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Old 10-21-2007, 05:47 PM
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Remember it? I played the Commack Arena.
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Was the Commack Arena the place where the Nets first played before the Nassau Col. was built? Anyone remember?
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Old 10-22-2007, 07:33 AM
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They played there for a few years, then moved to the Island Garden in West Hempstead before they moved to the Coliseum.
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:37 PM
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Default Ed's Aquarium

I do remember Ed's Aquarium - in fact, I worked there for a short period of time. I was in my late teens, early '20s and and worked part time for a few months. I loved that store.

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Not only Jack In The Box, but the Big Steer too! Kleins... OMG, how could I forget Kleins, not to mention Alexanders (the "big" store in Roosefield Field once upon a time).

Anyone ever buy fish from Ed's Tropical Aquarium? (no, not for eating, unless you also had a piranha)

My mom had a part-time job in the dress department at the Mays in Levittown for years! Before that, she worked at Kress's in Hempstead (note: This was back in the 1950s, when Hempstead did not have the same demographics that it does today).

Speaking of the "five and ten"s... remember Kresge's, Kress, Woolworth's and -- oh no, I completely blanked out on the name of the other 5&10 ! Help me out on this, fellow Boomers...??
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Default Matinecock Dairy Farm, Jolly Roger

Any people from Long Island who remember the Matinecock Dairy Farm in Plainview - it was a small store and had a drive through.

Also - the Jolly Roger Amusement Park in Levittown - my grandparents used to take me there. I remember the bumper cars and the organ

I now live in North Carolina, but have good memories of Long Island.

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Any people from Long Island who remember the Matinecock Dairy Farm in Plainview - it was a small store and had a drive through.

Also - the Jolly Roger Amusement Park in Levittown - my grandparents used to take me there. I remember the bumper cars and the organ

I now live in North Carolina, but have good memories of Long Island.

Wendy
As a lifelong Long Islander, I've had a GREAT time reading through this entire thread!!!

Yes, I do remember the Matinecock Dairy Farm. Wasn't that the precursor of the later "Dairy Barn Stores"? At least the drive-through milk store concept was.

I grew up not far from "Jolly Roger's" and loved it both as a child (nagging my parents to take me there to ride the carousel and play skee-ball -- I was VERY GOOD at skee-ball ) and as a young teen.

Whatever did happen to the carousel that was at Jolly Roger's? Anyone know? Don't tell me it just got tossed into some dumpster...
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I do remember Ed's Aquarium - in fact, I worked there for a short period of time. I was in my late teens, early '20s and and worked part time for a few months. I loved that store.

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Wendy,
Where was Ed's located and when did it close? My friend's dad would take us up there and it was always fun watching the big fish getting fed. Why do I remember Ed's having Lava Lamps?
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Wendy,
Where was Ed's located and when did it close? My friend's dad would take us up there and it was always fun watching the big fish getting fed. Why do I remember Ed's having Lava Lamps?
I remember Ed's Aquarium on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream.
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I remember Ed's Aquarium on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream.
Oh yeah, I remember that too! We used to stop there sometimes when we went to Cooky's Steakhouse. Did a place like Cohen's Optical go in the old building?
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Eppi is still around and wearing his green sneakers, George from US Blues is also !!!!

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