Captured Moment: The Barber Shop Next to the Shtiebel

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This week’s captured moment takes us to the center of Boro Park and to a barber shop located on 16th Avenue. To the right of this shop came a chassidishe shtiebel—one of Boro Park’s first shtieblach—in the early 1950’s, and it continues to exist there until this day. 

Can any of our readers pinpoint the location? 

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Answer to last week’s captured moment: 

In the picture, we see Reb Meilich Neiman, an important Gerer personality, clutching a sefer Torah which was being inaugurated at the nearby Gerer Mesivta. In the background, we see “the Hat Rack” establishment, located where Gross Bakery is located today.