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.
WOW-I can’t believe I am getting to re-live the Brookside Hotel!!! My Grandparents spent many summers there, and I joined them on a lot of the holidays throughout the years. My Grandparents-Rebecca & Sidney Fischer were very close with Sadie & Natie. I loved getting in the car with them, and my brother and heading out there for the “fun weekends”
We even had my brother Kevin’s Bar Mitzvah for a weekend up there (He’s now 44). We had such a blast that weekend!
My fondest memories were of how my grandfather “poppy” commanded the schmorgasboard. He was usually one of the first on line, and had a table secured for us, and their friends. Even when he broke his leg, and could hardly walk, I remember his race to be there and bring back paltes to the table as though they were going to run out of food!
My Grandparents even bought a house across the raod from the hotel, but it ended up falling through. (I was happy because we still got to stay at the Hotel).
Anyway, I have a lot of great memories, and it was fun to reminisce! Thanks for putting up the site!
You have done a great job at capturing the “Brookside”. We were always invited to the Brookside as friends of the family. ( we went to college with Ann and Rich).
Great job.