Comings & Goings: J & J Car Care Center to 1590 PRE

The auto repair business of the Getty Service Station, formerly located at 271 Post Road East which closed Jan. 15, has reopened as J & J Car Care Center at 1590 Post Road East, across from the Westport Inn. “Our core business was always car repair,” said co-owner Jay Ostreicher (r) “We’ve got loyal customers, and they’ve followed us here.” Westport resident Ostreicher said he and Norwalk resident John Fisher (l) co-owned the Getty station since 1988 when they purchased the franchise from the late Carl Dolberg and continued to own and operate the business for 24 years. He said that Getty’s policy changes “forced us and many other dealers out” of the gas pumping business. Reminiscing about he history of the gas station at the former location,  Ostreicher said that it was a Tydol station before it converted to the Getty brand in 1966. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com