Bishop Guy Sansaricq Dies
Bishop Guy Sansaricq (1934-2021) was the first Haitian American Bishop in the United States.
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Remembering The Prince Of Mermaid Avenue
Jimmy Prince on the boardwalk. Photo by Orlando Mendez, with permission.Jimmy
Prince, the beloved butcher of Mermaid Avenue, died on Monday, May 3, 2021, aged
89. He was, for sixty years, the butcher at Major Markets Prime Meats located at
1516 Mermaid Ave.
James Prince was born on April
Remembering Eugene Hurkin, 1925-2021
Eugene Hurkin, family photo.If there was one thing Eugene Hurkin lived for, it
was to laugh and make others smile too. And if a joke was good enough to tell
once—it was good enough to tell a thousand times. Every time Eugene and his
family drove past a
Remembering Jah Hammed: Musician, Bike Shop Owner, Brownsville Staple
Cleveland Smillie, also known as Jah Hammed. (Image courtesy of Quardean
Lewis-Allen/Youth Design Center)Cleveland Smillie, a laid-back Jamaican reggae
singer known as Jah Hammed whose beloved Brownsville bike shop anchored the
corner of Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard for nearly 40 years, passed
away earlier this month.
Henry Goldberger, Park Slope Restaurateur, Dead at 95
Henry and his family outside of Snooky’s. Courtesy of the Goldberger family.
Henry Joseph Goldberger, the restaurateur behind the late Snooky’s Pub in Park
Slope and numerous other Brooklyn businesses, passed away peacefully at home in
Westbury, New York, on January 16th. He was 95 years old.
Mr.
Remembering Tommaso Restaurant’s Thomas Verdillo
Thomas Verdillo, the owner and founder of Tommaso Restaurant
[https://tommasoinbrooklyn.com/] in Bensonhurst, passed away on Sunday,
December 27th, due to complications from COVID-19.
Tommaso’s celebrated its 51st anniversary in November, and has been considered a
staple in the neighborhood for years, due in large part to its
RIP Baba Inde: Court Street Loses a Beloved Friend and Neighbor
Anyone used to passing by the Court Street Trader Joe’s, where these days an
interminable line of customers often stretches around the block, may notice
someone missing from the small flock of vendors near its entrance.
Baba Inde, who would greet everyone and anyone with his famous refrain — “Love
David Dinkins, NYC’s First & Only Black Mayor, Dies At 93
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray celebrate
David Dinkins’ 90th Birthday at Gracie Mansion on Monday, July 10th, 2017. Edwin
J. Torres/Mayoral Photography Office.David Dinkins, New York City’s first and
only Black mayor who served one term died yesterday at 93-years-old.
Remembering Humayun Butt Of Brighton Beach
Humayun Butt. (Photo via his family)BRIGHTON BEACH – Humayun Butt was a dad to
four children. He was a grandpa to eight. And he was a father figure to many. He
loved to laugh. He would make his wife chai for breakfast every morning. At the
end of March, he
Remembering Ahmad Samhan: Restaurateur, Father, Friend
Ahmad Samhan outside of his restaurant. Courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn
Partnership.Ahmad Samhan, a Brooklyn restaurateur, and father, died of a heart
attack last Friday at the age of 51. Samhan was a man of faith. He was a man who
loved music and singing. A man who shut