Best of the Bronx: Van Net Lanes

<p>One Bronx bowling alley is stuck in a time warp.&nbsp;</p>

News 12 Staff

Mar 8, 2018, 10:03 AM

Updated 2,255 days ago

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One Bronx bowling alley is stuck in a time warp.
Van Nest Lanes hasn't changed much since the 1960s.
Its customers still keep track of their own score with a paper card and pencil instead of computers and all of their lanes are wooden instead of synthetic.
And that's exactly why the owners believe the no frills bowling alley has stayed open for so many years.
One of the owners says he started working at the bowling alley in 1964 and bought the place with his friend in 1979.
He's made it a point not to change much.
Van Nest Lanes has also been featured in TV shows and movies, including "Men in Black III" and "The Irishman."


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