Celebrating the Shoe Repair Shop
Some Brooklynites see the shoe repair shop as a dying institution, replaced by bank branches and cell phone stores. So Brooklyn Based has tracked down the borough’s best, extant, cobblers: Yelena in Greenpoint; Express in Boerum Hill; Roman’s in Windsor Terrace, to name a few. Their list continues here. You got nominees? Photo by gkjarvis.
Some Brooklynites see the shoe repair shop as a dying institution, replaced by bank branches and cell phone stores. So Brooklyn Based has tracked down the borough’s best, extant, cobblers: Yelena in Greenpoint; Express in Boerum Hill; Roman’s in Windsor Terrace, to name a few. Their list continues here. You got nominees? Photo by gkjarvis.
BRG…can these shops replace your clear heels??
Biff, some may think you are soleless!
I wonder how Carrie Bradshaw will deal with the implosion of the MAB and her fetish for the most expensive shoes. Does Big still have his job? Will he get a bonus this year?
Jobs these days are searched for online. There’s no more “pounding the pavement” and, as such, soles last longer. Mr. B you should call all of these shops and do an interview about whether business has fallen off.
The best sign I ever saw was in one of these shops in Chicago. “Time wounds all heels.”
they wane but don’t fade way because they’re there when you look for them – near subways, bodegas, and dry cleaners.
MM, you know I was kidding, but what you say is so true. I love walking so much, I’m always wearing away my soles and re-soling my shoes (once I find a pair I like, I hate to toss them too).
MM, you may have to get new soles periodically, but you have enough soul to last a lifetime!
My shoe Repair Shop is on 3rd Avenue and 78th Street. A little old italian man.
(I used the following line here before..but I think it’s a winner)
I like knowing that an Italian man is fixing my sole.
Not true, Biff. We’ll be taking our old shoes to get re-soled again and again, like we used to do before we just replaced everything. Some of us never stopped getting shoes repaired. Besides, a good pair of shoes is worth saving. And it’s a green thing to do.
“One of the few businesses that will never be replaced by the internet.”
True, Dave, but once none of us can afford shoes any longer, which some posters here think will be the case, this business might be in trouble!
Magic Joe Shoe Repair
500 Franklin Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 230-0629
They are good and fast. they also make keys and sell shoes.