Prospect Heights Watering Hole Getting the Boot
A neighborhood fixture on Flatbush is about to serve its last pint, according to a thread on Brooklynian. Mooney’s Pub has been served with an eviction notice because of a dispute with its landlord about a rent hike. Many people commenting on the thread are mourning the impending loss of the bar, and there’s plenty…
A neighborhood fixture on Flatbush is about to serve its last pint, according to a thread on Brooklynian. Mooney’s Pub has been served with an eviction notice because of a dispute with its landlord about a rent hike. Many people commenting on the thread are mourning the impending loss of the bar, and there’s plenty of speculation that a chain like Starbucks is going to take its place:
I’m sure they’re hoping that American Apparel’s good buddies at Starbucks or some such place will take over the location. It makes me nauseous. For me, this is a tremendous loss of a lovely neighborhood gathering spot. It may not be the hippest or the most glamorous, but it’s such a great place to meet and talk to your neighbors – people from all backgrounds gather there and actually interact with one another. I have met some wonderful people there who I now count amongst closest friends.
Aside from the American Apparel and a couple of bank branches, though, this stretch of Flatbush has hardly become a haven for chains. Think a national retailer’s really gonna be sweet on this spot?
Mooney’s Evicted! Same evil landlord as Royal Video [Brooklynian] GMAP
Mooney’s has been through this before – they were on 7th Avenue until 1987.
Whoever said that this bar is racist is an idiot. I’ve been going there for 17 years and always see black people in there. When Mr. Mooney had his 20th anniversary party this past summer, the majority of the crowd was black.
In the late 90’s Mooney’s was the only thing going on in that part of Brooklyn. It was always crowded with a good vibe – a mixed crowed, racially and socio-economically. A few years ago the Mooneys brought in this ignorant bartender who had been fired from several other bars around the neighborhood to replace a longtime favorite and the atmosphere and business deteriorated.
All good things…
I like Flatbush being a little grittier. We already have 7th and 5th Avenues.
Why do we need to turn Flatbush into another boutique lined crapfest?
This is where the barbershops, nail salons and other stuff belong.
I actually think the space next to Park Cafe on 7th between Berkeley and Union is an excellent spot for a gay bar.
Little Miss Muffin rocks! Great cookies and Jamaican patties.
Big Daddy’s would have been a better locale for a gay bar…
That whole corner (7th, Flatbush, Carleton) right up to Mooney’s needs to be redeveloped with a tastefully designed but larger mixed-use retail/residential building. I could care less about the Wing Wagon, the Japanese place, the chinese/mexican place, and the uses on the other side (the “barber” shop, the muffin shop, etc.) Though I will concede I like the Spanish restaurant – very cute waitresses. It’s a great variance case for extra floor area too because of the triangular shape. This part of Flatbush should become the template for the rest of it heading downtown (i.e. decent retail/restaurants) versus check cashing/drug rehab/hair salon and other sub-par uses. Though I guess some riff-raff hanging around might keep the baby stroller crowd from making Flatbush too much like 7th. Bottom line is this will all be market driven, and absent a million man march to Borough Hall to save places like Mooney’s, that’s just the way it goes.
Gay bar. Oh yeah!
how bout one of those europan cafe’s they have in manhattan?
or an au bon pan or le pan quotidien?
europan’s are open 24 hours. could be good for the other 24/7 businesses around there…