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SHEAR PLEASURE: Jack Skolnic has had a knack for barbering since he was 17 years old, and has cut the
hair of local politicians, like Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz. Photo by Erica Price
A CUT ABOVE
Jack’s Barber Shop closes after
more than 50 years of business
BY ROSE ADAMS
It’s the end of an hair-a!
The king of Brighton
Beach hair cuts hung up his
shears on Saturday after
more than 50 years.
Jack Skolnick, 76, fi rst
opened his aptly named
“Jack’s Barber Shop” on
Brighton 13th Street in
1964, and he still retains
many of his earliest clients.
In fact, some of Skolnick’s
most loyal customers have
been visiting him since he
worked at his fi rst barbershop
as a teenager.
“I cut Nathan’s hair
since he was 10 years old,”
Jack said about one of his
clients, who’s sought out
Skolnick for his cuts since
before he opened his shop.
“He used to come here and
we used to trade comic
books. He still comes in.”
Now in its third location
on Brighton Beach Avenue
between Brighton 14th and
15th streets, Jack’s Barber
Shop continues to dole out
reliable, affordable hair cuts
while adapting to changing
hairstyles. In its 50 years,
the shop has mastered every
trend, from mop tops to
mullets to the buzzcuts of
today.
Skolnick’s barber shop’s
largest contribution was its
impact on the community.
Since its founding, Jack’s
has become a local meeting
place, where neighbors and
old friends would gossip and
talk about sports.
“We spoke a lot about the
community,” said Assemblyman
Steve Cymbrowitz
(D-Sheepshead Bay), who
has visited Jack regularly
since the 1980s. “I knew
about his life and his family.”
“I think it’s going to be
very diffi cult to fi nd another
barber who I can
trust,” Cymbrowitz added.
Skolnick’s Brighton
Beach hair roots grow deep.
A neighborhood native,
Jack quickly developed a
knack for cutting hair in his
teenage years, and obtained
his barbering apprentice license
at age 17.
“I couldn’t sing or dance,
so I became a barber,” he
said.
After a two-year military
stint in Louisiana during
the Cuban Missile Crisis,
Jack returned home and
earned his master barber license
in 1960, four years before
opening his shop. Jack
has worked relentlessly
ever since, taking off a week
or two every summer. Still,
his upcoming retirement is
not an easy pill for him to
swallow.
“It’s bittersweet,” Jack
said about the shop’s closing.
“I’ve met a lot of nice
people and I’m going to miss
them.”
Jack hopes to spend
more time with his wife,
Linda, his two daughters,
and his three granddaughters
in his retirement. He
also plans to take classes
in art — an interest he
has never been able to explore.
Brighton Beach residents
prepared for the
shop’s closing during the
week, as regulars sat in the
shop’s original 1960s chairs
for their last trims, and barbering
mirrors were laid
in front of the shop for sale.
Propped on a ledge stood a
sign that once hung in the
window: “Enter as strangers,
leave as friends,” it
read.
“I met a lot of nice people
in all these years and I
appreciate their business,”
said Skolnick. “I hope it was
of value to them.”
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