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Henry*s Oept Store Closes After 251 by Kltn Brown Cenfra/ antf Mid EdfiGf When Henry’s Department Store on /to Fresh Pond Bead closes, it wiD not just be the end of the sales for Ridgewood resi­ dents, but the end of an era. Since 1981, the store and its owner/Vic­ tor Gindi, have been fixtures in the commu­ nity, selling reasonably priced clothing, appliances, electronics, furniture and other household items. But after 25 years in the neighborhood, Gindi is too tired to keep working and plans to- help his children with their wholesale business instead. “I can’t take it anymore, it’s too much for me at my age” he said. “Retail is like going to jail. You lock yourself in and throw away the key.” Despite the hard work, Gindi, who came to America from Syria in 1975, bad mixed feelings about the store’s final days. “I feel After 25 years ®b Fresh Pond Road, ow sad and happy. Sad, because Fin going to Department Store will close. miss my customers. And happy because needed .something, you cane here.” maybe 1 can relax a little bit,” Another Ridgewood resident, who gave During one seven-year period, Gindi did her name only as Marion, ssiid she has been not take a single day off. The store is still shopping at the store since it opened aad open every day, but he works fewer hours was concerned that other .stores would leave than he did io the past. as well “When one store goes, they all fol­ Although there are going out of business low. The old-timers notice, but what can we signs on the store’s windows and everything do? Tinies have changed.” is marked 20 percent off, Gindi did not In the past, she never left the neighbor­ want to reveal the exact closing date. hood to go shopping, bat that has changed, He also declined to say who tlie new tenant “Whatever happened to all the nice stores? is. Longtime customers who were shopping st To me, it's just junk coming in,” the store on Tuesday, said they hoped the busi­ Nearby, a devoted customer who gave his ness would not be replaced by another 99-cent name as Artie, agreed. “What else can I say store, 'aragstorc, cell phone store or bank, but I’m very, very sad. We need a store like “It’s like we have millions of dollars and this. I’ve been coming here more yea.rs than nowhere to deposit our money,” said resi­ I can possibly tell. Everything is going. dent John Houston, about the Bomber of Nothing is the same.” batiks in the neighborhood. “The people Henry’s, named for Gindi’s father and are going to miss this store. Anytime you one of his sons, was originally opened in

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