Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Joey Ramone to Forest Hills, Queens. A tie, not always an origin
On the map at Birchwood Towers
Birchwood Towers, Queens: He recalled living in this Forest Hills apartment complex with his mother and brother, and said a child in its playground inspired the Ramones song "Beat on the Brat".
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Places
- CBGB
- Joey Ramone Place
- Ramones mural
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- The Ramones Way
- Forest Hills High School, School
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
CBGB
1974On 16 August 1974 the Ramones (Dee Dee, Johnny, Tommy and Joey) took the CBGB stage for the first time, and afterwards became the club’s first regulars. CBGB closed in October 2006; in 2013 its building was added to the National Register of Historic Places, per 6sqft.
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Moment
Joey Ramone Place
2003The corner of the Bowery and East Second Street became Joey Ramone Place on 30 November 2003, per Ultimate Classic Rock. The sign may be the city’s most stolen: the fourth time it was put back up, it was raised eight feet, per NBC New York.
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Mural
Ramones mural, the Thorneycroft Ramp
2016Ori Carino’s black-and-white mural at the Thorneycroft Ramp, a path to the roof of a garage at the Thorneycroft Apartment complex, is based on Bob Gruen’s 1975 photo of the band sitting atop the ramp, where Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy and Johnny used to hang out as teenagers. It was unveiled in June 2016 during a tour organized by the Queens Museum, per DNAinfo. Joey’s brother Mickey Leigh helped unveil it, per the Queens Chronicle.
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Moment
The Ramones Way
2016The intersection of 67th Avenue and 110th Street, in front of Forest Hills High School, was named The Ramones Way in October 2016. Joey, Tommy, Dee Dee and Johnny went to school here in the 1960s, and it is where they first met and formed the band, per NY1.
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