Welcome
Nate and Sadie Friedman welcome you to The Brookside Hotel web-site. Just as they did in years past at the hotel itself, they hope that you will enjoy your visit and come back many times to enjoy some wonderful memories of the vacations and time spent at their hotel. While we hope you will get pleasure from this web-site you won’t be able to taste the food in the dining room or laugh at the entertainment in the famous “No-Name Room”.
From its beginning as a farm and guest house in the 1930s, The Brookside Hotel was linked to the history of the Catskills and of Kerhonkson. We want to make sure this history is not going to be lost as time continues to pass. We may have waited too long already, like Nate Friedman many guests are unfortunately not with us anymore, but our hope is that those of you who have memories of The Brookside from your vacations and stays, or those of you who have family stories that include The Brookside will enjoy these pages and pictures. And, those of you who may have your own stories to tell, your own memories, and your own pictures will share them with us and others as we try to reconnect The Brookside Hotel family again. Take advantage of the link to send us your stories and pictures.
On this web-site you will be able to post your memories and stories as well as let us know that you have pictures that we will be able to include them on this web-site. We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully continuing to enjoy the wonderful memories from those times.
Sadie, Barry, Richard and Suzanne all send their thanks that you have found this web-site. If you or your family ever visited the Brookside please check out some of the pictures we have been able to find that help us remember days long gone. If you have pictures from your visits to the hotel or know someone who does please send them to Richard at rbfriedman946@yahoo.com or to sadiefriedman@comcast.net” so we can include them in our history.
Sadie spends the winters in Florida in West Palm Beach and returns to New York in the late Spring until early Fall. She is keeping busy with friends, bridge, emailing old and new friends, and her family. She can still tell all of us in the family where people sat in the dining room, who they came with and what room they had….so she would love to hear from old guests and their families.
September 6, 2014:
- email Sue at Brookside123@gmail.com or call at 845-339-0002
- email Rich at friedman946@yahoo.com or call at 603-714-2311
The past months have only confirmed how much all of us depended on her guidance and advice, and how much she will be missed by all.
My five summers working at the Brookside Hotel were the best 5 summers of my life. The friends I made are life long..and so are the memories. Like George I remember my first day.. I was never a guest. I was introduced to the hotel by Steve Rubenfeld.
My first day was Whendi Friedman’s sweet sixteen. I remember being at the pool and knowing not a sole.
She smiled at me and we were friends.. and from that event on, I was a part of the hotel. I enjoyed being a Mammaliga,creating the waiter/busboy parade, delivering mail as the air mail bird. I had many new experiences.. eating Derma.. eating a new type of hamburgers called the comando burger.. I think we all will always owe Nate and Sadie a big thank you. They were our summer parents.. By the way, the money we made was real good too.
Andy Cohen… bellhop.. busboy..waiter…fan
Dear Andy,
Thanks so much for your efforts to rekindle the memories of the Brookside on your radio show. From our end in Hurley, it was a big hit. A gift to mom, Sadie, and a testimony to my parents legacy.
Hope you are able to do a part II.
Best regards,
Suzanne
Richard,
Thanks so much for the monumental effort and passion that you (& Suzanne & Mom) have put forth to create this great site. Even with all of the years I spent in and around the hotel, the information & memories you share have greatly improved upon my knowledge of the place and the times. As a local Kerhonkson kid, I didn’t come to “get away from the city”. By being there, in a way “the city came to me”. It came in the form of Steve Rubinfeld, Arthur Weiner, Mark & Marty Floman, Randy Sosnoff, Steve Schhneider, Brian DeFiore, Andy Cohen, and many many more. By working with these guys and along with the many “home grown” local guys, I developed skills, ethics & responsibilities that stay with me today. As I lost my father at a very young age, I really respected your Dad as if he was my Dad. He was a larger-than-life figure in my (and most of the other guys) minds. He and your Mom really gave us valuable life lessons that I hope everyone appreciates as much as I do. I’m so glad this re-connection process has started. I will do my best in keeping in touch with everyone, and, possibly beginning with some small get-togethers in the NYC area, we can organize and plan a full-scale event.
Regards to you & all the family,
Allen Tepper