"A beloved 84-year-old Brooklyn shop owner was fatally struck on his way to afternoon prayers by an unlicensed van driver, police said Thursday. Noach Klein and a 54-year-old man were both struck just outside Klein's store, Unique Sterling, on 18th Ave. near 49th St. in Borough Park about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday."
""He shared stories of tracking down rare antique silver pieces and the philosophy behind his craft," a post about Klein's death on the local news blog Williamsburg 365 reads. "Customers recall him as a man who could spend weeks finding the perfect silver items, ensuring his wares brought both beauty and heritage into homes.""
""For the rest of his life, (Klein) would be a fount of information and anecdotes about the life around the Satmar Rebbe," the Williamsburg 365 post reads. "Many pages have been filled with his recollections.""
An unlicensed 2018 Ford van struck Noach Klein, 84, and a 54-year-old man near Klein's Unique Sterling store on 18th Ave. in Borough Park; Klein died at Maimonides Medical Center and the other victim is in stable condition. Klein lived in Williamsburg and ran Unique Sterling for 50 years. He was known for tracking down rare antique silver pieces and for spending weeks finding perfect silver items that brought beauty and heritage into homes. Klein emigrated from Hungary to Israel early in life and later moved to Brooklyn to be near the Satmar Rebbe, serving in the rabbi's home. The 38-year-old driver remained at the scene and was arrested for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
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