Branches
Company-owned Branches
New Manhattan Depot at 61st Street and York Avenue, opened in 1960
ALBANY, NY___________________________________________
George M. Mahoney, Manager (1941)
RED BANK, NJ_______________________
Managers:
K. B. Hemming (1956)
Sal Trentacoste (1963)
Dan Neglia, manager (1964)
NEW YORK CITY___________________________________________
295 Madison Avenue
24-16 Bridge Plaza, L. I. City
61st and York (1960)
Similar to Buffalo and Syracuse branches, Albany eventually switched to private ownership, known as "Cream of Malt".
BUFFALO, NY
Herbert B. O'Connor, Manager (1938)
"1780 Elmwood Ave" was the same address as a later independent Ballantine distributor, "A & B of Buffalo, Inc." owned by Richard P. MacGowan, announced in 1950, later known as "Beer and Ale of Buffalo, Inc".
HICKSVILLE & WHITE PLAINS,NY_______________________________
[BELOW] 1948 ad for the NYC regional brewers organization, Brewers Board of Trade, lists two Ballantine branches in the New York suburbs.
JAMESTOWN,NY_________________________________________________
---"Field Court, Kingston"
Managers:
Fred A. Gibbs - (1951-1955)
John/Frank McGerr (1966-68)
ROCHESTER, NY_______________________________________________
Erie Railroad Bldg., 325 Chandler St.Manager - W. H. Kane (1940)
Same facility later run as Ballantine distributor
Empire Foods, Inc. (also in Elmira, NY).
KINGSTON/TILLSON, NY__________________________________________
"Four county area, including Kingston,
Poughkeepsie, Newburgh and
other cities"
SYRACUSE, NY_______________________________________________
Same address as later Ballantine distributor Paul A. Luchini.
HARTFORD/NEW HAVEN/WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT
According to this American Brewer article, P. Ballantine & Son operated a distribution center in Hartford until early 1938 out of the former Fischer brewery. In 1936, the license for the depot was in the name of Raymond B. Woolson.
HAMDEN/FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT____________________________
210 Black Rock Turnpike
Managers: John W. Higgins (1968)
William Courcey (1966)
Maxwill Bassler (1965)
WASHINGTON, D.C.____________________________________________
Normal L. Shelton, manager (1960s)
Formerly with Christian Heurich Brewing Co.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS______________________
471 West Erie Street
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND___________________
Matt Mairs, Manager (1958 - 1965)
closed 1965
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE_________________________________
CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND_______________________________________
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND______________________________________
PENSACOLA,FLORIDA___________________________
SANFORD, FLORIDA_____________________________________________
R.G. Lent, State Sales Manager
Routh Bldg., Elm Avenue
No info - branches supposedly existed in the following states, according to several newspaper mentions and National Labor Relations Board publications (below) over the years:
Fred A. Gibbs - 1955 - 1963
Head of Company Branches
MAINEVERMONT
Hornell (NY) Empire Branch (?)
FLORIDA (Jacksonville)
CALIFORNIA
TENNESSEE
In 1969, when P. Ballantine & Sons was sold to Investors Funding, Inc., the brewery was still operated distribution centers in Connecticut (3), Maryland (2), New York (2) and one in New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C.
After buying the P. Ballantine & Sons' brands, Falstaff opened a wholesale distribution center in North Bergen NJ, 12 miles north of the brewery, to distribute the Ballantine and Falstaff brands in North Jersey and New York City.
Originally they claimed it would employ approximately 600 former Ballantine workers. The center closed in 1975 after Falstaff was sold to Kalmanovitz's S& P Corp. At that time, 140 workers lost their jobs.