StreetLevel: Atlantic Earns Some Bread
Looks like the corner of Atlantic and Court is getting some new retail that’s all about dough. The storefront next to the Subway will soon host a bakery (if the baseball caps the workers who were rehabbing the store were wearing are any indication, the biz is going to be named “Adam’s Fresh”), while the…
Looks like the corner of Atlantic and Court is getting some new retail that’s all about dough. The storefront next to the Subway will soon host a bakery (if the baseball caps the workers who were rehabbing the store were wearing are any indication, the biz is going to be named “Adam’s Fresh”), while the plywood-encased space underneath the Blue Car & Limo sign is going to be a Bank of America branch, according to a neighborhood source. What with Trader Joe’s coming just across the street and Urban Outfitters taking space only a block away, it seems this stretch of western Atlantic is turning into more of shopping destination (though decidedly less mom-and-pop). Rumors about other retail openings making the rounds? GMAP
Hello to all you New Yorkers! My name is Mike and I am writing you from Southern California. Why is some guy writing on this site from Southern California? The answer is simple and sincere. Adam of Adam’s Fresh Bakery has been a close personal friend of mine for 27 years give or take. Not only will you find the best of baked goods, he will also cater your events like no one else could ever imagine. The best of what Adam’s Fresh has to offer is that everything is just that, “FRESH!” When you stop by the bakery, keep in mind that you are supporting local business. There is nothing better than supporting your local businesses that can deliver a much higher caliber of product.
All this cursing is so rude and unnecessary!!
Going back to the issue of the bank,It’s great that there can be 2 B of A’s in Brooklyn Heights but I want to know how come we can’t get a bank, any bank to open up in Clinton Hill, somewhere along Fulton St., between Vanderbilt and Grand Avenue!!
Not a LL but if charging the fair market value for my services or assets makes me greedy then I guess I am…
hmmm. wonder if you’re a greedy landlord, 4:36…
Your complaining about development on parcels that were essentially VACANT or were parking lots/garages for decades! Virtually no businesses were displaced by the developments you cite and frankly the neighborhood East of Court and North of Atlantic is (at best) the fringe of Boreum Hill – so again I have to ask what “developers” are ruining your “simple neighborhood”
I also find it amusing how easily you call LL greedy, yet seem to find it difficult to come up with some guideline for pricing or renting stores that would satisfy you.
And let me be clear – I am not criticizing you for moving here, in fact the opposite. However, what I am criticizing you for is taking advantage of your free-choice for change but then expecting everything else and everyone else to stay the way they are to SATISFY YOU.
major development: The Court House (Court and Atlantic), new hotel/condo (Boerum Pl and Atlantic, new condo on Schermerhorn between Boerum Pl and Court, new buildings on Schermerhorn between Boerum Pl. and Bond, 2 empty lots on Atlantic and Boerum Pl, new condo on Atlantic between Court and Clinton. Do you need more examples, 10:32?
As far as accusing someone of crying “NIMBY”, why shouldn’t you be disappointed when the shops and atmosphere you bought into is priced out by dunkin donuts and lucky brand jeans? I didn’t move into one of those vapid new buildings. I bought into a building that has been there since the early 1900s. I don’t know how much landlords should charge, but i don’t know why the people who move into “best-kept secret” neighborhoods get blamed for displacing locals. I don’t raise the rent. landlords do.
9:50 – exactly LL GIVE concessions for a Starbucks; its not as if Starbucks is coming in and just throws so much $ around that no one else can compete as everyone likes to imply.
As for 6:39PM – you can “blame” anyone you want but blaming developers (what major development has taken place in BHts, Boreum Hill or Cobble Hill??) and Landlords is just as dumb as someone blaming you for moving to Brooklyn. Change is a fact of life in any successful society.
But I am curious (and would appreciate a serious and direct answer) – how much would it be acceptable for a LL to charge so as to avoid you calling him/her “Greedy” and by what method/criteria should they rent their stores so as to be acceptable to you
4:50– if you’re looking for a better cupcake in the neighborhood, try nascent on bergen and nevins. they have treats from baked (in red hook) and decent coffee.
as for the bank issue: i am in no way advocating any more banks open on court or smith, but i do find it incredibly annoying that i have to walk quite a ways to get to a chase ATM. there are probably five chase branches within a four block radius between montague and state, yet none ’til the one several blocks past union on court. annoying.
Landlords give those concessions because Starbucks is a relatively safe tenant. Just like with any other investments, people accept lower returns for lower risk.