Yeah, but I still don't get why Apple is going with north Brooklyn, a quick subway ride away from the Meatpacking district store but not terribly accessible to vast parts of Brooklyn that have more people with more money to spend. Assuming Manhattan people don't make the trek to the Brooklyn store, how big could the north Brooklyn customer base possibly be? For all they've changed in the last few years most of Wburg/Bushwick/Greenpoint are still not wealthy.

Posted by: Jane Jacobs at February 11, 2009 10:24 AM in response to Apple May Set Up Shop at The Edge After All

If they put the Starbucks on the site of burger/beer joint Brennan and Carr, which has been there since the 1930s, I'll never drink a cup of the mermaid's brew again.

Posted by: Jane Jacobs at December 5, 2008 3:29 PM in response to A Starbucks for Sheepshead Bay?

The morning after election day I couldn't wait to don a flag pin, badge, iron-on, whatever. I looked all over the house and couldn't find anything, until I came upon a clip attached to my Brooklyn College ID badge. Totally offensive when I got it back in 2006; I've worn it on my backpack proudly every day for the past week.

Posted by: Jane Jacobs at November 11, 2008 8:27 AM in response to Flying the Flag in the Slope

Sheepshead/Gerritsen presumably includes luxe Manhattan Beach.

Posted by: Jane Jacobs at October 31, 2008 10:07 AM in response to Sheepshead Bay: Fifth Most Luxurious Neighborhood

Huh. She could have easily found a co-op for under 250k in Midwood (or Gravesend, or Flatbush, or...) -- maybe not a 3-bedroom, but there's just one of her, yes?

Posted by: Jane Jacobs at October 20, 2008 10:48 AM in response to For Post-Rent Control Real Estate, Leave Brooklyn

Better make sure to get the $400k out of your bank, since the FDIC doesn't have enough in the insurance fund to cover prospective failures.

Posted by: Jane Jacobs at September 15, 2008 9:41 AM in response to Wall Street Reorg: Impact on Real Estate?