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August 21, 2009

StreetLevel: Slope's Old Record Store Up for Rent

The storefront that houses the Record & Tape Center, the long-running biz near the corner of 9th Street on 5th Avenue, is being advertised for rent for $4,000. The listing is significant because initial reports on the closing of the Slope mainstay said the record store was vacating because the adjacent deli, which owns the record store space, was going to annex it. In any event, the listings broker says the record shop will be in biz until the end of the month. A June story in the Daily News said the Record & Tape center would be relocating to another storefront on the same block.
A Record Save in Park Slope [NY Daily News] GMAP
Record & Tape Center Listing [Rapid Realty]

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Props for putting this on here-

indeed, we lost something big even though temporarily.

Posted by: Brooklynchimp at August 21, 2009 2:19 PM

Another of the old line pre-gentrification stores bites the dust. A shame.

Posted by: denton at August 21, 2009 2:34 PM

Do both of your shop there?

Posted by: tybur6 at August 21, 2009 2:45 PM

They're just moving down the block.

Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 21, 2009 2:46 PM

So does that make the moving of the record shop an exercise in futility - he could've stayed?

Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 2:55 PM

im sorta confused about what they sell there.?

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 3:05 PM

and duh i dont mean what are records and tapes.. i mean is it just that or like old vhs movies? really old stuff? i must have passed this place a few times.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 3:06 PM

They sell cassette tapes, 8-track tapes and a few records. But you should ask Denton and Brooklynchimp because they are regular customers, apparently.

Posted by: tybur6 at August 21, 2009 3:07 PM

When I was cleaning out the basement, they bought all my old LPs.

Posted by: Sparafucile at August 21, 2009 3:09 PM

By the way, is $60 /sq ft the going rate for mediocre commercial rental properties in Park Slope?

Posted by: tybur6 at August 21, 2009 3:25 PM

Right, Arkady...I'd wager that the landlord just wanted them out. Bets on whether they'll actually move to a new space? I wouldn't bet the farm on it, personally.

Posted by: max_r_and_r at August 21, 2009 3:26 PM

Low rent for the space

Posted by: landlord at August 21, 2009 3:30 PM

On a related note, I just walked by Neergard Pharmacy. It is now a boutique-type seller of high end bath and beauty products, PLUS (and this really threw me for a loop) the window displays are mostly stuffed animal and toy gifts that are not very hard to find. The place has completely changed.

Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 3:32 PM

It's mostly used vinyl and some tapes. Always people in there digging through the stuff whenever I am there. There are many vinyl hounds out there and I am a member.

Posted by: doldrums at August 21, 2009 3:35 PM

So, $60/sq ft is "low rent" in this area? (5th Ave and 9th Street)

Probably have to clear $200+ every day, 365 days a year, on average just to cover the real estate costs for this location. I've never owned a small retail business, but that strikes me as quite difficult. No? And makes $60/sq ft seem quite pricey to me.

Posted by: tybur6 at August 21, 2009 3:36 PM

Just another business that failed to evolve and serve the community. Adios...

Posted by: Gross at August 21, 2009 3:45 PM

Gross, your attitude is Gross

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 3:52 PM

tybur6, being a member of the upper middle class, I did shop there. I shop everywhere, for the same reason.

Like doldrums says, there are many vinyl hounds out there, apparently both of us are card-carrying members.

I'm always interested in the best formats available for recorded music and film. Therefore I buy vinyl, some there. I don't buy VHS or 8-track, for the same reason. You could say then that he catered to the whole 'hood.

Rob, You should stop in, I could swear the have some old video games there also sometimes.

Posted by: denton at August 21, 2009 4:13 PM

tybur- been going there for years. It's a good spot to dig, and like all good spots- the dollar bins are sometimes full of gems- mostly not.

They sell other stuff besides vinyl- tapes, vhs, cds, eps/lps/etc. I've only bought 45's from them. And a few mix cd's which were pretty good. [Delfonics/Queen mix]-as a request.

i shall miss temporarily-

But the main spot is still- THE THING!

Posted by: Brooklynchimp at August 21, 2009 4:14 PM

Funny, I guess we both answered 2:45!

Posted by: denton at August 21, 2009 4:16 PM

oooh ill definitely check out for old video games denton. thanks!

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 4:54 PM