Slurpees for the South Slope: 7-11 On the Way
Take a Big Gulp, Park Slope: The largest chain store in the world is moving in. A 7-Eleven is coming to 5th Avenue between 13th and 14th streets, taking a storefront that used to house a 99-cent store. The 7-Eleven opening sorta seems emblematic of the divide between the types of retail on 5th Avenue…
Take a Big Gulp, Park Slope: The largest chain store in the world is moving in. A 7-Eleven is coming to 5th Avenue between 13th and 14th streets, taking a storefront that used to house a 99-cent store. The 7-Eleven opening sorta seems emblematic of the divide between the types of retail on 5th Avenue north and south of 9th Street. South of 9th you still see a lot of distinctly un-yuppie mom-and-pops and big chains like Domino’s; north of 9th, a new boutique pitches its tent practically every week. It’ll definitely be interesting to see whether fancier retail starts heading farther south on 5th over the next few years or if the area below 9th is going to stay scrappy for a while. In the meantime, brain freeze! GMAP P*Shark DOB
There was an expose showing that the NPYD cooks its books on violent crime. Murders, it’s mostly demographic changes, but violent crimes are as healthy as ever.
Anyway, things have started to turn down for what … 1 month? You can see it in peoples’ faces… if you actually live around working people. What’s going to happen if it lasts and things get worse?
violent crime was the lowest it’s been in 45 years in 2007, 11:03.
you can make predictions all you’d like, but they don’t actually seem to be based in fact.
i’m wondering how exactly you think brooklyn is starting to “edge towards grubbiness and violence again”
i’m very curious to hear your stats on that statment.
We’re approaching a recession, a fiscal crisis is predicted for New York City in the coming years, and Brooklyn is definitely starting to slowly edge towards grubbiness and violence again–I wouldn’t be surprised if the march of the upscale stores stops until 2011.
“Good. Now maybe the What can get a job.”
Would you like a slurpee with that, Asshat!
5th avenue is the best retail strip in brooklyn as far as i’m concerned.
it’s great to have the scrappy stretch along with the northern stretch.
i really hope it stays scrappy for years to come.
that area of park slope is incredibly diverse and feels like “real” brooklyn.
i don’t think we should be hoping to change that.
Good. Now maybe the What can get a job.
Finally, a Citibank ATM near my apartment!!
Might be a chain – but 7’11s are individually owned and operated.
Wish it was a WAWA though
seben eleben. ii kibun.