Thursday, July 3, 2014

A drive by Mousey's Bar on Avenue C in 1976



George Cohen shares another photo with us.

I took this from the taxi I was driving. I saw Mousey's Bar, a little island in a pile of rubble, i.e. Avenue C and 13th St. in 1976.

As I raised my camera to my eye, this guy comes to the door, sees me and grabs his crotch.

That was the shot.

Indeed.

Today, Campos Plaza stands at this location.

As for Mousey's ... according to Jimmy Peanuts, Mousey's had the best stickball team of any bar in the neighborhood.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Meanwhile on St. Mark's Place in 1968…. (22 comments)
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9 comments:

  1. NEW YORK IN THE 1990's PHOTO ARCHIVESJuly 3, 2014 at 5:32 AM

    Great shot !!!

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  2. Tom ClarkJuly 3, 2014 at 8:08 AM

    Another great one, George!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 3, 2014 at 9:17 AM

    great pic! thanks for sharing!

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  4. GojiraJuly 3, 2014 at 11:16 AM

    Lovely. And yes, I mean it.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 3, 2014 at 2:10 PM

    Most amazing thing about that shot is, how clean the street is.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 4, 2014 at 3:05 AM

    Wow--that is fantastic! That little link to the observer is great too.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 4, 2014 at 7:21 AM

    I've seen that picture before. I've even seen the description ("grabs his crotch"). Deja vu!

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  8. AnonymousMarch 19, 2023 at 11:46 PM

    I lived on 14th between B & C. 1975-6 ..went in there for a beer a few times.. I was a bike messenger my rent was $175.00 a month and I split it with another messenger 👍. I was told. it used to be a speakeasy..the elaborate bathroom's downstairs were the last remnant of that 👍

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  9. UnknownMarch 21, 2023 at 7:36 PM

    I lived in Stuyvesant town as a kid
    ,Ave B and this was one of the dives we had another was The Blarney Cove on 14th between Avenues B and A ,
    It was so thin and narrow it was difficult to pass by someone at the bar. I’d like to do an oil painting if you wouldn’t mind .

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