First of all, Forgotten NY is is one of the best websites around. Period.

Here's a link to their take on Canarsie: http://forgotten-ny.com/2008/07/canarsie-brooklyn-part-1/

And here's the pic they lead with. It's the old Armondo's storefront, right next to the Rockaway Parkway Station. It's still there, but those vintage Coca Cola signs (that once adorned every "by-the-slice" pizza joint in the City back then, are long gone). I remember it well, though.