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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Simply put, DIBS prolly is under the common misnomer here that his ttl equity value is a function how much time loitered on Brownstoner site.
Manhattan Special Coffee Soda since 1895.
Brooklyn Casket Company Date unknown.
“If your answer was prostitution, you’re not the only one.”…what, me a prostitute?
“If your answer was prostitution, yours is not the only one.”
Sorry, BRG, I am new to the site and still trying to get the hang of it.
Sorry, who is Smiley? I meant Smiling.
I was just telling my husband that Smiley’s has been around as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I can’t remember anything before 1980.
Monte’s opened in 1906.
And this from the Neergaard website: The 5th Avenue location was established in 1888
Slope…
I guess not.
I guess not.
I guess we aren’t extending the boundaries west to include Monte’s. The dry cleaners on 9th St./6th Ave have been in business continuously since at least the early 60s, I believe. Viejo Yayo on north end of 5th Ave looked old when I moved here in ’85. Also, Leopoldi’s is a bit of an institution.