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Message: [QUOTE="msf22b, post: 3704739, member: 656"] Stickball was a big Bronx game as well. I lived on Decatur Avenue which backed up on Woodlawn cemetery. in the late 40's early 50's We played stick street ball (like Willie) but also pitched to boxes across E 211 St (never knew the name), painted on the concrete wall of the cemetery, and hit the spauldeen across a big lot (now filled by another apartment house). I went back to take a peek a few years ago and the boxes are still there. In Queens (we moved in '52 or 3), my stickball was played in Jewel Ave Park...against the tall wire fence of the handball court. there was a plate conveniently painted for balls and strikes. It was 350-400 feet across the concrete softball field to the far fence...With a Spauldeen, one could quite readily hit it that far. [/QUOTE]