StreetLevel: Baby Biz Out, Barber In on Fifth Ave.
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…
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
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…..
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.
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.
I have kids and I never would go into Romp. Overpriced!
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 And, as I understand it, Romp isn’t leaving b/c of a lack of business, but because the owner is moving, and hasn’t been replaced by a beer mug/futon/overpriced jeans store as of yet, so you may still have to put up w/another kid-friendly store…the horror.
Gentrification reversing???? So the “gentry” don’t need haircuts?????
I saw a sign on Posey Baker that said “last day”
Very sorry if they have left.
I liked their stuff very much, even though it was quite pricey.
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.
Does anybody know if Posey Baker is closing? It was closed last Sunday and it had even less inventory than usual.