Looking to connect with anyone who worked in the Brooklyn ConeyIsland Ave store 1982-1984.

I worked here in the stereo dept ,home computers and the video tapes . i remember dave grape very well he was a great guy to work with, randy "c",dave kamet,steve russo,richie and sharron dayon.darlan (front door)joey in the stock dept,joey i in car stereos,sean cahill,bruce the manager of the stereo dept,jeff haymen.......great times...i think i was there in 81/82 .i was working at Grand central camara in grand central station when richie dayon headhunted me,i left Manhatten for brooklyn........boy was i fooled....the first week i wore the same tie everyday,allen antar said "you wear the same tie everyday" i said "yep i only have one".he said " if you wear the same tie everyday you can't work here" next day i got a job on 8th street in the village selling records at some cool record store,3 days later the manager of the stereo department bruce called me and asked why i didn't show up for work.i told him what happened,afew hours later allen callled to say he was just joking and to comeback to work.when i did he gave me a handfull of ties once i got a call on the instore phone from the girl in the main office she said kelso wants to meet you.i didn't know who he was and had never heard the name.the girl in the office said "in 30 mins leave the store and go around the corner he will pick you up at the pizza shop in a brown 350sl, she said tell no one" i got scared and started to panic finaly i asked Bruce what i should do,he said "you should defitnely go" i was so scared it was a mob hit i made him walk me over to the spot.Kelso showed up and i got in,we drove off.the whole car had tiny little muddy foot prints he said from his kids. he then tells me he heard alot about me and all the money i was bringing in was all new money (computer dept, video rentals) and he was going to open a chain of video rental stores .he told me when i got back i could have a vcr,i was shocked and thrilled,i thought he was the coolest guy in the world.maybe a few weeks before his wife had come in to get some vhs tapes for the kids.back then the whole dept had about 50-60 tapes,i heard her ask the kids if they had this tape or that tape,and they said "we have it downstairs but not upstairs"...i then told her she could not have the tapes !! she said "you don't know who i am,i'm eddies wife and i can have anything i want".i said "if you take these tape i can't rent them and the tv dept woun't have the hook to sell vcrs and i won't be able to get replacements for a month or two,so you can't have them".she stormed off to david kamet who called me up stairs. he said "what the hells wrong with you,did you just tell eddie' wife and kids they can't have vhs tapes" i said yep and told him why,he sent me back down to the stereo dept,the whole store heard what i did and gave me a hard time ribbing me.she left..........three days later she came in with a big bag of vhs tape 20-30 , lots of ones we didn't have.she gave me bag,some still had the tags from video shack in times square......she was nice to me and i was off the hook......great times in brooklyn ....glad i found this place... best wishes to all of you.....my email is...... airwaveking@yahoo.com

Hi Robert,

I worked in the Brooklyn store from 1982 -84.
I worked in PE with Randy Oberlander, then in
home stereo, I remember Jeff Hayman, Darlan
Randy C. Sorry, I do not remember you??

In records I remember Sharon and Steve Sunshine. The Store manager was Marty M and Mitch Pinto, and yes Norman Antar. The Grape
was Assistant Manager.

Best Regards,

Allan H

I don't think i remeber you,i left to manage a video store on the upper west side called video connection.but i still went into eddies alot to see my friends.i think most people who worked there have a few great stories i have more than an a few............like when allen was fired as the manager of the brooklyn store for marring a nonjew.a so called ickie (catholic girl ) SR came back to be the new manager and everyone was excited he had been there before,and everybody raved about him. on saturdays they would buys us lunch to keep us in the store.to celebrate his return SR ordered a very special "Brooklyn Treat" from some well know to Brooklyners delie....the treat was tongue sandwiches and dr. brown celrey soda..........i thought it was a joke.....but it seemed to make the whole store run around happy....everybody but me, a kid from virginia.there was no way i was eating that.tung ? whf ? not me! celrey soda what the hell was that,soda made from celery ? i tryed the soda but it was not like coke, and i was not eating tongue.......i was pissed i was not getting lunch.............SR heard about this called me to the office he tried to get me to go along with the program,and that this was something very special...... and when i told him noway he was cool and ordered me a turkey sandwitch and a cherry coke..everybody had a good laugh about the kid from virginia not eating tongue or celery soda........a few years ago i saw the soda at the market and tried it one more time.........and i don't like it....SR was a great manager......i think we all learned a few things about life there,i know i did....

Hey Robert,

you are bringing a lot of memories back..
sorry I don't remember you, being from Virginia you would stand out in my mind.

Lunch on Saturdays I remember that! When I was there they ordered from Cusins Resturant on Coney Island Ave. I remember deli sandwiches,

Who was SR?? it rings a bell?? When I first started in the summer of 1983 Norman Antar was one of the store managers, another older guy named Ray and Barry B. Darlan was the NAD along with some PT cops.. can'r recall names
Great times! other names Randy C & Randy 0.
In car stereo I remember Jiff and Sal..
Have good memories of an older gentlemen who sold the compact stereos "Babe" The greatest salesman. He taught me the SY Lingo - Shoof the Abed and Azab!

Best Regards,

Allan H