Chain Gang Thrives in Brooklyn
National retailers are increasingly sweet on Brooklyn, according to an article in today’s Post, and Brooklyn is apparently sold on chain stores. Since opening in December, the new IHOP on Livingston Street has ranked first in sales among the breakfast restaurant’s 1,300 locations, and the Downtown IHOP’s owner plans to open eateries in Bed-Stuy, East…
National retailers are increasingly sweet on Brooklyn, according to an article in today’s Post, and Brooklyn is apparently sold on chain stores. Since opening in December, the new IHOP on Livingston Street has ranked first in sales among the breakfast restaurant’s 1,300 locations, and the Downtown IHOP’s owner plans to open eateries in Bed-Stuy, East New York and Williamsburg. Other evidence of chain stores’ willingness to give Brooklyn a try includes the Target opening at Flatbush Junction and the one planned for the new building at Albee Square; Apple, JC Penney and Nordstrom are all said to be considering adding Brooklyn outposts. Marty Markowitz has been trying to woo Apple to a number of locations, including the new Albee Square building, the ground-floor space at One Hanson and the lower level of the Municipal Building on Joralemon Street. Although Downtown—with its existing foot traffic, reputation as a shopping district, and thousands of residential units in the pipeline—seems like a reasonable location for national chains, the influx of new stores is also detrimentally affecting independent retailers. “You can go anywhere to shop at a big chain store—people come to Downtown Brooklyn for Downtown Brooklyn and its uniqueness,” says Randy Leigh, a board member for Families United for Racial and Economic Equality, who notes that more than 100 small businesses have been pushed out of Downtown in the past year.
B’klyn is Making Chain-ge [NY Post]
Flatbush Junction Target Coming Soon [Brownstoner]
Downtown Brooklyn in Transition [Brownstoner]
Photo by milkshakepants.
When will we put aside these petty squabbles and unite against the scourge of stroller-milfs holding up friends of people who live in Williamsburg at gun point!!!???
“We don’t want your kind around here.”
This should be Brooklyn’s new motto.
Brooklyn is the new Mississippi!
It disgusts me to live among WAY too many old, arrogant b#astards who think they created the world.
Step aside, grandpa, there’s a new Brooklyn a comin!!
the only thing I was concerned with and the store owner was concerned with was that the coor of my money was green!you people are lame
btw, you can’t get a meal for 6 bucks at ihop anymore than you can at one of the healthier places someone else was referring to which are nearby.
this wasn’t a thread about mcd’s, 4:16.
are you ok??
I’m not going anywhere, 4:16. Sorry to disappoint you.
I belong here just as much as you do.
And I can spell beyond a 3rd grade level so there’s a good bet I’ll make it farther than you do.
Blame is so 1960.
Learn to evolve.
Geeze 3:17 you took the whole shoved down our throat comment that I stated at 12:33 too literally.
Again for the last time fast food corporations are not rich off of minorities they’re rich because of the poor. What I meant by being shoved down our throats is offering cheap toys to wee ones and for 6 bucks you can get 3 cheese burgers, 2 fries and an orange drink tax not incl. Those are flat prices nation wide and poor folks in bklyn, west virgina,Appalachian mountains and East LA enjoy those bargins.
It’s seems like you’re overly excited that there’s a platform where you can hide under your keyboard and spew deep political feelings out your ass all day. What a pussy.
For the record I can fully stand on my own 2 feet. Don’t get it confused because I orginaly wrote “ourâ€. I find it pathetic and disgusting that you keep blowing smoke by mentioning race and now Obama. I will continue to blame your folks for your ignorance. You really need to go back home and do your “observations†from there. We don’t want your kind around here.
(spell & grammar check Pwease)
3:23, yeah, I read it. Sorry I just can’t buy into the concept that all white folks should feel guilty. Parody or not, it’s lame.
IHOP in Williamsburg will make a damn killing. As a former IHOP employee (those were the days), I plan to eat here every Saturday night for the rest of time. An excuse not to go to Kellogg’s!
2:49 did you actually read what 2:44 posted? It is a blog that parodied racial stereotypes. I found it hilarious.