Streetlevel: Flowers for Myrtle
Biking to work this week we noticed that a new flower shop has just opened at 471 Myrtle Avenue. Turns out it is the new Clinton Hill outpost of the Park Slope-based Root Stock and Quade. The storefront has a cool Deco-y tile thing going on, and the interior renovation of the store looks pitch-perfect…
Biking to work this week we noticed that a new flower shop has just opened at 471 Myrtle Avenue. Turns out it is the new Clinton Hill outpost of the Park Slope-based Root Stock and Quade. The storefront has a cool Deco-y tile thing going on, and the interior renovation of the store looks pitch-perfect to us. Anyone been yet?
Root Stock & Quade: Open By May 1! [Clinton Hill Blog] GMAP
As I was lookin into the flower shop and I noticed this awesome looking driver (I guess the company’s driver) dropping off plants to the store. He greeted me with a smile and invited me into the shop to look around guaranting that I would find something that caught my eye, pretaining to the plants and flowers. The store was gorgeous however, the prices are a little out of my range being that I’m a single parent raising my little one. I wish them the best of luck with their new flower shop and hope to see that guy again!
First and for most, I love the little guy and do everything I can to make sure he succceeds. I hate big corporate and I hate people trying to rip me off! The thing is, buying flowers from a florist in comparison to a street vendor or the farmer’s market is like buying deli cold cuts vs shopping with the butcher. I have bought from Rootstock a couple of times, and every time they have hooked me up with a kick ass bouquet that lasted for over a week! Deli and farmer’s market product lasts 2 days max. Further, Rootstock has always been a fun and novel experience. There is a time and place for both, but Rootstock has better quality.
Just my opinion.
Anyone know about the smelly bodega on Myrtle and Clinton? What a waste of a great location – sort of brings the whole neighborhood down
I am disappointed in this thread for the lack of commentary regarding vertical and horizontal wedding flower arrangements.
“i was in there last weekend and they are charging $20 for a small bunch of tulips and you can get better tulips at the farmer’s market on saturday for half the price. when will new businesses in the neighborhood (a la green grape provisions) realize that their pricing structure is way out of step with the rest of the neighborhood. just because they are offering a “new and different” service does not mean they have to price their product in the stratosphere. come on business owners – do you research!”
i assume keeping with the neighborhood price structure means offering what ever you feel like and forcing patrons to buy it because there’s nothing esle around ala bodegas every two feet and, uhmmm, nothing else. being a new yorker (born and raised) i understand the importance of diversity the need for bodegas and upscale markets. the need for jose and the need for upscale shops. i also understand that you probably priced someone out of the current apartment that you live in. and that perhaps you should research.
if i’m wrong and you’ve been here for whatever amount of years you feel qualifies you to make such ignorant statements without the least bit of knowledge regarding economics or capitalism then i’ll assume you remember when starbucks opened in park slope. you’ll remember how outrage people were. to the point of throwing paint in the entryway every day. what happened, nothing, starbucks remains and places like ozzie’s and gorilla are successful. do you see?
have fun in utopia
is this in queens?
Myrtle Ave is perfect the way it is. There’s something for every income.
U-N-I-T-Y!
just visited the myrtle strip recently (lived there 4years ago for about 5 yrs… thanks to pratt)
*i could NOT believe how much has changed in the past 4 years..
i remember when Zaytoons & Thai 101 were the trailblazers… now there’s many more dining options and nightspots.
*it still does have a tinge of old-school low-budgetness… but that what makes this strip stand apart from other nabes..
(it truly reflects a diverse socio-economic section of our city).
im curious if the new towers at flatbush and other new sprouting condos along the strip will push out the low-income. (i heard there were talks about converting the NY housing to co-ops, if/when that happens, then you know that this strip is truly gentry-heaven….)
Can you still but a gurdle on Myrtle?
Go to Castros on Myrtle. Great Mexican!