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Before Wegmans: Grocers of Downtown Brooklyn
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Though the excitement of Wegmans coming to Brooklyn might seem like an anomaly, Brooklynites have always been quick to celebrate a good grocer or butcher. Here are two famed grocers that inspired fervor over the years.
152 Henry Street
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The red house is 152 Henry Street. The four-story Greek Revival structure was built in the 1830s and is a part of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District (NYC's first historic district!) In 1891 the building was home to a Helene Lassen. The woman was described (in language of the time which would be considered very inappropriate today) as, “a well proportioned and rather good-looking woman of middle age… privileged to place the letters M.D. at the end of her name.." As recently as 2016 the building functioned as an SRO, or single room occupancy, building, a relic of Brooklyn past. Restoration plans approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2016 included restoring the stoop and first-floor entrance, returning the first-floor windows to their original elongated style, and a new gate. The work will result in a private residence for the owner on the lower floors but also five SRO units on the top two floors.
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Enhances Heights Area Caption: "Enhances Heights area--The new H. C. Bohack Company store on Henry St. and Love Lane has been cited by the Brooklyn Heights Association as the best improvement on the Heights during the past year." Image includes woman pushing baby carriage, five pedestrians, and American flag on pole in foreground.
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First meat in ten days Caption: "First meat in ten days--The Bohack store at 156 Henry St. receives a load of beef as truck drivers resume work.. Tony Sparry, standing on truck at left, and his helper, George Schreick, hand down the meat."
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Alice in candyland Caption: "Alice in candyland--At least that's what it is for 15-month-old Martha Loizaga of 14 Pierrepont St., attending the 'Alice in Wonderland' 62d anniversary party of the Bohack Stores in the store at 156 Henry St. and receiving her free candy from 'Alice' in person. Looking on, besides the older youngsters waiting their turn, are, left to right, Humpty Dumpty (before his great fall), John Chiodine, store manager, and the Mad Hatter (the one in the Mad hat)." Image includes several piles of canned food and four-tier birthday cake.
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\[#146 Henry Street at right.] \#146 Henry Street at right. #148 Henry Street (a new building) at center. #150 Henry Street at left.
148 Henry Street
\[View of west side of Henry Street.] View of west side of Henry Street between Pierrepont Clark Streets. looking north -- taken day after very heavy snowfall.
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\[#152 Henry Street.] \#152 Henry Street red brick house west side of street between Clinton Street and Clark Street.
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\[View of west side of Henry Street.] View of west side of Henry Street between Clinton Street and Clark Street.
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