Court St. Blockbuster Changes Hands; Future Unclear
The former location of Blockbuster Video on Court Street has been the subject of neighborhood speculation for awhile now; at one point, the rumor mill said it was probably going to become a McDonald’s. While the future of the property is still up in the air, it was recently sold off for $3.7 million to…
The former location of Blockbuster Video on Court Street has been the subject of neighborhood speculation for awhile now; at one point, the rumor mill said it was probably going to become a McDonald’s. While the future of the property is still up in the air, it was recently sold off for $3.7 million to a firm called Broadmill Development, which recently developed a Chelsea condo called The Carriage House. Eric Gray, one of Broadmill’s principals, says the company has “no definitive plans” for the site yet, and it could either be redeveloped or leased to a retailer. Gray also said the firm has received no interest whatsoever in the space from McDonald’s, and that it was time “to dispel” the Golden Arches chit-chat for good.
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As long as it isn’t a Fast Food Place (which ALWAYS brings down R.E. Values) or another Box Store (we have Rite Aid & CVS, already) then I say good luck to however rents it.
We don’t need another eatery – and if the owners aren’t TOO GREEDY – the space can be split into 2 stores or even a multi-shared space where small LOCAL people can try their hand at the American Dream.
To a certain extent, can’t you just rank the brownstone neighborhoods by price to say which is technically “best” in the eyes of the overall market…?
In that case, it would be something like:
1. Brooklyn Heights
2. Cobble Hill
3. Park Slope
4. Carroll Gardens
5. Ft. Greene
6. Prospect Heights
7. Clinton Hill
8. PLG
9. Crown Heights
10. Bed Stuy
11. Jersey City
Please use this for future reference.
i actually think people do flock to park slope. the huge influx in kids at ps. 321 making it now overcrowded, the fact that parking in park slope has become a huge challenge and the fact that a once nearly abandoned couple mile strip of 5th avenue, which 10 years ago was all but empty, is now one of the most thriving shopping drinking and eating areas in all of brooklyn.
i don’t even live there, but i’ve noticed over the last 10 years how many people there seem to be in park slope.
carroll gardens has an awesome vibe, but in many more ways has stayed more stable than ps over the years. smith and court have certainly exploded, and more people have moved here, sure, but it doesn’t have that same feeling of being invaded like park slope sometimes does.
i’m not saying any neighborhood is better or worse, i’m simply saying that i don’t agree that people don’t “flock” to park slope. i think the opposite is true.
Come on… Park Slope is like the Upper West Side to Smith Street’s Soho. Ok, well not exactly, but you get the point. They’ll both have some nice restaurants, but people aren’t flocking there… they want a place that has a little more of an edge. A dull edge though it may be.
Grocery was just rated one of the most overrated restaurants in Brooklyn.
Po is fine, but nowhere near as good as Al Di La.
And I live in CG, btw…
Wow 3.7 million? Must be a pretty big lot?
wow, people are even dropping zagat reviews to prove a street’s value….Sth has its share of good restaurants too. but whatever, I think 5th is over…..now Vanderbilt, that’s where it’s at.
“Is it because most people go to 5th now to shop/eat/drink?”
I doubt it considering that bococa still has the best restaurants Brooklyn according to Zagat. Lucali gets a 27 and so does Saul. Grocery gets a 26. Mario Batalli’s Po gets a 25 and so does Ki Sushi. Frankie’s gets a 24 and and so does Petit Crevette and the list goes on and on. I think Smith and Court are actually doing just fine.
Word is it’s going to be used as a location for a television show…