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
“Their small team of urban planners has a lot to do with the sucessful rebirth of Myrtle over the last 5 years.”
Anyone know if any of these same people are working on the new Fulton BID?
There are two certainties in life…every restaurant has roaches and bodegas are a giant rip-off.
Just have to make sure that the Myrtle Ave Revitalization Project gets credit where it is due. Their small team of urban planners has a lot to do with the sucessful rebirth of Myrtle over the last 5 years.
buying food at a bodega can destroy your wallet.
please beware of castro. i went to order a burrito one and saw a bug crawl across the counter. the cashier took a towel, brused the bug onto the floor and proceeded to take my order. my friend and i did an aboutface and hit it out of there. from then on, we referred to the place as ‘cast-roach’. perhaps they have gotten better since renovation, but i certainly couldn’t tell you.
Not saying there is anything wrong with bodegas – but please do not cite affordability as one of their benefits – a fair rule of thumb is the poorer the neighborhood, the worse the retail choices are, the higher the markup charged by the local bodega.
There is, or was a few years ago, a bus that goes up Myrtle Ave. It was so oovercrowded and uncomfortable I have never attempted to use it again.
ramona, you GO girl! i agree 100 percent. if it wasnt for bodegas and 99 cents stores i’d have to move out of nyc.
*rob*
There’s a Myrtle Avenue bus? I did not know that.