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BOBB HOWARD’S AUTO REPAIR & GENERAL STORE
Eileen and Ronnie Blank Slate Media’s
Best of the North Shore Blank Slate Media BSMBestoftheNorthShore.com
2016
Eileen and Ronnie, the owners of Bobb Howard’s Auto Repair Shop and General Store, are a couple of baby boomers who grew up on Long Island playing hopscotch and hide-andseek, stickball and stoopball, flipping baseball cards and jacks, and playing hit the penny and spin the bottle... This family owned and operated auto repair business was opened 72 years ago on Columbus Day, 1946, by Eileen’s parents. Today, as in 1946, old-time values continue to be followed they perform oil changes to motor changes, and everything in-between. Each automobile gets vacuumed, has its windows washed, and you get a “sweet treat” from their General Store too! AND, they don’t charge to put air in your tires!!!... They opened the General Store about 36 years ago, when Eileen, noticing the frenetic pace of today’s computerized world, decided it was time to go back to a simpler time, to have people remember what it felt like to be a “kid in a candy store” again, and go back to a time when games didn’t require batteries - a place where kids of all ages could come and browse and giggle with nostalgic memories. The store now has over 1200 retro candies and toys and ships “packages of memories” all over the world...
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AUTO REPAIR SHOP since 1946
People often comment on the combination of the two businesses, but for Eileen and Ronnie it is a natural extension of the things they love. Cleanliness, honesty and integrity are of utmost importance to them, traits that were passed down to them by Eileen’s parents. There is also an awards program set up each year at the New Hyde Park High School in Eileen’s parents‘ memories, not for the smartest kids in the class, but for the kids that “try the hardest” - that’s all her parents ever asked of her.... Both the Auto Repair Shop and the General Store have won numerous awards, including Best Auto Repair Shop, Best Muffler Shop, Best Candy Store, Best Collectible Store, Best Toy Store, “One of the 101 Places to Take Your Family”, and “Family Friendly Favorite”, but the one they are the most proud of is the award they won for BEST MOM and POP BUSINESS on LONG ISLAND!!! Eileen and Ronnie feel very blessed and incredibly lucky: they love what they do, they love coming to work everyday, they love giving back to the community that has been so good to them, and they love working with “kids” and “kids at heart” in both the Auto Repair Shop and the General Store - it must be a “generational thing”..
WE SELL “OLD” CANDY AND TOYS
bobb howard’s auto repair shop
bobb howard’s general store
www.bobbhowardsautorepair.com
www.bobbhowardgeneralstore.com
581 Lakeville Road • New Hyde Park • (516) 488-7996 • Mon. - Sat. 7:30am - 6pm