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Woman believed LI's oldest celebrates 112

Born Oct. 30, 1900, in a city now

Photo credit: Handout; Steven Sunshine | Born Oct. 30, 1900, in a city now known as Kishinev, in Romania, Steinberg is believed to be Long Island's oldest person. (Jan. 13, 2013)

On the day she celebrated her 112th birthday, Goldie Steinberg wore her hair pinned up by a barrette and waved regally to a crowd of well-wishers from a thronelike armchair set up in the cafeteria of the Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Long Beach.

She smiled a lot and said little Sunday. To her great-grandson, Tyler Kutner, of Massapequa Park, who is 102 years younger and was...

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