Brooklyn bids adieu to beloved dry cleaner
It was love at first sight for Bensonhurst resident Dominick Botte who met his wife, Carol, as a 21-year-old customer at JTJ Cleaners & Tailors where she worked. He may have waited six years to ask Carol on a date – to a dance at the Waldorf Astoria, no less – but, 42 years later, the two are still happily married.
Happy endings aside, on Saturday, October 11, the Bottes will bid adieu to the very business they met in and later owned together with the help of Carol’s brother, Anthony, taking over from Carol’s father, Tony Campisi and her brother-in-law, Joe, who first opened the business over half a century ago.
“A lot of blood, sweat and tears were put into this business,” said Carol who first started behind the counter at JTJ, located in the small 86th Street shopping center near 15th Avenue, at age 13. Now 65, she and Dominick, 71, are closing up shop after losing their lease.
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