Happy 60th Birthday!! ~ Junior's Cafe and Restaurant

THE BROOKLYN TROLLEY BLOGGER WISHES

JUNIOR'S

Most Famous Restaurant

of

BROOKLYN

A HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY

TODAY!!

To my friend Hasting, and everyone over at JUNIOR's,

Thank you for providing Brooklyn with baked goodness and memorable meals while comforting us with remembrances of our old Brooklyn Dodgers.

 And thank you for being Quintessential Brooklynites for 60 years.

We Love You.

I, The Brooklyn Trolley Blogger; Mike,

wish you 60, and 60 more years of health, happiness and success.

Junior's Brooklyn Dodgers Collection:



Ladies and gentlemen, back in January, Hasting and Junior's was kind enough to let me

photo essay their Brooklyn Dodgers Collection.

I invite you to read that posting and view the entire collection here:

http://thebrooklyntrolleyblogger.blogspot.com/2010/01/pssst-hungry-trolley-ride-today-we-eat.html

Seat from Ebbets Field: Junior's Collection

It's something I call Trolley Rides;

It's when I roll up on an unsuspecting neighbors because they have a cool baseball collection.

You may see more of my Trolley Rides by clicking the links on the right of the page.

Mike.BTB

The Old Brooklyn Fire House ~ 1892

JAY STREET, Downtown

Brooklyn, New York

Mike.BTB

Downtown Brooklyn at Dawn

September 22, 2010

6:24 a.m.  ~  6:44 a.m.

View From Jay Street and Willoughby Street

Adams Street View

Another Good Morning in Brooklyn

Mike.BTB

Montague and Court, Jackie Robinson Dedication and Ebbets Field Mural

The Mission Statement ~  It's too easy using readily available pictures of Ebbets Field and the old Brooklyn Dodgers from books and other sites, etc. etc. for purposes of reflection, waxing nostalgic, and driving ourselves crazy.  That's not what I'm doing.  I'm looking for the footprint in the dried up river bed.  I'm cracking slabs of shale, and breaking slate to find what is left behind.  I'm looking for evidence, underneath layers of urban sediment.  I'm looking for the fingerprints of Baseball left upon Brooklyn.

Here in the Borough of Kings, the soul of the Boys of Summer, Dem Bums, Brooklyn's beloved Dodgers still lives on.  Whether we wear our Brooklyn Dodger jersies at a Cyclones game in Coney Island,  paying a toll to drive over the Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, or walk into any sporting goods store in Brooklyn, the essence of the Dodgers is everywhere.  Somewhere there's an old season ticket holder on 18th Avenue wearing his Dodger cap carrying a brown bag of fruit or vegetables as part of a daily routine.  I'm telling you as fact, before the sun goes down on the day, that person would have spent at least a couple of seconds thinking about his/her Bums.

Today the Trolley is pulling up to the corner of Montague Street and Court Street, in Downtown Brooklyn.  On this corner stood the building where the Brooklyn Dodger Baseball Club Offices were.  Their offices were not located within Ebbets Field.  The offices and Ebbets were a short distance from each other within 2 miles or so.

Today there is a bank occupying the location.  Outside, on the front of the building, in 1998 a plaque was dedicated honoring the sight, and the history which took place within it's offices.

Inside the bank itself is a marvelous mural depicting play at Ebbets Field.  If you notice the buildings in the backround behind center field, they are still there on Bedford Avenue.

I hope you enjoyed your ride to the site of the Bum's old offices 

with the BTB.

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Gray Snowy Day in Brooklyn

These pics were taken earlier in the day just as it started to snow. Brooklyn Borough Hall is decorated for the holidays. The castle-style downtown post office made for a nice picture. And before the snow started to stick, I picked up some Nathan's on the way home. The weather currently at 7:53pm is indeed pretty frightful, but in my man-cave it's delightfully bloggy! What a perfect night for a Hot Stove post. I'm just going to show my face to the family for a bit and I'll throw a nice big log in the Ol'Hot Stove oven. I'd say there's about an inch of snow by my way so far. A perfect night for Hot Stove indeed. Blog ya later.