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I got a kick out of seeing the below article in the Riverdale Press (9/20/1951). Henny Youngman was known as “King of the one-liners”–a comedy club and late night star. Perhaps his best-known line was “Take my wife, Please.” Despite often joking about his relationship with his wife, they were married for over 60 years.
Henny Youngman on Ed Sullivan in 1969:
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Nick, I just joined as a member and came across this post. An interesting aside is that at the time of Youngman’s performance, the Riverdale Temple congregation was meeting in the building that had been Ben Riley’s Arrowhead Inn—hence the address of W. 246th and Henry Hudson Parkway. A former nightclub was a fitting location for the performance.
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From other photographs found on the internet, it seems that Ben Riley”s Arrowhead Inn located at 246th Street and Riverdale Avenue was a large building that had indoor and outdoor dining! Looking for it on Google Maps turned up nothing for me. I must have walked passed it many times during the 1950’s, yet I don’t remember it.
What has become of the building and the property?
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Thanks David. Now I understand why I don’t have a memory of the place. I would head north after crossing over the HH Pkwy, going to the Presbyterian Church to attend the Young Peoples’ Society meetings. I had many friends who lived in Riverdale at that time and we would walk all over the area going to each other’s homes. However, none of those walks required going passed Ben Riley’s Arrowhead Inn.
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Interesting history from SoYo forum.
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