Anyone remember old pet store on 59th and 2nd?

[thepudge]

I used to work there when I was 12.. anyone remember that place? I'm in a nostalgic mood :redface:

 

[manyfish]

bc or ad lol:scratch:

 

[Mr.First]

I am not sure of that one but what about the one downtown by the world trade center, was it on church street ? great store.

 

[manyfish]

the one on chamber st was nice

 

[thepudge]

the one on chamber was nice. The one I worked at probably went out of business about 18 years ago. It was right next to the tram. Sigh. I'm so old. so old.

 

[scumonkey]

I remember both of those stores!

I'm so old. so old.

You feel that way at 30....?
Just wait till you reach MY age:shhh: and then tell me how old you feel!

 

[Bob 1000]

bc or ad lol:scratch:

I was thinking the same thing... Just how long ago was this????

 

[thepudge]

18 years or so. The guy who owned the store was named mike. well actually his mom owned it, but he was the one who was always there. They had a great discus display tank.

 

[fritz]

How about the one on East 17th Street and Avenue U in Brooklyn. I worked there.

 

[jhale]

I remember the one on 59th I think, did they have a big display tank in the window? and the store was kind of sparse looking. I saw them making a tank there once in the store.

I also liked the store that was on 3rd ave down in the 30's or 20's I forgot the cross street. the salt water was in the back.

 

[Mak]

I remember the one on 59th I think, did they have a big display tank in the window? and the store was kind of sparse looking. I saw them making a tank there once in the store.

I also liked the store that was on 3rd ave down in the 30's or 20's I forgot the cross street. the salt water was in the back.

Yes that's on 23rd st. between 3rd and Lex. ave. I used to go there...

 

[Sean]

How about the one on East 17th Street and Avenue U in Brooklyn. I worked there.

Are you talking about reef and river?

 

[Sean]

the one on chamber st was nice

That was a huge shop it went all the way through to the next street. forgot the name of it nut it was huge.

 

[manyfish]

23th street

 

[OBTEPPER]

lfs

used to go there when i was a med student. remember when new world was in the village?

 

[fritz]

No not reef and river. Reef and river wasn't around for when the hobby went to reefing which IMO was when the Berlin method really took off. Reef and River was mostly the 80s style setups with wet drys, one piece of dead coral and some fish.

First Class was mostly salt and had several reefs setup in the back. They sold all kinds of hard to get items and, well you'd remember it if you were there. It wasn't as nice as the place on West 4th in the village but it did have alligators, 10 foot pythons in trees (inside the store) and many hard to get specimens.

 

[scumonkey]

remember when new world was in the village?

Yeah...on 8th street, thought it was neat that they had tiny tanks with only
1 or two fish in each of them!
I used to stand outside the window and watch the reef tank all the time.
The one on 23rd st - New York Aquarium - that place was the bomb.
First it was on the south side of the street, then they moved to the north side (I think pearl paint took their space).
They had good peoples working there...anyone remember DEE?
I also met David Blain there. He's into snakes and bought his pinkies from them.

 

[thepudge]

Hold on, I am confused... are you Scu-monkey or scum-onkey?
It just doesnt make sense!

 

[scumonkey]

Hold on, I am confused... are you Scu-monkey or scum-onkey?
It just doesnt make sense!

that would be......Scum onkey
Pronounced: Scum monkey

 

[reefman]

i remember the one on church st. i think it was 1 block long store. one entrance leads thru to the other block.
i can't remember the name. maybe "aquatic aquairum" or something :scratchch