StreetLevel: Atlantic Ave. Urban Outfitters Opening Soon
The long-planned Cobble Hill Urban Outfitters is scheduled to be in biz in two-and-a-half weeks, according to an Urban rep we spoke to outside the store last Thursday. A look at the space through the windows (as seen in the mostly obscured photo above) shows there’s still a lot of work to be done, but…
The long-planned Cobble Hill Urban Outfitters is scheduled to be in biz in two-and-a-half weeks, according to an Urban rep we spoke to outside the store last Thursday. A look at the space through the windows (as seen in the mostly obscured photo above) shows there’s still a lot of work to be done, but it’s not totally inconceivable that it’ll be ready to roll by then. We’re definitely interested in seeing how sales fare at this location, which is sort of a no-man’s land for chain clothing stores. Guesses?
Urban Outfitters in Store for Atlantic Ave. [Brownstoner] GMAP
“Do we really need this store? No.”
Who is “we”?
Are you speaking for all of us?
Will I shop there, probably not.
Am I their target consumer, no.
Should this store open here. Yes,if they think they can make money.
Yes
hating gets you nowhere
So everyone here would like no stores of any kind in Brooklyn because it makes us too much like Chicago and Houston.
Wow. Sounds SUPER fun!
Do we need you, 3:31?
Jury’s still out.
Don’t lump an entire borough of 2.4 million into your “we”
I will most certainly shop here. They have some really great things. Clothes, shoes and a lot fo fun stuff for the apartment.
Living in a small space makes me like to redecorate probably more than the average American. I find it one of the more fun aspects of city life, actually. Constant change.
Seems to many brownstoner readers are completely opposed to any and all change.
You know what I say to that…?
There is a lovely place called the Midwest that has stayed nearly the same for the last 100 years.
“Hip neighborhoods in Chicago similar to Brownstone Brooklyn have had this retailer since the mid-1990s.”
Brooklyn is now officially like Chicago.
My wife’s sister lives in Houston. They have Urban Outfitters too. Maybe Brooklyn is becoming more like Houston as well.
Was the empty abandoned space needed more?
No.
Do we really need this store? No.
I’d rather have almost any of these places than boarded up abandoned storefronts, which lead to increased crime, which leads to even more store closings, which leads to more crime, which leads to decreased property values, which leads to NYC in the 70’s.
QUIT YOUR BITCHIN!
i wonder why urban outfitters isn’t in Williamsburg? perfect audience, right?
wiliamsburg has few few chains in prime burg, so maybe the hood won’t let them in.
can’t count brooklyn industries as a chain btw when the owners actually live in williamsburg, right?
You know, it’s up to the consumer who succedes and who fails. The fact is, while many people on this blog deplore chains like Urban Outfitters (and IHOP; see other thread) most residents will happily shop there and the chains will succede. Of all the chains listed on this and the other thread today — Can I do this off the top of my head? Trader Joes, Lucky, Brooklyn Industries, American Apparel, IHOP, Applebees, Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Costco; did I get them all? — I bet I have made less than a dozen visits total to any of their franchises anywhere in my (half-century) life. But that’s me. Until some legal intervention occurs, if you want independently owned stores to succeed, spend your dollars in them.