Canarsie

[billy]

hi homer, enjoyed this one but have  a couple of thoughts on it; i think you captured the dereliction of the area pretty well. i'm presuming Canarsie is the "name'" of the place i'd have like to have know what the larger area was, new york perhaps?

Faceless doors and
grimy dry windows 
loom above 
cracked sidewalks solid start though cracked sidewalks has been used quite a bit, a suggestion would be [word of choice] sidewalks

The old corner store
longs for warm bodies this couplet along with faceless doors sets the tone well

The "L" roars past is "L" a train? i think so in which case it's a good simile
like a jackhammer,

Ah, the noise, i'm in two minds about this last line., though hanging on the side of liking it. i like it because i can see it in two lights. the noise of the train or the lack of noise being missed nostalgically.