Endicott, New York - Washington Ave.

This is a slide show of old pictures of Washington Ave. in Endicott, New York.

[@nalathenoodlegator7435]

I grew up in Vestal, NY. I was trying to remember Washington Ave and this helped. This street in the 1970/80’s was amazing. IBM employees would all be walking on their lunch hours. Broome County was magical to grow up in during that time!

[@gypsygirl731]

Thanks for posting this as pics we had back then are lost. I lived right across from lyric theater. And a few places on the ave. Bought my guitar at the music workshop.

[@ariston8855]

So many happy memories shopping on Washington Ave. I used to love buying the Tulip Sundaes at J.J. Newburys at eating them at the lunch counter as a kid 35 cents each as I recall. Also remember waiting at the bus stop in front of Marine Midland Bank and riding the bus back home to End Well. So many happy memories of E.J. Park too, the water in that pool at the park was always so cold, and who can forget the carousels!!!! No one could have immortalized it better then Rod Serling in that famous " Twilight Zone" episode "Walking Distance"...😁😁😁😁

[@zzzdogutube]

Thanks

[@timothymathewson8094]

Worst kind of homesickness there is. I want to go back home and I can't

[@stephenrogoff]

Left in 97. Drove through last year. The apocalypse.

[@mikemancini313]

Yes. Emptycott is dead and rotting.

[@stephenrogoff]

@@mikemancini313 Detroit 2.0. Still talking about IBM and ejs I bet. 0 innovation or initiative and voting for big daddy Gov to take care of them.

[@gregorycyr9272]

I lived on Grant Ave 2-3 blocks away in 1983.I have not been in Binghamton area since I visited in 1993.Regards,Raleigh NC.I worked at Philadelphia Sales.

[@mikemancini313]

@@gregorycyr9272 IBM Headquarters are currently abandoned, as well as the local Kmart as well as several shops on Washington Ave, North Street and East Main street. On East Main Street, there's a vacant Friendlys and Pizza Hut sitting side by side next to each other. The Endicott airport has a few abandoned buildings as well as the EJ factories over near glendale I think. It's rather depressing. If you're an Urbex exploration person, I highly recommend Broome County. You'd find a lot of cool abandoned places.

[@gregorycyr9272]

@@mikemancini313 That's sad,what a shame.I might try and make it up this fall just to see the area.I keep in touch with one person from that area I went to high school with.

[@Jack-Surreal_Panes]

The highlight was when Reagan came to visit, our little town.

[@streetvan1997]

love it. taken during when this area was still great. and had so many different industries. it's amazing there are half as many people in the area now then at peak population. some of the pictures takes me back even being an 80's child going to EJ's shoe shop on washington.

[@zzzdogutube]

streetvan1997 thanks

[@semperfine4442]

Great slide show! The Inn on the Ave. used to have the best steak sandwiches ever. Also, Pancho's pit was a great addition. I remember my dad taking us down to watch the various parades, and I swear that I saw some Spanish-American war vets back in the early 60's. Sad to see the decline. It wasn't just IBM and EJ leaving; the passing of Mrs. Norton was a big factor also. Also the Hideaway closing. But does anyone else remember the smell of leather in the mornings? Started school at George H. Nichols, moved to Endwell and Homer Brink. That's a big part of my youth.

[@poodcomics]

brings back a lot of nice memories! thanks!

[@zzzdogutube]

Thanks

[@matthewogonosky2346]

awesome brings back alot of memories of childhood

[@gypsygirl731]

I lived at 13 and 27 on the ave. Worked at acropolis and my sis worked at luigis drugstore. Worked for the Greeks there who owned acropolis the drososes and I worked for gances on the ave.they had a short spanned lunch place a big restaurant known for Italian food on the north side endicott known as the knob. I worked at age 13 on occasion I’d work at the mom and pop store who were also Greek Cristina and Steve.lot of memories and one can never forget elks bake shop where my mom and grandma chipped in to work great German bakery never one like it again. What ever was happening g in endicott it was Washington ave. Girls bought their clothes from burts.high end store of that time.IBMers ate lunches on the ave. Back then IBM and EJs bought in business.great ave to remember

[@FloridaWaterAdventures]

When I first moved to Endicott in the mid 80s, this street was hoppin'. I moved away in the 90s and it was dying. What's it like now?

[@zzzdogutube]

Dead and rotting. The low lifes are moving in.

[@FloridaWaterAdventures]

Wow. Sad.

[@joemancini327]

Endicott should be named to Emptycott

[@safenders]

Dead

[@briantalbot394]

@@zzzdogutube mostly the druggies that come up from the city....and we all know they ain't white

[@NorahisaChristian]

This was when it was good

[@christinefields1935]

I enjoyed looking back and seeing what Endicott looked like in its hayday,

[@sandrasheldon5337]

Thanks, Ron! Much appreciated!

[@billsmith5985]

Yes Ron. Much thanks for putting these great photo's up!-Bill Smith, U-E, 1966

[@zzzdogutube]

Thanks

[@Chris-wj4ze]

Burt's had shopping bags that looked like large peppermint candies (red and white stripes) with plastic handles that snapped together. They could be repurposed for years. Good times, good times.

[@zzzdogutube]

+Chris I remember them..

[@billsmith5985]

I remember when Mr. Burt bought the old Joe Barbara place in Apalachin in the late 60's. Off McFadden Rd, I believe. They left Joe's old wine vineyard there.

[@rosemcnierney3972]

@@billsmith5985 McFall Rd Apalachin

[@franimal007]

Emptycott is junk now. Life long resident until last year. We fled NY.

[@christinewoodruff4980]

Endicott payed a heavy price for driving IBM out, will never be what it once was.

[@airnoiphongsavath8509]

Was that in the 80's? I think my dad worked for them!

[@christinewoodruff4980]

Yes

[@lindsey607]

The good old days when everything was better n the area still had relevance.

[@ChrisMollo]

It would be cool to have the dates on the pictures so we can associate a time period with them :) Curious to know how long it took to build the area up and then the quick decline to it's now very poor state.

[@InadequacyinaBucket]

As an EMT that drives this street almost every single day, it's interesting to see what it looked like in its heyday.

[@zzzdogutube]

+Kathryn Dimock It was a great place to grow up.. Thanks

[@pup9et]

+Kathryn Dimock Are you one of the EMT's who repeatedly parts their ambulance across from dunkin in front of the NO PARKING SIGN ? Even after repeatedly being asked not to park illegally there..where every day i watch kids almost get hit because they run around and dont see cars coming down the street? Im guessing probably yes seeings your holding a dunkin cup in your profile pic.

[@InadequacyinaBucket]

+Jack Mehoff No, I am not. I park in the parking lot adjacent due to the size of my rig. Nor do I know any provider that parks anywhere else.

[@carpenterfamily6198]

Around 1986 the Endicott Assembly of God bought & moved to a school up in Vestal Center. What was the location of the old church in Endicott ? I recall there was a Philadelphia Sales store right near it, if that helps. Thank you.

[@cjsmith411yt]

Very few pictures from circa 1980's - were we really that jaded?

[@TimothyForbesXXI]

I think the village hit its peak in the early 1960s, then slowly went downhill from there. The decline accelerated after 1980 or so. And I know. I was there.

[@nancymorgart4157]

Quite different from the video" a gold rush town no more" here on youtube , thanks to ibm.

[@zzzdogutube]

+Nancy morgart I'd say!

[@airnoiphongsavath8509]

We lived there in the 80's!!

[@certifiedassman2306]

my school may or maybe not be on this street lol

[@pup9et]

+RelevantBlogGaming if you go to UE.. yup it is :)

[@Tibstradamus]

Washington Ave is scumville now

[@acspirit]

My old stomping grounds

[@joemancini327]

Endicott? More like Emptycott

[@lindsey607]

Precisely. Sad, but true.

[@matthewbaquero]

Ouch