LEADING  MANUFACTURERS  AND  MERCHANTS  CITY  OF  BROOKLYN


A. M. STEIN & Co.

Excelsior Boarding, Sale, and Exchange Stables
Nos. 225, 227, 229, and 231 Washington Street.-

Among those active, enterprising business men who are well known and 
popular in the community are Messrs. A. M. Stein, D. W. Stein, and S. W. 
Stein, who compose the firm of A. M. Stein & Co., proprietors of the 
Excelsior Boarding, Sale, and Exchange Stables on Washington street. 
These stables were first established by Mr. D. W. Stein in 1869, and was 
succeeded by the firm of A. M. Stein & Co. in 1873. 

The premises occupied consist of two spacious brick buildings, one having 
dimensions of 60x 128 feet and three stories in height, he other adjoining 
it is also 60x128 feet, two stories in height. The buildings are well 
lighted and ventilated, and afford the most excellent accommodations for 
horses, and are fitted up with all the modern improvements and in charge 
of capable and efficient grooms and stablemen. The stables have accommodations 
for two hundred head of horses, and about fifty carriages, wagons, etc. They 
are complete in all their appointments, and have become a favorite with the 
business men and citizens, many of whom have fine road and driving horses in 
the care of the firm. The members of the firm are all expert horsemen and 
excellent judges of the qualities of these animals, make a special business of 
buying, selling, and exchanging, and always have on hand from seventy-five to 
one hundred and fifty head of first-class animals, and also have to let work 
horses, and are doing a large business, which has been built up by enterprise 
and dealing fairly and honorably with all who have business relations with them. 

Mr. A. M. Stein has been in the firm since 1873. He is from Germany, but has 
resided in this country since 1864. 

Mr. P. W. Stein, who founded the business, is also a German by birth, and came 
to this country in 1866. 

Mr. S. W. Stein was admitted into the firm in 1884, and came to this country 
from Germany, his native place, sixteen years ago. 

All these gentlemen are popular in the community, and as business men and citizens 
enjoy the esteem and regard of their fellow citizens. 


With Special Thanks to: Cathy Harrison Speciale
Transcribed exclusively for the Brooklyn Genealogical Information Pages: Nancy E. Lutz

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