Welcome to Bronx Memories…
This website is a compilation of images and narratives of the Bronx based on my experiences on Vyse Avenue between 172nd and 173rd Streets and beyond to Boston Road, Southern Boulevard, Jennings Street, Tremont Avenue and Simpson Street during the 80s and 90s.
It is my hope that other Bronxites and non-Bronxites will be encouraged to share their own experiences in this very special borough of New York City.
My name is Bill Morse and I grew up in New London, Connecticut, about 120 railroad mileposts away from Grand Central on the way to Boston.
My first glimpses of the Bronx were through a train window… Bartow Station, Pelham Bay Bridge, Coop City, the Ace in the Hole trackside bar… P.S. 50 (from behind, though I didn‘t know it), Westchester Avenue suburban station, Oak Point Yard, and Randall‘s Island with its painted sanitmen training footsteps on the tarmac below.
Certain things stay with you… even 60 years ago.
The pages in Bronx Memories are under construction and like subway reconstruction can try you patience. I wish you more patience than I had.
You can always reach out to me via Email:
all the best!
Bill
a hangover from earlier times on Honeywell Ave…
please click on the orientation page in the upper right hand corner…