Recently I had a number of Friends and Family assist me in putting the following names and places together.These made up the Bushwick and part of the Ridgewood area’s.If you know of any names and places of the past, please email me to have them placed on this web page.Thank You
Knickerbocker Ave.
Adam Hat store off Dekalb Ave
Al Stone Appliances
Al's Glassware
Bee's Womans Shop
Bella's Millinary
Betesh Childrens Clothing
Boy's and Men's Shop
Brautmann's Pawn Shop
Buster Brown Shoes
Charlene's Clothing store
Circo Bakery.
Dilberts Supermarket
Eddie Cantors
Fish Store
Fruit Stores (??)
Gluckoff Carpet Store
Harrico Drug Store
Italian Deli corner Dekalb
Izzies Grocery - next to Stella D'Oro
Jack's Deli
King Solomon
Kitchen Set store(owned by Izzy)
Linoleum Store
Lofts Candies
Mazzola Furniture
Meatland
Miles Shoe Store
Moe's Record Store
Morris Toyland
National Shoe Store
Rainbow Shops
Rose Shop
Scaturro's Supermarket
Schotenfelds Carpet Store
Schumacher's Ice Cream Parlor
Schwabben Hall
Stallone's Italian Pastry
Stella Doro Bakery
Store on Knickerbocker and Suydam sold live snails and Dried Codfish hanging outside.
The Chinese Restaurant upstairs
Thom McCann
Vinnies Pork Store
Woolworths
Young Folks
Myrtle Army & Navy Store
Other Business in the area of Bushwick/Ridgewood
Arion Manor
Clam House
Cypress Gardens Restaurant
Dekalb Diner
Frank & Sophie Rose
Gasper Polizzi’s
Gottlieb Delicatessan
Dr. Irving Blatt ~ Dentist ~ $2.00 per
Paul’s Marion Manor
Paul’s Restaurant
Pizzeria Willoughby and Central Ave.
Rathskeller
Ridgewood Terrace
Ventimiglia’s Restaurant
Victory Hall
Junior's Pizzeria
Wimpy's
Wilson Hall
Bar & Grill’s
Angelo’s
B&G
Café Royal
Enchanted Hour
Friendly Tavern
Gold Key
Greene Tavern
Groveland Gardens
Jay’s
La Femina (Tippy’s)
Picadilly Inn
Royal Café
Saxon
Tip Top Inn
Willow Greene
Bakeries
Caputo Pastry
Circo Pastry
Giangrasso’s Bread
Irving and Dekalb Bakery
Montalbano’s Pastry
Palermo & Canepa Pastry
Saieva’s Pastry
Serro’s Pastry - RIP Frank and Pete
Venezia’s Bread - RIP Nicky
Webers German Bakery
Miano's Bakery
La Rosa Bread - Remembering Joe,Agnes,Ox
when they lived on Dekalb.
Companies
Kirsch Soda Stockholm St.
Large Knitting Mill Stockholm St.
Large Knitting Mill,Dekalb Ave
Rheingold Brewery
Saurkraut Factory Wilson and Stockholm St
Schaefer Brewery .
Sewing Machine on Wilson
Pauline's Dress Shop
Grocers
Amplo Bros. on Wilson
Brocia’s on Wilson
Dominick’s on Wilson
Jacks on Wilson
Mr. Rina on Dekalb Ave
Mr. Jimmy on Central Ave.
Myers on Myrtle
Regina on Wilson
Tony’s on Wilson
Denaro's on Central
Irvings Grocery
Shoe Maker’s
Morreale
Shoemaker Wilson and Myrtle
Spadafora’s
Movie Theater’s
Loews Broadway
Loews Gates
RKO Madison
Majestic
Parthenon
Ridgewoood
Rivoli
RKO Bushwick
Starr
Wagner
Willoughby
Wyckoff
Monroe
Rogers
Colonial
Alba
Sun
Drug Stores
Passalaqua’s Wilson Ave
Rabin Myrtle Ave
Strauss Wilson Ave & Woodbine St
Various
Amendolora’s Soda
Amendolora Ice and Kerosene Deliveries (When we had ice boxes and Black Stoves)
Chicken Market on Irving Ave
Funeral Parlor’s
Bentivegna
Carratozzolo's
Tommasso
Churches
St Aloysius
St Leonard RC
St. Martin
St. Barbara’s RC
St. Joseph RC
Wilson Avenue was once Hamburg Avenue
Arion Place was once Broadway
Menahan St was once Ralph St.
Hospitals
Wyckoff Heights
Bethany Deaconess
Bushwick
Greenpoint
Arena's
Ridgewood Grove
Candy Stores
Sanzio on Central Ave
Betty's on Central
Ann and Harry on Central
Frank on Wilson Ave
Pop's Candy Store on Evergreen
Hymie's Soda Shop on Evergreen and Myrtle
More to Follow
Central Ave:
Charlie and Sal Barbershop
Cacciopi Barbershop
Leo Barbershop (next to Rabin)
Abie Duzansky Cleaners
Tibor Ringel Glazier
Rayak Butcher
Min and Bill Candy Store (before Ann and Harry)
Rudy's Candy Store
Broadway:
Tell's Dept. Store
Rappaport's Dept. Store
Radin's Kosher Deli
John and Al Sporting Goods
Smilen Bros. Fruit
DeKalb Ave:
Sam's Grocery (cor. Myrtle)
Butter's Candy Store (bet. Central and Evergreen)
Saper's Newsstand (cor. B'way)
Stockholm St:
Cooney's Pet Shop (pigeon coop on roof)
German Clock Factory (bet. Central and Evergreen)
Best Lemon Ice Ever (Italian bakery, cor. Wilson)
Fat Gottlieb Carpenter
Joe's Grocery (cor. Central)
Jack and Ruby Luncheonette (cor. Central)
Myrtle Ave:
Rainbow Shop
Rader Bros. Mattresses
Model Plane Hobby Shop
Anshe Emis Synagogue
Knickerbocker Ave:
Dr. Ralph Levin, Dentist
Roving Shlep:
Knish Man
Al the Hatter ~ Central Ave and Hart St.
Larry the Barber ~ Wilson Ave between Hart St.
and Suydam St.
Chinese Laundry Shop ~ Central Ave off Hart St.
Accardi's Leather Goods Store Central Ave.
Mintz Ice Cream Parlour ~ Across from Loews
Broadway
Groceries:
A&P - Knickerbocker between Starr and Troutman
Sal LaVerdi's Italian Grocery on Irving and Starr
Cohen's Jewish Deli - Knickerbocker Ave near Suydam (His daughter and I were Scouts together)
Halls
Starr Ballroom
Furniture
C Ludwig Baumann & Co - Knickerbocker Ave.
Ice Cream
Sinacore's Ice Cream Parlor - Knickerbocker
Myers Ice Cream Parlor
Florists
Morreale - Wilson Avenue near Saieva's
Speciale - Wilson Ave.
Nat's Candy Store corner of Knickerbocker and Starr
(formerly owned by Al and Vic)
Pharmacies
Liotta's Pharmacy
Ladies Lingerie
DainTee Shoppe - Knickerbocker
Bakery
Sciortino's Italian Bread Bakery - Knickerbocker bet Starr and Willoughby
Charles Tailor Shop - Knickerbocker near Jefferson St. (I saw my first picture of Frank Sinatra autographed to Charlie, the owner.)
Bars
Hoge's on Onderdonk Ave.
Special Thanks to my friend Jean Ganci from Starr St. for adding the below places
