Tag: Owney Geoghegan

That daredevil Steve Brodie! Did the former newsboy really jump off the Brooklyn Bridge?

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date July 11, 2019
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PODCAST A tale of the ‘sporting life’ of the Bowery from the 1870s and 80s. A former newsboy named Steve Brodie grabs the country’s attention by leaping off the Brooklyn Bridge on July 23, 1886. Or did he? The story of Steve Brodie has all the ingredients of a Horatio Alger story. He worked the streets as a newsboy when he… Read More

Tags Brooklyn Bridge, Bugs Bunny, Five Points, Friday Night Fever, George Raft, Owney Geoghegan, Steve Brodie, The Tombs

FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER: Geoghegan’s / Steve Brodie’s Saloon

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date September 7, 2007
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To get you in the mood for the weekend, every Friday we’ll be celebrating ‘FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER’, featuring an old New York nightlife haunt, from the dance halls of 19th Century Bowery, to the massive warehouse spaces of the mid-90s. Past entries can be found here . We’re going way, way, way back, to New… Read More

Tags Bowery, Friday Night Fever, Owney Geoghegan, Steve Brodie