Barney's Co-Op Opens Today
Barney’s Co-Op was confirmed for Atlantic Avenue this March, started construction in June, and now it’s here. The New York Post reports that the store (which is located at 194 Atlantic Avenue between Court and Clinton) has its official opening today, and the jury’s still out on how well the high-end retailer will fit into…
Barney’s Co-Op was confirmed for Atlantic Avenue this March, started construction in June, and now it’s here. The New York Post reports that the store (which is located at 194 Atlantic Avenue between Court and Clinton) has its official opening today, and the jury’s still out on how well the high-end retailer will fit into the neighborhood. A Carroll Gardens residents who approves of the arrival of stores like Barneys, Urban Outfitters, and Jonathan Adler said, “All of Atlantic Avenue used to be Middle Eastern restaurants. There didn’t used to be so many fun, interesting things around.” Another Brooklynite commented, “I can’t afford to even look.” UPDATE: Racked has a bunch of photos of the inside of the store here.
Barney’s Sails Into Brooklyn [NY Post]
Barney’s Co-Op Opens in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Eagle]
“We’ll see how McGlaughlin’s does in the Heights.”
I’ve walked by there a few times and it seems to be doing okay. They have some really nice stuff, actually.
Does Laytner’s have kitchen stuff?
There is a Brooks Brothers in Lower Manhattan. Men like to buy business clothes at lunch or after work near their office. You buy the stuff and if it needs alterations, you pick it up in a few days on your way home. I’m not sure BB would do such great business in Downtown Brooklyn. It just isn’t a Brooks Brothers kind of vibe.
We’ll see how McGlaughlin’s does in the Heights.
Benson – clearly none of us here are driving out to Starrett city
way too far in Brooklyn for this crowd
– I could go to the one in Jersey city faster than Starett and pay 3% in sales taxes
Bed Bath and Beyond totally sucks. It’s overpriced crap.
Go to Laytner’s Linens. It’s a NYC store and you can get MUCH HIGHER quality merchandise for less money than Bed Bath and Beyond. There’s one on Union Street and 7th Avenue.
They have 500 thread count sheet sets there right now for $40-50 bucks. Not gunna find that at BB and Beyond.
though i wasn’t excited for the UO (its hard for me to believe its doing just fine– it really is always empty), i’m sort of into the idea of the co-op. it doesn’t feel like a “big box” retailer, and as another commenter pointed out, they’ll be selling some stuff unique to the bk store (granted, it’s stuff i probably can’t afford, but then have you been in bird lately? mindbogglingly expensive and yet it sustains on smith st…). mainly i’m hoping the co-op will sell kiehls products like the one in chelsea, thereby allowing me to check off one more item from my list of things i have to go into manhattan for.
There is a Bed, Bath and Beyond in Brooklyn. It is at the Gateway Mall that opened up a few years ago (Near Starrett City).
Expert – I couldn’t agree more with the Bed, bath and beyond statement – it’s weird that it doesn’t exist in BK
PS – I actually have shopped at Barney’s plenty of times and I welcome the Co-op – it’s a good place to buy pricey jeans which I like and has some cool designers that make great jewelry you can’t find in other places!
bh76,
It’s not quite the UWS yet. Have you been there recently? Broadway is literally almost ALL Duane Reade’s or Starbucks and the rest of the street is vacant. I counted more than 30 storefronts empty along Broadway during a recent walk.
Atlantic Avenue is thriving. A few nicer stores doesn’t ruin the entire street and as Minard said, this is a new building, so no one was even displaced here.
I know people who come from Manhattan now on the weekend to do their shopping on Atlantic, Smith and 5th Avenues. That’s a nice thing for Brooklyn.