Hinsch’s Confectionery on Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn was founded by Herman Hinsch in 1948.

The Logue family operated Hinsch’s from 1962 to 2011, serving homemade ice cream 🍨 and chocolates and sandwiches. Sadly the Logue family closed the business after the landlord raised the rent to $10,000 a month from $7,500. Within a few months of closing, the space was taken over and rebranded into Mike Hinsch’s and in 2015 turned into a Stewarts’s franchise. The gorgeous #neonsign and a vertical blade sign (not seen in this photo) were removed.

Photo from 2009 and interview with 2nd-generation owner John Logue appears in our book “New York Nights.”