Photo montage of the Rockaways, circa 1950's - 1960s. Dedicated to the Far Rockaway High School Class of 1962.
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@tommcconville42703 жыл бұрын
I lived in Arverne Rockaways, 342 Beach 56st. St. from 1951 to 1957 with my parents and 2 sisters, in the NYCHA projects. Kind of depressing life in winter, but summers were great, my mother taking us to the beach, only a half mile down the street. And my folks taking us to Rockaways Playland top, we liked that place a lot, great rides and arcades. When we moved to New Jersey, we still went back there till it closed. The Rockaways will always be a great place, hopefully some of the neighborhoods will improve, a better quality of life for the people there.
@cccpnow2 ай бұрын
Me 334 beach 56th 1951 to 1967
@judithzimmer2607 жыл бұрын
1967: best summer of my life, hanging out on Beach 35th Street with a boy named Barry. I think of him to this day.
@BETTYSTILES11 жыл бұрын
Love this clip. I close my eyes and I feel like I'm back in that era . Great memories.
@TomNickolson Жыл бұрын
Beautiful Marty. Nice memories of the good ole days 🙂 And great song by James Taylor.
@phyllisglazer138111 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This was definitely a labor of love. Grew up on 136th street, third house from the beach.
@tonyberkel63236 ай бұрын
This is awesome, coming from someone who use to work in redeveloping the Rockaways
@carolynw7128 жыл бұрын
You just got me with Our Town! Thanks, Marty for taking the time to do this. I lived at Rockaway Point and never met you, but I knew these places.
@cccpnow10 жыл бұрын
Such great memories brought back, Thank you
@tonikaye67344 жыл бұрын
So sad that our town is now their hood.
@YungPop2 жыл бұрын
I still love rockaway, I know its different than what it used to be but its the place that made me who I am. I am fascinated with this places history and seeing what is used to be like.
@wannababrit8 жыл бұрын
What a lovely tribute to a place I will always deem magical. If you don't look too closely, the next-to-last photo could almost be of Sal Mineo and Norma Jeane, but the final shot of the seagull shows s/he's weary of that attribution. Moreso, it's a perfect closing, the bird's heavy lids falling upon a bygone era. Thank you.
@Thinkslikemakeup11 жыл бұрын
Dang..... things really have changed here so much
@cantell6311 жыл бұрын
Wow,thanks I just seen my husband as a little boy on the parade in far rockaway..thanks for share.
@jaminova_19692 жыл бұрын
I rode that rollercoaster at Playland with a friend 102 times in a row!
@carolmarston320611 жыл бұрын
It's wonderful, Marty. Thank you for the acknowledgement.
@howardstrougo28973 жыл бұрын
nothing stays the same...
@ronnisander69416 жыл бұрын
I saw that you were credited in Skip Weinstock's video, "There Used To Be a Boardwalk Here" for providing the video footage of Beach 35th St. I wanted to thank you for it since it captured my dad's famous knish store at 0:36 of Skip's video. I grew up on the Boardwalk. My dad, Jerry of Jerry's Knishes, passed away on April 23, 2018. Beach 35th Street was a the center of my family's world for so many years. Mom met dad at the bungalows in the early 50s, I was born in Far Rockaway and lived in Wavecrest, mom worked at the front counter at Jerry's Knishes while in the back dad made the knishes (from his mother's recipe). A world disappeared.
@martynislick43796 жыл бұрын
If you are on Facebook please join our group "Friends of Old Far Rockaway" We talk a lot about Jerry's Knishes there and all things that were great about growing up in the Rockaways!
@markfoster95046 жыл бұрын
I'd give anything for one of your dad's cherry cheese
@DrScher5 жыл бұрын
We all thank your dad for the delicious knishes we ate on boardwalk during the summer, and our belated condolences. I spent many years in the bungalows on Beach 28th and Beach 29th Street, in the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's, and Jerry's Knishes on Beach 28th Street was our favorite spot to eat on the Boardwalk. We all loved the kasha knishes and the potato knishes. My parents and grandmother and uncles also rented bungalows on Beach 28th and Beach 29th Street, and Jerry's Knishes was their favorites also (easily beating out the Tuckee Cup place.) Thanks for reviving the wonderful memories that can never be replaced.
@eegg695411 ай бұрын
Sorry to hear Jerry passed. I met him on a LIRR train decades ago after enjoying his shop weekly as a kid in Rockaway. May he rest peacefully.
@js78517 ай бұрын
You must be related to Bruce H.
@warwolfii4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That was marvelously done.
@Mrbeahz1 Жыл бұрын
Great footage. Perfect choice of song.
@anotherNYer6 жыл бұрын
The snowy image at 1:07 made me cry.
@Tzipporah3611 жыл бұрын
Such great memories. Such a great video
@eileengray81332 жыл бұрын
I use to visit my Aunt Katie in the 50s i had the best time!!
@MrChristophergrayson10 жыл бұрын
i never seen rides and the stores on the beach. but i remeber that been burn down. anyway since u upload that video. it kinda bring s back memories
@user-yq3zj5kq1j Жыл бұрын
oh yea this song i remember this i think its in the movie cars right? yea man what a memery nice and good old song😭🤧😢😥
@reallylonely111 жыл бұрын
Brings back lots of memories . Thanks for the post . FRHS graduate 1954
@waynewright28864 жыл бұрын
The Southern Tip of Queens, an Almost Forgotten Section of the Borough that is Part of NYC.
@globalsttrekker37157 жыл бұрын
Shared this to my G+ Farrockaway
@sandyrosengarten54657 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Sandy Jonas Rosengarten, class 64
@NoviceQuads4 жыл бұрын
Nice job editing Marty.
@tbd59725 жыл бұрын
Far Rockaway used to be so nice, now it looks like a dump
@Jay-nj1oz5 жыл бұрын
We are still fighting the jews so its gonna be like this for a while
@lloydreife20415 жыл бұрын
@Ali Muhammad Yet you had your hands out to them for handouts. Always did.
@howardberelson81134 жыл бұрын
@@Jay-nj1ozwhy dont you take your bigotry and fuck yourself
@luhgeeky38323 жыл бұрын
@@Jay-nj1oz na ya dirty
@Jay-nj1oz3 жыл бұрын
@@luhgeeky3832 Crack epidemic made it like that.
@nikolairose27393 жыл бұрын
Welp interesting seeing this. I grew up in the post housing project Era. I'm 20. What I grew up with was shame for my hometown and the housing project I lived in. Whyd yall allow it to get so fucked up in the first place. Uptown remained somewhat decent but downtown just got wrecked by abandon, drugs and criminality. Wonder if yall got paid off.
@michaelhoffman54862 жыл бұрын
yo youngin ever hear of politics ever think that the common person has very very very very little power politically you think we the peeps allowed this to happen dude this happenned to us we had no choice no control but theres allways the beach and the ocean take care stay safe michael
@mirzaahmed6589 Жыл бұрын
There is no "uptown" or "downtown" in the Rockaways. The western part of the peninsula (Breezy Point, Neponsit, Rockaway Park) is okay. The eastern part (Arverne, Edgmere, and Far Rockaway) are not.
@aubretiaedick70948 ай бұрын
You guys took it away from us - we left because of the riff raff that was moving in. Personally, I blame the mayor of NYC at the time - John Lindsey. There was no housing projects when I lived there.
@terencewinters21543 жыл бұрын
Cosmos haircuts for 60cents. Baldy sours. .
@JWFdocumentaries Жыл бұрын
Ruined
@orlandoogando2476 Жыл бұрын
What is the name of this song and person singing it?