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Inside Buzz-A-Rama, the Last Slot Car Raceway in NYC


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Posted 23 November 2020 - 02:11 PM

From Untapped New York:

 

"Buzz-A-Rama is one of those idiosyncratic New York City mom and pop shops you hope will never close. It has the added distinction of being the last slot car raceway in New York City, originally just one of several dozen operating across the five boroughs.

Buzz-A-Rama was opened in 1965 by Frank “Buzz” Perri, the 83-year-old proprietor who still holds court behind the counter at the Kensington, Brooklyn, institution. Like most native New Yorkers, he feigns a grumpiness at first but is quickly willing to tell his story. His wife, Dolores Perri, is a nutritionist but helps out at Buzz-A-Rama, showing children and adults how the slot cars work. Both grew up in the neighborhood."

 

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