Newcomers Find Crown Heights Retail Lacking
North Crown Heights may be luring more affluent buyers with its gorgeous—and recently landmarked—rowhouses, but some of the newbie homeowners think the area’s shopping scene leaves a lot to be desired. According to an article in today’s Sun, as more buyers see the neighborhood as an affordable alternative to Prospect Heights, they’re also anxious to…
North Crown Heights may be luring more affluent buyers with its gorgeous—and recently landmarked—rowhouses, but some of the newbie homeowners think the area’s shopping scene leaves a lot to be desired. According to an article in today’s Sun, as more buyers see the neighborhood as an affordable alternative to Prospect Heights, they’re also anxious to see a retail renaissance on thoroughfares like Nostrand. A Wall Street worker who recently closed on an $870,000 Hampton Place home, for example, says he’s ready to see more restaurants in the ‘hood: “If there was something to patronize, I’d willingly spend money there. I’d like to see more amenities. People have money here. Somebody has to be the pioneer and open up something. It’s just a matter of time.” Think he’s right?
Retailers So Far Fail To Follow Homebuyers to North Crown Heights [Sun]
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Same shit, different day.
“We residents are doing just fine.”
“Well you are all apparently not doing fine or there would not be a thread here with 100 comments based on an article in the Sun where your residents are whining that they have no place to shop.”
Take it from me (I’m a journalist) – if you beieve everything you read, you’re in big trouble, pal. I’ll say it again: we residents are doing just fine.
DAMN, 4:45, I felt that bitchslap all the way over here in Jersey.
if you there is no where to go out and you are just going to cook in your home AND you don’t live anywhere near midtown, why wouldn’t you move to the suburbs? do you people really want to live in the city? you value having a house over the city experiences?? why are you in new york then?
FYI is not easy at all to turn an african american neighborhood into a gentrified white neighborhood. Do not compare to Fort Greene it’s much closer to manhattan, and also having lived in prospect heights, i do not think that it’s a safe neighborhood either. it’s got a long way to white gentrified.
anyway, why not move to a closer hood with more to do like williamsburg? also, no ghetto area in prime williamsburg and it’s all white people. you’ll actually fit in! huh! imagine that!
jeez, this crown heights seems pointless.
I was speaking methaphorically 4:37. I am obviously way over your head. I am so sorry. I thought I was conversing with an intelligent mind. (Would you like to talk about the new episodes of Dexter dude?)
Those statistics are from the Bureau of Justice. Not the New York Post.
You are like one of those crazy old people that talk to themselves and make no sense.
3:57, you are living in a country that has used bad statistics, faulty intelligence, and manufactured poll numbers to convince you to pay for a war. If you are still blinded by entertainment news than there is nothing I can say to convince you that you are wrong. But, one thing you and I both know. And that is everycase that involved catholic priest and pedophiles were settled without admission of guilt. And part of the reason was to erase the statistic numbers of priest convicted of these crimes. So the public who rely so heavily on stats (hint) would not know the magnitude of the problem. You wanna parade articles of arrest records for neighborhoods that does not take into account those same arrest that were thrown out of court. Any metro city that has a aggressive police force has high stats for arrest, but how many lead to convictions. And we all know where the heavy policing takes place. So go ahead, hide behind your stats, and continue to let the New York Post be your bible. You are not gonna convince me otherwise.
Obviously, I was speaking of the criminal minority, not a racial one.
We will take this neigborhood back from the minority who have highjacked it in the public mind, but never in reality.
Not really the best choice of words.