Streetlevel: A New Supermarket for Schermerhorn
A sign just went up saying (well, exclaiming really) that one of the ground floor retail spaces in the State Renaissance Court has been rented. According to a tenant, who spoke to a building worker, the 11,500-square-foot retail space on the ground floor is slated to be occupied by a supermarket. The source of the…
A sign just went up saying (well, exclaiming really) that one of the ground floor retail spaces in the State Renaissance Court has been rented. According to a tenant, who spoke to a building worker, the 11,500-square-foot retail space on the ground floor is slated to be occupied by a supermarket. The source of the rumor didn’t know which one, though. Anyone heard anything? Seems like something this neighborhood could really use. It should also bring some much-needed streetlevel life to this stretch. GMAP
Actually the Key Food on 5th Ave is not bad.
Same for the Met Food on Smith. And the prices there are competitive with most suburban supermarkets on most items that I buy.
Key Food is horrible. Dirty store, employees (long haired, ex con, white trash stock boy) that are rude and crappy food.
It’s probably all the rent-control and rent-stabilized whiners who want Key Foods. I live in Brooklyn Heights and the Key Foods on Atlantic and State have a lot of white trash that shops there. I saw an old, fat white guy holding a line up because he did not want to pay the bottle refund of 5 or 10 cents. I saw another old white women screaming that her bill is over charged by 25 cents and I saw another fat Hispanic woman pleading with the cashier to get a discount on her food since the cashier is Hispanic also.
Didn’t there used to be a C Town on Livingston at Hoyt (or maybe Bond)? That was the worst market I can ever recall stepping into.
“They may not be glamorous”
If by not glamorous you mean not clean, horrible service, lack of inventory beyond mac and cheese and hamburger helper and smells like there’s a dead body back by the deli counter, then no, they are not glamorous.
Key Food DOES suck– what’s wrong with pointing that out? It’s all relative, so if your point of comparison is Key Food vs. Crappy Bodega Supermarket, sure, Key Food seems pretty good. But step outside the overblown, overpriced (by more far than necessary, IMO) NYC grocery universe and it’s clear: Key Food sucks.
Key food is a no-frills urban supermarket. This city used to be full of them before they were pushed out by high rents. They may not be glamorous, but they serve a function, and I would welcome one at that location.
Hey, 3:27, why do you gotta be so snarky?
key food is a dump.
i can’t imagine someone asking for one of those.
Oy, I hope it’s not an Amish Market or any other pseudo “upscale” place that stocks a few gourmet products and then overcharges for everything else. A plain old Key Food or other no-frills grocery store would suit me fine.
There’s a Fine Fare about 8 blocks away on Hoyt Street – I doubt that they’d open up another location so nearby. Fingers crossed for an Amish Market, even if they are a bit overpriced.