Closing Time on 5th Avenue
Over the past few days several businesses on 5th Avenue in the Slope have announced that they’re calling it quits. It doesn’t appear that rent hikes are the sole cause of the pileup of shutterings, though they may have contributed to a couple of these closings: Biscuit BBQ: The restaurant, which relocated from Flatbush Ave.,…
Over the past few days several businesses on 5th Avenue in the Slope have announced that they’re calling it quits. It doesn’t appear that rent hikes are the sole cause of the pileup of shutterings, though they may have contributed to a couple of these closings:
Biscuit BBQ: The restaurant, which relocated from Flatbush Ave., took the place of the former Night & Day diner on President Street. No word on why the restaurant has decided to close. Will the back room jazz venue live on?
Nancy Nancy: The card/knick-knack store has been open for nearly 10 years. According to the shop’s blog, the landlord pulled the lease, but NN’s stuff will still be on sale at NancyNancy.com.
Cocotte: The French restaurant, which opened in 2002, in saying goodbye because of “rising rent and an inability to make a go of it financially,” according to Gowanus Lounge.
Hollywood Video: The large video rental store closed last weekend. The chain movie-rental biz is in the process of closing hundreds of stores nationwide. With the vacated Eckerd space only a block away, that means there’s two pretty large retail locations now available on 5th.
My favorite stores/restaurants in Brooklyn are on 5th…
Bob and Judy’s Antique Shop
Brooklyn Eyewear
Matter
Blue Ribbon Sushi
Al Di La
Beacon’s Closet
Oko
Soula
Oh and I love flight001!
Sounds like you need to see a doctor, 1:19.
Don’t like Park Slope sounds like…You only like ugly things then, huh?
I won’t tell your wife, don’t worry…
I would love to see a Buca di Beppo open on 5th Ave–it needs a large space, though, so maybe where the Rite Aid or Hollywood video were. I think it would really add a touch of sophistication to an otherwise drab shopping strip.
“YOU KNOW YOU ALL SHOP THERE!”
Wrong. Maybe if I lived there, as I once did. But there isn’t anything so special in Park Slope that can’t be acquired in other parts of Brooklyn, or in NYC in general. Sorry to disappoint you. It seems 1:16 is correct.
Ok, sorry, I didnt’ mean gay, I meant queer.
I think Applebees would be an fine addition to Park Slope.
Shop there? I break out it hives when I am anywhere near there.
Hollywood video would make an excellent Applebees
IF YOU ALL WANT RESTAURANTS THAT ARE GUARANTEED NOT TO CLOSE, YOU SHOULD WISH FOR AN APPLEBEES!!!!
This is what happens in neighborhoods with 90% mom and pops.
Some make it and SOME DON’T!
Those pronouncing the end of Park Slope retail are IDIOTS!
You want to see the end of retail, go to Manhattan!!! A bank, duane reade on EVERY CORNER!
That list above shows you what kind of nice small shops are opening…mom and pops and tiny 2 and 3-store small chains.
Get a clue, people. Park Slope is lucky to have so much retail.
YOU KNOW YOU ALL SHOP THERE!