Streetlevel: Organic Boom on Cortelyou
The changing demographics in Victorian Flatbush are having a big impact on the neighborhood’s food market scene. On the heels of a new organic market opening on the cornering Cortelyou and Stratford a couple of weeks ago (and the Green Market opening this past weekend) comes the news, via a neighborhood tipster, that the Food…
The changing demographics in Victorian Flatbush are having a big impact on the neighborhood’s food market scene. On the heels of a new organic market opening on the cornering Cortelyou and Stratford a couple of weeks ago (and the Green Market opening this past weekend) comes the news, via a neighborhood tipster, that the Food Co-op will be buying out the Associated on Cortelyou and Marlborough. According to our source, Associated owner Leon Boyer is selling because of all the “damned yuppies.” What’s the impact of this on the folks in the area who can’t afford organic fare? Do they still have other options?
Photo by Kate Leonova for Property Shark
Most of these places you’re all mentioning are in or practically in Midwood. A bit out of my way when you’re along the cortelyou strip. I have little time as it is to go as far as Ave. J unless it’s a weekend stroll. And honestly, it’s not all that pleasant to stroll on CIA.
Fresh Direct has wine.
Midwood park –
I go to a lot of those places. They rock!! A few suggestions – the bakery on J a couple of blocks east of CIA (ostrivitsky’s i think) has the most amazing onion rolls ever. There is also a really good Israeli place for hummus etc on CIA a few doors down from essex on coney. You are so right though, everything is here you just need to know where to look 🙂
Anon 1:55: Hm.. it’s possible the wine made a positive impact in dulling the fact and drowning the sorrows that there aren’t any other basic needs places. 😉 (I say that jokingly and good-humoredly).
I was really disappointed with Fresh Direct. Not a patch on Fairway. Hated all the packaging. Wouldn’t ever use them again, despite the convenience.
anon 2:02: I moved to the area in spring of 2006. that C-town had those same banners back then. i’ll go take another look, and i hope i’ll be surprised. i ventured there ONCE maybe last summer. it was a place i only wanted to buy packaged unperishables.
Midwood Park: Whew! I was exhausted after reading all the places you go for food! 🙂 Ummm.. I’m all for exploration and the whole “visit all the streets for your best groceries” thing.. but it would be nice if some of those places were along one strip. If I want to do that much schlepping, I’ll go one stop to park slope or trader joe’s. sure it’s farther, but my time is a bit more important than to go all over brooklyn for rice here, bread there, veggies, here, deli meats there. I’m small and lugging those groceries from one place to another is a pain in the rear. i swear, if fresh direct delivered to my address, I’d order everything from them. yeah, i want to support my local places, but it’s too much hassle aside from the occasional visit.
I think the c-town closed temporarily about six months ago or more, cleaned up and reopened with new “Grand Opening” banners. The banners are still up. So they might not have really done anything.
hey, as far as I’m concerned the wine store is a basic need. I’ve been in the neighborhood almost ten years and its the only recent arrival on Cortelyou that has had any significant positive impact on my life at all. Well, I like the dance studio too.