HOIST ONE FOR NEW YORK: Derek Jeter lifts the World Series trophy yesterday at City Hall to celebrate the Yankees’ 27th title and his fifth with the Bombers.
Hot-dog vendors, coffee-cart owners and bartenders scored huge pinstriped profits yesterday.
More than 2 million Yankee diehards flooded lower Manhattan, painting the town blue, white — and green.
“When a parade happens, business doubles!” said Mohammed Naibzada, 38, operating a coffee cart at Barclay and Church streets.
A typical weekday brings about $200 in business to Naibzada’s humble cart, but yesterday he hit a home run, grossing $500.
“I was thinking about this during the World Series: I want a parade!” said Naibzada, appropriately wearing his Yankee cap.
Nearby, hot-dog seller Sam Mit reported $350 in sales yesterday, a nice spike from his normal $150.
And if Yankee fans weren’t noshing or sipping, they were throwing back cold ones to toast the Bombers’ first World Series title since 2000.
“We were full at 8 o’clock this morning!” boasted Arthur Gregory, general manager of Suspenders Bar and Restaurant on Broadway at Albany Street.
While a typical weekday brings $5,000 to $12,000 in receipts, Suspenders rang up between $40,000 and $50,000 in sales before the end of the day yesterday.
As soon as the Yanks clinched the World Series, Gregory ordered 400 cases and 20 kegs of beer and eight kegs of Guinness to augment his inventory.
Even World Series programs flew off the shelves at Hasan Smith’s newsstand on Broadway.
“These were selling for $15 at the game, but I have them for $10, and they’ve been selling real well,” said Smith, 27.
“During the parade people were picking them up nonstop. It’s been a great day!”
Frank Djemdgiy, owner of Little Italy Pizza on Broadway, also got a piping-hot slice of Yankee action.
“Every parade, this place gets crazy,” said Djemdgiy, with lines going out the door. “It’s great for business; it’s great for New York; it’s great for everybody.”
Additional reporting by David K. Li and Selim Algar