tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post4628905878809025194..comments2024-03-19T14:23:20.560-04:00Comments on Nathan Kensinger Photography: Far Rockaway: Abandoned BungalowsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-19311034947054916262018-08-10T21:35:30.315-04:002018-08-10T21:35:30.315-04:00I will never forget you Denise Johbson, GO or John...I will never forget you Denise Johbson, GO or John G.,Huddy, Chucky, Mike Harvey, Jerry Faust, Luke,Fat Roy, Barbara Faust, Richy White shoe's, John Lopez,Blue Water's bar,Joey D cab stand,Larry Oliver, Walter's candy store Beach 44 street, Billy Tilason or Goy,Billy Mona and Tommy Mona, Andy Bonnet or Flying Ace his CB name,Sue G beach 43 street, Debby C beach 41 street, Linda Lane beach 40 street,Billy Keen or Soby, Buzzy and Matty beach 45 street, Richy Smith beach 45 street, Max the junky,Willy the wineo, Gary Baradino, Mike Alasino beach 46 street,Mickey and Pat beach 47 street, Tony's Pizza shop beach 45 street. Danny O and Kevin O beach 44 street. Best Wishes, from Joey N,beach 45 streat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207675876910105063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-7935161510114377222018-08-10T21:33:49.955-04:002018-08-10T21:33:49.955-04:00I will never forget you Denise Johbson, GO or John...I will never forget you Denise Johbson, GO or John G.,Huddy, Chucky, Mike Harvey, Jerry Faust, Luke,Fat Roy, Barbara Faust, Richy White shoe's, John Lopez,Blue Water's bar,Joey D cab stand,Larry Oliver, Walter's candy store Beach 44 street, Billy Tilason or Goy,Billy Mona and Tommy Mona, Andy Bonnet or Flying Ace his CB name,Sue G beach 43 street, Debby C beach 41 street, Linda Lane beach 40 street,Billy Keen or Soby, Buzzy and Matty beach 45 street, Richy Smith beach 45 street, Max the junky,Willy the wineo, Gary Baradino, Mike Alasino beach 46 street,Mickey and Pat beach 47 street, Tony's Pizza shop beach 45 street. Danny O and Kevin O beach 44 street. Best Wishes, from Joey N,beach 45 streat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207675876910105063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-14851600724289392472016-06-25T07:38:30.709-04:002016-06-25T07:38:30.709-04:00Hello I am looking for photos of the Bungalos when...Hello I am looking for photos of the Bungalos when they were a full blown and active "slum". I have had no luck with at least 0 web sites. Most just have stock images of Postcards .tourist cards. I a m not looking for iamges from current years..seeking images from 60's 70's mainly when things were...dangerous. I have found exactly ONE image. Any suggestions. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745046061459645465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-80175713339262033792016-06-25T07:35:30.713-04:002016-06-25T07:35:30.713-04:00Hello I am looking for photos of the Bungalos when...Hello I am looking for photos of the Bungalos when they were a full blown and active "slum". I have had no luck with at least 0 web sites. Most just have stock images of Postcards .tourist cards. I a m not looking for iamges from current years..seeking images from 60's 70's mainly when things were...dangerous. I have found exactly ONE image. Any suggestions. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745046061459645465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-2858024549234486532014-10-21T17:18:14.781-04:002014-10-21T17:18:14.781-04:00Does anyone have any directories for Far Rockaway ...Does anyone have any directories for Far Rockaway from the 1895 - 1905 period? I have an ancestor that died in Far Rockaway in 1901 and am trying to find a residence or any other details on the event. Message me at charding@ljvfd.com if you have anything, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-83359079090569614132014-02-10T14:17:09.476-05:002014-02-10T14:17:09.476-05:00WOW!! this is so fascinating!!! I would LOVE to he...WOW!! this is so fascinating!!! I would LOVE to hear more. I currently live in Rockaway. Please if email me when you have the time. <br /><br />ms.zukowski@gmail.comMZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15240991359905818511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-91965528996115755612013-07-21T20:28:56.180-04:002013-07-21T20:28:56.180-04:00ROCK ROCK ROCKAWAY BEACH Many rocks smoke on at Ro...ROCK ROCK ROCKAWAY BEACH Many rocks smoke on at Rockaway Beach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-84769326421765852802013-06-20T22:09:38.901-04:002013-06-20T22:09:38.901-04:00far rock high was once an amazing place. jonas sal...far rock high was once an amazing place. jonas salk, and<br />richard feynman---nobel laureates--- graduated from frs.<br /><br />sic transit glora mundi.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-90766764744070907022013-06-16T00:34:21.965-04:002013-06-16T00:34:21.965-04:00WOW, another Beach 46th Street person. My grandpar...WOW, another Beach 46th Street person. My grandparents bought their bungalow somewhere around the 1920's. I can't find the address right now, but it was on the "beach" side of Edgemere and B46th Way (Way and Street). We, too, had winter squatters, one of whom caused a fire (late 1950's). As I remember, the fire department saved the building, but we cleaned up the mess and my grandfather hired some handyman to install crank open and closed windows. Their house was more modest than some; no open porch. The shower was outside along the walkway between the houses; the bathroom was installed by my grandfather; built in the kitchen. It had a tiny corner sink and a toilet!<br /><br />Mayor Lindsay's well meaning policies to build retirement housing in our area was the cause behind the City destroying blocks and blocks of houses in the middle of the night with no warning. They paid us $4,000 each for the houses that were razed. Needless to say, the housing was never built. I think I wrote in the pages of a Bungalows of Far Rockaway Blog that I ran into the Woman in Charge of Destroying the Bungalows at a WAC (Women's Army Corps) National Convention a few years ago. She made comments about the "little shit houses" (bungalows) she authorized to be destroyed. I freaked and told her that we owned "one of those shit houses". To make matters worse, this woman had grown up with one of my Aunts in Brooklyn!! Small world. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-1696773238696934482013-05-23T11:35:29.778-04:002013-05-23T11:35:29.778-04:00I was born at St. Albans Naval Hospital in 1952 an...I was born at St. Albans Naval Hospital in 1952 and lived in the back of a Sunoco gas station across the street from the abandoned courthouse on Beach Channel Drive until I was five. Sixty years later, Rockaway is still the same $hithole it has always been. Considering your gun laws, I could not even imagine visiting that place again. (I'd shoot, on sight, anyone I caught fighting dogs). Where else but NY could prime ocean front property be worthless, and remain so for decades. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-70068197063163396672013-05-20T11:54:57.608-04:002013-05-20T11:54:57.608-04:00Affordable housing???
That was the problem in the...Affordable housing???<br /><br />That was the problem in the first place!!<br />NYC in it's infinite wisdome decided to put the project in. That was the beginning of the end.<br /><br />Should have been developed as a resort (ocean city, Cape may, etc.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-19294685553780389442013-05-20T11:51:02.156-04:002013-05-20T11:51:02.156-04:00It all makes me so sad....the memories of my child...It all makes me so sad....the memories of my child hood all but gone. At least my bungalow (I believe it was 197 Beach 24th street)is still standing. My family has a long history there. They practically owned all of Beach 24th. My father graduated FRHS in 1940, and lived in the house at 197. The first house on the right was a distant relative of some sort, second was ours, third (which is now a vacant lot) belonged to my fathers sister, fourth was my uncle lou, fifth was my uncle eli, then followed by several other distant relatives down the block.<br />I miss the simple life of trecking down to the beach....<br /><br />Shame on New York City!! they threw away a gold mine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-21734697752941654642013-04-30T00:25:15.218-04:002013-04-30T00:25:15.218-04:00I was born at St. Joseph's in Far Rockaway, I ...I was born at St. Joseph's in Far Rockaway, I only lived there until I was 2 but my Dad grew up there (graduated FRHS) and my grandparents were Kosher butchers in the Wavecrest area on Seagirt I believe. They lived on Beach 32nd about a half block from the boardwalk in an old scary Gothic building about 3 or 4 stories tall. On their side of the street between their building and the boardwalk were bungalows, the other side were old homes. My grandmother used to take us to the boardwalk where we ate knishes and italian ices and she fretted so while we rode the bumper cars and played skee ball. They eventually moved to a 2 family home on Beach 19th or 20th Street (I can't remember)on the other side of the main drag. I remember sleeping over at their house and hearing sirens all night which scared the bejeesus out of this suburban Long Island kid in the 60s. We moved to Florida when I was a kid but my grandparents stayed there until they died. They loved it and wouldn't leave. My parents have been back to see what's become of it but they come away shocked at the deterioration. I know that there are parts that are coming back due to the continued efforts of the Orthodox that are overflowing from the 5 Towns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-88939082731339254562013-04-21T23:53:42.716-04:002013-04-21T23:53:42.716-04:00I Love Far Rockaway I grow up there ,I went to IS ...I Love Far Rockaway I grow up there ,I went to IS 105 Queens , then went to I.S.53 I just loved Far rockaway ......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-35646889641318739062013-01-19T08:00:30.895-05:002013-01-19T08:00:30.895-05:00I was born in St. Joseph's hospital and gradua...I was born in St. Joseph's hospital and graduated FRHS in the late 70's. The decline started in the early 70's and by 1980 was a VERY different place from when I was a child. We left in 1981. What great childhood memories. I can honestly say that as a young child in the 60's I couldn't imagine a better place to grow up. The city should be ashamed of itself. I miss that place dearly. If I had the resources, I'd help clean it up myself, take out the trash, rebuild the boardwalk, model it after its original form put a Playland back along with the seaside arcades and hotels and prosecute the animal abusers. Makes me sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-23168352447089659652012-11-03T00:40:48.174-04:002012-11-03T00:40:48.174-04:00These pictures were so mournful and made me remini...These pictures were so mournful and made me reminisce about my summers on Far Rockaway. My parents and I rented a room in a boarding house on Beach 36th, about 2 blocks away from the ocean for several summers. This was late '60's. I lived on the beach, ate all my meals there, even bbq chicken(with sand), collected shells, played ski-ball on the boardwalk, ate knishes and soft ice cream cones, and spent my nights sitting outside on the porches of my friend's bungalows. Thus began my love of the ocean. How sad that if I go back, I'd find all these lovely memories in ruins. Wouldn't it be wonderful if someone with some common business sense would rescue these bungalows and turn them into affordable housing! Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16920250489879931024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-66379839133437188332012-10-07T14:43:40.652-04:002012-10-07T14:43:40.652-04:00I lived in Far Rock away from the age of 6 to 20, ...I lived in Far Rock away from the age of 6 to 20, and my parents rented a bungalow before they bough a house, it was always a rough area I lived a few blocks from Beach 45th Street but I liked it; however it is sad now there are hardy any buildings left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-7854394363128614022012-08-10T20:19:23.757-04:002012-08-10T20:19:23.757-04:00I spent the summers from ages 9-13 in the 50's...I spent the summers from ages 9-13 in the 50's with my grandparents who lived on Beach 44th street. As a child who was growing up in West Virginia, Far Rockaway was an unbelievable place! Some of my most treasured memories are playing skiball on the Boardwalk, being introduced to Italian Ices, New York style corn and rye breads, the Good Humor truck every night, digging for clams on the beach and then getting to carry them home and steam them...all new experiences for a WV gal! Both sets of my grandparents had winterized bungalows and lived just down the the block from each other. Your pictures, though beautiful in their way, make me cry for what has happened to that magical place of my youth.<br />Jill ReesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-78621416482477715012012-06-07T15:52:51.799-04:002012-06-07T15:52:51.799-04:00Would love a conversation with you regarding the H...Would love a conversation with you regarding the HKIH and Minnie Goldstein. Please contact me!Cynthia@bethisrael.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-247677761906339802011-11-14T04:49:30.878-05:002011-11-14T04:49:30.878-05:00@a.e.f.
I live in Vancouver too, but grew up in L...@a.e.f. <br />I live in Vancouver too, but grew up in Long Island, Queens and Manhattan in the 1960-80s. The animals that the city moved into the housing projects were all about one thing ! Destruction of anything that taxpayers built or gave to them for free ! Or super low rents. At first some of the housing went to seniors. But as they died, the social services moved in the welfare cases. They got free medical, schooling, food stamps and housing. but they just wanted to trash all they could ! They destroyed good working class neighborhoods with violent crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-24776857341049306062011-08-28T19:39:14.919-04:002011-08-28T19:39:14.919-04:00I found the pictures while looking for information...I found the pictures while looking for information on Hurricane Irene. <br />The pictures are wonderful! They have a lovely mood.<br /><br />It is amazing that these cottages have been abandoned. I would not expect such cottages near an ocean to have been abandoned.<br />In other places, areas such as this, would have been snapped up by people wanting to live close to an ocean and still in the city.<br /><br />Here in the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, area homes such as those in the pictures would have been snapped up by people wanting to live close to the ocean. Any single family homes in Vancouver, B.C. this close to the ocean would cost $700,000 and up. <br /><br />The area looks like a great place to purchase a single family home and renovate!<br /><br />Again the pictures are lovely and remind me of an age gone by. How wonderful you thought to preserve these homes.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-65697754438851524222011-06-21T01:39:12.356-04:002011-06-21T01:39:12.356-04:00I really appreciate work. You have done a great jo...I really appreciate work. You have done a great job. But as far as pics are concerned, they make me unhappy.apartments 4 salehttp://www.marcosold.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-17255391116969830772011-06-19T18:18:54.427-04:002011-06-19T18:18:54.427-04:00These photos broke my heart. I grew up in Wavecre...These photos broke my heart. I grew up in Wavecrest and cannot believe what was once so wonderful has completely gone to shit. It's not like Urban Renewal hasn't been tried over the years. Needs someone to come in with the ASPCA and operation TAKE-BACK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-58774864261988905032011-06-09T22:27:41.784-04:002011-06-09T22:27:41.784-04:00I spent summers here as a child. I lived in Far Ro...I spent summers here as a child. I lived in Far Rockaway and raised my children in Bayswater. I worked at the Hebrew Kindergarten and Children's home as the social worker under Minnie Goldstein and later taught at PS 114 when Joseph Amdur was principal. My kids were all born in St. Joseph's Hospital. I watched the Beach Channel H.S. being built. I watched FRHS deteriorate. Two of my kids went to HILI which then occupied the 4 houses of the former Roche estate on Seagirt Blvd, next to the old Takapousha Hotel. <br /><br />Your pictures are beautiful . They make my heart cry for what was lost to stupidity and greed. <br /><br /> I will always have sand in my shoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838188789058326203.post-33831342072594909592011-05-16T01:40:46.949-04:002011-05-16T01:40:46.949-04:00These pics really make unhappy. really saddening. ...These pics really make unhappy. really saddening. <br /><br />But you have done a great job.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.marcosold.com/" rel="nofollow">rental and real estate </a>madywatsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017100155152814335noreply@blogger.com