Interesting even if your not from Brooklyn...
BROOKLYN
1. The subway,
bus and the trolley were only a thin dime to ride, and if you are really old, you'll remember a nickel a ride.
BROOKLYN
1. The subway,
bus and the trolley were only a thin dime to ride, and if you are really old, you'll remember a nickel a ride.
Ken: I remember the nickel!
Jah: Ken your telling your age lol
Jah: Boys high will be in the inaugration! The band.
3. Tuesday night was fireworks night in Coney Island put on by Schaefer Brewing.
3. Tuesday night was fireworks night in Coney Island put on by Schaefer Brewing.
Ken: I went to the building roof in the summer to watch the fireworks!
4. There was very little pornography.
5. There were the bath houses: Stauches, Bushman Baths, Steeplechase Baths, Washington Baths, Ravenhall, and Brighton Beach Baths.
Ken: My grandfather took me to Staunches and Brighton Beach Baths.
Jah: Thats been gone!
7. There was almost no violence.
7. There was almost no violence.
Jah: Another lost beauty!
8. The theme of the music of the times, even when it became rock and roll, was love not anger.
9. A great day was going to the beach at Coney Island,
8. The theme of the music of the times, even when it became rock and roll, was love not anger.
9. A great day was going to the beach at Coney Island,
Ken: Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
or Brighton.
10. People made a living and, rich or poor, people all knew how to have a good time no matter of status.
11. There was no better hot dog than the original at Nathan's in Coney Island. And no better French fries than the Nathan's thick ripple cuts.
12. There were no divorces and few "one parent" families.
13. There were no drugs or drug problems in the lives of most people.
14. The rides and shows of Coney Island were fantastic: Steeplechase Park: the horses, the big slide, the barrels, the zoo (maze), the human pool table, the Cyclone Roller Coaster
, the Tornado Roller Coaster, the
Thunderbolt Roller Coaster, the Bobsled, the Virginia Reel, the Wonder
Wheel, the Bumper cars, the Tunnel of love, Battaway, the loop the loop,
the bubble bounce, miniature golf, the whip, the many merry-go-rounds,
the penny arcades. Luna Park, the Thompson Roller Coaster, the Parachute jump,
Fabers Sportsland and Fascination, toffee and cotton candy stores, custard stands, Pokerama, Skeeball,
prize games, fortune tellers guess games, hammer games, the Harlem revue, the freak shows, the house of wax, the animal nursery,restaurants, rifle
ranges, push cart rides and parades.
13. There were no drugs or drug problems in the lives of most people.
14. The rides and shows of Coney Island were fantastic: Steeplechase Park: the horses, the big slide, the barrels, the zoo (maze), the human pool table, the Cyclone Roller Coaster
, the Tornado Roller Coaster, the Thunderbolt Roller Coaster, the Bobsled, the Virginia Reel, the Wonder
Wheel, the Bumper cars, the Tunnel of love, Battaway, the loop the loop,
the bubble bounce, miniature golf, the whip, the many merry-go-rounds,
the penny arcades. Luna Park, the Thompson Roller Coaster, the Parachute jump,
Fabers Sportsland and Fascination, toffee and cotton candy stores, custard stands, Pokerama, Skeeball, prize games, fortune tellers guess games, hammer games, the Harlem revue, the freak shows, the house of wax, the animal nursery,restaurants, rifle ranges, push cart rides and parades.
Ken: Luna Park burned down before I could remember it. I loved Coney Island and continued to go there even after I moved to Queens. I still go to a movie out here on LI where I can buy Nathan's Hot Dogs and French Fries instead of popcorn!
JAH: MY FIRST TIME AT CONEY iSLAND WAS IN 2000! bUT MY PARENTS USE TO GO THEIR. i loooovE NATHANS !!! I didnt win a thing! The cyclone made me feel as if id have a heartattack!!
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