I hung out at the stables for a time as a kid. I lived on Hoyt Ave. My sister still lives on the island and I go back every year or so. It's nothing like it was when I was a kid. Was back in October for a funeral. Couldn't live there now.
Was the funeral at Casey's? Old family friends. Jackie Casey and his two sister were people I kind of hung out with. I was kind of a regular at the Hofbrau, Red Lantern, Frank Tusso's, etc, etc.
One thing I do remember about the area their talking about building this track at was the terrible odor coming across from the refinery's from Bayonne.