Glaser's Bake Shop

1670 1st Avenue | Yorkville | built 1920

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1902
April 2
John Herbert Glaser opens a bakery on First Avenue
John Herbert Glaser founded his bakery on First Avenue at East 87th Street on April 2, 1902. Run by three generations of the family, the shop became known for its black-and-white cookies as well as its cakes and danishes.
Source: patch.com
1965
Glaser's Bake Shop gets a new storefront but keeps its old interior
The facade of Glaser's Bake Shop is transformed in 1965, giving the Yorkville bakery a different face on First Avenue. Inside, the shop stays much as it was when it opened. Customers still pick pastries from wooden showcases dating to about 1918, under the original tin ceiling and over floor tiles bearing the Glaser name.
Source: Internet Archive
2018
July 1
Glaser's Bake Shop closes after 116 years
The bakery closed on July 1, 2018, after 116 years. In announcing the closing, the family said the third generation of Glaser bakers had decided to retire after many years of long hours and hard work, a decision they described as made after long thought.
Source: patch.com

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