Queens
- Tri-Bowl - this was on 63rd Drive in Rego Park across from P.S. 139. It only had 12 lanes
- Hollywood Lanes - this was on 67th Avenue and Queens Blvd. Now Devry College occupies that site
- Woodhaven Lanes - It was on Woodhaven Blvd in Forest Hills. I think it had 60 lanes.
- Turnpike Lanes - on Union Turnpike near the Queens-Nassau border.
I am sure there are others that I have forgotten.
Brooklyn
Back in the early 1970s, I dated some girls in Brooklyn. Going Bowling was an inexpensive date. There were:
- Gil Hodges Lanes - I believe it is still there
- Mill Basin Lanes - This may still be there under a different name.
There is a very funny story about Mill Basin Lanes since my friend Mike from CCNY became engaged there to Heidi. A bowling alley is certainly a very unromantic place to pop the question. I had a joke back then about that incident. Mike popped the question at a spare moment to strike while Heidi was in the right frame of mind. He wanted to get a lot of pin action.
Those were the days.
