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General Category => Hackensack History => Topic started by: johnny g on April 27, 2010, 07:45:55 AM

Title: Garafolo's junk yard
Post by: johnny g on April 27, 2010, 07:45:55 AM

Anyone remember this place on River St?...it was close to the intersection of River and East Kansas St.  I junked a few cars there back in the mid-80's

Title: Re: Garafolo's junk yard
Post by: Top of the Hill on April 27, 2010, 12:03:25 PM

I remember Garofolo's on River St. but had never been there. There was a Garofolo family that lived on Marvin Ave. We always thought they owned the junkyard, but I do not know that for a fact. We used to walk past their house to and from Hillers School. I remember a time a house on Marvin Ave was getting a new roof and there were pieces of shingles laying on the ground. We started throwing them around like frisbees and ninja stars. My buddy threw one that hit the glass on their storm door and broke it. Ran like hell.... I swear it wasn't me.... it was...oh, I'm not going to give him up after all this time. 

Title: Re: Garafolo's junk yard
Post by: BLeafe on April 27, 2010, 05:22:21 PM

I did a shoot there with a band named Fear Tech in 1989. They thought it would be funny to use the junked school bus with their schoolish name on it.

I thought it was funny that it was on the same road as Bergen Tech.

Title: Re: Garafolo's junk yard
Post by: johnny g on April 27, 2010, 06:53:04 PM

haha, classic!