Bowlers in Queens to Lose Woodhaven Lanes by James Angelos - New York Times

Published: May 19, 2008, 8:10 am

Tags: woodhaven blvd, forest hills, queens, glendale, woodhaven, ny times

Read original...MANY of the gray-haired patrons of Woodhaven Lanes bowling alley in Glendale, Queens, have bowled there since they could barely lift a bowling ball. Romances, friendships and competitive spirits have budded on its 60 lanes, and wedding pictures were once taken on Lanes No. 1 and 2. The bowling alley is a place where it's not uncommon to hear someone earnestly declare, Bowling is my life. Today, after a mini-tournament tribute in the afternoon, the bowling alley will close, and its loyal customers dread the loss. When I walk in here, it's like my family, Al Arroyo, a 56-year-old auto mechanic and southpaw bowler, said during a three-strike streak on Lane No. 50 one recent Friday night. Everybody knows me, and I know everybody. I'm like the mayor. Mr. Arroyo bowls at the alley five days a week, a cut back from what was once a daily regimen. It bothers me a lot that it's closing, he said. Where am I going to go? At the beginning of

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