Barney's Looking for Co-op Space in Cobble Hill
The first thing we thought about when we read the opening paragraph of yesterday’s Crain’s article dropping the big news that Barney’s was eyeing Cobble Hill for its first Brooklyn location of the Barney’s Co-Op was the new Two Trees rental building at 200 Atlantic Avenue. And then, sure enough, further down in the piece:…
The first thing we thought about when we read the opening paragraph of yesterday’s Crain’s article dropping the big news that Barney’s was eyeing Cobble Hill for its first Brooklyn location of the Barney’s Co-Op was the new Two Trees rental building at 200 Atlantic Avenue. And then, sure enough, further down in the piece: “The company would not provide details, but real estate insiders speculate that Barneys will take space on Atlantic Avenue, the thoroughfare that is already home to upscale clothier Steven Alan and home decorator Jonathan Adler.” The retail space at 200 Atlantic would make perfect sense, in our humble opinion. Or maybe they’ll take over the lease from Urban Outfitters, which clearly ain’t working out too well.
Making Book on Barneys [Crain’s]
“They should scrap the arena idea at Atlantic Yards and build a large shopping mall. One that doesn’t suck, that is.”
That would actually be as good as printing money.
> Brooklyn and Manhattan are SECTIONS of the SAME CITY.
Thanks you, that was the point I was trying rather vainly to make.
And while I would love to have more shopping opportunities in Brooklyn, it is easy to see why most things are in Manhattan.
It is pretty much easier to get anywhere in Manhattan from anywhere in Brooklyn easier than it is to get from one part of Brooklyn to another if they are not on the same subway line.
They should scrap the arena idea at Atlantic Yards and build a large shopping mall. One that doesn’t suck, that is.
The village of Brooklyn, at first only the small area near the current anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge, grew and prospered because Fulton Street pier was the crossing point for goods, mostly food and raw materials, from Long Island farms, to New York. Long Island and Brooklyn were the bread basket of New York. The crossing was much easier from Brooklyn than from New Jersey. If it were not for the ferry, there would have been no Brooklyn.
The Boro’s own commercial and industrial base came much later. And this too was a result of over crowding on Manhattan Island. Brooklyn was one of the first commuter suburbs in the country. This is a bit difficult to grasp now that the streetcars to and from Manhattan are all gone.
Subways and especially cars and taxis have taken their place.
Without Brooklyn, NYC would suck.
> Brooklnites are hungry for retailing of their own
True, true. It’s all about opening the right stores for the right area.
Target in Atlantic Center does an amazing business. All the more amazing, because compared to a Target store pretty much anywhere else in this country, it’s terrible. Perhaps that is a reflection of the general dearth of good options.
Oh brother. It’s great to have a diversity of stores within Brooklyn, including high-end, and I will welcome them as they arrive, but it’s not like traveling to Manhattan is any sort of hardship. Brooklyn and Manhattan are SECTIONS of the SAME CITY.
“Because if there were no Manhattan, Brooklyn would be a small city, if it would in fact exist at all.”
This is really a stupid argument–kind of like saying if there were no downtown there wouldnt be an uptown. Without the boroughs, Connecticut and Jersey Manhattan also wouldn’t be what it is.
Also, Barneys is pretty clearly considering opening *a* store to serve the Brooklyn market. They have a big store in a very central location on Madison and at least two other co-op stores in less central locations. Makes perfect sense to open one on Atlantic.
Hello…the people that would shop at Barney’s Co-Op live in Downtown Brooklyn. That is a fact. The store will nicely in that location. 11217 has a vaild point and it is QUITE boring to come here regularly and see the comments for every new building/business/development that shows interest in Brooklyn shot down. It’s so corny and played out.
For those of you who havent been to Atlantic Ave in a while, there are many stores that are beginning to serve high end Brooklyn customers similar to manhattan.
On Atlantic ave alone there are several brooklyn based stores such as Eva Gentry (clothes) and Greenhouse (linens, furniture and housewares) in addition to larger brands such as Steven Alan, Jonathan Adler and Urban Outfitters.