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We got letters.... It's nice to know the old Capatin got some good friends. One.. by the name of Dan sent me these photos from his own childhood and shared his memory & the great history surrounding the knish shop.
	Thanks Dan; for your photo of the original Shatzkin's Knish Store
The original Shatzkin's knish store at the S/E corner of 31st Street and Surf Avenue. Hard to determine but I believe that the store was there in the early 40s -- maybe earlier. I heard that it was destroyed in a fire in April 1945 and then moved to a boardwalk store around 30th - 31st St. In the early 1960s Shatzkin's migrated to the old Child's building on the boardwalk at the 21st St corner. I remember buying knishes there and watching the old Jewish women making them on long tables in the back; not sure when this location closed. It then moved to the S/W corner of 15th Street and Surf Avenue. I recall it there in the 1970s. I believe it was gone by circa 1980. And that's the end of Shatzkin's in Coney Island. By the way, Mrs Shatzkin is mentioned in Joseph Heller's book, " Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here." Heller recalls her walking around the west end streets in C.I. selling knishes out of a big bag. The days before the store, I guess. Great book, have you read it?

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West 16th St & boardwalk in early spring 1969 Brook-lyn New Yurwk photo by Dan-da-Man

The Mermaid Parade with Borough President Marty Markowitz as King Neptune for a day. photo by B. Sword

The Mermaid Parade with the Parachute Jump in the distance.G "The Coney Island WhiteFish Spotting Society" (hope the banner never accidentally gets punctured or ripped) Fphoto by B. Sword *C_____________________________ >< _____________________________D As the great Jimmy Durante once said "Everybody wants to get into the act" Sooo.. wit dat in mind sum more Mermaid Parade photos can be seen at B. Sword's Coney Island page:** www. Coney Island . 8k . com http://www.coneyisland.8k.com/