2-Disc DVD Set
A View From THE STOOP & Memories From THE STOOP
Expanded with All New Material

Take A Ride Video Collection
Viewing these videos is like stepping into a time machine!

L-3 Third Avenue EL in THE BRONX, 149th Street to Gun Hill Road, 1960s-1970s with both pre-war and post-war IRT cars; and the Myrtle Ave EL in Brooklyn, 1950s-1960s with open-platform BU cars and later the Q-type cars.
53 minutes Color • Fully Narrated

Loew's Paradise Theatre Video

What better way to recall the days when “going to the movies” was an elegant experience.

Take A Ride Video Collection
Viewing these videos is like stepping into a time machine!

F1: F-1 FREEDOMLAND, Remember FREEDOMLAND, the largest Amusement Park in the northeast BRONX where Co-op City is now? Taken in 1960-63, these movies provide an overview of FREEDOMLAND but concentrate on the transportation therein: the steam train ride, the horse car ride, the boats, the ore bucket, etc. Bonus, also includes movies from the Danbury Fair.
54 minutes mostly Color • Fully Narrated

Take A Ride Video Collection
Viewing these videos is like stepping into a time machine!

F-2 FREEDOMLAND, CRITICS CHOICE!! This tape consists of footage gleaned from actual 16mm movies taken at FREEDOMLAND one clear summer day back in 1961. WOW! You may even find a friend wandering around the Park. It’s like stepping into a time machine. Also included is an actual WABC broadcast from FREEDOMLAND and original radio commercials.
40 minutes Color • Fully Narrated

Take A Ride Video Collection
Viewing these videos is like stepping into a time machine!

M-1 Third Avenue Railway Trolleys, Manhattan and Southern Bronx. Included are 42nd Street, 59th Street, 125th Street, 138th Street, 149th Street, 163rd Street, and 167th Street Crosstown lines, plus B-Broadway, K-Kingsbridge, O-Ogden Avenue, S-Sedgwick Avenue, and T-Third & Amsterdam Routes. Scenes along Broadway, 42nd Street, and Columbus Circle are highlights GREAT BRONX SCENES FROM ‘30s & ‘40s.
No Narration. 30 minutes Color and B&W

Take A Ride Video Collection
Viewing these videos is like stepping into a time machine!

M-2 Third Avenue Railway Trolleys, Northern Bronx & Westchester County. Bronx lines shown are B-Boston Road, B-Bailey Avenue, C-Bronx Van Cortlandt Park, S-Southern Blvd., W-Webster-White Plains and 207th Street Crosstown lines. Westchester routes feature all lines in Yonkers, Nepperhan Avenue, plus Getty Square & Mt Vernon. TERRIFIC BRONX SCENES FROM ‘30s & ‘40s.
No Narration. 30 minutes mostly Color

Take A Ride Video Collection
Viewing these videos is like stepping into a time machine!

L-1 Third Avenue Elevated and Manhattan’s Second Avenue. Elevated from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. The Second Avenue EL from South Ferry to Queens via the Queensboro Bridge to 129th Street and THE BRONX with the Bergen Avenue connection. The Third Avenue EL from South Ferry and City Hall branches and in THE BRONX. Open platform cars and “composite” cars converted.
1 hour B&W • Fully Narrated