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Date Posted: 12:01:20 09/10/09 Thu
Author: Carol (Nee:Emanuel) Kehrley
Author Host/IP: mhric-64-75-119-10.mhric.org / 64.75.119.10
Subject: Gi Housing in Canarsie 1950 -

As my father was a serviceman in WWII, we moved into a GI Housing development in Canarsie in the late 1940's. It was composed of Quonset huts and wooden buildings. I was a very small child and only went to kindergarten before we moved away. I would like to know more about the development and have never been able to find out anything. Does anyone have any information on this at all? I would so appreciate hearing from you. All I remember is shopping on Ave.L with my mother, a large park, and a Catholic Church not too far away. My dad took the subway into lower Manhattan to work at P & J Die Company. Thank you for any information you can give me!! CKehrley

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[> Re: Gi Housing in Canarsie 1950 - -- Gary Friedland, 20:59:19 12/02/09 Wed (c-68-44-203-91.hsd1.nj.comcast.net/68.44.203.91)

>As my father was a serviceman in WWII, we moved into a
>GI Housing development in Canarsie in the late 1940's.
> It was composed of Quonset huts and wooden buildings.
>I was a very small child and only went to kindergarten
>before we moved away. I would like to know more about
>the development and have never been able to find out
>anything. Does anyone have any information on this at
>all? I would so appreciate hearing from you. All I
>remember is shopping on Ave.L with my mother, a large
>park, and a Catholic Church not too far away. My dad
>took the subway into lower Manhattan to work at P & J
>Die Company. Thank you for any information you can
>give me!! CKehrley
Hello. My name is Gary Friedland and I lived in Canarsie from 1957(I was 7 then) until 1975. I remember an Army complex built close to Paerdegat Basin and a few yards from the Belt Parkway. It was removed in the early 60's. I think there were Quonset huts there. There were several Quonset huts about 2 miles away in a field across from where PS 272 was eventually built 9about 1956). These huts were a short distance to Fresh Creek.The Army may keep records of where these establishments were. You may try to find it on the internet, or try to find some records in Army archives. Hope this helps.

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[> Re: Gi Housing in Canarsie 1950 - -- Peter Cacoperdo, 19:16:54 01/20/10 Wed (h245.99.28.71.dynamic.ip.windstream.net/71.28.99.245)

Hi I grew up in the quonset huts 1947-1952-3
There were two "villages" The one we lived in was N. of the Belt Pkwy and S. of Seaview Ave. East of Rockway Pkwy.
We live on 19th Lane [339B] The other "village" was West of the large park on Seaview and Remsen Ave. Later that area became a Battery of AA guns [I believe in the late 50's 60's.
We moved to the housing project on 108 st. [620] when they were open. I attended 242 two quonset hut schools, one in each of the two areas, on to 115 235 and graduated from 114 in 1955. On to SJ Tilden.
I have recently researched and have a picture of the quonset huts taken from the air showing the Pier belt Pkwy and the "village where I grew up.
I'd be happy to e-mail it to you.
We use to walk to Ave. L and the Canarsie movie .25 cents.
There was also a Trolley Line we took from the BMT down Rockway Pkwy almost to the pier.
Hope this helps
Fr. Peter +

>As my father was a serviceman in WWII, we moved into a
>GI Housing development in Canarsie in the late 1940's.
> It was composed of Quonset huts and wooden buildings.
>I was a very small child and only went to kindergarten
>before we moved away. I would like to know more about
>the development and have never been able to find out
>anything. Does anyone have any information on this at
>all? I would so appreciate hearing from you. All I
>remember is shopping on Ave.L with my mother, a large
>park, and a Catholic Church not too far away. My dad
>took the subway into lower Manhattan to work at P & J
>Die Company. Thank you for any information you can
>give me!! CKehrley

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[> Re: Gi Housing in Canarsie 1950 - -- Frank DeAngelo, 12:50:23 02/25/11 Fri (pool-71-109-101-13.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net/71.109.101.13)

I moved to Canarsie in 1943 at 6months old. We lived on Ave. N & east 91st si I grew up a couple of blocks from where you lived.

There were Quonset huts but also white apartment buildingd with black roofs. One story with the apartments side by side. I seem to remember 4 or 5 apts. per building.

I remmeber they started to take them out in the mid to early 50's. We used to play in the abandoned buildings.
After the building were gone there were go karts raced on the blacktop roads.

What a time it was & what a geat place to grow up.

I hope this helped you remember some.

lON>As my father was a serviceman in WWII, we moved into a
>GI Housing development in Canarsie in the late 1940's.
> It was composed of Quonset huts and wooden buildings.
>I was a very small child and only went to kindergarten
>before we moved away. I would like to know more about
>the development and have never been able to find out
>anything. Does anyone have any information on this at
>all? I would so appreciate hearing from you. All I
>remember is shopping on Ave.L with my mother, a large
>park, and a Catholic Church not too far away. My dad
>took the subway into lower Manhattan to work at P & J
>Die Company. Thank you for any information you can
>give me!! CKehrley

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