanset huts were used as classrooms for ps 70. it was time for my daughter to start school. i then moved to tappan, ny. I am still in Rockland County ny. I have not back to The Bronx for a number of years. I normally use the Harlem River Drive to go home and I stopped using the Major Deegan. i saw the name Ricki Tiven, I believe I went to school with here. My brother Fred who you may know (as i believe he knows your brother) still goes for his haircuts to jerrys baber shop on mt. eden and jerome. My brother lives in yonkers.

Harvey		17-May-2008 19:38
Incredible photos. I grew up (1953-73) in the Rosalie (215 Mount Hope Place) and it hurts so much whenever I go back to visit the east coast. I would have been quite happy staying in my art deco neighborhood for the rest of my life but it wasn't to be. Even my high school (Taft) is now a part of history. Oh well, life goes on.

lauri rovin ward		11-May-2008 18:06
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful photos. Many of the pictures captured the neighborhood I grew up in from 1950-1964. I lived at 230 East 173 St. (corner of Eastburn) across from P.S. 70 and remember going to the library and then to Shelley's candy store for a malted, around the corner, afterwards. I believe one of your previous posters, "Ricki" may be Ricki Tiven who lived across the street. I also attended Wade before my family moved to Forest Hills (I attended Music & Art H.S.). Claremont Park, where my brother Gary and I played and got ice cream from Good Humor man on the corner; "The Ovals," Mt. Eden Temple where my parent's were married; the movie theatre and hospitals on Mt. Eden Avenue; The Luxor movie theatre on 170 Street, where you could buy chocolate wafer Delicia bars and the Waldorf diner and the Chinese restaurant on the other side of 170th Street, all bring back many wonderful memories. The stores on 174 Street - before and after the Cross Bronx Expressway plowed through our neighborhood: Steinberg's Toy Store and card shop, Deutch's dairy, the shoemaker, the drug store on the corner of Morris Ave and 174th, the A&P 1 block north of P.S.70, and the bakery - were also haunts. I also have fond memories of weekend evenings spent standing and talking, laughing and singing with dozens of friends in front of Roosevelt Gardens in the early 1960s. Last month I was contacted by 2 friends from P.S. 70 (we were in the same classes from 1st-6th grades and all graduated together in 1961). After 45 years, we're having a reunion dinner on the Upper East side of Manhattan tomorrow night!

Lauri (Rovin) Ward		11-May-2008 17:56
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful photos. Many of the pictures captured the neighborhood I grew up in from 1950-1964. I lived at 230 East 173 St. (corner of Eastburn) across from P.S. 70 and remember going to the library and then to Shelley's candy store for a malted, around the corner, afterwards. I believe one of your previous posters, "Ricki" may be Ricki Tiven who lived across the street. I also attended Wade before my family moved to Forest Hills (I attended Music & Art H.S.). Claremont Park, where my brother Gary and I played and got ice cream from Good Humor man on the corner; "The Ovals," Mt. Eden Temple where my parent's were married; the movie theatre and hospitals on Mt. Eden Avenue; The Luxor movie theatre on 170 Street, where you could buy chocolate wafer Delicia bars and the Waldorf diner and the Chinese restaurant on the other side of 170th Street, all bring back many wonderful memories. The stores on 174 Street - before and after the Cross Bronx Expressway plowed through our neighborhood: Steinberg's Toy Store and card shop, Deutch's dairy, the shoemaker, the drug store on the corner of Morris Ave and 174th, the A&P 1 block north of P.S.70, and the bakery - were also haunts. I also have fond memories of weekend evenings spent standing and talking, laughing and singing with dozens of friends in front of Roosevelt Gardens in the early 1960s. Last month I was contacted by 2 friends from P.S. 70 (we were in the same classes from 1st-6th grades and all graduated together in 1961). After 45 years, we're having a reunion dinner on the Upper East side of Manhattan tomorrow night!

Marie		04-May-2008 18:42
I didn't grow up in this area of The Bronx - my area was Woodlawn - but, I can tell you, no matter where else you roam in life, your Bronx years stay with you - forever in your heart. Most people don't understand the magical quality of The Bronx - perhaps the most-maligned borough in NYC. One should be proud to come from there. There is so much history. I dream of it frequently.

E.DEIGHAN		28-Apr-2008 17:56
I LIVED AT 212 E 182 ST IN THE 70,S BUT THE BLACK OUT TORE THE HEART OUT OF THE NEIBGHOOD.SO THESE PHOTOS ARE NICE BUT -THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW.

Mike Smith		25-Apr-2008 16:04
Hi, I was born in Bronx Lebanon Hospital(MY mother was a nurse there for 30 years, from 1967 - 1997, the eyar she retired) I lived on 1770 Grand Concourse between Mt' Eden and 175th stree below the concouse. Man o man the memories, I left the bronx when I was 16 years old and moved to Teaneck,NJ. I stil lhave fond memories of the Concourse and actually just drove by there yesterday to check up on an old friend. I went to Clinton up until the 10 grade then I went to Teaneck Highschool for the remainder of my HS years. Nothing can replace the bronx, it holds a special place in my heart and I am so proud to be from there(regardless of what others think)

Barb		20-Apr-2008 03:06
Many thanks for those photos. I'm not a fan of the modern buildings in the city and am happy to see someone else enjoying the details of the buildings, most of which are between the 20's and 40's. I grew up on West Tremont off Grand and Davidson. Wish I had more pictures before they tore down the building to put in a school. That part of Davidson Ave was razed for the school...bet. West Tremont & Snake HIll. For those who requested photos of 82 & University Ave., go to Classmates.com then Taft HS and look at the albums. Mine says Taft, Macomb's Grand Ave., etc.

ROBERTA		11-Apr-2008 08:01
ROBERTA WOW! THE MEMORIES NEVER GO AWAY. I SPENT THE FIRST 13 YEARS OF MY LIFE ON 170TH ST. AND TELLER AVE. WHENEVER I GO TO "THE STADIUM", WHICH IS QUITE OFTEN, I GET OFF THE CROSS BRONX AT THIRD AVE AND DRIVE ACROSS CLAREMONT PKWY, WHICH BECOMES 170TH ST. I CAN SEE TELLER AVE AS I DRIVE TO THE CONCOURSE. I THEN RIDE TO MY BELOVED YANKEES. I'M AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER AND RECENTLY TOOK PICTURES OF MY BLOCK AND PUBLIC SCHOOL 53. OF COURSE MR. REISER'S CANDY STORE ON ONE CORNER AND MR. MERRITT'S GROCERY STORE ON THE OTHER ARE NO LONGER THERE, BUT I CAN SMELL THE 2CENT PRETZELS AND FEEL MR. MERRITT'S HAND AS HE CROSSES ME ON 169TH ST. GOING TO SCHOOL. THE BRONX HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PRETTIEST OF THE BOROUGHS WITH HILLS AND PARKS. I HOPE IT ONE DAY DOES WHAT WILLIAMSBURG HAS DONE. WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL!

Rosie		04-Apr-2008 14:42
Wow...I was just doing a search on apartments in the Bronx and came across your page. I was born and raised in the Bronx and I am still there. I actually live on Townsend between 174th and Mt. Eden. You have some really great pics of the place...of course it's not what it use to be. Went to Wade in the early 80's. The theatre on Mt. Eden was converted in to a church which I now attend...amazing how much everything's changed but a lot of the architecture is still intact which is great. Thank you for taking the time to create memories for many.

Joe		02-Apr-2008 13:50
I went to Sacred Heart school on Nelson Ave. We moved upstate when I was 8 but I have many fond memories of my block. My mom used to buy me egg creams at 170th & Jerome. My relatives stayed but eventually moved to Bainbridge. My cousins are still there. It's a shame there are so few good neighborhoods left. I wish I grew up there in my parents era, 50's & 60's.

Eric		31-Mar-2008 13:41
I worked as a teacher at PS 70 for more than 20 years (until 2004)and marveled at the beauty of the surrounding architecture. E.L Doctorow, in his book World's Fair, describes a true event -- a car went out of control on Weeks Avenue and fell more than 20 feet into PS 70's schoolyard (I think there was a fatality). And my wife organized the murals painted on Wade's handball wall shown on one of your photos through a NY Cares beautification activity in 2006.

Angelo		30-Mar-2008 04:26
Thanks for the trip down memory lane--boy do I remember the paradise worked therein 56-57 lived in the Fordham section on 183st.between Hughes & Belmont Aves.The saying is true --you can leave the Bronx but the Bronx never leaves you.

Marsha		29-Mar-2008 22:07
Wonderful!!! There was nothing like the Bronx. I lived on Davidson Ave. between Burnside Ave. and Tremont Ave. Went to JHS 82, T. Roosevelt on Fordham Rd. , then on to uptown Hunter College. Those were the days. Thanks so much for the memories.

ricki		29-Mar-2008 12:52
I lived at 1691 Eastburn Ave and went to 70, Wade, and Taft. I also taught at 70 until 1991! It was great seeing the photos. What great memories! It will always be "the Bronx" and it was home. Unfortunately, you can never go home again.

Connie Capobianco		17-Mar-2008 19:15
Thanks for the trip. I grew up on 148 street between Morris Ave and Courtland Ave in the 40's and 50's until 1965. We used to walk to to Franz Seigel Park and even up to the Paradise. I still say I am "from the Bronx". We owned a 36 family building that we sold for about $80,000 in about 1970s . The guy never paid us all the money so we really ended up selling 36 family and 3 family next to it for about $60,000. Rent controlled so folks paid about $80 rent even in the 70's and 80's. I can still hear the stick ball bat roll to the curb on Sunday mornings when it was thrown down as batter hit and ran. C. Capobianco

mercadies		08-Mar-2008 20:03
you took a nice picture of my apartment on 1695 grand concoures

Vera		29-Feb-2008 11:23
I'm an italian girl and I've always been fascinated by the Bronx and I saw lots of movies about it.The photos are simply great!

Alan Goldsand		22-Feb-2008 17:21
Alan Goldsand 22-Feb-2008 16:46 I grew up at 37 Featherbed Lane in the 1940's and 1950's, the house just up from that private house you photographed. There were about a dozen of us kids all about the same age growing up on Fetherbed Lane. We used to sit on the stairs to the private house when we weren't being chased by the home owner; we played stick-ball using the garage door, painted with a vertical home-plate, and hitting the ball into Inwood Ave, which it faced. The lot next door to the Davidson Ave. steps was our frontier for "Cowboys & Indians," war games, rock fights, and whatever else we could imagine. I attended PS 70, a wonderful school, was taught to swim in the pool by Mr. Bone, who had the boys swimming classes. The Mt. Eden Center, near Claremont Park. I too have very fond memories of growing up there with my friends, most of whom I have lost track of. I never realized at the time, how beautiful the art deco buildings were. Many of my friends'homes were destroyed by Robert Moses' insanity. Thank you ever so much for posting these pictures on the Web. You did make it possible to "go back", if just for a moment.

Rachel Herman		18-Feb-2008 22:17
Pat, Thanks so much for such "grand" memories of the Bronx. My family and I lived in 735 Walton/740 Gerard. We will never know of such a time.Could you tell us if the mural at the "Fish" building is still there? Rachel Herman Brooklyn, NY

Guest		15-Feb-2008 01:30
Great photos. I lived across the street from the church and Mt. Eden Center (the Shul) in the late 50's through 1969. Around the corner from the library. Went to PS 70 and Wade. Recently took husband from FLorida to see the old neighborhood. Wanted to go into Lewis Morris but very scary dudes outside the lobby. Forgot how hilly the neighborhood is. Still beautiful.

Mike		11-Feb-2008 21:23
Lived on 173rd street down the hill from the library and hospital until 1965 when my family moved uptown to the Fordham area. Enjoyed the pictures..great job!

Mitch		11-Feb-2008 01:03
Pat: Thanks for these photos. Although I grew up in Queens, I spent a good deal of my younger years in my grandparents' last residence in the Bronx on Shakespeare Avenue right off Featherbed Lane. I remember the Nelson Avenue synagogue and the kosher delis that were situated on Featherbed. I took a walk near there in 2007 (some 40 years after I had last done so) and see some signs of renewal. Thanks for the memories.

Patrick		09-Feb-2008 06:52
Hey Pat, I enjoyed strolling down the neighborhood with you. I was born in 65', lived on 174th and Grand. I took those steps, on both views of Davidson Ave., and would hop in a milk crate or bread crate and slide down the sides on the cobblestone. You want to talk about exhilarating. The sight looking down or up for that matter of the stairs brought back many a memory. That Nancy tunnel led to the D train where my dad was a token clerk. he would take me sometimes to his overnight shift. Subways were dark green/ brown dungy back then, 35 cents fares. Featherbed Lane became home to many gangs in the 70's. I grew up with Jennifer Lopez before she hit it big. We had to leave the neighborhood in 75' for Kingsbridge Rd. Fordham was THE PLACE to be, especially for my mom. Do you remember Jahnns IceCream Parlor? Or Nedicks Hot Dog Stand on Bainbridge and Fordham. How about the chocklate Krumms across from the Paradise......I recently went to a 1980's reunion with my 8th grade buddies. Funny, but that year and group stood out as far as a Bronx Neighborhood. Who goes to 8th grade reunions. I'm tellin ya, dem days were special. I can feel your sighs as you walk along. I feel I got the last good days of the Bronx. I officially moved out in 2002. I hung on as long as I could. I can only image what it was like growing up in your day. I meet Bronxies all the time and there is something always in their eye or smile that says more than words can ever utter. Check out Kenney Chesney Live songs...ie. I GO BACK, you can see them on Youtube.com Gotta go, you take care, and I'll see if I can send you some memoirs.....take care

Guest		01-Feb-2008 06:42
LOVE UR PICTURES! THEY BRING BACK SO MUCH WONDERFUL MEMORIES! THANKS!

Guest		04-Jan-2008 18:43
would love to see pictures of Macombs Road 82....the school was so incredibly horrible that i would love to see pics of it....

Guest		03-Jan-2008 17:27
Loved your photos Pat! I am a fromer Bedford Park resident and hop the subway and go back often. True enough, we can never go back inb the sense that we want. Keep up the good work.

barbara		15-Dec-2007 19:45
I love your photos, Pat. What kind of a lense do you use for the high rise buildings? New York looks less scary than I imagine.

Adrienne Gray Gutierrez		14-Oct-2007 21:38
I lived inthe Grand Concourse until I was 22 month old. Then my father died. The depression hit, and happy days were over. I would like to see interior pictures. Any suggestions? I had no idea it was such an illustrious building.

Guest		30-Jun-2007 20:07
This is great stuff. I lived at 910 Grand Concourse, so a bit south and in some ways a world away. 161st St was the hangout, along with Joyce Kilmer Park. This was JHS 22 territory. Somehow I think Penny Marshall lived in one of the buildings you shot. Again, thank you. Richie Eisinger

MIRA JACOBSON WIENER		25-Jun-2007 19:42
MET A COUPLE OF GALS FROM WADE AND HAD A GRAND CONCOURSE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE BRONX HERE IN FLA. DID YOU EVER NOTICE MY BUILDING 1860 GR. CON.? IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THE OTHER BUILDINGS.

Barbara (Nusgarten) Dreier		22-Jun-2007 16:16
Your photos brought me to tears. I lived on Grant Avenue near 170th Street, and went to PS 88, PS 90, JHS 22, Taft HS and Hunter College. I have happy and sad memories of my life in The Bronx and have not been back there for many years (except in my heart.) You can't go home again. Thank you so much for your gallery and comments. Your work is appreciated . THANKS SHARON FOR THE FORWARDED WEBSITE!

Bill Sperling		01-Jun-2007 03:20
What wonderful pictures flashing back memories of walking to Wade JHS from my house on Walton Avenue..The art deco is more attractive in your photos. It seems like yesterday . Thank you . .Billy Sperling

Guest		31-May-2007 21:11
I know that you were limited as to how many pictures you posted, but I would have liked to see the Park Plaza theater site and P.S. 82 Macombs Jr. High School. University Avenue would have been a great shot to see. All in all it was wonderful. Thanks, Richard Copans

stuart copans		31-May-2007 17:51
How could you show pics of the Bronx without the Hall of Fame at the NYU campus? Pics great .Thank you.

JOAN		30-May-2007 23:42
GREAT PICTURES. IF YOU GO BACK AGAIN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE KINGSBRIDGE AND UNIVERSITY AVE, WEBB, CLAFLIN, AND THAT WHOLE AREA. I REALLY ENJOYED THE PICTURES. SENT THEM TO ALL MY BRONX FRIENDS. THANK YOU

Pat Morgan		30-May-2007 17:27
The captions will be posted in a day or two. Pat

meryl		30-May-2007 15:55
your pictures are stunning. i agree with a caption, just so you know where you are. but, the detail, the color, and the essence that is the bronx is beautifully done. thank you.

Guest		30-May-2007 12:44
I echo the comment about captioning-these are terrific photos and it would make the experience even more wonderful to be able to associate place with image. Thanks for posting these and sharing. Even though I can't remember each specific place, the visuals are bringing back so many wonderful memories. Dorothy Varon

Barbara		30-May-2007 00:09
The photos are just wonderful. The only thing I would have done, that wasn't done here, is to give more detail or specifics of the photograph. I wrote captions for all of mine (I snap photos, I'm not a photographer), but it means more and will mean more for future generations.

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