Fireflies - PS 164 Alumni 2016-12-03T04:20:29Z http://www.ps164alumni.net/forum/topics/1978143:Topic:12395?commentId=1978143%3AComment%3A15825&feed=yes&xn_auth=no patricia, no notification via… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2008-06-05:1978143:Comment:16804 2008-06-05T22:44:36.064Z Peter Monroe http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/PeterMonroe patricia,<br /> no notification via regular email or the top part of "my page" which is supposed to indicate "new activity."<br /> peter patricia,<br /> no notification via regular email or the top part of "my page" which is supposed to indicate "new activity."<br /> peter Just a test to see if Peter g… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2008-06-05:1978143:Comment:16797 2008-06-05T19:58:49.697Z Patricia Weppler http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/PatriciaWeppler Just a test to see if Peter gets an email notification of this post.<br /> <br /> :-) Patricia Just a test to see if Peter gets an email notification of this post.<br /> <br /> :-) Patricia yumiko, i imagine there are n… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2008-06-05:1978143:Comment:16791 2008-06-05T18:04:27.165Z Peter Monroe http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/PeterMonroe yumiko,<br /> i imagine there are no more fireflies, as Queens is probably too urban and too much pollution. when i lived there we could throw a ball on 137th street for about 10 minutes before a car would force us to move. hardly any of the women drove (all walked to Key Food), there was rarely a car parked on the street (driveways only) and only 1 car per household (even us "rich" people on 137th street). remember it being a major deal when my friend Kenny Plotnick, who lived in the garden… yumiko,<br /> i imagine there are no more fireflies, as Queens is probably too urban and too much pollution. when i lived there we could throw a ball on 137th street for about 10 minutes before a car would force us to move. hardly any of the women drove (all walked to Key Food), there was rarely a car parked on the street (driveways only) and only 1 car per household (even us "rich" people on 137th street). remember it being a major deal when my friend Kenny Plotnick, who lived in the garden apartments father bought a used Chevrolet. yumiko, apologies for the lat… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2008-06-05:1978143:Comment:16781 2008-06-05T17:27:17.906Z Peter Monroe http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/PeterMonroe yumiko,<br /> apologies for the late reply, but the site is not posting in a linear way for me. yes, the short-cut went from 137th to 136th street (near 75th rd?) in any case it was only for pedestrians and kids riding bicycles so they wouldn't have to ride all the way around the block. if you continued down to the street in the same direction you would get to Park Drive East. we all called it "The Short Cut." the only adult who ever used it was a guy named "Rafferty" who was formerly a champion… yumiko,<br /> apologies for the late reply, but the site is not posting in a linear way for me. yes, the short-cut went from 137th to 136th street (near 75th rd?) in any case it was only for pedestrians and kids riding bicycles so they wouldn't have to ride all the way around the block. if you continued down to the street in the same direction you would get to Park Drive East. we all called it "The Short Cut." the only adult who ever used it was a guy named "Rafferty" who was formerly a champion runner when he was young. he jogged around the neighborhood in grey sweats (only runner at all in those days). glad i helped you remember something. Peter, Weren't those fireflie… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2008-05-18:1978143:Comment:15825 2008-05-18T06:50:41.910Z Yumiko Hoshi http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/YumikoHoshi Peter,<br /> Weren't those fireflies great? I sure miss watching them.<br /> I didn't know the Buckos.<br /> Now that you mention about the short cut from 137th to 136th (not 138), I think I may have taken that short cut to go to Neil Zitofsky's place. Neil lived on 136th St., but I do not remember going around by the school all the time to go to his house.<br /> So this means that we used to live rather close to each other. I lived half way up 75th Rd.<br /> I left NY when I was 8, so this is all very vague, but now I am… Peter,<br /> Weren't those fireflies great? I sure miss watching them.<br /> I didn't know the Buckos.<br /> Now that you mention about the short cut from 137th to 136th (not 138), I think I may have taken that short cut to go to Neil Zitofsky's place. Neil lived on 136th St., but I do not remember going around by the school all the time to go to his house.<br /> So this means that we used to live rather close to each other. I lived half way up 75th Rd.<br /> I left NY when I was 8, so this is all very vague, but now I am pretty sure about that short cut. Thank you for bringing it up!!! hi Yumiko. i lived on 137th s… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2008-05-17:1978143:Comment:15733 2008-05-17T02:38:42.766Z Peter Monroe http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/PeterMonroe hi Yumiko. i lived on 137th street (but forgot if crossroad was 75th). certainly lots of fireflies in my youth. we lived near The Buckos (father was local gardner and a few houses away from "The Shortcut (down to 138th street? - toward Park Drive East) hi Yumiko. i lived on 137th street (but forgot if crossroad was 75th). certainly lots of fireflies in my youth. we lived near The Buckos (father was local gardner and a few houses away from "The Shortcut (down to 138th street? - toward Park Drive East)