Lost City solves mysteries! In September 2009 I posted this image of the fantastic, and fantastically named, Silver Rod Pharmacy of Benso...

Used to be, in most neighborhoods, you could find a record store where the selections reflected the tastes and language of the ethnic group ...

In Bensonhurst, as seen from the subway platform.

Old neighborhoods that are rich with independent, longstanding businesses are also often rich with wonderful signage. The Bensonhurst stretc...

How can you tell that the seemingly contemporary Brooklyn Chinese restaurant Silver Star is older than it looks? Look up and see the old, pa...

I like this vertical sign outside Henry's Fish Market on 18th Avenue in Brooklyn. The place is closed now. And if you're looking for...

For my last post this week on old businesses that have recently shuttered along the Bensonhurst artery of 18th Avenue (read about the others...

Continuing with this week's unintentional theme of Closing Bensonhurst Businesses, here see the empty hull of the once mammoth Cotillio...

Wedding Coach, a bridal supplies store on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, has apparently gotten divorced from active business. The store was emp...

The closing of Trunzo Brothers Meat Market and Salumeria, a Bensonhurst staple for decades, doesn't seem to have made any news cycle, ev...

I find this Bensonhurst club at 6612 New Utrecht Avenue hilarious. As far as I can tell, it's named after a bus line. It's in the mi...

I didn't know about the Risposi Pastry Shop of north Bensonhurst until I passed it on my bike the other days. They're supposed to be...

On my last trip to Bensonhurst, I identified JC Bakery on 86th Street as a particularly wonderful example of an old-school bake shop. I bike...

Last October, I posted a short "A Good Sign" item about a Bensonhurst business called Solomon's Appliance Repair, admiring the...

How do you know Bensonhurst's classic drive-in L&B Spumoni Gardens does a bang-up business in its patented retangular parmesan pizza...

It's not just a ravioli store. It's the Ravioli Fair! Come to the Fair! Check out the rainbow colored letters on "Fair." F...

It's a toss-up what the most famous culinary landmark of Bensonhurst is. Some might say L&B Spumoni Gardens, the 68-year-old home of...

The other day I hopped the D train to Bensonhurst—a neighborhood I'm ashamed to say I've never visited in 18 years of Gotham habitat...