I lived in Bensonhurst from 1942 to 1963. We were never bored. We took the trolley on McDonald Ave. Everyone played, no one in the building got upset and there was no vandalism.
Today there are locks on all the doors including the entrance.
My father and my uncles owned Ritchie's on New Lots and Alabama in East New York. That was a hangout for many of the teenagers during the 50s. I would like to hear from old friends from either neighborhood. March 1999 Marty Slyman My Brooklyn is 17th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue . . . It was one of those cold water flats which was cold during the winter.