Bagel Bowl

Bowling has been around a whole lot longer than bagels. The bagel dates back to Austria a few hundred years, but bowling has its roots in Egypt some 7,000 years ago. Back in the day, players used marble balls and sticks to get their game on.

Next month, the sport is rolling into Harlem. It will mark the first time in three decades that this neighborhood will have a bowling alley (there are currently only three public bowling alleys in all of Manhattan). The Harlem Bowling Center, located on 126th Street and Seventh Avenue, will open its doors in just a few weeks. It is the brainchild of sisters Sharon Joseph and Gail Richards. They said they were walking down 125th Street when they realized that it was time to bring the bowling experience back to Harlem.

"We were thinking about something that would be beneficial to the community, and with so many families coming into the community, we knew that this would be something everybody could participate in,” Joseph said in an interview in BlackAmericaWeb.com.

You know what they say, "First comes bowling, then comes bagels..."