![]() ![]() Robert’s Lounge served as Jimmy Burke’s (Conway in the film) headquarters up until the Lufthansa heist of December 1978. The former Robert’s Lounge in South Ozone Park Although the address is uncertain, it was on the north side of Pitkin Ave., between Pine and Crescent Streets. ![]() Presto Pizza (where Henry sees his first shooting in the movie) was also in the area. The building is clearly visible from the highest window in the boyhood home. The wiseguys would have played cards on that sidewalk into the early morning hours (and nobody ever called the cops). Presumably, the office would have been to the right of the fence, where the cell phone accessory store currently stands. There’s also a yellowish, rusty aluminum wall to the left, which has enough no parking signs attached to open a corner hardware store. ![]() ![]() The gray fence has DO NOT PARK DO NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAY spray painted in black. as well) and the first in a series of residential buildings that continue to Glenmore Ave. Today, there’s a high fence between the first commercial building on the east side of Pine Street (which wraps around to Pitkin Ave. The Pitkin Avenue Cab Company is long gone, but you can see where it once stood across the street from Henry Hill’s boyhood home. ![]()
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