The Myrtle Miracle?
“Gentrification is always a hot topic and Myrtle Avenue has actually done a better job at achieving a blend of the new and the old. While there are still liquor stores with bullet proof glass, lots of bodegas and 99 cent stores, there’s also Gnarly Vines, Jive Turkey, Root Stock & Quade and Barking Brown….
“Gentrification is always a hot topic and Myrtle Avenue has actually done a better job at achieving a blend of the new and the old. While there are still liquor stores with bullet proof glass, lots of bodegas and 99 cent stores, there’s also Gnarly Vines, Jive Turkey, Root Stock & Quade and Barking Brown. Castro’s is probably the best Mexican around and Zaytoon’s tops the Middle Eastern category. I’m not a huge fan of chain stores but I gotta admit Walgreen’s is convenient. While I’m loyal to Moe’s, Rope does have better beers on tap and a backyard. Vesper is the Frank’s of Myrtle (well you can’t really have a Frank’s anywhere else but you get the point). Pillow Cafe is the Smooch of Myrtle. The only thing lacking on Myrtle Avenue is transportation.” — The Real Fort Greene
I was the other day on Myrtle between Nostrand and Marcy, was amazed how many new projects are coming up… (i think theyre rentals)
I was the other day on Myrtle between Nostrand and Marcy, was amazed how many new projects are coming up… (i think theyre rentals)
I was the other day on Myrtle between Nostrand and Marcy, was amazed how many new projects are coming up… (i think theyre rentals)
I heard a recent lecture on small businesses in “emerging” (cringe) neighborhoods late last year, where the keynote speaker was the president of Pratt. As werner said, they had a great deal to do with the Myrtle BID. It wouldn’t have succeeded without Pratt, actually.
Back in the days before Metrocards, when there were 2 fare zones, you could transfer free from the Myrtle Ave bus to the A train station at Jay Street. There used to be an entrance closer to Myrtle. When they changed the streets to build Metrotech, it was all lost. Myrtle also had one of the last elevated “el” lines which ended in 1969. The free transfer was a holdover from the el days.
“This all raises the question of why a corridor with limited public transport thrives while Fulton street with its copious amounts of public transportation languishes”
Fulton Street is not a real shopping strip! it has too many vacant/undevelop lots, triangle & parks, the ballparkhas vacant/shell buildings, etc, we need more development along Fulton to amke it a real shopping strip. I wouldn’t count much on the BID to change it.
And about transportation, yeah public transport is kind of a bummer and usually involves a bus (of which there are actually many though), but it’s extremely convenient for cabs from the city. And just to add, there are bus lines running on Flushing, Park, Myrtle, and Dekalb Aves.
Pratt is also a big part of Myrtle development. the school boarders on Myrtle and the area around there has been somewhat nice for years. also, there is some sidewalk dining on Myrtle at Los Polito’s but unfortunately the place is nothing to write home about.
“Myrtle Avenue’s development corresponds in large part to the BID they established several years ago. ”
Which raises my other question. Does anyone know how closely the Myrtle BID is aligned with the FUlton BID? Are some of the same people running the Fulton BID?
Myrtle Avenue’s development corresponds in large part to the BID they established several years ago.