Cobble/Boerum Hill Rumors: Trader Joe's & McD's
It’s a big news day in the food department for Cobble and Boerum Hill. This morning, The Brooklyn Eagle broke the news (well, it’s still technically a rumor) that Trader Joe’s will be moving into the Independence Bank building at Atlantic on Court. No sooner had we read that than a tipster passed on word…
It’s a big news day in the food department for Cobble and Boerum Hill. This morning, The Brooklyn Eagle broke the news (well, it’s still technically a rumor) that Trader Joe’s will be moving into the Independence Bank building at Atlantic on Court. No sooner had we read that than a tipster passed on word from a “fairly reliable neighborhood source” that the the Army Navy and Realty storefronts at Smith and Wyckoff (GMAP) were going to be taken over by McDonald’s. “If this is true, then, well, it f—ing sucks,” groused our man on the inside. Anyone else heard this?
Trader Joe’s Coming to Old Independence Bank [Brooklyn Eagle] GMAP
find it very hard to imagine mcd’s on smith but as above poster noted, it’s not going to have any impact on the local restaurants – and really, is it any better/worse than the standard chinese slop houses on every other block (which i like, btw)?
meanwhile, in actual bonafide news – mancora, a pretty good and nearly ignored peruvian place on smith between warren and wyckoff, seems to have given up the ghost. there’s a dob notice on the wall and a quick peek revealed what looks like a complete renno inside.
ok, back to bitching about unknowns!
“Sahadi’s frightens me and, really, what kind of “brand identity” is that for “the new Brooklyn” anyway? Sounds a little too “ethnic.”
tell me you aren’t serious. what frightens you about Sahadi’s? the name?Not only has Sahadi’s been here for years, the also do quite a lot of community work. Brand Identity for Brooklyn- what trader joe’s is Broooklyn? Don’t like ethnic? sorry- you missed the whole Aryan race thing.
While i’m indifferent on TJ’s, I appreciate what it’ll do to my property values!
So having options for food is a bad thing? Picking through rotten produce at Associated is tiresome. But they have a full aisle of soda and chips.
A Trader Joes in the neighborhood is a definitely a net positive. The only other options are Garden of Eden on Montague St and that gross Key Foods on Clinton and Atlantic.
Sahadi’s will probably be affected due to their hours more than the TJ offering a better selection of foods. Pacific Green might suffer the most, but i doubt to the point where it goes under though.
The neighborhood has plenty of banks… turning that location that’s not a drug store is a boon.
What’s funny, or maybe not so, is the former Dagostino on 7th ave and 6th st that is supposedly turning into a bank. It seems that part of the slope could use another supermarket. Maybe one of the realtors could turn into a supermarket?
Heh, I wrote 11:44a, and was actually attempting sarcasm re: McDonalds at corner of Smith + 3rd and/or Public Place, in case that didn’t come through.
Was serious, however, about plenty of existing drive through options convenient to those coming thru Smith St neighborhood from Slope, Gowanus, Sunset Park, etc.
I have mixed feelings about Trader Joe’s myself (the few times I’ve been in one, I never like it as much as I expect to), but I do think the neighborhood could use some better grocery options. I’m not holding my breath, though, as this is clearly still a rumor. A local realtor recently told me it’s been hard to get supermarkets into any of the newly available retail space around here because they don’t have enough basement storage.
Breaks my heart, too, to think about what will happen to the interior of that beautiful bank building… When I lived on the Upper West Side, there was a spectacular old HSBC on 96th and Amsterdam: huge vaulted ceilings, enormous windows, classic row of tellers. The bank moved across the street and a CVS moved in–the outside of the buildling stayed intact, but the inside was destroyed for the drugstore. So sad…
11:26 – If you’re on Smith for your commute, guessing you drive through the neighborhood from somewhere like Sunset Park or South Slope?
Totally fine, no gripe, just thinking…
If that’s the case, there are drive through options in Gowanus and Sunset Park, on the way through the neighborhood. (3rd Ave at 14th st Dunkin/TacoBell, 4th Ave in the 20/30s or even 4th Ave in the Slope)
Smith Street itself (north of 3rd Street, anyway) has been totally impacted and built-out for decades, no room for a drive-through, and it would definitely be out of character, with its surroundings unless it was at corner of 3rd and Smith or um…Public Place (but mind the “special sauce…”).
But those would be entirely different battles to wage.