STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The corner of Castleton Avenue and Port Richmond Avenue has a new look.
Built around 1930, what was once Willy’s Knight, a dress shop and a furniture store, looks now to become a market. There was a fire here in 2011, but with a shiny new eye-catching red and black outer decor, the building being called The Port Market Corp.
I have many memories of this building as my mother was a seamstress at MelodyAnn’s Dress Shop in the late 60s-70s. I remember many gowns and isles of puffy dresses.
It’s good to see a new business here.
View of Castleton Avenue, looking west from Richmond Avenue (now Port Richmond Avenue), in Port Richmond. There are brick buildings on both corners; a clock is mounted on the corner of the building at left, a bank. A fire station is visible a few buildings down on the right. The approach to the Bayonne Bridge can be seen in the distance. The building on the right is 210 Richmond Ave. March 21, 1939. (From the collection of Historic Richmond Town)
210 Port Richmond Avenue, business used to just be called, Port Richmond Furniture. (Google Maps before 2011)
Google image capture 2022 of 210 Port Richmond Avenue.
210 Port Richmond Avenue, looks to be in renovation and will be called, The Port Market. August 2023. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel).
210 Port Richmond Avenue, looks to be in renovation and will be called, The Port Market. August 2023. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel).
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