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.
Many years ago, the biscuit location was a dry cleaners. That is a much better use of the space than yet another restaurant
Al di la should go back to the pizza place it once was and Moutarde should go back to the funeral parlor it once was.
Park Slope is a digusting mess of overpriced restaurants and clothing stores. Time to clean it up.
Thanks for sharing, 5:56. You seem like a nice, balance sort. I like your style. You’re probably way too mature for this site.
“That’s a heckuva lotta luggage.”
They sell other things besides luggage.
I got a great little portable mini speaker for my ipod there.
I bought a jack spade laptop case that was like 30% off and super nice.
And I bought two gifts there for friend birthdays.
I dropped 800 at the 5th Avenue store.
The guys I used to date workED at the one on Greenwich Street in Manhattan. This was years ago.
And just because we are no longer dating doesn’t mean we aren’t friends.
We hang out often. He was just a little too gay for my taste in terms of attraction.
No big woop.
“I’ve bought something at Flight001 probably every other week since they opened in December.”
That’s a heckuva lotta luggage.
“I dumped HIM!! He was too queeny.”
You dumped HIM and then dropped EIGHT at his place??? Please explain.
PS Coffee and Tea was in the neighborhood when you were still strumming your Martin Copy at some Bard orgy, 5:19 so do yourself and all of us a favor and STFU.
you’re gross, 5:19.
you sound like a total loser.
go sweep it yourself.
Well I live here and (5th Ave) is ridiculously dirty, and the merchants mostly open late and close early.
Frankly it is kind of a disgrace…while it is nice to have so many “mom & pops” – it would be nice if Mom and Pop actually opened when people are around (who can go shopping 10-6 m-F) (is that PS coffee and Tea place opened more than 5 hrs a week???)and even nicer if the businesses cleaned up all the trash and debris that litter the sidewalk.