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November 13, 2008

Streetlevel: Bye-Bye Bergen Tile

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Longtime Flatbush Avenue resident Bergen Tile has packed up its wares and moved them to Farmingdale, Long Island. Which means 11,500 square feet of retail space is now available. Ripco is handling the property, at 215 Flatbush Avenue and has a heckuva neighbor: Atlantic Center, and then all the mess of construction at Atlantic Yards. Maybe someday the neighborhood will get more walkable and the location will be a draw for pedestrian traffic. In the meantime, where are you home renos gonna get your tile? We've heard Brooklyn Chinatown's a good spot. GMAP




Posted by lisa at 2:00 PM | Comments (11)
Categories: Prospect Heights, Streetlevel

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last time we discussed this swath of flatbush, someone made the comment that pintchik is "warehousing" properties here. can anyone enlighten me as to what that means, and why it's good for them in the long run to do that?

Posted by: i disagree at November 13, 2008 2:12 PM

Bergen Tile has been going or gone for the better part of a year.

This area IS walkable from Prospect Heights and Park Slope. Don't know anything about the store, but maybe they were killed by high rents AND a less than imaginative inventory. We just finished a big tile redo, and noticed that for the most part, most of these stores sell the same stuff.

Posted by: BrooklynButler at November 13, 2008 2:20 PM

Some Asshats give a pile of money to sell (I guess around 15 million). Bergen tile moved to Long Island because all the Asshats are moving back there. They brought a warehouse real cheap and will live of the proceeds of the Asshat developer. God bless them because Atlantic yards will NOT be built.

The What

Someday this war is gonna end..

Posted by: Return of The What at November 13, 2008 2:21 PM

The bf likes A & K Tile Studio on 9th St between 5th and 6th Ave.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at November 13, 2008 2:25 PM

This area is only walkable if you have the reflexes to get the *#@$ out of the way of the SUV that just decided he is NOT sitting through another light on Flatbush and is making a 120 degree turn across 3 lanes of traffic without looking where he is going and accelerating from 15 mph to 45 mph in the process.

I walk around here most days, and I think the number of times I've been in "move or get hit by someone who could not stop his car even if he saw you" situations in the last year is up to 12 or so.

I use to think 1st Avenue in Manhattan in teens and 20s was dangerous before I moved here. Now I realize those cabbies and bus drivers were like sweet little old ladies driving to church compared to Brooklyn SUVs on Flatbush or Atlantic.

Posted by: northsloperenter at November 13, 2008 2:31 PM

Bergen Paint and Tile closed this store awhile ago, and they own their properties so I do not think it was high rent. The farmingdale location is not new, it wasnt a move but a consolidation. They also owned property on 2nd St where they built The Heritage (and I am sure they retained a piece of that profit - or loss)

Posted by: fsrg at November 13, 2008 2:57 PM

A&K -- you need a thick skin, but they are honest and the selection is good.

Mondial -- in the near corner of Bensonhurst. Also a good selection that complements A&K's.

Daltile distributor behind HD -- Get your GC registered with them. You can save a lot but homeowners can't walk in and buy. GCs only.

I always found Bergen a bit depressing. A good place for cheapskate landlords, but that's it.

Posted by: slopefarm at November 13, 2008 2:58 PM

"A&K -- you need a thick skin, but they are honest and the selection is good."

Excellent summation.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at November 13, 2008 3:19 PM

A&K is good. They're a lot more polite since the recession started.

Posted by: denton at November 13, 2008 3:53 PM

What is long Goldman at 150. cornball.

Posted by: BrooklynLove at November 13, 2008 7:47 PM

The story as I heard it was that the business was owned by two brothers. They decided to go their separate ways and one got the business while the other got the building. The one with the building then promptly sold it. No one got pushed out or run out, or was taken advantage of by Asshats.

Posted by: LC Arnett at November 13, 2008 10:53 PM

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