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June 15, 2009

StreetLevel: Slope Card Store Getting Bigger Digs

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The very cute 5th Avenue card/gift shop Scaredy Kat is trading its current storefront for a larger one across the street, in the recently vacated Star of India space near the corner of President. The business is about to celebrate its 10-year anniversary and plans to be up and running in its new space the week after Father's Day.
Scaredy Kat [Official Site] GMAP




Posted by Gabby at 2:00 PM | Comments (5)
Categories: Park Slope, Retail, Streetlevel

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I was surprised it took this long for Star of India to fold. The food was sub-par, even for Park Slope Indian food standards, and the place was always empty.

Glad to see that Scaredy Kat appears to be thriving.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 15, 2009 2:44 PM

Does Scaredy Kat plan to sell drugs or something? How can you make the rent (and payroll) on 7th Ave. by selling cards?

Posted by: Art Salt at June 15, 2009 3:36 PM

They are on 5th and sell interesting/amusing cards, gifts, toys, etc., including a lot of local themed stuff.

They are definitely not "just another card store", and the other store was so cramped that you couldn't turn around without bumping into yourself, so a bigger space is not a bad idea.

As for the rent... who knows. Too much rent has killed many a promising business.

Perhaps their new landlord has seen the writing on the wall for commercial real estate and decided that maybe squeezing every last dime out of a tenant is not a great idea if it will force the tenant into bankruptcy.

Just a thought... I don't really think any commercial landlord thinks that way.

Posted by: northsloperenter at June 15, 2009 3:53 PM

they are cool people in thefre, ive bought some cards for people there. so much better than run of the mill hallmark duane reade cards and not even as expensive.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 15, 2009 4:04 PM

Scaredy Kat has all kinds of cool stuff. I bought the bf's kitchen clock there.

I've definitely found it more useful than the vast majority of the boutiques on 5th that come and go.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 15, 2009 4:55 PM

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