Street Games

Published: Aug. 21, 2010, 11:30 a.m.

Over the years, in New York City's five boroughs, kids found a variety of ways to amuse themselves in the streets.  They played, and sometimes even invented games, using whatever was at hand; bottle caps, a stick, or a piece of chalk.  On this edition of Cityscape, we're talking about street games; stickball, handball, stoopball and more – the world where the spalding ball met your mama’s broom handle.