We heard this sad news from our colleagues at 6sqft and according to the current owner of the building, “the pandemic has detrimentally impacted the property’s retail income and the expense of operating the building continues unabated.”
We absolutely love this iconic #storefront which has been in business since 1922 and chose it as the cover image for our book “Store Front II- A History Preserved”.
Not only is the storefront unique in that it is triangular in shape, but it’s sidewalk out front bears a special plaque (2nd photo) marking the location of the Hess Triangle, which at 500-square inches was once the smallest piece of private land in NYC. The former owner of Village Cigars bought the 500-square inch property from the Hess estate for $1,000 in 1938 and kept the plaque and the small piece of New York history.
The future of Village Cigars is uncertain as it is now rented on only a month-to-month basis and it’s unclear whether the new owners of the property would keep them as a tenant. Fingers are crossed 🤞 that they do as the building is landmarked and any structural changes would have to be approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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