Brighton beach

lucillebluth: about 13 months ago

thanks for the tip. he is very nice irl.

Truth: about 13 months ago

carol: lol!

huntersburg and lucille do that, it has nothing to do with us.

Glad to hear you're a Levon fan.

caroldo1: about 13 months ago

What did I start here? I just wanted to get a bit of sun and I was scared about my Roth. Truth - sorry about your friend, I saw him @ Shea when I was like 16. Don't hate on Lucille, but Lucille - be careful, huntersburg could be someone scary..even a republican (oh no she didn't )

Truth: about 13 months ago

lucille and huntersburg bonding over Levon's passing.

Thanks.

huntersburg: about 13 months ago

Yes, good view

lucillebluth: about 13 months ago

oh can you see the tunnel from your house? neat

huntersburg: about 13 months ago

Tunnel looks backed up now.

lucillebluth: about 13 months ago

ok, come one over

huntersburg: about 13 months ago

Sounds like someone needs a hug.

lucillebluth: about 13 months ago

they're ok. there are people i like more than them though and whose passing would genuinely devastate me. with family it's just sad, like generic sad.

huntersburg: about 13 months ago

You don't like your family?

lucillebluth: about 13 months ago

yes..it's terrible to lose a good friend, in many ways worse than losing a family member because we choose our friends and generally like them.

huntersburg: about 13 months ago

Truth, she's talking about Levon.

Truth: about 13 months ago

Who me? I'm not in trouble or anything I just took a break.
I thought lucille was talking about kasha knishes.

caroldo1: about 13 months ago

So are you saying..you can't go home?

Truth: about 13 months ago

Levon. Thanks lucille. I've been dealing with the press on it.
I came here for a break.
Don't tell anybody I was here, o.k.?

Truth: about 13 months ago

lucielle: whadareyatalkinbout?

Truth: about 13 months ago

If you haven't read "Good As Gold" you might also want to check that book out.

walpurgis: about 13 months ago

Truth: No, but I'll have to. Got great reviews!

ab_11218: about 13 months ago

if you buy at Brightwater Towers make sure you get a parking spot. without it the apartment will be worth significantly less. there are plenty of people who will be more then happy to pay $150-200 per month to use it.

lucillebluth: about 13 months ago

truth I'm sorry for your loss.

Truth: about 13 months ago

wal: Did you ever read Heller's autobio about growing up in Coney Island area?

Truth: about 13 months ago

Yep, they stamped your hand.

Mrs. Stahl's. Yum. I remember, I'm a middle-age native New Yorker. Rocco's was the only pizza on BB Ave. and it wasn't that good. In between were the little shops. No nightclubs. I liked the bathing caps with the rubber flowers sewn on.

walpurgis: about 13 months ago

"twin plastic spoons on their noses"

Sorry for the gobbleygook.

walpurgis: about 13 months ago

Truth,

The deli you're thinking of was none other than Mrs. Stahl'sKnishes.

Hirsch's was on the ground floor corner of a 6 story (postwar, I think) apartment building, on the boardwalk, right next to an exit ramp to the street.

Please note this is from that era in Brighton which saw the last of the old-time yentas, sporting those twin plastic -on the rspoons on their noses & equally ridiculous rubber bathing caps, with multicolored irridescent discs sewn on. Classic! Only Lady Gaga could pull thay off today.

Venturing further west into Coney Island, one of the main attractions for us was to ride the long defunct Tornado coaster-which offered a wonderful view of previously mentioned demographic-& their male counterparts-stark naked on the corrugated tin roofdeck of Stauch's Baths.

In short, our screams & nausea weren't just from the ride alone...

caroldo1: about 13 months ago

knishes are gone, that is so sad. anyone have the pleasure of getting the purple ink stamp that you could only see when passing under the boardwalk from cabana to beach? magic

Truth: about 13 months ago

I give up.

Truth: about 13 months ago

kashka knish.

Truth: about 13 months ago

Not the deli -- the knish place. Tasty kasha knishes.
Nothing like a nice kaska knish for the kishkas.

Truth: about 13 months ago

Yes, it's BrightWater Towers.
Hirsch's on the corner of BB Ave.and where Coney Island Ave. starts? The Oceana movie theater was a block over, across from Brighton Baths. There was a great Jewish Deli next door to the theater. Was that Shatzkins or a name like that?
.Thanks walpurgis.

lol, carol.

walpurgis: about 13 months ago

OMG...How well I remember those bologna SANDwiches on the beach! I can still taste the grit!

Indeed, I was referring to 40 & 50 Brighton 1st Road, & they are open market rate co-ops (Actually looked at one back in 1986-it was nice, but faced north - eye level with the train tracks. But as I'm sure you're well aware, other units must have terrific ocean views.

AB is referring to BrightWATER Towers-twin, white brick late 50s-early 60s highrises that you just can't miss, as they sit on Surf Avenue, roughly between Ocean Parkway & the Aquarium. That small area is referred to as "West Brighton".

Hope this helped. Oh, & Hirsch's knishes weren't complete unless "seasoned" with sand as well!

caroldo1: about 13 months ago

Want an investment that I don't have to drive to..not a driving person.ALSO.. i think that nyc waterfront will have to be worth something always and there is lots of money and careful planning going into the area (i know that for a fact, didn't learn it on the pizza bus) i ate my share of bologna-sand sandwiches on brighton beach as a kid to stake a claim.

walpurgis..are u talking bout brighton 40 and brighton 50, they are coop right? whats the condo ab is talking about?

walpurgis: about 13 months ago

P.S:. There actually is another 2 building co-op named Brighton Towers. it's.on Brighton 1st Road between Brighton Beach Avenue & the Boardwalk, & also has an outdoor pool. Unlike Brightwater Towers, it was never Mitchell Lama as a rental or co-op.

walpurgis: about 13 months ago

It's "Brightwater Towers" (East & West; there are two buildings).

Truth: about 13 months ago

The Brooklyn Pizza Tour bus isn't a good place to get RE investment info.

Surfer dudes with money buy in Montauk. Without money they rent. You can make more $$$$ renting out a place there (not to surfer dudes) from May-Oct. than you could in Brighton Towers renting it out all year round.

Because this purchase will be an investment, right?

ab_11218: about 13 months ago

there's no surf on BB or CI so no issues.

caroldo1: about 13 months ago

btw. no surfing allowed in BB.

caroldo1: about 13 months ago

They already bought up cute little beach houses in Rockaways. I was on the Brooklyn Pizza Tour (I know but my husband lives for good pizza) and there were some youngins on the bus. We got off in BB and they said "oh, so this is where is everyone is buying for their summer digs" true enough.

brighton towers, i will check it out. thanks ab

Truth: about 13 months ago

Hipsters are not surfer dudes.

Truth: about 13 months ago

Technically, hipsters don't surf.

JButton. That's my limit.