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When Business Thrived On E. 92nd Street
When the bank moved out, several different businesses came in but didn’t last. The Canarsie Courier was there about five years.
Across from the library on East 92 Street was a hardware store originally owned by William Purcell, who sold it to George Cook, who later sold it and it became “Helsey Hardwares.” Next to it was one of Canarsie’s first chain stores, H.C. Bohack, which stayed a few years. When they moved, it became the dance studio of Miss McGrath who taught lots of children tap and other dances. After she moved, a first class pizzeria and restaurant was opened by the famous Tat & Judy, which was there for a long time. When it closed, it became the home of the Canarsie Courier. The building next door was the storage home for all the machinery of the Caristo Construction Co. who built most of N.Y. City Public Schools. The next building was the place originally owned by H.W. Serence, undertaker, who kept his trucks there. The building next door is the original home of Ficarra Bros. Furniture on the corner and had a rear part for storage which was at one time a garage and gas station started by Fred Fleming and afterwards owned by Pop Farnsworth and Charles Theobold. When Charles got out of the partnership, Pop Farnsworth and son Edward kept going until Remsen Avenue took most of the traffic and gas stations sprung up around Foster Avenue and Kings Highway. Canarsie Historical Society
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