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March 26, 2008
Closing Bell: Bed-Stuy Bags Fresh Direct
The big news in Bed-Stuy is that Fresh Direct is finally delivering groceries to the neighborhood. Good news for an area widely believed to lack decent fresh produce options. The Fresh Direct expansion isn't limited to Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to the company: It now services all of 11206, 11216, 11213, 11225, and 11231, which includes additional parts of Red Hook.
Fresh Direct Now Delivers to Our Part of the Hood [Bed-Stuy Banana]
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Photo by Frank Lynch.
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Why wouldn't they deliver to Bed-Stuy before? Lack of customers or what?
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 4:20 PM
nice.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 4:21 PM
Redlining plain and simple.
Posted by: Polemicist at March 26, 2008 4:41 PM
4:57: Get a life.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 4:59 PM
Nothing's stopping anyone from signing in 4:57. I use my real name, mainly because I didn't know any better when I first started posting, but almost everyone uses a pseudonym. You don't even have to fill in any information on your profile.
Signing in with a consistant handle makes it possible to keep track of posts. Sorting out scores of "guests" is hard with gray OR dark type.
Posted by: Bob Marvin at March 26, 2008 5:33 PM
according to their website they do not deliver to any of 11216 nor 11213. They deliver to parts of 11225 and 11231
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 5:46 PM
I got an email from them the other day saying they had "arrived". When I typed my zip code in, (11216) I also got a "not available".
Eh, who needs 'em.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 26, 2008 6:16 PM
Nothing is stopping them, and yet the vast majority of people don't do it. And why should they? It just adds additional keystrokes.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 6:20 PM
It's worth pointing out that some of us are rather challenged when it comes to vision. It's just plain harder for me to see the light text, and I doubt I'm the only one.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 6:22 PM
that is great that they deliver to bedstuy, but those of us in sunset park are still out for the count. they deliver to bay ridge, and to park slope, but just skip right over sunset park.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 6:38 PM
that is great that they deliver to bedstuy, but those of us in sunset park are still out for the count. they deliver to bay ridge, and to park slope, but just skip right over sunset park.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 6:39 PM
They have delivered to 11225 for a long while now. It's not recent.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 6:42 PM
What the hell were the 4:59 and 5:33 posts about?
Posted by: Brooklynnative at March 26, 2008 7:03 PM
According to the website, they DO NOT deliver to 11216! I got the email, though. Screw 'em!
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 7:22 PM
7:03 i was wondering the same exact thing. guess big bro deleted it.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 8:29 PM
Fresh Direct delivers to the 11215 section of Sunset Park (the northern end).
Agree that the gray font is a drag. Mr. B, I second that notion to lose the lightened look.
Whos cares anyway? For all we know Bob Marvin or Polemicist or Montrose Morris or Mrs. Limestone could be The What.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 9:44 PM
I agree. It'd be nice to have regular looking text again.
What do you say, Mr. B?
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 9:51 PM
I just checked my zip, 11221, and no delivery.
Posted by: guest at March 26, 2008 9:54 PM
Oh man, I would love a return to the darker text of yore. It's so much easier to read. Seriously, I can only spend so much time reading this faint text and twiddling with the contrast on my monitor doesn't help much. It's just not very comfortable on the eyes.
Posted by: guest at March 27, 2008 9:19 AM
you seriously need to get to an opthalmologist.
Posted by: guest at March 27, 2008 9:34 AM
People learn how to use your browser. You can adjust text size and color.
Posted by: guest at March 27, 2008 9:39 AM
it may not be on the main page, but i just placed an order and it is coming next wednesday to me in 11216.
Posted by: guest at March 27, 2008 10:55 AM
it may not be on the main page, but i just placed an order and it is coming next wednesday to me in 11216.
Posted by: guest at March 27, 2008 11:19 AM
Adjusting the browser is at best a stop gap measure that shouldn't be necessary. I mean, the last time I checked the point of a website was to be read, no? If you want everything on here to be a big secret, then I suggest white text against a white background.
Posted by: guest at March 27, 2008 11:43 AM
most people, having eyes, don't have a problem. Its you who seems to have a probelm. see your doc.
Posted by: guest at March 27, 2008 11:56 AM
He's not the only one. I would certainly prefer darker (i.e., normal) type.
Posted by: guest at March 27, 2008 2:41 PM
What about Kensington? For some reason us on Avenue C aren't worthy, even though our co-op full of potential customers has asked for service.
Posted by: guest at March 31, 2008 8:22 AM
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