Streetlevel: C-Town Takes Over in Greenwood Heights
There’s been a changing of the grocery guard in Greenwood Heights: National Supermarket is no longer holding watch at the corner of 25th Street and 4th Avenue. In its place: C-Town. Our tipster got a peek in the window and says it looks like the store is just days from opening. There’s also some storage…
There’s been a changing of the grocery guard in Greenwood Heights: National Supermarket is no longer holding watch at the corner of 25th Street and 4th Avenue. In its place: C-Town. Our tipster got a peek in the window and says it looks like the store is just days from opening. There’s also some storage and office space on the second floor, we gather. How do the locals feel about this change? GMAP
Excellent. I will miss National, where you could buy dinner for $5 (if you are a veggie). I don’t think I ever sent more than $30 in there and that was a large shop.
Folks will pay more for better quality and diversity in the products, but damn they better still carry Tapatio!
oohhh i cant wait 🙂 this is almost better than unicorns and rainbows
Right on top of a subway entrance (even better, an exit coming from Manhattan during the evening rush), this market will do great if it can provide quality products and a pleasant environment. The National Supermarket had terrible produce and a distinct trash odor.
Compare this use with the Dunkin’ Donuts across the street, that has a parking lot(maybe one car parked there on average) and a drive-thru! To use transit adjacent space for such an auto dependent use is outrageous.
Definitely a good sign. Times have changed in South Brooklyn, supermarket owners have responded to the changing neighborhoods with nicer stores and better products. Even my local Bravo (48th and 4th) carries Dog Fish Head 90. Hooray Beer!
As a neighbor, all I can say is, “Thank god.” The old National was falling apart.
This store was bought a year of two back by a family who owns several supermarkets in Brooklyn. (I spoke to the manager about this in September.) According to him, it took them a while to get all the approvals to renovate/enlarge the supermarket and they’re rebranding it as a C-Town. He said there would be much more selling space on the main floor with the butcher dept., offices, and storage moving to the new second floor.
I used to live across the street from here (as in just last year). The local supermarket that was there wasn’t half bad. The store was kept clean; the meat was of decent quality, and their prices were within reason as well.
If C-Town can improve on that, more power to them — and the surrounding residents, of course.