❤ once again thanks for the memory I also remember when Lynn's was on corner where ABC is now. I will always love the Ridgewood area there was so much there and still is. The ice cream parlor and the small diner across from movie theater and Bickfords. Miss it all thanks again 😊❤
It's funny that I had originally planned to film around Manhattan, but I quickly learned that people are more interested in local videos from the places where they grew up :) Thanks a lot for watching and leaving feedback!!
Thank you so much my friend, I like digging up little neighborhood stories. In our area there were dozens of breweries so I'm sure I can find other stories if I try hard enough.
Eventually I am going to run out of stories though, lol. I'm heading to Juniper Valley this week for a few videos, which is remarkable because Middle Village is just up the road to me, but I think I have only filmed there once years ago.
Fascinating story, seems like without prohibition they may have become a major brewery, they certainly had the business minds with the purchase of the parks and only serving their product in them…..loved the video!
Eventually I will do a story on all of the breweries from the area, but the entire neighborhood used to be brewery after brewery. In the area that is now known as East Williamsburg you can still see some original buildings with their original brewery markings on them.
How interesting. I used to live in Maspeth and then Glendale and would be in that area all the time. Fun to see the J or M train again. Thanks for the history!
That's funny because I now live in Maspeth having moved here from Glendale :) That was the M train that we saw, in fact I liked the angle so much that I have clipped the video for a short video later down the road. It was tough to stretch the video out to five minutes, I walked at a snails pace.
@@richardarthur-nycstories my story is just the opposite. Lived first in Maspeth and then moved to Glendale. (Zum Stammtisch!) Both were wonderful areas….Loved seeing the area again. Thanks!
That was quite fascinating Richard! I am literally up the block at Myrtle and Wyckoff Aves. I'm always learning from you. I was under the impression (incorrectly so) that Wyckoff AVE. had been named after a revolutionary war officer of German extraction! Thx for this! Love your work and your obvious research talents.
Thanks a lot, Marco, I enjoy finding little stories like this. Doing some research a while back I found an image of the old brewery, then after looking it up I realized that I could make a five minute story out of it. As I was in the neighborhood anyway I grabbed 5 minutes of footage for the story.
So glad you did! Up until the he Advance Auto store was constructed on Madison & Wyckoff there used to be a triangular shaped building (now an empty lot next to the store) built in red brick clay in the "Romaneque" style with a huge date made from terracotta that said 1872! I was quite upset when they tore it down (for no apparent reason, as it is just a small, triangular empty lot just behind McDonalds) as it gave the neighborhood a sense of history! This was probably 20 years ago, and I always wondered what kind or what part of a scheme that it had played. All I know is, the area looks far worse w/o it!@@richardarthur-nycstories
We always appreciate the extreme level of detail you put into these historical lessons, things like the bottle and cap with the name on top at 2:55. That's really going the extra mile for authenticity in your videos! Who knows, given the popularity of their beer, if not for Prohibition, they might still be in business today!
Whenever I add an image to a video there is always a spike in the timeline where the images appear. I guess this is because people pause the video, or go backwards in order to digest what is in the image. It is quite fortunate that the old Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper archive is free online, because not only can I get images from there but I can also find out minute details to flesh out the stories. This week I am going to be filming a park and narrating a story about it. The park is quite popular, but I wonder how many people know that the land used to be owned by a gangster ;)
@@richardarthur-nycstories If you were out here in Central Calif, you'd have to come up with a lot of those short but sweet videos, because we've had lots of rain lately ! 😂
@@richardarthur-nycstories Yeah time sure flys seems like yesterday. Still have an NYC office and the New Delhi office is about as pie in the sky as it ever was 🙂
Actually what I presented was the right number, they started producing 20,000 barrels per year (31 gallons a barrel totaling 620,000 gallons) when they opened, and eventually grew to 500,000 barrels per year (15.5 million gallons). Thanks a lot for listening though, you were obviously paying attention ;)
In the near future I will do a story on the cemetery belt in Queens. The reason that the cemetery belt was created was to relocate all of the graves out of Manhattan. One grave in particular survived which I would love to do a story on one day. If you search Google for the "Amiable Child" grave you will find a fascinating story ;)
❤ once again thanks for the memory I also remember when Lynn's was on corner where ABC is now. I will always love the Ridgewood area there was so much there and still is. The ice cream parlor and the small diner across from movie theater and Bickfords. Miss it all thanks again 😊❤
It's funny that I had originally planned to film around Manhattan, but I quickly learned that people are more interested in local videos from the places where they grew up :) Thanks a lot for watching and leaving feedback!!
Love watching your videos, always learn something new about the streets I walk on. Thank you
Thank you so much my friend, I like digging up little neighborhood stories. In our area there were dozens of breweries so I'm sure I can find other stories if I try hard enough.
Great video.. You always find the most interesting stuff to share..
Eventually I am going to run out of stories though, lol. I'm heading to Juniper Valley this week for a few videos, which is remarkable because Middle Village is just up the road to me, but I think I have only filmed there once years ago.
@@richardarthur-nycstories Cool.. Keep 'em coming!
Fascinating story, seems like without prohibition they may have become a major brewery, they certainly had the business minds with the purchase of the parks and only serving their product in them…..loved the video!
Eventually I will do a story on all of the breweries from the area, but the entire neighborhood used to be brewery after brewery. In the area that is now known as East Williamsburg you can still see some original buildings with their original brewery markings on them.
How interesting. I used to live in Maspeth and then Glendale and would be in that area all the time. Fun to see the J or M train again. Thanks for the history!
That's funny because I now live in Maspeth having moved here from Glendale :) That was the M train that we saw, in fact I liked the angle so much that I have clipped the video for a short video later down the road. It was tough to stretch the video out to five minutes, I walked at a snails pace.
@@richardarthur-nycstories my story is just the opposite. Lived first in Maspeth and then moved to Glendale. (Zum Stammtisch!) Both were wonderful areas….Loved seeing the area again. Thanks!
excellent video ! awesmoe thumbs up
Thank you very much, I appreciate that!!
That was quite fascinating Richard! I am literally up the block at Myrtle and Wyckoff Aves. I'm always learning from you. I was under the impression (incorrectly so) that Wyckoff AVE. had been named after a revolutionary war officer of German extraction! Thx for this! Love your work and your obvious research talents.
Thanks a lot, Marco, I enjoy finding little stories like this. Doing some research a while back I found an image of the old brewery, then after looking it up I realized that I could make a five minute story out of it. As I was in the neighborhood anyway I grabbed 5 minutes of footage for the story.
So glad you did! Up until the he Advance Auto store was constructed on Madison & Wyckoff there used to be a triangular shaped building (now an empty lot next to the store) built in red brick clay in the "Romaneque" style with a huge date made from terracotta that said 1872! I was quite upset when they tore it down (for no apparent reason, as it is just a small, triangular empty lot just behind McDonalds) as it gave the neighborhood a sense of history! This was probably 20 years ago, and I always wondered what kind or what part of a scheme that it had played. All I know is, the area looks far worse w/o it!@@richardarthur-nycstories
A lot of research went into this film👍 Did they& other smaller breweries go bust when Prohibition came along? Thanks Richard!
Cool video. Much love 😘😘😘😘😘😘😊
Thank you 🤗
We always appreciate the extreme level of detail you put into these historical lessons, things like the bottle and cap with the name on top at 2:55. That's really going the extra mile for authenticity in your videos! Who knows, given the popularity of their beer, if not for Prohibition, they might still be in business today!
Whenever I add an image to a video there is always a spike in the timeline where the images appear. I guess this is because people pause the video, or go backwards in order to digest what is in the image. It is quite fortunate that the old Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper archive is free online, because not only can I get images from there but I can also find out minute details to flesh out the stories. This week I am going to be filming a park and narrating a story about it. The park is quite popular, but I wonder how many people know that the land used to be owned by a gangster ;)
Another very interesting "blast from the past" ! Absolutely love your intriguing & informative videos, Richard ! 👍🤓
This was a filler story, just something that I had saved for a rainy day should I be short of footage on any given week ;)
@@richardarthur-nycstories If you were out here in Central Calif, you'd have to come up with a lot of those short but sweet videos, because we've had lots of rain lately ! 😂
I remember visiting when I was out in NYC which scary is now 10 years ago
Has it been ten years already mate? Is there still an office in New York? Perhaps they will open in New Delhi as they once planned ;)
@@richardarthur-nycstories Yeah time sure flys seems like yesterday. Still have an NYC office and the New Delhi office is about as pie in the sky as it ever was 🙂
Interesting! I wonder if the production was 625,000 barrels/year rather than 625,000 gallons/year.
Actually what I presented was the right number, they started producing 20,000 barrels per year (31 gallons a barrel totaling 620,000 gallons) when they opened, and eventually grew to 500,000 barrels per year (15.5 million gallons). Thanks a lot for listening though, you were obviously paying attention ;)
I hate it when history gets destroyed especially graveyards.
In the near future I will do a story on the cemetery belt in Queens. The reason that the cemetery belt was created was to relocate all of the graves out of Manhattan. One grave in particular survived which I would love to do a story on one day. If you search Google for the "Amiable Child" grave you will find a fascinating story ;)