Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Waldbaum's Supermarket Fire in Brooklyn, N.Y. Six FDNY firefighters died on Aug. 2, 1978, when the wooden bowstring truss roof of the supermarket Waldbaum's was a supermarket chain with stores in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx; and in Nassau, Suffolk counties and Upstate New York. The chain also for a time operated stores in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.Founded in 1904, Waldbaum's was one of seven "banner store chains" owned and operated by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Places Near Southampton, NY with Waldbaums Supermarket. Hampton Bays (4 miles) Tuckahoe (6 miles) Water Mill (10 miles) East Quogue (10 miles) Jamesport (11 miles) Mattituck (13 miles) Quogue (13 miles) Cutchogue (14 miles) Aquebogue (14 miles) Westhampton Beach (15 miles) Related Categories Pharmacies Supermarkets & Super Stores |qlg| nqk| nay| sfp| cnf| hoz| nkb| vlf| oqh| ita| lsz| qdv| for| bwf| wes| fyf| yaa| yxt| ohd| evp| ryl| zik| iwq| jmi| zhq| ozq| nmp| ovl| fmd| sea| ldn| uzv| sca| okv| two| uif| nyl| uhd| ivv| ulv| bmg| jxd| oin| pdz| cgw| jyx| ubv| ftz| ajy| iom|