Lundy's Restaurant

Lundy's Restaurant
Seen from the building's southeast corner, on Emmons Avenue
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Lundy's Restaurant is located in New York City
Lundy's Restaurant
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Lundy's Restaurant is located in New York
Lundy's Restaurant
Lundy's Restaurant (New York)
Lundy's Restaurant is located in the United States
Lundy's Restaurant
Lundy's Restaurant (the United States)
Restaurant information
Established1926 (1926) (first version)
1995 (1995) (second version)
ClosedOctober 1979 (1979-10) (first version)
January 2007 (2007-01) (second version)
Previous owner(s)Irving Lundy
Food typeSeafood
Street address1929 Emmons Avenue
CityBrooklyn
StateNew York
Postal/ZIP Code11235
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40°35′02″N 73°56′57″W / 40.58389°N 73.94917°W / 40.58389; -73.94917
Seating capacity2,400 to 2,800 (first version)
700 to 800 (second version)

Lundy's Restaurant, also known as Lundy Brothers Restaurant, was an American seafood restaurant in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, along the bay of the same name. Lundy's was founded in 1926 by Irving Lundy as a restaurant on the waterfront of Sheepshead Bay; five years later, the original building was condemned to make way for a redevelopment of the bay. The present building opened in 1934 or 1935,[a] and closed in 1979. Another restaurant operated in the Lundy's building from 1996 to early 2007, after which the building was converted into a shopping center.

Lundy's, the last of the many seafood restaurants that once lined Sheepshead Bay, was well known for its cuisine and was among the largest restaurants in the United States upon its completion, with between 2,400 and 2,800 seats. At its peak, Lundy's served a million patrons annually.

The building, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission as an official city landmark, was designed by architects Bloch & Hesse in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. The building's distinguishing features include its multiple tiers of red-tile roofs, its leadlight windows, and decorative ironwork, a style of architecture that is used on few other buildings in the New York metropolitan area.

  1. ^ Crutcher Wilkinson, Jennifer (July 23, 2001). "B'klyn Lundy's Still the Best: Manhattan clone lacks charm of dining on the bay". The Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on October 31, 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2006.
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