Originally Posted By: Turnbull
And, while I'm on a roll here:

The storefront below the "Mini-Mart" sign is the site of the legendary Midnight Rose's candy store, home of Murder Inc. until 1941 (photo taken in 1997), on Saratoga Avenue near Livonia Avenue in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. I worked in this store when I was in high school, though I didn't know it had been the hangout of Abe (Kid Twist) Reles, Allie (Tick Tock) Tannenbaum, Pittsburg Phil Strauss, Happy Maione, and other legendary gangsters, years earlier.
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Excellent picture. Thanks for posting.

I bet the current neighborhood inhabitants are completely unaware of what went on in the 2nd floor of that building. 70 or so hits (I think).