More Kensington and WT true or false

A. There is a secret trap door in the Kensington Post office that clerks can activate when one reacts too slowly to being berated. The clerk simply presses a button and dumps you on the F-train tracks directly below in front of a rushing train.
True or False

B. The highest point in Brooklyn and Windsor Terrace is the top of the hill by Bishop Ford high school. This will be the place to be when the polar ice cap finally melts.
True or False

C. Notorious Brooklyn mobster “Crazy Joey Gallo” made Kensington his home in the 1950’s, and lived on McDonald Avenue. He was a regular at all the bars on Church Avenue and even dated my best friend’s mom.
True or False

D. Golden Farms is actually owned and operated by former Brooklyn Boro President and Kensington resident Howard Golden and his stepbrother Marty Golden of Bay Ridge.
True or False

E. My best friend Bobby Brennan used to be Marty Markowitz’s personal chauffer back in the 1980’s and actually tried to set me up with Marty’s sister once.
True or False

F. I am convinced that my buddy “David Ratner” from Mr. Cuba’s homeroom class at Ditmas JHS is the older brother of Bruce Ratner that many people dislike. And maybe that’s why I feel so warm and fuzzy about the Atlantic Avenue Yards project.
True or False

G. The reason why the elevators at Church Avenue station are so awkward is because placing them in a manner that would make sense would interfere with the “trap door” form the post office.
True or False

H. The Jewelry store next to the Deal 99 Cent store was actually the site of a “Citibank” back in the 1980’s and before that Ebingers Bakery in the 60’s. The story goes that one time the bank was robbed and the teller mistakenly gave the robber a “black-out” cake. It somehow exploded on the sidewalk and spewed that “red dye” all over Church Avenue.
True or False

I. My grandmother once fell into the tracks at Church Avenue, and it was not the result of the trap door being activated. Someone was able to tell the token booth clerk and the train stopped before it ran her over.
True or False

J. The over-abundance of legal “Nail Salons” on Church Avenue are the result of Giuliani’s crackdown on “illegal” toe nail clipping parlors that once plagued the neighborhood.
True or False

B-True, C-True, E-True, F,-I have to ask, I-True
The rest, you never know.

Ron Lopez


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