Cortelyou Road’s shopping scene may soon get a lot more hopping. Sander Hicks, the man behind neighborhood anchor/coffee shop Vox Pop and Cortelyou’s unofficial mayor, is trying to lure a microbrewery to the spot that housed the recently shuttered Cornerstone bar. Sander reports that a couple breweries are nibbling at the prospect. Vox Pop itself is about to expand with a new media services center in the empty storefront around the corner from the coffee shop; in keeping with the spirit of Cortelyou’s homegrown ethos, the store is conducting an online survey so residents can weigh in about what services they’d like to see the center offer. In non-Vox Pop-related happenings, the long-in-the-works Connecticut Muffin is set to open soon in the storefront next to the Farm on Adderley. And all this is in addition to the Flatbush Food Co-op’s pending jump across the street, to the old Associated space. Anything we missed? Anything the strip particularly needs?
Survey [Vox Pop]
CT Muffin Opening in Ditmas Park [Forum]
Streetlevel: Organic Boom on Cortelyou [Brownstoner]