5101 Church Avenue 
1928 

Conrad Ifill was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. He had a large family but few resources, so he learned to bake in order to help feed them. He emigrated to Canada in 1968 and later moved to New York, working in computer data processing and accounting on Wall Street for over 10 years. In 1981, Ifill decided to change careers and open his own bakery. He rented a space in a commercial building at the corner of Utica Avenue and Union Street. It was so successful that in 2015 he opened a second location at this corner of Church Avenue. The bakery specializes in Caribbean pastries, like currant rolls, guava tarts and nine-rum cake, as well as hard dough bread and many other traditional baked goods. It became a fixture of Little Caribbean, and Ifill was an active member of the community. He passed away in 2019 due to COVID-19, and the Utica Avenue store was closed in 2021.