On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:11:41 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Jul 4, 1:38*am, "Doug" wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:13:29 -0500, CRNG wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:29:03 -0500, "Doug"
wrote in Re mud
rooms:

I also grew up somewhat in Queens ... Flushing to be more exact.

I grew up in Astoria. *When I first started to drive in 1965 I had
1961 Sunbeam Alpine. *The only place I could get "foreign car" parts
for it was a small parts store that was in Flushing. *I seem to recall
that is was near where Norther Blvd crossed over the creek near
College Point Ave. *I could be wrong about that. *It's been a long
time.

I left NYC in 1969 and never went back, except for very brief family
visits.

Well I moved from Flushing to Nassau County for a couple of years
before I moved to Texas. * I left LI in late 1979. *I use to take the
subway train thru Astoria on the way to Manhattan. *I think it was the
IRT #7.

Yep...it was the 7 train that went from Flushing (Roosevelt Ave) to
Times Square in Manhattan.

2nd stop out of Flushing was Shea Stadium and Flushing Meadows Park.

I spent a few summers working in the park driving a "people mover"
train between the zoo, the stadium and the boat house.

I remember a bunch of my college friends and I had a nice game of
touch football in Flushing Meadow Park. I remember there was a large
field and that's where we played. Don't know if that spot is still
there and to be honest, I don't remember the exact location now.