Charles Caracciolo

The Old Ballgame: The QBH Story

I grew up a sports-crazed kid in a sports-crazed family, so I couldn’t wait to sign up for baseball, like my older brother before me. Our local little league in Flushing, NY was run by an organization called the Queensboro Hill Athletic Association, or QBH, for short. My memories of that time in my life are many and magical.

This is the story of QBH.

July 11, 2025
6-9 PM

Court Square Theater
44-02 23rd St, Long Island City

CHARLES CARACCIOLO (Director/Producer/Editor) grew up in Flushing, NY, and began his film career early, making movies using a GAF 8mm movie camera he received as a Christmas gift in 1977.

After graduating from Queens College, he became a professional videotape editor in 1990. Over the years, Charles has edited a countless number of corporate films, local TV spots, PSA’s, national commercials, long-form television shows, training films and the like.

At the ripe old age of 54, Charles made his award-winning debut film, "We Were All Nobody’s," a documentary about the halcyon days of his youth spent toiling away in the Queens, NY rock-n-roll scene.

Young baseball team with coaching staff posing on a grassy field, wearing uniforms and brown hats, with some holding gloves, outdoors on a sunny day.

Youth baseball team with two coaches, posing on the field with a chain-link fence and construction equipment in the background.

Two men smiling and posing together inside a baseball or softball batting cage. One is wearing a red and blue cap and a navy vest, the other is wearing glasses and a black hoodie with purple and white lettering.

Group of five men, two sitting on a bench and three standing, talking on a baseball field with chain-link fences and trees in the background.

A vintage football team photo of young boys in white and blue uniforms with 'Queensboro Hill A.A.' printed on them, standing on a grassy field with a coach or older man behind them, all wearing black caps and holding gloves or baseball mitts.

Black and white photo of a baseball team, with six young boys in baseball uniforms and helmets, kneeling or standing, along with a man in a patterned shirt, on a baseball field with a fenced outfield in the background.

Three middle-aged men standing with arms around each other on a baseball field, smiling at the camera. There is a black chain-link fence and trees in the background.

Two smiling men in gray Hoodies standing outdoors with their arms around each other, on a sidewalk with houses and cars in the background.

Three men standing on a sandy sports court, with a chain-link fence and trees behind them. They are smiling and have their arms around each other.