Partying in Long Beach like she’s 114

Goldie Steinberg, a long-term resident of the Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Long Beach, celebrated her 114th birthday on Oct. 30. Grandell hosted a celebration and welcomed family, friends and well-wishers.

An exuberant and welcoming individual, she is officially the 13th oldest person in the world, the second-oldest in New York State and the oldest on Long Island, according to the Gerontology Research Group.

Goldie was born on Oct. 30, 1900, in Kishinev, Romania. She immigrated to the United States at age 23 after her uncle offered her and her sister the opportunity. Then residing in Brooklyn, Goldie worked as a seamstress, sewing draperies and dresses.

She met her husband, the late Phillip Steinberg, while a member of a society of Eastern Europeans. The couple moved to an apartment in Brooklyn and had two children. Ms. Steinberg is still active, watching the Yankees, knitting and helping fellow residents. She has voted in every election since 1924, 23 times. 

When asked about her secret to a long and healthy life, Goldie said, “My children keep me alive.”

“Goldie is such an immense pleasure to have here at Grandell,” said Baruch Giberstien, administrator at Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. “We are blessed to be in the presence of someone as wise and as wonderful as she is. From the bottom of our hearts, we all wish her many more years of continued joy and nothing but love.”