Post #380730 by donhonyc on Fri, May 16, 2008 11:29 AM

It was 34 Gilbert Street and he moved in there in March 1959 ( and he did live with his mother ) , but , for a variety of reasons , sold it in June ! His mother went down to Fla. where Jack's sister lived , to look for a place , but Jack proceeded to purchase another house in Northport , this time at 49 Earl Avenue .

A year or two ago when I heard that Kerouac lived in Northport I did a little research on-line and found a website (can't remember what it was) which had an address of his former residence on a street called Judyanne Ct.. I don't remember what the number was but I did look for it when I was out there. What I found was a ranch style house on a cul-de-sac nearer to the Crab Meadow beach area, not like the Gilbert St. house, which was in a neighborhood nearer to the train station. After I went to the show at the NY Public Libary and saw that the house was on Gilbert (they actually had a framed photo of it in the gallery) I just assumed that the Judyanne Ct. address was inaccurate.

49 Earl Avenue? Hmm. I gotta check that out too the next time I'm out there.

Ya know..that would be insane if old Jack actually went to the Bali Hai. I would say that if anything, he may have went there once on a whim, for a laugh, OR by mistake. We all know he did like to drink. However, I'm betting that he wasn't a regular. Hey Johnny Carson used to hang at the Mai Kai! Carson..Kerouac. Two of my biggest heros!!!!!