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June 21, 2007

Self Storage Coming to Empire Boulevard

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safeguardrender0607.jpgWe'd passed this worksite on Empire Boulevard between Washington and Bedford a few times in the last few months and always assumed it was going to be housing. How wrong we were! Turns out a company called Safeguard Self Storage is building a 45,000-square-foot facility on the site (which sits on the Crown Heights-PLG border). The three-story building, which is designed by NF Designs, won't be ready until February. Word is that this won't be the only storage place on Empire. GMAP P*Shark DOB




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:05 AM | Comments (8)
Categories: Development, Prospect Lefferts Gardens

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Yeah--the former Empire Roller Rink is also supposedly going to be used for the same purpose--quite a waste IMO.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at June 21, 2007 11:37 AM

These storage places are the knew liquor stores, except without the community destruction.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 21, 2007 1:53 PM

These storage places are the knew liquor stores, except without the community destruction.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 21, 2007 1:53 PM

is this where they will store the dead bodies of the pioneers who choose to call these warzones home?

oh boy i own a brownstone in shitsville im so cool

lock your doors suckers

Posted by: empire blvd? at June 21, 2007 2:51 PM

is this where they will store the dead bodies of the pioneers who choose to call these warzones home?

oh boy i own a brownstone in shitsville im so cool

lock your doors suckers

Posted by: empire blvd? at June 21, 2007 2:51 PM

i guess you could get 3-4x's as many dead trolls in dare

Posted by: suckers at June 21, 2007 3:15 PM

Nothing says ritzy neighborhood like a bigass self storage building!

Posted by: Donald Frump at June 21, 2007 4:00 PM

Storage is being pushed out of the more gentrfied areas, like up around Atlantic. They just tore a huge one down for Atlantic Yards, and another one by the BQE has got windows now and big sign advertizing "lofts". But the richer people moving into Bklyn now also have more stuff, so the market for the "extra closet" provided by storage is growing. There is money to be made and they have to put them somewhere, so a more marginal but still not remote place like Empire Blvd. is perfect. Despite what the @#%$ above says the area around Empire Blvd. is not dangerous (the 70s and 80s are over, but somebody forgot to tell him), just not quite as gentrified, still populated by darker people, and the Blvd. itself is pretty ugly.

Posted by: Big Al at June 21, 2007 6:29 PM

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