I'm writing a mystery novel based in 1990 Canarsie, Brooklyn and want to include real places of the neighborhood in it such at the Canarsie Triplex Theater and Seaview Diner. Most of the places I'm including I've had the chance to visit so I can describe them well enough. However, the Bamboo Lounge, a rumored location of members of the Vario family, I hadn't had a chance to see prior to it closing down. Can anyone on here describe its interior and exterior or have images of it? Also, there used to be a bar on Rockaway Parkway between Glenwood Road and Conklin Avenue next to a corner bodega. I can't seem to find any info on that one. Anyone know the name of it? Thanks for any help you may be able to give!

Wasn't the Bamboo lounge the one which they filmed for Goodfellas
where they torched it ???

It was one of the hangouts for the family the movie was based on yes. Not sure of it being destroyed in real life though...or even really existing. Seems like nothing is around about it.

Roberts Lounge, adress: 114-45 Lefferts Boulevard

Go to google maps and Street view

If you have your heart set on including the Bamboo in your book, you might want to set it a bit earlier because it was long gone by 1990.

Someone on RD or one of the other sites put this up awhile ago. It gives you a couple of quick still shots of the place in it's heyday.

I thought Robert's Lounge was the place where Billy Devino got whacked out at. Hill's Queens "supper club".

I actually want to keep it 1990 but have the accuracy of the places around that year. I had quite a time this last week. I'm a reporter for a Canarsie newspaper (Canarsie Courier) so I dove into our archives for the Jan-Apr 1990 book. I found out that the Bamboo Lounge changed to the Le Parc Nightclub from an ad that was in the papers back then. I searched for that and got in contact with the DJ that was there. He gave me such a fantastically detailed description of the interior then sent my info to Angelo McConnach, the former owner of the Le Parc. I'm waitng for the end of the holidays for him to get back to me with more info but he already told me his family owned the building for over 40 years from his grandfather's McConnach's Pub to the Bamboo Lounge (Sonny Bamboo aka Angelo McConnach, Sr), to his nightclub. I can't wait for his perspective!

Thanks Pizzaboy! That was very cool!

It was renamed to LeParc night club. Todd Alvino was rubbed out front around Feb 1985 or there abouts

LeParc was located on Rockawy pkwy & Ave M. In the early 90's in was a meeting spot for the Vic & Gas loyalist. Every Tues night there was a dinner there guys like Big Frankie Lastorino, Danny & Sal Cutaia, Tommy Red, Nicky (Pops), Georgie Conti, Jimmy Galione would talk about Gases death missions and plans to remain control of the family. Small place located on the corner usually after that the Bklyn crew would closed the joint down and head back to W. 6th & Ave S in bklyn for a card game at ang's club. Just a little history for ya

nah batts got whacked at the suite louge queens not roberts lounge that was spider giancano and a few others