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September 10, 2007
Slopers Sign On to CVETCH
Fifth Avenue has had its fill of spas, fundamentalist churches, banks and prohibitively expensive women’s clothing—but a new bookstore would be fine and dandy. Or so say passersby who’ve lodged their opinions on a piece of paper outside a recently shuttered copy shop between Prospect and Park. The bottom of the retail wish list say it’s “an interactive community art project brought to you by Park Slope CVETCH (the Committee to Verify Everything That’s Coming Here).” Great idea! We’d like to note that Fifth Avenue has been sorely lacking a meteor merchant. Oh, wait. GMAP
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And NOT another Sushi place!
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 11:26 AM
A bookstore would be nice. I'd love to see a better-than-just-adequate Indian restaurant. Vietnamese food would be great, particularly now that Mekong is gone. Maybe some really good Italian, since La Villa is only good for pizza, and Aunt Suzie's is good for nothing. How about Malaysian food?
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 11:53 AM
11:53: ever been to Al di la????
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 12:05 PM
OK, I'm going to say it: Banana Republic.
Let the flames begin!
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 12:05 PM
CHEESE!
Delicious, fatty, stinky, unpasteurized cheese!
Bakeries are nice, too.
Posted by: Rehab at September 10, 2007 12:06 PM
12:05 - 11:53 here. I've been meaning to try Al Di La, but it's always looked a little La Di Da. I'll give it a whirl.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 12:11 PM
Most of the people begging for a book store will still buy their books online or in BN. A bookstore will close within a two years. Lets be realistic.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 12:14 PM
How About GORILLA COFFEE CLEANS THEIR SIDEWALK. That would be nice. Or Victor changes the color of his buildings that blue is ugly. Other than that bookstores are kind of worthless.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 12:27 PM
12:05 PM, I'd just be happy with a GAP or Old Navy, where I can buy relatively inexpensive T-shirts and/or jeans without having to schlep all the way to Atlantic Avenue. I can't afford Brooklyn Industries or Something Else on 5th. And no, I do not want to buy second-hand clothes at Beacon's Closet.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 12:29 PM
There's a great bookstore on Bergen between 5th Ave and Flatbush, it used to be called Adam's Bookstore, it's called something like Unnameable Books now. People should go there instead of voting for another one a few blocks away.
How about a second-hand kids clothes/toy store? The only thrift shop for kids that I know of is Jane's Exchange in the East Village. Surely the stroller mafia could use one in the Slope.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 12:58 PM
12:29: Atlantic Mall is a 8-minute walk away. They have an Old Navy, a Target, a Marshall's, a Daffy's and a Burlington Coat Factory. All cheap places to buy clothes. Surely the neighborhood doesn't need another cheap clothing chain store.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:01 PM
Fresh Fish
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:06 PM
"How about a second-hand kids clothes/toy store?"
It's called a stoop sale.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:06 PM
Atlantic Mall : Worst. Mall. Ever.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:07 PM
Walking to Atlantic Mall and crossing intersections at Flatbush and/or Atlantic Avenues are NOT pedestrian-friendly or safe.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:16 PM
a proper butcher shop. I don't know of one anywhere in the slope!
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:20 PM
We need a new music store, but it will just close like all the others have.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:20 PM
1:16. Are you serious? You're scared to cross Flatbush/Atlantic? Are you terrified of Grand Army Plaza too?
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:22 PM
I want -
a deli - a super fantastic one like Zingerman's in Ann Arbor
a hair salon with people who know what they are doing
Diane T from Court Street
a fanatastic furniture store
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:31 PM
I want the liquor store between 8th and 9th street to take down the ridiculous bullet-proof plexiglass.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:39 PM
"take down the ridiculous bullet-proof plexiglass."
I totally agree.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:43 PM
How about something practical like a real drugstore or a healthfood store or even a diner? These are sorely lacking on 5th Ave!
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 1:52 PM
I have to agree about Atlantic Terminal-- that is one of the most hideous, unfriendly, tortured pieces of architecture in the western hemisphere, and I avoid it on principle
Posted by: Rehab at September 10, 2007 1:57 PM
Diner-wise you've got Daisy's between 9th and 10th, and Fifth Ave Diner between 8th and 9th. We could stand to have one on the Flatbush end of 5th though, that's true. No shortage of drugstores down near 9th street either, a bit of a surplus, actually.
A healthfood store would be great. Anybody have any clues what's going into the old Brooklyn Aquarium spot on 9th street? It's been going through a major gut reno and it's a nice, big space.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 2:00 PM
1:20--A & S Pork Store on Fifth near President is a proper, old-school butcher. Union Mkt also does a very serviceable job and can order anything.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 2:05 PM
Is it kvetch?
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 2:09 PM
Design Within Reach
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 2:12 PM
Design Within Reach? Why not shop at the upcoming Ikea in Red Hook for 1/10th the price?
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 2:59 PM
Because it's 1/10th the quality.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 3:13 PM
Second Design within reach.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 3:14 PM
Because Ikea is cheap, dormitory furniture.
You can spot a piece of Ikea a mile away.
Usually out by the street on Friday night....
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 3:15 PM
Atlantic Terminal (Mall) is fully rented, and extremely busy with one of the most successful Target Dept stores in the country. It is situated over a transit hub (proper location), (mostly) maintains the street wall(i.e. pedestrian friendly)
Clearly it is serving the community and all of your elitest nonsense about it being terrible just shows how out of touch with reality you are.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 3:22 PM
"It's called a stoop sale."
Right. So next time my kid needs a winter coat, I can just wait until I have an entire weekend free and take him out for a leisurely 48-hour stroll up and down every single block in Park Slope, hoping that in that 80-square-block area and on that particular weekend I'll find a stoop sale that happens to be selling a coat that's size-, season- and gender-appropriate. Whatever.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 3:39 PM
Atlantic Terminal Mall may be fully rented (though I swear I saw empty store fronts the last time I was there) but that does not change the fact that it is poorly configured and not a pleasant place to shop. The Target has improved, ie there tends to be more merchandise on the tracks instead of the floors, but it could be much, much better. Go to a Target anywhere else in this county and you'll see how dumpy it is by comparison.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 3:43 PM
The Target at Atlantic Terminal is THE highest grossing Target in the country.
Perhaps YOU do not find it pleasant, but clearly other people do.
Live in a bubble, much?
Oh and there is a list of merchants waiting for space in the center, so no, there are no vacancies.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 3:46 PM
"Oh and there is a list of merchants waiting for space in the center..."
And you get your information from where?
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 3:54 PM
Oh yes- Jamba Juice. Brilliant!
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 4:11 PM
There is a GREAT used children's clothing store on Grand bet Lafayette and greene in CH, btw...
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 4:17 PM
Ha! When I was in college, I thought Ikea was expensive.
-Supergirl
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 4:18 PM
3:39 - A very good point. I do wonder, however, if such a store would be able to pay 5th Ave rents.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 4:22 PM
not another baby clothing store or pet-oriented boutique.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 4:38 PM
Um, there is a DWR in Dumbo. Shut up and go there.
White people HATE Atlantic Center and Fulton Mall. Other races just shrug, get their shopping done, and leave.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 5:15 PM
b/c white people suck
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 5:29 PM
But, why do we NYers have such low expectations whether it's about real estate or shopping? We should expect well-designed, clean (items on shelves, not on floor) and well-stocked places to shop, just as they do outside of the City.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 5:38 PM
5:15 - I'm not sure who should feel most insulted by your ridiculous racist spew.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 5:43 PM
ummm...i realize there is a dwr is dumbo. actually it's in brooklyn heights though dumbass.
there's also other cities to live in.
why don't you go there??
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 6:01 PM
We've got a Dunkin Donuts on Fifth Ave at 9th Street.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 6:07 PM
Another decent coffee shop in addition to Perch would be nice down on the south end of 5th.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 7:10 PM
Fresh fish please! There's nowhere on 5th to get fish. Closest place is Union Market, and it's kinda hit or miss with the freshness.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 7:16 PM
this is at the north end of 5th, 7:10.
already have gorilla coffee and ozzie's.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 7:21 PM
sounds like either jamba juice or design within reach are the more attractive options...
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 7:30 PM
I recently came to the conclusion that Atlantic Center and Fulton Mall were simply never designed to be shopped at by Park Slope folk. 11 trains go there 1000 times a day, and you can get to any store in the mall area without even seeing the light of day, yet it's surrounded by an amazing array of "places to get run over" (tm). Granted, any New Yorker worth his teeth shouldn't be complaining about crossing a street, but a Park Slope maniac mom with her kids in the $1000 stroller might have some objections.
Although I don't think she'd walk here anyway...
Also, to guest@5:15 - you're totally right. As one of the non-white people who just shrugs and gets his shopping done, it never ceases to amaze me the number of white people I've seen in Brooklyn Heights complain about Atlantic Center. Pretty much the same people who I imagine complain about the mini-shopping district on Court with the B&N and the movie theatre.
Although I've learned not to buy anything in Target that's found its way to the floor...
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 7:37 PM
GORILLA COFFEE CLEAN YOUR SIDEWALK, YOUR ARE DIRTY.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 8:04 PM
All chain stores' success in Brooklyn lay with its employees. Target has more employees who seem not to care about their job, their employer, nor the customers and the chaotic nature of that store reflects that.
Their stock is constantly missing or misplaced, damaged or simply never there.
I am baffled as to how it is the highest grossing Target in the country.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 8:11 PM
The stock at Target is missing because it's been BOUGHT.
And you still can't figure out why they sell so much?
Yikes...
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 9:02 PM
i live in park slope and I shop at both atlantic and Fulton mall.
but im broke so...
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 9:04 PM
I assume Target sells so much because it is easily accessible by a bazillion subways, and because we have low standards for customer service in this town. It is, I grant you, about 100 times better than that filthy, stinky Marshall's store in Atlantic Center.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 9:16 PM
ANYHOO, back to the subject at hand, I'd like to see a *good* barbecue place on Fifth. Biscuit doesn't cut it. BarBQ at Sixth/20th is tasty, but a bit of a schlepp.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 9:19 PM
i've gotten so many good deals in the home section of that marshalls!
le creuset cookware for literally PENNIES on the dollar!
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 9:19 PM
how about a housing works?
although i think it might be better up on 7th avenue...
some other option for used clothes besides beacon's closet might be nice also. there is one way down on 15th and 5th and beacon's is overpriced.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 9:52 PM
Is there any place that does Dim Sum in the Slope?
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 9:54 PM
Every suggestion here is wrong. What this strip of 5th ave needs is a good place to hook up a hose so GORILLA COFFEE can clean their sidewalk...other than that it would be good to open a place to sell garden hoses so the owner of GORILLA COFFEE can buy one and clean their sidewalk...
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 10:08 PM
Geez 10:08, hose yourself down. Your working yourself up into a sweaty little tizzy.
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 10:39 PM
3:22, you're stoned. The Target at that hellhole Atlantic Terminal is supposedly the largest grossing Target in the country? Calling bullshit, here. Source, please. That shithole can't even manage to keep the shelves stocked--it's like shopping in Moscow. And even if it were true, it would probably only be true because of tax abatements or some other scam.
Fact: the "architecture" of Atlantic Terminal is hideous and the traffic fucks up multiple neighborhoods on every side. Blank, cinderblock streetscapes--very Superblock. Very Robert Moses. Deserves to be right next to the Atlantic Yards Effect. Amazing that the creator of this turd would be allowed to build anything significant in Brooklyn.
Posted by: Rehab at September 11, 2007 1:48 AM
I'm not a comic book guy per se, but I love to go into Rocketship books on Smith and I always leave with something. It's true that booksellers in general have it pretty rough in the Amazon era, but art/comic books seem like a good 'brick & mortar' biz since they are easier to judge from a quick browse.
I also wish that Burritoville would open a Brooklyn location.
Posted by: guest at September 11, 2007 7:00 AM
No need for Burritoville. Try Rachel's on 5th Ave or La Taqueria on 7th. Yum!
Posted by: guest at September 11, 2007 11:41 AM
Rehab:
http://www.nysun.com/article/49594?page_no=1
and tax abatements have nothing to do with gross revenue. Please take an accounting class before making uninformed posts.
Posted by: guest at September 11, 2007 11:58 AM
Thank you, 11:58. And here is the pertinent quote of the article...
"The Target store located in the Atlantic Mall is known to be one of the top three revenue producing stores within Target's chain."
Love the I told you so moments on here.
Rehab always spouts nonsense. Oh yeah, and I was stoned, but apparently being stoned and being wrong don't go hand in hand. Go figure.
Posted by: guest at September 11, 2007 2:11 PM
That Target store probably does gross very highly. Given the population density, that only makes sense.
That said, the last time I visited my folks outside of our fair metropolis, the Target in their neighborhood was a frickin' palace by comparison: clean, well-stocked, orderly.
The Atlantic Center Target serves a good purpose but it really should try harder.
Posted by: guest at September 11, 2007 9:10 PM
Put in a Lobel's Meats!!!
Posted by: guest at September 11, 2007 11:08 PM
or an Eli's
Posted by: guest at September 11, 2007 11:10 PM
or an Eli's
Posted by: guest at September 11, 2007 11:20 PM
How about an adults-only restaurant? Any ethnic cuisine would be fine. No one under 18 admitted. No exceptions, ever.
Posted by: guest at October 27, 2007 12:06 PM
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