Streetlevel: Northfork Bank for Clinton and Fulton

if the reason is fee-free ATMs then why don't banks put their machines into walls, instead of littering the streets with monstrous branches. As if there aren't enough already.

Or they could get together and stop ripping us off $1.50 for each cross-use of their machines, then they would only need to build 1 branch instead of 3 facing each other.

Everything is done online now anyway, or should be. Branches are an anachronism. Especially the giant ones. Every time I see that commerce bank at the bottom of prospect park south west with a DRIVE THROUGH i puke. Like it was air dropped from dallas suburbs or something.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 2:31 PM

hey that commerce bank is much better than the gas station thatused to be there

but i agree the drive-thru should go..it really draws too many lazy and reckless drivers...

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 2:36 PM

i cant imagine a neighborhood in new york without a bank! oh my!

josephine
-jcondo resident

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 2:36 PM

Ms. "Josephine jcondo resident"--why do you feel the need to state your place of residence? If you need to promote that fugly building, buy an ad.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 2:50 PM

Or you could take out a couple hundred bucks at the beginning of the week and never go to an atm again.

But Americans are too lazy for that.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 3:05 PM

all this ATM talk has made me horny

(if u don't get it, dont ask)

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 3:07 PM

And what does it mean if you do 'get it'

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 3:18 PM

Along with opening the branch, North Fork applied to form a banking development district. You can got to the state banking department's website if you're interested in what that is all about, but I mention it because this area was designated by the state as being underserved. For someone to complain about the appearance of a bank -- the first for blocks around as opposed to the three at one intersection that plague some neighborhoods -- in this area is pretty ironic.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 3:21 PM

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ATM

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 3:28 PM

I sure can count how many banks there are in my area of Bushwick

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 3:41 PM

things that should NOT take up valuable street-level retail space:

banks
pet supply stores
real estate offices
laudromats/dry cleaning/tailors
daycare
doctors/dentists/etc

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 3:45 PM

don't be so naive, 3:45.

there is not enough retail to cover every stretch of pedestrian walkways with cheese and wine shops.

there is a plethora of boarded up and vacant properties all over brooklyn.

having a bank in a underserved area is not a sin.

maybe people will go in and set up a savings account.

ever heard of one of those???

will do a body...and an economy GOOD.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 3:50 PM

banks are relics of a time that is quickly becoming obsolete

landlords will gladly take the high rental income for now, but these things will start disapeearing within 5 years

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 4:02 PM

this so should have been a dunkin donuts

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 4:06 PM

I feel that the children's afternoon dance school was just about the best thing that could have been there. The place was always packed, it benefited the community and was not restrictive in it's pricing (probably why it went out of business - could not afford the rent)

This place will be about as useful as the WaMU 'tax deduction' 2 blocks down.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 4:26 PM

The bank will do just fine, morons. I'm more interested in the old Bodegas restaurant space across the street. Also, when will the street diggin end? That strip need to be put back together so that it can get back on its feet.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 4:29 PM

I'm not one, but I bet retailers like an old fashioned brick-and-mortar bank where you can, you know, deposit checks and pick up coin rolls and other useful stuff that probably isn't so convenient over the Internet. And I bet retailers would rather go some place near their shop instead of, say, Chase on Bedford Avenue or Carver on Hanson Place, so the whole trip is as short as it can be. As I said, none of this directly has anything to do with how I live, but sometimes it's fun to think about what other people's needs are.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 4:34 PM

What are the odds this will be a full service bank? Every other corner "bank" in the surrounding neighborhoods is just a front for 2 bleak ATM machines.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 4:44 PM

Don't usually banks bring some wealth in the surrounding areas ? and the idea of a developing district formation is kind of good since the fulton bid hasn't done anything yet!by the way there will be a meeting about the future of Fulton street methadone clinic on November 16th at 2pm in the office of assembly member Jeffries at 55 hanson place.

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 5:16 PM

Redefining Luxury Living, "The Clinic"
Redefining Luxury Living, "The METH"

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 5:34 PM

Is the Fulton BID actually a reality now?

As for the street repairs, they are ongoing and are not scheduled to be done until early next summer. Hopefully the final phase of sidwalk repair and tree plantings will occur.

I though Bstoner said there was some activity recently in the Bodegas space that supposedly will be developed by the Maggie Browns/Pequena people...

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 5:59 PM

What--all this talk and no mention that Subway sandwiches just reopened across from the old Bodegas shop!

PS: Can't discuss banks right now. Somehow someone got access to my debit card number and PIN without me losing my actual card and robbed my account. SG not a happy girl :(

Posted by: guest at October 30, 2007 6:34 PM

It seems that the majority of contributors on this site don't understand the meaning of banks or for that matter savings account. OK class now listen, get up from your keyboards and take extra money that you have and save it.

You are truly a lost generation.

THE WHAT

Posted by: guest at October 31, 2007 7:56 AM

Maybe if more new banks went in instead of new restaurants, that I seem to be unable to go without dropping hundreds at, I'd actually have some of that "extra money" you talk about...

Posted by: guest at October 31, 2007 8:05 AM

The What think we dont have bank accounts

get yo head out yo arse

Posted by: guest at October 31, 2007 8:20 AM

People on this site are never happy. If banks do not move in to an area, they are maligned as racist and not willing to invest in "the community". But if they do move in, people complain about aesthetics, ATM fees, etc.

Whine, whine, whine.

Posted by: guest at October 31, 2007 8:54 AM