Teitel Brothers Lane (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Arthur Avenue and 186th Street
Honoree: Teitel Brothers Wholesale and Retail Grocery Company is located at 2372 Arthur Avenue in Little Italy of the Bronx. A third generation, family owned and operated business, Teitel Brothers offer the finest Italian imported gourmet specialty items. Jacob and Morris Teitel, brothers and Austrian Jewish immigrants, arrived in America through Ellis Island, in 1912. Tailors by trade, in 1915, Jacob and Morris decided to start a new business together and opened Teitel Brothers Grocery Store. Although the neighborhood was, predominantly, Italian, it was not uncommon to find merchants of Jewish descent. In fact, Jacob learned to speak Italian before he learned to speak English. The family lived upstairs from the grocery store in a three bedroom apartment with five people. At the foot of the store’s entrance sits a mosaic tile Star of David. Jacob had the Jewish Star installed during the Great Depression. Culture, religion and family values are at the heart of what makes Teitel Brothers still in business today. The store is run by Gilbert and his sons Jean, Michael, Eddie and Billy Fassbender, Eddie’s childhood friend. Teitel Brothers is open year round Monday-Saturday, 7:00am-5:30m, except for Jewish Holidays. For over 100 years, Teitel Brothers has catered to a vast and distinctive clientele, including neighborhood retail customers and wholesale grocery stores and restaurants spanning the tri-state area and beyond. (Torres)
LL:2021/14