What's the Oldest Business in Park Slope?
If your answer was prostitution, you’re not the only one. This Brooklynian thread tries to chart out the nabe’s oldest retail spot. The contenders: Pinchik Hardware on Flatbush, rumored to have been here since the 40s; Smiling Pizza (since the 70s, maybe?); and Neergard Pharmacy’s 5th Avenue locale, which seems to have opened in the…
If your answer was prostitution, you’re not the only one. This Brooklynian thread tries to chart out the nabe’s oldest retail spot. The contenders: Pinchik Hardware on Flatbush, rumored to have been here since the 40s; Smiling Pizza (since the 70s, maybe?); and Neergard Pharmacy’s 5th Avenue locale, which seems to have opened in the late 1800s. Jackie’s 5th Amendment? Aunt Suzie’s? Tarzian? Other ideas?
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I will stick to Seventh Avenue.
When I moved to Seventh avenue, the vegetable store on 7th between 7th and 8th had been in operation since the 1900s. This closaed and became a comics store. Forgot what is there now. The Coach Inn has been there a long time.
There used to be a bar on almost every corner on Seventh Avenue.
Bryan P Gay Realty has been there for ages and ages. It has a new co owner now. The pizza place nearby is very old too. But I hate that place.The dry cleaner on 7th Ave btn. 2nd and 3rd St. is very old too. So us Tarzian’s original store.
Purity Diner moved but it was locaated on the corner of Union St. for years and years.
The Clover Barber shop on ?13th St. and 7th Ave is there for a really long time. It is only open occasionally now.
A lot of businesses opened on 7th Ave during the early to mid 70s and some are still there in some way shape or form. Little Things is one. It ewas a tiny store on Lincoln Place off 7th then moved to a store on 7th btn. Garfield & Carroll (there is a hairdresser there noe I think, you have to go up a few steps), then to a larger store across the street (where Starbucks is now). They closed that but kept their toy store across the street, open and it is still there. The original store waas great and I miss it a lot. City Casuals used to sell hippie clothes, changed its name and became a shoe place. It has been there from the early to mid 70s. The Clay Pot has been there in the same store since the early 70s. Cousin John’s has gone thru a series of owners and name changes but it opened as One Smart Cookie in the 70s. The Szechuan restaurant near Key Food has been there even longer than Back to the Land which took over several store fronts next to it. Both from the early 70s.
Good one ou812!
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DIBS….um, their’s a problem.
Ah, thank you, you beat me to it…
Problem, problem problem…I’m writing it on the board 100 x now.
And a prblem with probelem 🙂
I have a bigger probelem with the there/they’re/their screwups. And then there is the What.
Thank you, that’s what I thought! ; )