Caputo’s Bake Shop, which has been on Court Street for 124 years across five generations, is shutting down for good.<\/p>\n
For over a century, the bakery has been a daily stop for loyal customers who came for Italian bread, pastries and a sense of tradition that many say is hard to replace.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like family,\u201d one customer said, reacting to the news of the closure.<\/p>\n
Others said they\u2019ve been coming to the shop for 78 years, often now bringing their own children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Outside the bakery, customers lined up to say goodbye to owners James Caputo and his father, John. <\/p>\n
James Caputo said the decision to close was difficult, but necessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very tough decision, but I think it\u2019s time for a new chapter in my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said he has worked nearly every day since taking over the bakery from his father about 25 years ago, often missing family events in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sacrificed a lot over the last 25 years,\u201d Caputo said. \u201cNow it\u2019s time to give back to my family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caputo also pointed to changes on Court Street, including a redesign with a protected bike lane, as a factor in the decision. <\/p>\n
He was part of a group of business owners that sued the city over the redesign last year. A judge dismissed the case earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Business owners have since met with city Department of Transportation officials to raise concerns about traffic flow, parking, loading zones and meter regulations.<\/p>\n
A DOT spokesperson said the protected bike lane brings more safety, adding that agency continues to collect data on the corridor and could make adjustments if needed.<\/p>\n
Inside Caputo\u2019s, the shelves are empty, the ovens are off, as a piece of Brooklyn history becomes a memory. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caputo’s Bake Shop, which has been on Court Street for 124 years across five generations, is shutting down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-213344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}