Brentwood,Long Island, New York

NEW Brentwood wrote:

Pls excuse the other posts prior.........Still looking for my old neighbor. Kevin Roberts on Arthur st, brother of glen and son to Helen. would have attended north jr high and BHS in the early to mid 70's.. anybody out there know of him??

who are you I lived on arthur st... my parents rented the Roberts house..
maybe we know each other too..

Joanne hoffman wrote:

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who are you I lived on arthur st... my parents rented the Roberts house..
maybe we know each other too..

Is this Sarah's daughter, Barbara's sister?

Joanne hoffman wrote:

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who are you I lived on arthur st... my parents rented the Roberts house..
maybe we know each other too..

sorry I'm new neighborhood not old neighborhood... trying to reach kevin with some important info for him. I currently live here. Anyone in touch with him?? I know all of u were here back then but I was hoping someone wld still b intouch. Kevin moved to florida last i know but hasn't beem back here to visit in a few yrs... anybody out there ??

Kurt - Toby Walker wrote:

Hi Kathie,
I grew up in Brentwood around the same time you did. I remember the Jack In The Box on the corner of Washington and Suffolk Avenues but I don't think it's there anymore. I also recall the 5 & 10 down the road. I used to buy little toys there when I was a boy.
I also worked at Grants as a short order cook around 1972... perhaps it was me that made that terrible liver.

if ur wondering the Jack in the Box is now a white castle.

New brentwood wrote:

<quoted text>sorry I'm new neighborhood not old neighborhood... trying to reach kevin with some important info for him. I currently live here. Anyone in touch with him?? I know all of u were here back then but I was hoping someone wld still b intouch. Kevin moved to florida last i know but hasn't beem back here to visit in a few yrs... anybody out there ??

Kevin who? my sister lives in FA.

New brentwood wrote:

<quoted text>sorry I'm new neighborhood not old neighborhood... trying to reach kevin with some important info for him. I currently live here. Anyone in touch with him?? I know all of u were here back then but I was hoping someone wld still b intouch. Kevin moved to florida last i know but hasn't beem back here to visit in a few yrs... anybody out there ??

Oh ok good luck. finding him... did you try on white pages .com
you can type in his name and it may pop up with his address try that.. Is his mom Helen still alive? haven't seen them in years.. good luck to ya but i would give white pages on line a try..:-)

Marian1220 wrote:

<quoted text>Kevin who? my sister lives in FA.

Kevin Roberts on Arthur st between madison and jefferson.. don't know where in fl unfortunaley.

Joanne hoffman wrote:

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Oh ok good luck. finding him... did you try on white pages .com
you can type in his name and it may pop up with his address try that.. Is his mom Helen still alive? haven't seen them in years.. good luck to ya but i would give white pages on line a try..:-)

Unfortunately his Mom helen died a few yrs ago soon after moving to fl to live with him.. that's why he was here in ny and the last time i saw him when she was laid to rest here in NY.

Sandi wrote:

Brent City is no longer there but it is not an empty field. There is an Exckerds a Health Center and a few small shops. There is a checkers in the parkinglot by Brentwood Road. Friendly is still there! St. Anne's on 2nd Street is still there but the school closed down and now it is apartments.

friendlys is closed now and just another eyesore in the growing cancer that brentwood has become

Islip Native wrote:

Charlies Hot dogs use to be great. Since the daughter Jeanne took it over it is terrible. Charlie is probably rolling in his grave!! This has been the talk at many town meetings how bad the food got!!!Not the same!! What a shame!!!

charleys is gone about two yrs

HEY DEE GET A LIFE

Matt wrote:

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No, Everybody Loves Raymond takes place in Syosset Long Island. Which is the name of the actual town on Long Island.
I was not a big fan of the show so I really didn't think anything of it.

Like YOU SAY there's good and bad in every race. Back in the old days,we had poor Irish and Italians immigrants from Brooklyn. Now we have hispanics from Central and South America.God will continue to bless America for her generosity toward us.

joanne apex nc wrote:

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where on arthur st did you live? i live at 33 arthur back in the late 60's early seventies between jefferson and madison, we were only renting and the owner wanted to move back so we bought a house (my parents that is) on wilson st (corner of washington ave) then my husband and i bought a house on plunkett st (south brentwood) off of broadway (but i always liked north brentwood better) now we have lived in north carolina 9 yrs. where did you move to?

Response, I use to live at 40 Arthur Street
& use to work at the luncheonette at Hills & John's luncheonette in town by A&P

I use to live at 40 Arthur Street & work at the luncheonette at Hills, & john's luncheonette by A&P

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My family moved to Brentwood in 1959. I started in 7th grade at south jr high, 9th grade in the new at the time, North jr high. Worked in Hill's on Washington Ave., until it burnt down which was around 1963. I have some very fond and great and not such great memories. But sometimes I wish I could back.

WE lived in Brentwood from 1959 to 1973.Yes, there are many fond memories. I remember summer nights when we would congregate on someones stoop or patio and enjoy a glass of ice tea or a cup of coffee with cake.The kids would run around the neighborhood playing games until it was time for bed.Even the big winter snowstorms didn't hold us back. We would gather in someones house for coffee while the kids played in the " finished basement".We shopped in Hills supermarket, bought pizza from Tony's on Clark street.We still go to Tony's....we didn't go far.We now live in Hauppauge,Smithtown.My children started school in North Elementary and graduated Hauppauge High.Does anyone remember the five and dime on Suffolk ave. in the A&P shopping center? Whatever one needed....they had it.Grants was a great store also.We did make use of the Brentwood theater.We were able to drop the kid off and pick them up after the show with no worry at all.We stopped going when the theater was patrolled by security guards with dogs.

Tph wrote:

We did make use of the Brentwood theater.We were able to drop the kid off and pick them up after the show with no worry at all.We stopped going when the theater was patrolled by security guards with dogs.

A certain sign of the beginning of the end for Brentwood. If you had a crystal ball it would have shown you more was to come, a typical full fledged minority community where movie theaters, bowling alleys and a regional supermarket were morphed into an abandoned building, a welfare clinic and a niche supermarket. Just about the only good thing left about Brentwood are the distant memories.

Tippy wrote:

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Hi Rain,
Thanks so much and I believe you're correct about Long Island. It

's so sad.

Leave Long Island? Are you kidding.This is the best place in the country. So Brentwood has gone downhill....big deal.Brentwood does not define Long Island.Of course if you can't afford it, its best that you leave.