Bratri Novotní

Bratri Novotní ("Brothers Novotny") is a convivence store located in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. It is created around, and caters primarily to, the Slovak community - although various other Slavic ethnicities, as well as tourists, shop there as well.

History
In 1982, brothers Ondrej and Eugen Novotny immigrated from Czechoslovakia to America and settled down in Brighton Beach. They wanted their slice of the American Dream. So, in 1986, they opened up a convenience store that catered to Brighton Beach's Slovak community. They named the store Bratri Novotní. After two years, they planned to make it a chain so they purchased several properties. Unfortunately, it was not to be and they found themselves with properties that they had no use for. Not long after that, the Bratva approached them to use their property and found out that the business was self-made. Thus began a long-standing relationship with Bratva Oktyabrya.

Eugen Novotny passed away of cancer in 1991, leaving the store solely in the hands of his brother. Still, the store endured. Unfortunately, in August of 2021, Ondrej passed away as well. Bratri Novotní was inherited by Ondrej’s eldest son, Timotej Novotny, who currently owns and manages it.