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The pace of retail turnover on Fifth Avenue shows no signs of slowing. However, at 143 Fifth off Douglass, the gentrification tide appears to be reversing: A good old-fashioned barber is going to replace the out-of-business perfume/body potion/candle shop. And right next door, the baby-toy and clothing store Romp is calling it quits after three years. (Romp fans will still be able to get their fix on the Web; the bricks-and-mortar location is shuttering because the store’s owner is moving away.) No word yet on what’s going to replace Romp. GMAP


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  1. co-sign 2:56.

    2:49, you can use one of those moist towelettes to clean ur self up after you beat off at the end of another lonely night alone.

    I can’t understand these losers w/ all this hatred towards kids…..

  2. Nice try 2:49, but you forgot rule number one in tearing Park Slopers with Kids new assholes: use names like “Clarabelle” and “Duncan”, not “Timmy.”

    Keep working on it though, you show promise. Now go to a bar and pretend like you’re gonna pick someone up before you go home alone. Again.

  3. 2:43…

    So the only option is kid centric or big box?

    Wow…you are dumber than your post suggests.

    And last I checked, there are no big box locations along 5th or 7th Avenues, so I think we’ll be ok for a little while.

    Cool it.

    The world does not revolve around you and your kid. I know you’re sad about Romp, but there are 25 other stores within 5 blocks of here for you to get your overpriced fix for moist towelettes to wipe up little Timmy’s face with.

  4. 2:37–there’s also a huge family population, and better to have kid centric things than driving everyone to the huge box stores to find what they need. And, as I understand it, Romp isn’t leaving b/c of a lack of business, but because the owner is moving, and hasn’t been replaced by a beer mug/futon/overpriced jeans store as of yet, so you may still have to put up w/another kid-friendly store…the horror.

  5. I’m actually glad to see some of the more kid centric things leaving Park Slope in favor of a more diverse section of retail.

    There are far too many kiddie friendly places, considering the huge single population in Park Slope.

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