Trouble in Flatbush Contents 1. Something was wrong 2. The Neighborhood 3. The Street 4. The Apartment House Hallways The Apartment The Roof The Courtyards Anna’s Apartment Smells, Fragrances, Odors and Fumes The Hydrants & Parking 5. The Basement Catacombs Carriages and Strollers The Bouncing Crosley Portal to the Catacombs 6. Tuesday Nights at Eight 7. Three Gardens The Aerial Garden The Victory Garden Finally, My Own Garden 8. Puppet Shows The Beginning Entertaining the Masses Theater in the Grunge 9. Fences Make Friends 10. Cornick’s Superette 11. Daitch’s Shopwell 12. Barney’s Candy Store Gambling 13. Barbershops 14. Fuchs the Tailor 15. Max the Butcher 16. Jack’s Candy Store 17. Gluck’s Hardware Store 18. The Flatbush Riviera 19. Sounds of the Neighborhood Creatures Breathing at Night The Watermelon Man Fresh Fish The Clothesline Ice Cream and Raisins The Dumb Waiter Hallway Counterpoint Blood Curdling Screams Piano Lessons 20. The Great Labyrinth Foundation 21. Italian stores The Italian Grocery Store The Shoemakers 22. On Wings of Clotheslines 23. The 65th Street Bazaar 24. Saturday Serials 25. Art Lessons 26. The Avenue U Gang 27. The Twisted Lamp 28. Coney Island Getting There The Journey The Trolley Barn The Dinky Earliest Memories Luna Park Walking the Beach in Winter The Beach Nathan’s Benny’s Uncle’s Fruit Store Italian Ices Rides Steeplechase The Grin Hunting for tickets The Iron Horses The Stage The Human Pool Table The Flying Chairs The Magnificent clock Other Attractions Diversions Penny Arcades The Skeetball Champion of Flatbush Sodamat Going Home

Trouble in Flatbush

Contents

1. Something was wrong

2. The Neighborhood

3. The Street

4. The Apartment House

Hallways

The Apartment

The Roof

The Courtyards

Anna’s Apartment

Smells, Fragrances, Odors and Fumes

The Hydrants & Parking

5. The Basement Catacombs

Carriages and Strollers

The Bouncing Crosley

Portal to the Catacombs

6. Tuesday Nights at Eight

7. Three Gardens

The Aerial Garden

The Victory Garden

Finally, My Own Garden

8. Puppet Shows

The Beginning

Entertaining the Masses

Theater in the Grunge

9. Fences Make Friends

10. Cornick’s Superette

11. Daitch’s Shopwell

12. Barney’s Candy Store

Gambling

13. Barbershops

14. Fuchs the Tailor

15. Max the Butcher

16. Jack’s Candy Store

17. Gluck’s Hardware Store

18. The Flatbush Riviera

19. Sounds of the Neighborhood

Creatures Breathing at Night

The Watermelon Man

Fresh Fish

The Clothesline

Ice Cream and Raisins

The Dumb Waiter

Hallway Counterpoint

Blood Curdling Screams

Piano Lessons

20. The Great Labyrinth Foundation

21. Italian stores

The Italian Grocery Store

The Shoemakers

22. On Wings of Clotheslines

23. The 65th Street Bazaar

24. Saturday Serials

25. Art Lessons

26. The Avenue U Gang

27. The Twisted Lamp

28. Coney Island

Getting There

The Journey

The Trolley Barn

The Dinky

Earliest Memories

Luna Park

Walking the Beach in Winter

The Beach

Nathan’s

Benny’s Uncle’s Fruit Store

Italian Ices

Rides

Steeplechase

The Grin

Hunting for tickets

The Iron Horses

The Stage

The Human Pool Table

The Flying Chairs

The Magnificent clock

Other Attractions

Diversions

Penny Arcades

The Skeetball Champion of Flatbush

Sodamat

Going Home

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