Coney Island’s Kensington Hotel (1895 – 2000) aka the house underneath the Thunderbolt rollercoaster!!!!!!

May Timpano reflects on the house she lived in!!!!!

The House Under Roller Coaster – NY Folklore Society

post-demolition photos + some of the house’s interior!!!!!!!

‘Fire Guts House on Coney Island’ – NY Times, 1991

about Lila Place’s short doc Under The Roller Coaster

Coney Island Scenes - Forgotten NY

Coney Island  Roller Coasters of yore

Coney Island At The Movies, Coney Island Unforeseen Times

btw, this is the house that Alvy Singer grew up in, in Annie Hall!!!

[via NY Mag‘s Attention Seekers – Apartments ad extremum]

look, we’re no fan of fish eating, but who in the right mind would ever eat a fish that they caught in a river surrounding NYC???

from New York City Area: Eating Fish You Catch – 2010-2011 [pdf]

gross!!

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Freya Mavor = not gross!!

her Mini Skins ep = major heartbreak awesomness!!!

Generation Three 9ever!!!!

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Diora Baird, the constantly hotttttt gardner

they say that Brooklyn’s half mile long Atlantic Avenue Tunnel is officially the world’s oldest subway tunnel, even though it served trains, and not subway cars

regardless, it was built in 1844, so it’s old as fork, was closed off in 1861, and was basically left abandoned for ages.  that is until 1981, when a fella named Bob Diamond re-discovered it, re-opened access to it, and has led tours of it ever since.  we joined in on one them tours this past Sunday, and while the view from below isn’t the most penis-blowing thing one has ever seen (was kinda hoping for a Ghostbusters 2 moment), the history and tales that Bob D spins are!!

plus how often does one get to explore NYC’s underground without the fear of rats or The Baseball Furies giving you a major beat down?

there are places to eat b4 u die

and then there are places to eat that will make u die

and make you want to die…t immediately

and one of them places

is one of our new moist flavorite places

Charles’ Country Pan Fried Chicken

Charles’es’s is a tiny Harlem hole in the wall where the name of the shame is a way too affordable ALL YOU CAN EAT buffet, consisting of such artery-clogging bestness as crispy fried chicken, fall off the boner ribs and every single scrumptious soul food side you could imagine. drinks are included, and we recommend you get yerself an Arnold Palmer (although you probably shouldn’t ask for it by that name). and if you have room to spare at the end (good luck), indulge in their yumcredible banana pudding, which will be sure to put the icing on your cardiac arrest

thighly recommend?  what do you think?  juss don’t come anywhere near us as we’re still farting from our Sunday splurge

Brooklyn’s long neglected Loew’s Kings Theater to be resurrected and reopened by 2014!!!!

mo pics of the theater as it be today

bet Joan Blondell would approve

and the current state of the other 4 Loew’s Wonder Theatres??
Loew’s 175th St Theatre, Manhattan – a church & concert venue
Loew’s Jersey Theatre, Jersey City – a restored movie palace!!
Loew’s Paradise Theatre, The Bronx – a peforming arts center
Loew’s Valencia Theatre, Queens – a church