Teitel Brothers

601 East 186th Street | also 603 East 186th Street, 2372 Arthur Avenue | Belmont | built 1918

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

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1915
Austrian-Jewish brothers Jacob and Morris Teitel open an Italian grocery in Belmont
Jacob and Morris Teitel, tailors from Austria, came through Ellis Island in 1912 and learned Italian before English. In 1915 they opened an Italian food store and moved their families into the apartment above it. Later, when their landlord warned that customers would leave if they knew the owners were Jewish, Jacob set a mosaic Star of David into the doorstep, where it remains.
Source: atlasobscura.com
2001
A New York Times rave for Teitel Brothers' house olive oil sells out the stock
In 2001 The New York Times singled out Don Luigi, a Sicilian extra virgin olive oil the Teitels sell under an exclusive deal named for their late uncle, calling it "the perfect expression" of Sicilian olives. The Teitels sold out of it within three days of the article. The family-owned store stands at the corner of Arthur Avenue and 186th Street.
Source: jta.org

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