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.
a real walk dowm memory lane. it has been 33 years that i worked at the hotel. i still find cause to relate stories of the hotel to my wife and daughter, stories that still bring a smile.
just this past week in saw Scott Kreigers name in the Jewish Press……………lots of years and many many miles and still!!!!!!!!!!
be well
Richard
As one who remembers the Brookside in the Mid 1940. I came to Kerhonkson ever summer for many years.
My Aunt and Uncle ran the grocery store arround the corner from the Brookside.
I remember playing with Barry & Susan each summer as we grew up.
For the longest time My family ( The Warshawsky Family Circle) took over the entire hotel for a family weekend. Sadie & Nate were alway part of the family.
They made us always feel at home. My children who are now 38 & 35 have the best memories of the Brookside and to this day we still talk about them.
I remember one winter coming up and staying in the Red House, ( before the hotel was all connected) and having no heat. But don’t worry Nat e gave us extra blankets.
Anything we ask for we got, We came every winter for until the end of the Brookside.
Sadie would always send us home with cookies or Kishka. It was the best.
I could only say that they made my childhood and that of my kids the greatest.
Hi Barry
This is Richard and thanks for leaving your memories on the site. My mother enjoys hearing from all the guests and staff that were part of the Brookside family. I hope that yopu enjoyed the website. I hope to add more pictures when I can get the time.
Rich Friedman
PS…I’m trying to get her to write down some of the old recipes…..kishka is on the list, but I don’t know who would eat it now that we have become so diet healthy.
Barry,
You were the first one to mention the Warshawsky Family Circle. That is the weekend every year that I looked forward to the most. Saving up my quarters for the game room. Yes, we definitely took over the place.
It was great hearing from you. Regards to your family.
Bruce Grossman (Marilyn and David’s son)