page_title: Martin's (New York)
section_title: A Store Grows In Brooklyn
hierarchical_section_title: Martin's (New York) / History / A Store Grows In Brooklyn
caption_attribution_description: English: "Martin's department store, business on Fulton St., Brooklyn, New York. Lower section from left, horizontal"
context_page_description: Martin's was a specialty apparel retailer in the New York metropolitan area, with its flagship location on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It grew to six stores by the mid 1970s, before being sold to the operator of Times Square Stores in 1977.
context_section_description: The history of Martin's dates back to at least 1903.  Hyman Zeitz (c. 1860-1930), who emigrated to the United States in 1882, opened a coat and suit department in an existing blouse shop called Martin's at the corner of Fulton and Bridge Street in Brooklyn, New York.  He eventually bought out the owner.  The business gradually expanded, and in 1924 moved next door into the seven-story Offerman Building.  In 1930, Hyman Zeitz died, and his son Fred. J. Zeitz took over as president (a position he held for over 35 years).
  In 1947, a modernized entrance to the Offerman Building, designed by architect Morris Lapidus, was completed, replacing the "gimcracks of the victorian era" with modern "simplicity."
caption: Martin's Fulton Street storefront with updated exterior, February 1947, Gottscho-Schleisner Collection (Library of Congress)
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