Hunts Point Market Stories From Back In The Day...

Spent quality time on meat street (Fulton market) in Chicago too. I recall the guard that backed you in telling me to" look at me and not your mirrors "

 

I delivered there on occasion back in the '80s, placed sucked, even worse than Chelsea. Always delivered early AM, you didn't stop at the the stop signs or lights, slowed down but didn't ever stop. Some jamoke would jump in front of your truck, trying to get you to stop, while his buddy's would then be jacking your load out the back. See him coming off the sidewalk, hit the coal, he'll move outta the way. Street walkers would be on the corners, wearing a full length fur coat, as you went by, they'd open that coat and flash their wares. Yeah, that place sucked, as did most city produce, meat & fish markets. Giuliani cleaned it up I heard later on, but I couldn't tell you how it is now, haven't been there in years, and no plans to go back, ever....

 

Knew a driver who had a squeegee guy jump on the front of his cabover Pete, he didn’t stop until he got into New Jersey! The cops had to pry his fingers of the front grab bar.

 

Used to see city delivery trucks that had curved shields that were attached to the bottom of the cab doors that hung down and covered the steps of the cab. Stopped guys from jumping up on the steps and sticking a knife/gun through the window to try to rob the driver.
Then there were the gangs that would put up barricades on the street with detour signs telling you to turn down some dead end street where they could jack the load or stick up the driver.
Or the guys with the safety vests on who would jump up on your steps and offer to guide you in for $$$.

 

Hp meat market is a good place these days .
I quit running the city 4 years ago but up until then I would stock up on food and beer on Leggett st and spend Sat night and Sunday there .
Always thought it was cool how that place came to life about 3am ...never once had an issue there .

 

I think a lot of the "hood stories" are exaggerated a bit Lol. Doing food service with willow run in NYC and Baltimore i never had any issues in the dead of night in the hood.

Ok not my story but my dad's. He had a load of melons that picked up in Georgia in the early 80s with the old F700. Stopped in jersey to pick up my uncle for the grunt work. The guys at hunts point thought they were gonna make him pay for a lumper. They thought wrong. My dad pulled up from the dock, shut his doors and backed against the dock Lol. "I brought my help. You think I'm paying outta pocket to get this off my truck, I'll go sell em on the corner."

Eventually when they ran out of crimson melons the guys at the docks caved and my dad and uncle got to humping it

 

Lol. A few months ago P&G gave us like 6 load bars for free. They seal it and everything there, got to the receiver and opened the doors to half a dozen load bars laying on the tail. Probably was sitting on the dock for a while and they wanted to dump em. I wish stuff like that would happen more often. Maybe i should bye some lotto tickets

 

Headed for willow Run now out of Phoenix with a load I picked up out of McLane food service there ...go figure.

 

Must of been the late 70’s maybe early 80’s. We were parked in my Dads K100. Dad was in the bunk and I was laid across the dog box with a suitcase on each seat. There was a knock at the door. A “lady” asked me what we were up to? I said waiting to get unloaded. She replied “I can get you unloaded!”
I woke my Dad up and told him the “lady” said she could get us unloaded. I learned a lot of curse words that night as my Pop instructed her where she could go and what she could do when she got there! I think that was my first interaction with a hooker...and I was only 8 or 9 years old!

 

Thats what he says, but he didn't have nearly as big an impact as he wants people to think. The drop in crime began years before he took office, and it was a nationwide trend, not specific to NYC.