And I used to live on Arthur Avenue as a kid in the early 90s, I remember a nightclub across the stret where I once saw a dude get clipped. My mom once dated a guy who worked over there.
Whereabouts on Arthur Avenue?
I lived in that neighborhood from the day I was born (in 1959) until the mid '80s. I've lived in Throggs Neck ever since I got married, but I still own a residential property off the corner of Hoffman and 187th streets. I only ask because I don't remember any nightclubs in the area, and murders in the neighborhood were VERY uncommon through the early '90s (which is the time frame that you're referencing).
Although Patsy Parrello's son, Patsy Jr., was killed in broad daylight in the neighborhood back in '92 or '93.
It was circa early '94. And it wasn't really a night club. I think it was actually a social club or something. And I moved in '96 at the age of 9. And I saw it from my window in the early hours of the morning. Few gunshots, dunno if they guy died or not though, prolly shouldn't use the world clip as it assumes I know what happened to him eventually.
From what I remember in my formative years, the neighborhood was relatively safe, compared to other areas. Can't tell you exactly where I lived, cause I know most of this information second hand, which was brought into question long after I moved away. And found out based on talks with my mother and other relatives. (Knowing they ran numbers across the street, the names of the zip Gambinos she knew, that the guy whom I just saw as a strange man worked over at the social club etc etc). Surprsingly there weren't but a handful of Italians over there I recall, most were Albanian or PR as I remember
