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Historic Neir’s Tavern signs fi ve-year
lease agreement to stay in Woodhaven
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | NOV. 6-NOV. 12, 2020 23
BY JACOB KAYE
Neir’s Tavern, the historic
bar in Woodhaven, signed a
new lease last week, ensuring
the tavern will tack on at least
another five years onto its 191-
year run in the neighborhood.
On Thursday, Oct. 29, the
landlords, Ken and Henry
Shi, and the tavern’s owner
Loycent Gordon signed the
five-year lease inside the bar,
located at 87-48 78th St. The
lease allows for an additional
five years after the current
lease ends in 2025.
The oldest bar in New York
City has been the recipient of
a great deal of community support,
dating back to January,
when the landlords threatened
not to renew the lease to
Gordon. The call to preserve
the historic ale house – which
was once used to film a scene
in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas”
– made its way to the mayor,
who came out in support of
Gordon and Neir’s Tavern.
On Thursday, Mayor Bill
de Blasio again showed his
support by attending the lease
signing. Several lawmakers,
including State Assemblyman
Mike Miller and Councilman
Robert Holden, also dropped
by to see the bar, which first
opened in 1829, into the future.
“We could all do something
for the comeback of Neir’s Tavern
and also for the comeback
of the city of New York,” Gordon
said. “We all can do something,
and I think this is an opportunity
to start over. This is
a new lease on life. This is an
opportunity in the middle of a
pandemic. We have an opportunity
to start over and strive
to create connection and not
division.”
The bar also received support
from small business advocates,
including Thomas
Grech, the CEO of the Queens
Chamber of Commerce, Jonnel
Doris, the commissioner of
the New York City Department
of Small Business Services,
and Raquel Olivares, the executive
director of the Woodhaven
Business Improvement
District.
While the wishing the bar
continued success, de Blasio
urged New Yorkers to buy local
and support small businesses
like Neir’s Tavern.
“Everyone has a choice this
holiday season: you can go online,
or you go down the street
to your neighborhood store
and spend your money there,”
de Blasio said. “We can all get
a new lease on life if we buy
local and help these extraordinary
businesses. They are
a part of the heart and soul of
who we are. This place when
you come in here you feel the
spirit of New York City. We
gotta save it and we can all be
a part of it.”
Additional reporting by
Dean Moses.
Photo by Dean Moses
/QNS.COM
