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amother

NeonOrange

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 4:36 am

There was a hotel on Crown Street near Albany that had been a hospital before that.

Hatzlacha superette - I was a regular customer of theirs

Ess & Bench on Kingston

Going to get dollars from the Rebbe

Empire Kosher used to be an Associated supermarket. I heard that way way before that, it was a movie theatre.

When President Street by Utica had regular parallel parking

There was a shul on Eastern Parkway, I think in the 900 block, that was in a very old building with a domed roof and with memorial plaques from the 1970s. Much later they tore it down and put up an apartment building with a shul in the basement.

Also my late husband lived in CH before it was Lubavitch. He remembered a theatre on either Crown or Carroll - I can't remember - near Utica Ave. He would go there when he was a little kid.

amother

Lotus

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 6:26 am

amother Clematis wrote:

Who remembers Crown Heights when it wasn't exclusively Lubavitch?

Singer's Appetizing on Kingston Avenue, that sold pickles and pickled tomatoes practically out of the barrel, sliced lox and sable for you on order, and was run by a lady with a number on her arm, who was so smiley and cheerful.

Friedman's grocery, run by little Mr. Friedman, who spoke only Yiddish, and his daughters Rivky and Sheivy. Rivky could serve you and add up your bill in her head quick as lightening.

Noble Drugs, who made his own cough syrup so we could have kosher syrup.

The Haitian (I think) dry cleaners on Kingston and Empire, who had copies of Ebony in the front of the store. The store next to it that sold curried goat (yech.)

Berkowitz's candy store, later replaced by a shoe store.

Raskin's fish store and the dairy restaurant, can't remember its name.

The toy and stationery shop on Kingston and Crown (or maybe Carroll) where we bought our school supplies and birthday party gifts.

And "Stablilization", which I never figured out what it was for but it was run out of a storefront and you went there in the evening to do arts and crafts and such stuff.

Anyone remember any of these???

Friedmans grocery is now kol tuv. There was a stationary store on the corner of union and kingston as well which is now sweet expressions, and the Haiti guy from nosh world is alive and well but works in Raskins fruit currently.

chocolate moose

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 7:24 pm

good times!

SYA

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 8:33 pm

Esther’s Deli a restaurant on Albany between Empire and Montgomery no longer exists.

The pizza shop on the other side of the street from where it is today.
Punctual car service is now yehuda barber.
(L)owens bakery (the L fell off before I can remember) is now Kingston bake shop.
Where the jcm is was an apartment building. On the ground floor was Lipsker’s grocery.
Totally Her was sterling electronics
Kettle and chord was Auction Mart.

House of glatt is a new meat store that still hasn’t opened.

(580) crown condos was the crown plaza hotel on top of the “mountain”. I remember my friends and former neighbors who arranged a sefardi minyan there.
At the corner of the block was a hospital (but it closed before my times).

And so much more.

Last edited by SYA on Thu, Aug 03 2023, 11:05 pm; edited 1 time in total

scintilla

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 8:40 pm

SYA wrote:

Esther’s Deli a restaurant on Albany between Empire and Montgomery no longer exists.

The pizza shop on the other side of the street from where it is today.
Punctual car service is now yehuda barber.
(L)owens bakery (the L fell off before I can remember) is now Kingston bake shop.
Where the jcm is was an apartment building. On the ground floor was Lipsker’s grocery.
Totally Her was sterling electronics
Kettle and chord was Weinstein’s

House of glatt is a new meat store that still hasn’t opened.

(580) crown condos was the crown plaza hotel on top of the “mountain”. I remember my friends and former neighbors who arranged a sefardi minyan there.
At the corner of the block was a hospital (but it closed before my times).

And so much more.

There was also a Chinese place, do you remember what it was called? You reminded me of it!

amother

Daylily

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 8:57 pm

SYA wrote:

Kettle and chord was Weinstein’s

Weinsteins then moved to their current location?

amother

Diamond

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 9:25 pm

Kettle and cord was auction mart. Then auction ware. Then became kettle and cord. Weinsteins is the other dishes store near president st.

Who remembers Heshy's candy store? Going in to buy candy for 5 or 10 cents while waitng for our bus in the mornings...

SYA

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 11:03 pm

amother Daylily wrote:

Weinsteins then moved to their current location?

Sorry got mixed up. Kettle and chord was auction mart.
Weinstein’s is still around.

SYA

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 11:07 pm

Albany Bakery main branch where everything was baked, was where apple bank is now off eastern Pkwy and Albany. Their second location was on Kingston between Montgomery and Empire. Now it’s either Flamms or the rehab.

scintilla

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 11:09 pm

SYA wrote:

Sorry got mixed up. Kettle and chord was auction mart.
Weinstein’s is still around.

Kettle and cord (like the cord of an electrical appliance no?) was so many things!

Remember the photo lady in Sterling electronics, I think her name was Irina?

SYA

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 11:13 pm

scintilla wrote:

Kettle and cord (like the cord of an electrical appliance no?) was so many things!

Remember the photo lady in Sterling electronics, I think her name was Irina?

Yes. Irina. She’s a photographer

naturalmom5

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 12:28 am

I remember Drimmers across from 770
In. 1979 and 80, I went to Sunday seminary in CH
I loved Shulamis Pape and her classes

SYA

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 4:56 am

naturalmom5 wrote:

I remember Drimmers across from 770
In. 1979 and 80, I went to Sunday seminary in CH
I loved Shulamis Pape and her classes

Drimmers is now Judaica World.

amother

Buttercup

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 4:57 am

scintilla wrote:

There was also a Chinese place, do you remember what it was called? You reminded me of it!

Wasn't it also called Esther's?

SYA

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 4:58 am

scintilla wrote:

There was also a Chinese place, do you remember what it was called? You reminded me of it!

Chinese style food restaurant? Esther’s Deli on Albany, near Empire.

chocolate moose

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 5:10 pm

Sterling electronics used to be the Kochleffel iirc

amother

Wallflower

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 5:16 pm

Harvey’s on empire and Albany
His friendly dog

Oholei Torah called the Jewish center

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