405 union avenue williamsburg

Multinational coffee giant Starbucks is opening its first Williamsburg location soon in the Karl Fischer-designed rental building at 405 Union Avenue. DNAinfo reported that the chain will open its doors in mid-summer.

This outpost will be the coffee franchise’s second north Brooklyn location, joining 910 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. We’ve known about this Starbucks since December, when Eater noticed job listings for this location on the Starbucks website. But if you want to rent an apartment in Starbucks’ building, it’ll cost you: two-bedroom, two-bath apartments there are asking $4,350 a month.

For years, Williamsburg residents said they feared the chain would open on Bedford Avenue, but Williamsburg remained notably Starbucks-free. But now that the neighborhood has a Dunkin’ Donuts on Bedford, American Apparel and an Urban Outfitters and is soon to get a J.Crew and Whole Foods, does it really matter any more?

First Williamsburg Starbucks Opening Mid-Summer [DNAinfo] GMAP
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  1. yup T18! and i’m not even amortizing the cost of the amount of meat/produce i’ve had to flat out throw away because it was mis/remarked at the local grocery store and went bad the day after i bought it.

    whole foods is associated with a specific demographic that’s very en vogue to make fun of on the internet nowadays. that’s it.

  2. Precisely, DH. The meme of Whole Foods being expensive applies in the rest of the country, where groceries are priced sanely. Here in NY, Whole Foods sells relatively good quality stuff for the same price as the Tyson, et. al., shit covered in flies that you can buy at your local Associated. Luckily I’m blessed at the moment by a decent local supermarket, but the vast majority of the local supermarket chains are hawking overpriced garbage that would sell for 10% the price in the discount stores in Iowa or something.
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    This is why 7-11 is making inroads in New York as well. It’s not like people WANT 7-11. They just want to walk into a corner store and buy a box of cereal for less than $7. Until the bodegas stop gouging New Yorkers with expired, overpriced crap, 7-11 will keep eating their lunch.

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