Stella Maris Bait & Tackle

Stella Maris Bait & Tackle 🐟shop on Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn is permanently closed.

This family-owned shop was founded by the Lauro brothers in 1947. The six brothers even built their own docks, piers, bulkheads & buildings along the their land using driftwood they collected from their rowboats.

In addition to selling bait and tackle, Stella Maris also rented out rowboats handmade by the brothers and crafted their own fishing supplies including nets.

We loved this storefront with its vintage Coca-Cola privilege sign and its glass bricks and included our photo of it in our book “Store Front NYC: Photographs of the City’s Independent Shops, Past and Present”.