Bohack (full company name "H.C. Bohack", sometimes informally referred to as "Bohack's") was a

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s located in the

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area that opened in 1887 and closed in 1977. They were headquartered in

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. The founder, Henry C. Bohack, opened the first store on Fulton Street in

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. Throughout the 1960s, Bohack purchased Daitch Shopwell, Packers, and several other supermarket businesses. Stores throughout the company's existence were located in

, on

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, in

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, and

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. Bohack also owned and incorporated gas stations in the 1920s and 30s. In 1977 Ar-Bee Food Equipment of LIC, NY Purchased all of Bohack's Food Equipment during the warehouse auction/liquidation on Metropolitan Avenue. Most of the equipment was re-sold by Ar-Bee to other supermarket owners before it left the dock. Ar-Bee removed the rest and stored it in their LIC, NY warehouse. Ar-bee rebuilt and sold equipment to Supermarkets in Metro-NYC and LI, Remaining items were stripped and used for service/repair by Ar-Bee's service department. ASI Food Equipment Repairs.

Use in media

The Bohack location at 87th St and 2nd Ave was featured in

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when Felix went in and did shopping for his and Oscar's date night with the “Coo-coo” Pigeon sisters. Sopranos season 6 Tony: (digging with shovel) Halfway ta China...there's nuthin' here. Uncle Junior: Forty thousand I had. My share of the Bohack's haul from the seventies.

References

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