18 September 2009
Closed on 18th: Final Edition
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For my last post this week on old businesses that have recently shuttered along the Bensonhurst artery of 18th Avenue (read about the others...
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17 September 2009
UA Cinema Death Trap: The Sequel!
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Parents, do you love your children? People, do you like life? Yes? Then do not, under any circumstances, go to the UA Cinema on Court Street...
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The Scotto Brothers: Movie Moguls
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Everyone in South Brooklyn knows the politically powerful Scotto family and everyone knows they own a Funeral Parlor on Court (Buddy Scotto...
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The Cotillion Is Over
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Continuing with this week's unintentional theme of Closing Bensonhurst Businesses, here see the empty hull of the once mammoth Cotillio...
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16 September 2009
Spooky
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You can't tell from this picture, but on a recent rainy windy day, this old wooden shutter, above the Pet Central store on Bleecker, was...
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86-Year-Old Ozone Park Furniture Store to Close
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Sukon's, an 86-year-old family-owned children's furniture store in Ozone Park, survived the Depression, but it can't tough out t...
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Wedding Coach Rides Outa Town
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Wedding Coach, a bridal supplies store on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, has apparently gotten divorced from active business. The store was emp...
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Zito Bakery—Worse Than Ever
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Looking back over the archives, it seems that every year around this time I check in on the old Zito Bakery space on Bleecker Street in the...
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15 September 2009
Caffe Dante Needs at Attitude Adjustment
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I love Caffe Dante, the old-world coffee house on lower Macdougal in the Village. But, seriously, the owners need to relaxed. Enter this 94-...
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14 September 2009
Bensonhurst's Trunzo Brothers Meat Market Closes
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The closing of Trunzo Brothers Meat Market and Salumeria, a Bensonhurst staple for decades, doesn't seem to have made any news cycle, ev...
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