StreetLevel: Flight 001 Leaving the Slope
The luggage chain-let Flight 001 is packing it in on 5th Avenue. The store, which opened its Slope location in Fall ’07, closed down last Sunday. One of the people clearing out the location yesterday said they were shutting down because the recession has not been kind to them and they have another location nearby,…
The luggage chain-let Flight 001 is packing it in on 5th Avenue. The store, which opened its Slope location in Fall ’07, closed down last Sunday. One of the people clearing out the location yesterday said they were shutting down because the recession has not been kind to them and they have another location nearby, on Smith Street, that is not closing.
StreetLevel: Flight 001 Coming to 5th Avenue [Brownstoner] GMAP
I think the Flight store is pretty cool… I go in the one on Smith St from time to time (if I’m ever traveling). The thing is- it’s not just about luggage; they have all sorts of weird small items which are good for storage and time-killing, and travel-related crap. Actually, the suitcases comprise a small part of the store. But, I have always wondered how they can sell enough to stay afloat.
1.) i like premium luube
and duh 2 the horny housewives of park slope?
*rob*
Yeah, but who would bother shopping at pink pussycat when there is a Babeland nearby?
> “jingle, babeland WONT close.”
FWIW, Pink Pussycat appears to have closed.
BGreene, i work in soho, so does dipster. lots of stores closing but some big ones opening up like HOLLISTER? wwtf! broadway and houston for a glorified surfer wear shop? lame and weird at the same time
*rob*
jingle, babeland WONT close. beleive me on this one 😉
it is a much NEEDED amenity in park slope
*rob*
I have a feeling travel is down right now and if people *are* traveling, they’re probably not buying new luggage.
Gabby, you should have done better with that thread title! How about: “Flight 001 Scheduled Departure” at the very least?
The next occupant of this space will be a sign “Retail Space Available”…just like many neighborhood in NYC fancy and not. I can’t get over how many stores have pulled out of Soho for example. Even Lululemon on Broadway has closed…with the “closed for water damage” excuse that a number of other stores have used in the area.
Some very fancy places have closed…
Not to focus on Fort Greene too-too much…can’t help it, but it doesn’t seem like many things are doing that badly in our neck of the woods. Epoca on Fulton closed a while back.
Rudy (of Epoca) couldn’t make a go of it I guess…and he didn’t have to invest a ton of money since he profited from the lost shirts from the cute couple who had previously completely renovated the space into a Veillis which they made a go of for, maybe, 3 or 4 years. Rudy changed the interior a little in order to change the look but it wasn’t a huge change. So his initial start-up costs were probably not bad.
Don’t know why he closed.
Other than that, it seems new restaurants continue to open in Fort Greene little by little. There isn’t a net loss of restaurants from what I can tell.
And the boutiques haven’t closed either, have they?
hey dirty hipster, “to get their gear from that place rather then Manhattan.” it’s that place rather thAn Manhattan.
babeland or whatever they call it is next. such a top-tick store.