by Kim M
Happy Halloween Greenpoint!!! Before you head out to play trick or trick tonight it might be fun to arm yourself with some ‘real’ ghost stories to spook out your friends. The New York Times recently wrote an article about a haunting at the Sweetwater Tavern, but have you heard about these ghost sightings ripped from headlines of papers that faded long ago? 
It was said her heart died long before…
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The ghost of 140 skillman avenue Brooklyn NY 11211 there once was a landlord named Leo Leone he owned a house on 140 skillman avenue he used to take children’s base balls that went in his yard and cut them in half and throw them in the front Street he hated children he used to chase them with his Kane for no apparent reason and beat them with his walking stick when he died in the house of old miserable age you can still hear his screams and moans in the basement of 140/skillman ave the proof of the ghost is still present once a year on January 6th you will see a baseball cut in half on 140/skillman ave on the front stoop so that’s the story of the ghost of 140 skillman avenue …