How many Boro Parker’s here??

amother

Pearl

Sun, Oct 13 2019, 2:36 am

I live boro park. We definitely don't fit in at all Smile

We are litvish, and there are not many families like us here. I do have to say though our chassidish neighboors have been great (for the most part)- very friendly, cooked us suppers after each baby and ect.... we've even started picking up a little yiddish Smile

I love amazing savings, designers spot, krm, clover, Brendas, oh nuts and all the toys stores Smile

oh and 18th ave park and the ice cream store across the street Smile

(guess you can see I'm still a child at heart Smile

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ssspectacular

Sun, Oct 13 2019, 9:00 am

I am a Boro Parker. I like to think I'm out of the box, but maybe I'm deluding myself-maybe there is no box; it's just a hoax. Anyway, shopping is not my thing, so no favorite stores.

Motherhood

Sun, Oct 13 2019, 12:23 pm

Born and bred Boro Parker, too! Like most of you, unaffiliated with any specific chassidus, but definitely chassidish! Not sure which store is my best, but the stores I go to most often are KRM and Quickaid

mommy3b2c

Sun, Oct 13 2019, 12:29 pm

amother [ Blush ] wrote:

Dh is from BP.
If you see a lady that doesn't fit the mold walking into a home on 12th Ave, that's me going to visit my in-laws.
Wave

That can be me too. Even the 12th Avenue part. But I was born and bred in Boro park too. My family moved out when I was 16. Although we are heimish, we never fit in as my whole block was very satmar. I was fine with it though. I like everybody.

thunderstorm

Sun, Oct 13 2019, 12:59 pm

I was born and bred in Boro Park but moved away when I got married. My mother still lives there . None of my siblings live in BP. Also neutral chasidish with no affiliation to any specific chasiddus. The stores mentioned on this thread didn’t exist when I lived there besides for Oh Nuts. Back in the day I used to love to go to Mini Temptations and A Tisket a Tasket. They probably no longer exist. Am I dating myself?

amother

Rose

Sun, Oct 13 2019, 4:12 pm

I've always lived in boro park and recently moved away.
I would come back anytime, I miss the craziness before yomtov on 13th avenue.
Am I dating myself if I tell you that I still remember Kosher Castle where Eichlers is now Very Happy

I was maybe 8 or 9 when Eichlers officially moved in.
Mega 53 used to be H &D
Where bleu dish is now, or was..... Used to be a pizza store
Who remembers Friedman grocery on 13 and 42 that had weird prices like 2.45 instead of 2.49 or 1.13 instead of 1.29
Bergament which used to be Pergament
Anyone who lived past 39th str or 59th str in other direction lived on the outskirts.

There was one time a fair on 13th ave. I was probably 10 years old, the entire 13 was closed for a few hours. It happened once and never again.

13th ave used to be a two way street. I remember when it became a one way.

So many more I could write but gotta get ready for yomtov.

amother

Seashell

Sun, Oct 13 2019, 5:03 pm

thunderstorm wrote:

Me too! Did you used to live on 45th street?

thunderstorm

Tue, Oct 15 2019, 9:58 pm

amother [ Rose ] wrote:

If I recall correctly the Kosher Castle was a dairy place and when my aunt and uncle came from OOT to visit they used to take us there for ice cream as a special treat. That was over 25 years ago!

amother

Tan

Tue, Oct 15 2019, 10:27 pm

thunderstorm wrote:

Who remembers Whispers n Whimsies? 😀

Born and bred in BP, moved to Lakewood when I got married. It's almost 20 years now and my kids still don't understand what I like about BP. They hate going 😞.

amother

Tue, Oct 15 2019, 10:57 pm

amother [ Tan ] wrote:

Yes whispers and whimsies I got all my pre 1a graduation gifts from. Fancy mirrors with my name on it. Closed right after

amother

Salmon

Tue, Oct 15 2019, 11:10 pm

I was born and bred in BP, and lived there till I moved to Lakewood 12 years ago. Everytime I go back, and see all the changes, I get sad. I miss going down 13th Avenue and knowing all the stores there

The stores that I miss:

Nosheria
Kosher Delight
Kosher Castle
Wonderland

veiznisht

Wed, Oct 16 2019, 12:21 am

ssspectacular wrote:

I am a Boro Parker. I like to think I'm out of the box, but maybe I'm deluding myself-maybe there is no box; it's just a hoax. Anyway, shopping is not my thing, so no favorite stores.

I live in BP but I'm one of the rarities that wasn't born and bred here.

I think there is a box, simply put, less people fit into it than one might think.

amother

Pewter

Wed, Oct 16 2019, 12:37 am

I grew up in bp’s lower 40’s. The 38 street park was a raggedy hang out with a few broken swings, the agudah houses were said to be a movie theater prior and our local grocery on 41 street and 15 ave is long gone...