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Arena, The
Fresh Pond Road & Metropolitan Avenues, Queens, New York
DJs:
Anthony "Happy Days"
Light Man:
Jamie
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COMMENTS ON THIS DISCO / DISCOTHEQUE / NIGHTCLUB
Holy s***.... I was 14 years old when this club was hot. (that was 1984). Fake I.d."s went a long way back then. Hell you didn't even need one really. My Father would drop off me and my friends every weekend, then pick us up at 3 am, and we would all go to breakfast at the Fresh Pond Diner. I was always crocked on those frozen Alabama Slammers. My Father was the best, still is. He bounced briefly at the Fun House, back when I was like 9 or 10 years old. I always remember him coming home just when it started to get light outside. Other clubs that were great were....Emerald City.....The Lemon Tree......and I cant forget the UNDERGROUND in the city. Those really were the good ol days, even though all me and my freinds ever did was complain about everything.
Hate to use the word "hangout" (was my favorite pass time growing up) but did have an over the top sound system.
I went there when I 16. We saw Lime. It was crazy!!! I was feaking out b/c I had fake i d. We had a freaking great time.
I would like to correct the Djs. During the Arena's hey day. The DJ's were the Nights of the Turntables - Marco "T" Testoni and Chris Rubio - they rocked the house always!
THE ARENA WAS GREAT I THINK I WENT THERE WHEN I WAS LIKE 16 OR 17 GREAT STARTER CLUB
JOE CAM
funny i lived in long island at the time. never went into queens much, only to the MONASTERY ON QUEENS BLVD., ANOTHER GREAT PLACE. NOW I LIVE IN GLENDALE AND WORK OFF FPR IN RIDGEWOOD
Its funny to read that people were still going there in 1984, I used to go there with all my friends from Ozone Park in around 1978! We would say we were sleeping at each other's houses then take a cab there, we too were 16 at the time. It was when disco was in its heydey.
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