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February 26, 2008
StreetLevel: Kids Clothes and Adult Toys for Bergen Street
Over the past few years, Bergen between Flatbush and Fifth Avenue has become one of Park Slope’s most vibrant shopping strips, with an independent bookstore, several eateries and a couple of clothing shops. Now two more retailers are about to call the street home. Within the next several months both kiddie-centric Gymboree and adult-centric Toys in Babeland will be opening stores on Bergen, according to Matthew Pintchik. Pintchik is one of the owners of Pintchik Hardware, and his family has invested in the area since 1912. Gymboree will temporarily take the space at the front of Pintchik Hardware on Flatbush and Bergen before it moves into its permanent digs further down the street. Pintchik says that Gymboree’s temporary location is still on the market, and his family is in talks with a number of national retailers who are considering leasing the storefront, including big boys like McDonald’s. “We’re not ruling out anyone at this point, though we’ve been trying to create a community with the stores that have leased space on Bergen,” says Pintchik. “Trader Joe’s, please call me up.”
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re: babeland - seriously the best park slope news i've heard in a long time.
can not wait!
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:38 PM
Park Slope had joined the ranks of the other Babeland Stores:
Melrose Ave - LA
Pikes Peak - Seattle
Soho, NYC
Lower East Side - NYC
NIIIICE!!!
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:42 PM
gymboree blows.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:45 PM
Cool! I live on that block. Trader Joe's--call the Pintchiks!! Please, NO MORE MCDONALDs!!
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:45 PM
There's one question the post does not answer: will the Toys in Babeland allow strollers?
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:46 PM
Gymboree not so great--kinda boring. I hope the Pintchiks don't rent just to chains. Or if they do, hope they're some good chains.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:47 PM
The chains can be found at Toys in Babeland, 2:47.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:49 PM
That block will always be great for one reason and one reason only: CITY SUB.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:50 PM
To get a Babeland, I'll suffer with the Gymboree.
One outta two ain't bad.
I've been meaning to update my porn collection. Hope it's heavy on the gay stuff.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:50 PM
So far from the "most vibrant shopping strip"
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:51 PM
Anyone ever try that Philly CheeseSteak place around the corner on Flatbush?
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:53 PM
babeland, WOOT!
so long, creepy pink pussycat store.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:54 PM
just bought a nice pair of shoes from private stock last week. nice guy who runs the place.
also love city sub and the new organic heights place looks SUPER inviting.
babeland is gonna be a score with all the people getting off at the bergen 2/3 stop right there on their way home from work...
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:55 PM
Just think: Get off the 2/3, pick up some paint thinner at Pinchiks, a sub at City Sub and some ben wa balls at Babe's. A perfect evening!
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 2:57 PM
you just described my monday, 2:57.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 3:00 PM
Gee, am I the only person who might prefer to shop at the Babeland in Manhattan rather than running into my neighbors while buying sex toys in Park Slope?
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 3:14 PM
Yup, I'm guessing you are the only one.
You are so uptight, 3:14 that you think people in PS don't know you have sex? EVERYONE has sex!
My god you are the kinda person who think her shit don't stink too, aren't ya?
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 3:17 PM
I would be more embarrassed to run into my neighbors at Gymboree.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 26, 2008 3:20 PM
City Subs blows. How about a burrito place?
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 3:24 PM
I know people in Park Slope know, or actually presume, that I have sex. I just don't want them to know that I am a freak.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 3:29 PM
oh my god, this is seriously the best news i've heard in months. babeland, park slope loves you. we can't wait. that store is going to blow up, i tell you.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 3:49 PM
City Subs rocks.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 3:51 PM
3:51=cop
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 3:57 PM
Yes, and I got my uniform at Babeland.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 4:03 PM
Babeland--whoo-hoo! Just be careful, or soon you'll need to shop at Bump.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 4:06 PM
No you need to go to Babeland several years after bump is on your shopping destination.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 4:11 PM
Gymboree makes really low-quality clothes.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 4:21 PM
gymboree is a shitshow.
all the kid stuff in the slope is closing. orange blossom, romp, etc.
i hope park slope businesses start catering a little more to those of us who hate kids.
THANKS BABELAND!!!
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 4:25 PM
Are all of your sex lives that boring that you need toys? Personally, I'm a meat and potatoes kind of person. But I definitely welcome Babeland to counter all the kiddie stuff.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 4:50 PM
very excited about babeland. meat and potatoes - obviously you haven't been married 10 years w/ 2 kids. I'm not sayin' ya gotta go crazy, but some beads and a vibrating you-know-what ring can be fun when you've gotten to the point where you have to schedule it...always good to have fun.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:01 PM
Omg, isn't this what internet sales are for? I would never physically walk into a sex shop and buy this stuff in person. Ever. If I decided to buy some sex toys, it would be over the internet.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:08 PM
Sorry babeland, my wife does not want or need sex toys. I must be doing something right. :)
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:12 PM
some people aren't frigid, 5:08.
this is EXACTLY what park slope needs.
bet it will be top performing store of the 5.
although there are some real freaks on melrose...
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:15 PM
babeland-only good thing in the slope.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:16 PM
5:08- sexually closeted
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:18 PM
you would never buy "this stuff"
CONDOMS? GAG GIFTS? LUBE?
it's not all 16 inch black dildos, you realize...
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:21 PM
my wife and our girlfriend always use toys.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:41 PM
what's a gag gift? does it make you gag?
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:43 PM
This might be way too much information, but since we're on this topic--I've been in a monogamous relationship for 13 years and the sex is still so good that we've never felt the desire to use any "aids" or toys. Guess I'm in the minority. (female hetero, btw)
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:46 PM
5:46=way too much information
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:56 PM
I don't need to hear who uses toys and who doesn't thanks. If you do, then I'll see you at Babeland. If you don't then I won't. No more disclosures, please!
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 5:58 PM
QUOTE: "Are all of your sex lives that boring that you need toys? Personally, I'm a meat and potatoes kind of person. "
HAHAHA! That's awesome, but where do you stuff the potatoes?
Posted by: Mamacita at February 26, 2008 6:15 PM
sex is weird
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 6:53 PM
5:46 here--sorry, after re-reading my post I realize it was definitely waaaay too much info. Just wanted to add that I'm a stripper on the weekends.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 6:56 PM
5:46, my guess is your husband is gettin' some on the side.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 7:05 PM
My wife and I have a weird thing goin'.
I pretend I'm Marty Markowitz and she's Randi Weingarden.
Our slave boyfriend, The What , is tied up to a big statue of Atlantic Yards.
It gets kinky from there.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 7:10 PM
5:12 and 5:46, don't be silly - do you think people only like sex toys because their sex lives are totally unsatisfying without them? People like sex toys because no matter how good your sex life already is, there are always more sensations to explore, more ways to get off, more things to experience. If you don't like sex toys, that's fine, but don't imagine that it means you're doing anything better than anyone else. But congratulations on having satisfying sex lives!
Anyway, welcome to you, Babeland!
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 8:42 PM
I got some bad news for you all. Who do you think will be attending all those afternoon dildo demonstrations? Park Slope nannies, that's who. I give Babes two weeks before it looks like the Tea Lounge.
Posted by: guest at February 26, 2008 11:38 PM
7:10, after reading all the others, your post out of the blue made me laugh so hard I think I might have woken up some neighbors. LOL LOLLLL! Too funny! Good shtick and references! Write more!
Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 1:14 AM
"But I definitely welcome Babeland to counter all the kiddie stuff." - 4:50
Wait, you're saying a sex shop COUNTERS kids? Give it nine months after babeland opens... kiddie places everywhere!
Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 1:22 AM
1:14 = 7:10
Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 8:47 AM
1:22 am - are the kids keeping you up?
Posted by: guest at February 28, 2008 10:00 AM
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