Abe Stark

[1514 Pitkin Avenue, Brownsville, Brooklyn, c. 1939–1941. From the NYC Municipal Archives Collections. Click for a much larger view.]

Here’s the clothing store that went with the Ebbets Field “Hit Sign Win Suit” sign. Here’s some history. Here’s a good look at the sign. And here’s Abe Stark (1894–1972), tailor, clothing-store owner, philanthropist, and politician.

I’m not happy that this WPA tax photograph is listing badly. So I called Abe Stark (in my imagination) and a tailor made some expert alterations.

[Click for a larger view.]

Today no. 1514 has been subsumed by 5 or Less, a bargain store.

[The Brooklyn Eagle , October 9, 1950. Click for a larger view.]

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