KnickerBocker

====**Knickerbocker wasnt always the shopping avenue for food or accessories like jewlrey such as Gabby`s Gold. Or the stop on the M train. What now is Mc.Donalds, Bobby Sneakers, V.I.M was once something far different. In** **the 1950’s to the early 70’s mostly mom and pop shops inhabited the street with only a few small chain stores existing along** **side them. The shops were owned and patronized by the immigrants who had arrived early in the last century and by their U.S. born sons and daughters. Today the situation is different. On the street many stores, such as Jimmy Jazz, VIM, Pretty Girl, 99 Cent City, Footco USA, and others are part of small chains that have stores located in similar shopping areas throughout New York City. KnickerBocker also has resturants Here you could get anything, if your in the mood for italian you can stop at the pizza shop if you want the spanish flavor of mangu or empanadas then you could go to the spanish resturant at the corner. you`ll be delighted in the summer to see ladys selling ices and slicing mango the Esccence of KnickerBocker is Bushwick. While the vibe of KnickerBocker ave has changed the history of those streets is incredible its from the place of dealing with crack and drugs far from riots and fires and controversies **  ====