Rockettes Honor Bergen Ice Cream Parlor For Spreading Joy To The Community

Two Rockettes stopped by Van Dyk's Homemade Ice Cream in Ridgewood Thursday and honored the longtime village business as part of the dancers' Make Time For Joy initiative.

Dancers Sarah Staker and Nicole Baker, of Upper Saddle River, enjoyed some homemade peppermint stick ice cream, met with the owners, the Kotrokois family, and took pictures with customers. They presented the Kotrokois family with a certificate for making VanDyk's one of the places people make time for joy at during the holiday season.

The Rockettes debuted on stage at the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” in 1933. The 80-member group’s routine is complex and the company rehearses six hours a day, six days a week.

The Rockettes held similar meet-and-greets in Wyckoff, Wayne, and Parsippany last year.

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Sarah Staker, left, and Nicole Baker enjoy some peppermint stick ice cream at VanDyk's Thursday.

Staker and Baker meet with some children at VanDyk's.

Staker and Baker present the Kotrokois family with a certificate as being one of the places that helps people make time for joy during the holiday season.

Photos courtesy of Rana Faure/MSG Photos