StreetLevel: Hook IKEA Opening Soon
Today Racked broke the news that the Red Hook Ikea is opening earlier than expected. I-Day is now June 18th, whereas earlier reports said the opening would be in late summer. A press release from the company says it’s still hiring and training the approximately 500 employees that will work at the 346,000-square-foot store, the…
Today Racked broke the news that the Red Hook Ikea is opening earlier than expected. I-Day is now June 18th, whereas earlier reports said the opening would be in late summer. A press release from the company says it’s still hiring and training the approximately 500 employees that will work at the 346,000-square-foot store, the first IKEA in New York City.
Red Hook Ikea Opening June 18 [Racked]
Photo by neotint.
Sayonara, Red Hook.
Hey 3:53
Name 1, just 1, national corporate chain that has “designed to their building design to suit Brooklyn” .
I agree its ugly and generic but what do they owe us?
3:53 I can see the building (and huge IKEA lettering) from my apartment in Greenwood Heights. It’s standard blue box. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that…)
Im super excited too. Its not the best quality but it definitely has its place. And the marketplace items are generally a steal. Thanks for alerting me to the opening date – Ive been wondering when it was finally going to be big blue time!
The problem with IKEA stuff is that it’s so flimsy it falls apart long before it shows up in a stoop sale or out on the curb on garbage day.
Still, if people are going to buy that junk, I’m happy to have the sales tax and employment happen here.
What would have fit that area of Brooklyn better? A sagging, rusting pile of debris?
I really admire the way the designed to their building design to suit Brooklyn rather than just building their standard blue + yellow suburban box.
Here’s a through. If nobody shops there, maybe it will just go away.
At least get the year right, 3:27. Hillsborough was ’89.
96 dead. 15 April 98. YNWA