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"The accompanying photos are views from the roof of 41 Kew Gardens
Road in the late 1960's. You can see Kew Gardens Hospital in one and
the Mowbray apartment house in another." ~ David Straub, Brooklyn, NY
 Click on image to find out moreKew Gardens Neighbors Meetup "Calling all Kew Gardens residents! Ever wish you knew more people in your neighborhood, so you could do more things locally, like meet for coffee on a lazy Sunday afternoon... catch a movie after work at our local cinema... or tumble out of bed on the weekend and walk to brunch?
Whether you're a newbie to Kew Gardens, or would simply like to meet more of your neighbors, this group is for you! ... "
To view the Meetup.com page, click here."~ Lixandra Urresta  Click on image to find out more Kew Gardens Hiking Group "The Kew Gardens Hiking Group has grown to over 20 people at many recent outings. We meet most Saturdays at 116 th Street and Metropolitan Avenue at 9:45 am for approximately a 90 minute walk. We usually stick to the formal orange, yellow and blue trails in Forest park. We have also ventured to the other side of Woodhaven Blvd and other local attractions. A group of about 8 people often go for an early lunch at a local restaurant. Please RSVP on the meetup site before attending. We all look forward to meeting you.
" To view the Meetup.com page, click here. ~ Kevin Abel
If you have pictures of yourself showing any Kew Gardens locale in the background, email me high resolution jpegs and I will post them here as space permits. To download a copy of the Queens Courier's Sept. 2003 article about Old Kew Gardens.com, click on one of the following links. Turn off your browser's auto-resize if the JPEG text appears too small to read. [JPEG - 240kb] [PDF - Hi Resolution, 379kb] [PDF - Low Resolution, 97kb ] |
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Editor's Note: For everything there is a time, and the time has come to close up shop here. I've been doing this web site for about 10 years. It's been a great experience. I've learned a lot and made new friends, but it is time to move on. After June 30, 2010, this site will become inactive. However, as thanks to those who have contributed in the past, and for those to whom it seems to mean so much, I am leaving the web site up and in tact for the foreseeable future so that people can view it and connect with those who have left contact information on it. My sincerest thanks to all who have contributed, all who have taken the time to visit here, and all who have been so generous in their compliments. ~ Joe
February 8, 2010
You deserve:
A big slice from Danis
A big sandwich from Homestead
A pair of shoes from Buster Brown
An egg cream from Gussies
A set of encyclopedias from Mr. Fiengold.
A pack of Baseball cards from Mr. B
A comic from Georges.
A big thank you for all your efforts.
Love
Kevin
[To contact Kevin Klauber, click here]
February 7, 2010
Surely in Kew Gardens, there must be someone that is IT knowledgable that can take over this wonderful site. I lived in KG from the age of three days to 12 years. And, the photos bring back many memories. The Fish Market where Dani's is now. The Bank of Manhattan where you could maker a deposit of only ten cents. Bohacks, the Flishcman house where we were allowed to play on the big lawn. The hurricane of what was it 38? Which wiped out half of the trees on Beverly Road, and the Elm disease, which wiped out the rest.
Over the years there have been thousands that attended PS 99 and moved on in life. This site is a link to their past and roots. It would be a shame to see if disappear into the wilds of the internet. Can anyone take over the site ????
Bill Breeze
[To contact Bill Breeze, click here]
February 5, 2010
Dear Joe,
The time has come to say farewell
to the skipper with our memories.
And as the lights dim when you sail by
we lower our heads in thanks.
We envy the new path you will take
leaving us behind.
There will be no other with your passion
to remind us of those special times.
Elly Feist Parran
[To contact Elly Feist Parran, click here]
February 5, 2010
Editor's Note: I gave the Internet Archive a closer look and it doesn't look very good. Sorry for the false alarm.
Click here to view the Internet Archive
February 4, 2010
Editor's Note: Bing - I've only checked a few pages, but it looks like the Internet Archive has preserved the site as it was in July of 2008. The home page is skewed, but other pages look good.
Click here to view the Internet Archive
February 4, 2010
I'm just about to move into the neighborhood, and this site is definitely of great help while I was wondering around. How can you just let it go like that?
Any chance to keep the site alive? Can you give permission to duplicate at least the static contents accumulated over the years on to a public free site?
Bing Zhang
[To contact Bing Zhang, click here]
February 3, 2010
dear joe,
say it ain't so joe, you made it possible to go home again. ok to publish my email
Lenny Schneir
Nyclids@aol.com
February 3, 2010
Joe,
I had a prepared statement ready to post but, after reading all of the wonderful letters of accolade to you, I am left virtually speechless.
You have managed to put our little village of Kew Gardens on the international stage for all to enjoy, and you have performed a most valuable community service while doing so.
My only hope is that the site somehow remain available as a living reference for our children and their children.
Joe, in the immortal words of Bob Hope; "Thanks for the memories".
A. Linsky
[To contact Al Linsky, click here]
February 2, 2010
Dear Joe,
So sorry to see you go. You have done a great job and you and your web site will be missed.
It was a pleasure to have met you and to have contributed to your site.
I have reunited with many of my childhood friends which you and your site made possible and for this I will always be grateful.
I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
Best regards,
Roger Sabo
[To contact Roger Sabo, click here]
February 2, 2010
Joe, this is great news. My productivity at work will soar. I will have time to develop a hobby. I can read a book. I can get to know my children, at last. (Poor Lenny Schneir will have no place to publish his poetry).
"Thanks" does not suffice for all you have done, and although you are not a native KG'er, I think all will agree you are one of us.
Sincerely,
Franklin J. Goldberg
[To contact Franklin J. Goldberg, click here]
February 2, 2010
Joe;
I can't thank you enough for all this site has done for so many. In addition to connecting to my childhood and making me realize what a special place I grew up in, it has allowed me to get back in touch with many childhood friends and acquaintances.
It will be sorely missed.
Bud Horowitz
[To contact Bud Horowitz, click here]
February 2, 2010
DEAR JOE,
YOU HAVE DONE A MARVELOUS JOB OF KEEPING US "CONNECTED" TO OUR DEAR RICHMOND HILL AND KEW GARDENS ROOTS .EVENTHOUGH MOST OF US ARE FAR FROM THOSE AREAS NOW , WE STILL HAVE NEW YORK IN OUR HEARTS .DUE TO YOUR EFFORTS ,YOU HAVE KEPT A "FIRE "BURNING, AND A "SPARK" ALIVE IN OUR SOULS.YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING,"YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUT OF NEW YORK, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE NEW YORK OUT OF THE GIRL". JOE, YOU HAVE MADE MANY OF US HAPPY WITH YOUR HARD WORK.WE APPLAUD YOU.
YOUR REPORTING OF EVENTS, AND LETTERS FROM "POSTERS" WERE ALWAYS SOMETHING FOR ME TO LOOK FORWARD TO READING. IN ADDITION, WHENEVER I WOULD WRITE TO INQUIRE ABOUT SOMETHING ,I WOULD GET A REPLY IN A SPEEDY MANNER .THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION THAT YOU GAVE TO THIS PROJECT IS INCREDIBLE. SADLY, I CAN SEE THAT YOUR "OTHER LIFE " MIGHT TAKE A BACK SEAT TO THIS MONUMENTAL JOB. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU WANT TO RETIRE FROM THIS POSITION. MAYBE SOMEONE COULD ASSIST WITH THIS COLUMN,(IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A COLUMN), INSTEAD OF LEAVING ALTOGETHER IN JUNE .
I AM SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS THE WAY THAT I DO ABOUT THE WONDERFUL DEDICATION YOU HAVE DEVOTED TO THIS SITE .WE HATE TO THINK OF THIS AS BEING THE" END" .PERHAPS YOU COULD CUT DOWN,AND PUBLISH IT ONCE MONTH INSTEAD OF EVERY FEW DAYS. HAVING YOU LEAVE IS A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM, LIKE CUTTING OFF A LIMB.YOUR FABULOUS SITE IS AN ESENTIAL PART OF OUR HAPPY EXISTENCE,.(AT LEAST MINE).
HOPE FULLY, IN THE FUTURE ,SOMEONE WLL ATTEMPT THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF PICKING UP THE "BATON AND RUNNING WITH IT". NO ONE COULD FILL YOUR SHOES, MATCH YOUR EXPERTISE IN COMPUTER SKILLS AND PUBLISHING, OR DUPLICATE YOUR ABILITY IN WRITING .IN ADDITION, YOU HAVE WORKED MANY HOURS ASSEMBLING ALL OF THE INTERESTING LETTERS, HISTORICAL FACTS, AND "TIDBITS" YOU RECEIVE CONCERNING THIS SITE. IF SOMEONE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO CONITINUE THE PATH THAT YOU HAVE BLAZED , AT LEAST WE "READERS" WOULD CONTINUE TO FEEL "CONNECTED". MAYBE YOU COULD FORM A COMMITTEE TO SHARE THE WORK,I HOPE THESE ARE NOT "PIPE DREAMS".LET'S KEEP HOPE ALIVE ".
IN CLOSING ,I HAVE ENJOYED READING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE POSTED, AND WISH YOU A WELL EARNED HAPPY LIFE .
THANK YOU ,
EDI BECKLER -GOLDBERG
[To contact Edi Beckler-Goldberg, click here]
February 2, 2010
Ohhhh nooooo. Say it ain't so, Joe. You don't really need to a have a life, do you? It's not as great as people say. You would have to go outside, in the sun and fresh air. Not healthy.
You have done such a great job, many of us will be devastated. If you did a lousy job, we wouldn't care so much.
Hopefully someone would be willing to take the baton and keep it going. Anybody else out there with the dedication, smarts, energy and patience to take this on? I would, but I'm 2,000 miles away, and lazy. Ben Roubin
[To contact Ben Roubin, click here]
February 2, 2010
Hi Joe:
Thank you for the incredible job you have done the last ten years. I discovered your site in 2003 and have checked in hundreds of times over the years. You gave me a continued connection to Kew Gardens, though I have not lived there since 1977. I will miss it!
Suzanne (Furth) Victor
1955-1977
[To contact Suzanne (Furth) Victor, click here]
1924 Aerial View of Kew Gardens
February 2, 2010
Thanks to Jeff Zimmer for the following heads up: I tried it myself. This link shows Queens Boulevard and Kew Gardens Road. The old Kew Gardens Inn is at the upper left corner. There is no Queens Borough Hall, no Interboro, and Queens Boulevard is just a two lane dirt road. The apartment houses along Queens Boulevard and the streets running south do not yet exist.
This link shows Lefferts Boulevard in the center of town. There are no stores along the bridge between Grenfell and Austin Streets. There are just open lots where the Austin Arms, the Mowbray, and the Homestead Hotel will be. Austin Street east of Lefferts does not yet exist, and the old Kew Gardens Country Club sits on the future site of the Kew Gardens Cinema. The Fleischmann mansion sits on the future site of the Beverly House.
January 26, 2010
Hi,
Here are my other salvaged PS99 pictures that are not yet on the site. Hopefully someone will be happy to find them here:
Grade 1-3 (1964)
Grade 2-1 (Mrs. Berland) (1965)
(already present, but this photo is in better condition, especially Renee Ryan)
Grade 3-2 (Miss Reilly) (1966)
?, Robert Lehrman, Henry Vaupel, ?, Stuart Weinstock, Peter Muller, Roy?, Thomas Nolan, Miss Reilly
Second row
Floyd Borakove, ?, Leslee Lenoff, Jennifer Mills, Georgette?, Renee Ryan, Carrie Rossip, Ellen Selig, Peter van den Hamer
First row
Micki Siegel, Shari Neretin, ?, ?, Elise Krentzel, Stacey Gerrard, Claudia Stoltman, Susan Smith
Floor
Michael Radlauer
Best regards from Europe,
Henry Vaupel
[To contact Henry Vaupel, click here]
Rest in Peace: Ernie Isaac
January 19, 2010
With great sadness I announce the sudden death on January 12, of my brother Ernie Isaac, who lived from 1950-1959 on Lefferts Blvd just off the corner of Metropolitan Avenue in a house that was torn down shortly after he left KG and is now the site of an apartment house. He had countless close friends, many of whom he retained over the decades. For more infortmation please contact me.
Ron Isaac
[To contact Ron Isaac, click here]
January 19, 2010
Hi!
On a recent visit to NYC we found, among other things, this slightly damaged PS99 picture from 1963 in a box my mother kept for me when I moved to Germany over 25 years ago.
PS99 1963 K1 Mrs. Bierman
Top row
center: Henry Vaupel
Second row
2nd from left: Robert Ossias
My family moved from Forest Hills (Yellowstone Blvd) to Kew Gardens (83rd Drive) in 1963 when I was in Kindergarten. A few years later we moved to the Talbot Apartments on Talbot Street, 1 block away, and were also there while I went to Russel Sage JHS and Hillcrest HS. My father was the caretaker or "super" at both locations. I graduated from PS99 in 1969. In the mid 70's, during high school, we moved to Elmhurst. I've been living in Germany since 1981 and visit NYC every now and then.
Best regards to all the people, too numerous to mention (and if I mention one person, I'd really have to mention several others), who are responsible for all the wonderful memories while growing up. Countless funny situations, and many lessons learned from doing stupid things. As a child I was pretty good in doing stupid things.
Due to spamming I prefer not to publish the email address, but anyone that asks can have it. I found this site when searching for some information about the old neighborhood.
What an overwhelming collection of memories and history this site offers about the folks and the neighborhood I grew up with. Thank you for all your effort. Fantastic!
Kind regards,
Henry Vaupel
[To contact Henry Vaupel, click here]
The Franken Pharmacy?
January 12, 2010
While going through some old family memorabilia, I found an old picture of my father when he used to work at Franken Pharmacy on Austin Street by the Kew Gardens Long Island Rail Road Station. I was too young at the time to now remember much about the store. Does anyone have any information or recollections about the store, its owner, Henry Franken, or his son, Tommy?
Lynn Silverstein
[To contact Lynn Silverstein, click here]
Posting Messages Here
January 1, 2010
[Ed.'s Note: The reason each guest book posting does not appear here immediately is that I review each message individually before posting to eliminate spam or unwanted adult content. Email me if you want to make a correction to a message you have already posted or if you would like a message removed.]
How to contact Guestbook signers
Some Guestbook signers choose not to publish their email addresses. If you wish to contact one of them, send me an email identifying the guestbook signer you wish to contact and giving me the date his or her message was posted. Your email to me must contain your full name, and may also include anything else you wish to tell the signer. I will forward your email to the Guestbook signer you wish to contact, but with no cc or bcc to you. It will be the signer's decision whether or not to make contact with you. Any emails which contain spam, adult content, or appear suspect for any other reason will not be forwarded. ~The Editor.