The trouble on Wall Street isn’t just hurting Main Street in middle America, the Daily News finds. Brooklyn’s main drags are feeling the pain, too. At a West Indian restaurant on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy, business has dropped by half, and the sporting goods shop has seen a 75% decline. Merchants on Flatbush Avenue, Brighton Beach Avenue, Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park, and Park Slope’s 7th Avenue are lamenting. Even the liquor store business is slowing. “It isn’t driving them to drink – yet,” says one owner.
Biz Along Brooklyn’s Main Thoroughfares Taking a Hit [NY Daily News]
Older Signage on 7th Ave. Photo by mikebny.