The State of 7th Ave
If you’re walking down 7th Avenue in Park Slope, you might experience sensations of dizziness or disorientation. This is due to the massive turnover along this commercial drag recently: The Brooklyn Paper notes that the main drag from Flatbush Avenue to 15th Street has 27 storefronts either empty or in transition. Since rents are going…
If you’re walking down 7th Avenue in Park Slope, you might experience sensations of dizziness or disorientation. This is due to the massive turnover along this commercial drag recently: The Brooklyn Paper notes that the main drag from Flatbush Avenue to 15th Street has 27 storefronts either empty or in transition. Since rents are going down and lower rents favor restaurants, says the article, this means more eateries are on their way in, changing the character of the neighborhood. Some residents bemoan these changes, while others are adding menus to their take-out drawers, but Steve Sommers, a local broker, notes that previously higher rents were too high. It was a bubble, but now all the hot air is getting let out, he told the Paper.
Seven Up or Down? [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Raphael Brion
Oh and I heard that another Vietnamese place is opening in South Slope…
Let’s PRAY that it’s Nicky’s!
Definitely need a “high street curry” Indian place.
Arkady, they already have Babeland on Bergen.
“Park Slope is not a high end restaurant kinda place. Not sure why, but it isn’t.”
Toddlers + $30 entrees do not mix.
Rob,
There are 10 great liquor stores in the area. You just need to leave a 3 block radius.
The one up on 7th and Flatbush is terrific.
Agree about the porn store.
And why no head shops in PS? For all the hippie types and stoners, I hate having to go to St. Marks to get a new bong.
I’d like a whimsical toy store w/o all the p.c.-type toys – sort of what NancyNancy had.
I’d totally be open to a hardcore swingers club…
also there needs to be a good liquor store in the area. that place, red wine and bubbly is massively overpriced.
*rob*
Gemini:
My list is as follows in no particular order:
1. Kiehls or Malin & Goetz
2. Gay bar
3. Video arcade
4. Beard Papa
5. Chop Chop (or similar with a make your own salad option)
6. A store which sells nice stuff for bed and bath (like a Laytners Linens on the UWS). I don’t shop at Target or other big chains, if at all possible.
7. GREAT Indian
8. GREAT BBQ
9. Gay bar.
None of these are necessities obviously, as PS really has just about everything one could ever need without leaving the neighborhood.