Kinema Theater

FatMan1059 on January 29, 2011 at 4:29 am

I do remember a Drug Store on one of the corners of Montauk and Pitkin. I also remember the wonderful ice cream parlor and all the bakeries along Pitkin avenue near there. I worked in a shoe store on Saturdays, and I would help the Fruit Store near Kaye’s Five and Dime on Essex and Pitkin. There was also a drug store on Milford & Pitkin, another one on Shepherd and another on Linwood all along Pitkin Avenue. Mr. Vic Ravens of Berriman is on FaceBook. He was a teacher and AP.

FatMan1059 on February 15, 2011 at 6:27 pm

@Don Thanks I forgot the name.
Here is a link to Pitkin Avenue between Shepherd and Berriman, can see the Kinema on the right side.
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I mentioned Kay’s Store and the Fruit stand I would help the guy open up before going to JHS 64, I also found a pic:
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Juice on June 23, 2011 at 11:29 am

My grandmother lived on Glenmore & Warwick right across the street from the Flying A gas station. I moved there in 1965 & that neighborhood was great. First of all, we were black & all of us kids got along. Down the block between Warwick & Glenmore was a bar named Glenmore Hall & on the corner of Jerome was Joe Ragona’s store. His wife was named Mary & he had a daughter named Cathy.

I remember Kay’s 5 & 10 very well because when we didn’t go downtown or the “extension” on Pitkin Ave., we shopped there. I also remember the chinese restaurant across the street named Wing Shing & their food was great! I also remember the Appliance store across the street where we’d buy our records & doesn’t anyone remember Paladino’s on Pitkin & Elton where we’d buy icees & “punks” that we lit to light our firecrackers? I also remember the hardware store & laundry that were on Pitkin between Elton & Linwood Sts. They were on the opposite side of the street from Kays 5 & 10.

Also fondly remembered is the ice cream parlor on Montauk, as well as Liberty Park, before they tore it down & built my I.S., 302. If you remember Liberty park, they you must remember Banner’s Candy, the restaurant on Liberty & Elton with the Pharmacy across the street, the chicken slaughterhouse on Elton between Liberty & Glenmore & the chinese laundry on Glenmore between Cleveland & Elton, where they’d starch & fold your shirts & bundle them in brown paper.

How about the bakery on Ashford & Liberty a block past Engine 225 near St. Michael’s schoolyard where we played softball like crazy? Then there was the Feast that went down Liberty Ave. & Abbraciemento’s Restaurant with the great pizza! If I’m remembering correctly, I recall a butcher shop on Pitkin between Cleveland & Elton, or perhaps Elton & Linwood. I do remember a beauty shop on the corner of Elton St on the north side of the street.

E.N.Y. was the kind of neighborhood where you could get just about anything that you wanted without ever leaving the neighborhood.

I remember when the KiNEEMA (that’s how we pronounced it) had “Dish Night”, where they’d give out dishes. This was around 1967/68. In it’s last days, it was managed by a man named Mr. Johnson. They sometimes held talent shows, but in a short time, it would finally close.

E.N.Y. was a great neighborhood to grow up in back in the 60s & even the 70s. Unfortunately things changed & though I don’t live far from there today, it breaks my heart to see what happened to my old neighborhood. It truly does!

Juice on June 23, 2011 at 11:40 am

Purplehayes, I see that you’re about 10 years older than I, but I found quite a few pictures of the neighborhood on the net. When I locate the links, I’ll post them. Even found one of my grandparents old place, to where I moved following the 1965 blackout. Now what I’d REALLY love to see is a picture of Packers Supermarket on Atlantic between Hendrix & Van Siclen, where the McDonald’s now stands. I loved that supermarket & I wish that that neighborhood never changed. It was perfect for a young kid to grow up in.

Juice on July 28, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Fatman – Thank you for the look back at my old neighborhood! You have a picture of my family’s old house. One of the Glenmore Avenue pictures (Between Jerome & Warwick) is my family’s old house. The Mobil.Flying A station is on the N.W. corner & the old house is on the N.W. corner (it’s the one with the tire store on the ground level). I found the picture awhile back & blew it up a bit. Glenmore Hall was on the south side of Glenmore between Jerome & Warwick & was owned by a older slim man named Kenny. I’m a 60s baby, so by the time that I moved there immediately following the ‘65 blackout, things were already beginning to change. Fortunately, I did get to enjoy quite a few years there before things really went to pot. My mother & a few of her sisters & brothers went to JHS 64. I went to I.S. 302. I’d love to see a picture of the Packers Supermarket which was on Atlantic bet. Van Siclen & Hendrix, where the McDonald’s is located. I’ve forgotten what used to be on the site where they built I.S. 292. & would love to see that as well.