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October 20, 2008

Streetlevel: Dueling Cellphone Stores on Prospect Park West

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Sure, Brooklyn was recently pronounced a paradise where comity existed between small business and the big guys, but two cell phone stores on one block? This T-Mobile shop just opened at 209 Prospect Park West, sandwiched between a Verizon shop and the delicious Dub Pies. Across the street, the Windsor Terrace version of Cake Shop, a bakery-cum-music venue, will soon open. Interesting mix of corporate and hipster playing out here.




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Categories: Streetlevel, Windsor Terrace

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Bummer. I wish something more useful would have moved in. Like a CVS or a bank.

Posted by: MR at October 20, 2008 2:17 PM

A CVS or bank at that location would have been EXTREMELY useful, actually.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at October 20, 2008 2:23 PM

They seem to be following each other. T-Mobile opened on the corner of Flatbush Ave and 7th Ave. Then a month later Verizon shows up on the opposite side of Flatbush Ave by Park Place. Oh yeah, and AT&T has a store right by the new T-Mobile.

Posted by: Shoots and Leaves at October 20, 2008 2:30 PM

Why would we need another bank on that strip?

Why not shop at the local pharmacy a block away?

Posted by: MR at October 20, 2008 3:19 PM

The local pharmacy has a terrible selection of merchandise and closes too early. Other than that, it's perfect.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at October 20, 2008 3:26 PM

There are actually two pharmacies within two blocks there, Oak Park which is awful and Ballard which doesn't have the best hours but is a good place. There isn't enough sqaure footage for a CVS to begin with, and more chain-store banks and drug stores (and cell phone shops) should, in my opinion, not be encouraged even in jest.

Posted by: Boxermonkey at October 20, 2008 3:32 PM

So if Oak Park is awful and Ballard doesn't have the best hours, why shouldn't a better drug store be encouraged to pen around here?

Posted by: SnarkSlope at October 20, 2008 3:43 PM

Because it contributes to the mall-ification of New York.

My comment WAS in jest (because of course neither a bank nor CVS would fit there). Other than that I completely agree with Boxermonkey.

I should have said Ikea. Now that would have been funny.

Posted by: MR at October 20, 2008 3:52 PM

Ugh, another cell phone shop. Who even shops in those stores?

I think a little fish shop or cheese store would be a great addition.

Posted by: Mrs. Limestone at October 20, 2008 3:57 PM

cell phone stores are the new shoe repair stores.


Posted by: Santa at October 20, 2008 11:34 PM

"I think a little fish shop or cheese store would be a great addition."

I wish. How about a bakery...like a Mazzola storefront. Or a small take out restaurant. A real organic market (would need a larger footprint I guess). A cute store that sold cute things. Pita Grill. An Indian restaurant. What if we got rid of both the cel stores and got a gym...

Posted by: MR at October 21, 2008 12:10 AM

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