What Would a Myrtle Market Mean for Admiral's Row?
An article in Monday’s Brooklyn Eagle ostensibly about Myrtle Avenue may have had more significance for the debate currently underway about the future of Admiral’s Row, the row of 10 historic but deteriorating houses at the southwest corner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In the article, a member of the Winick Realty team responsible for…
An article in Monday’s Brooklyn Eagle ostensibly about Myrtle Avenue may have had more significance for the debate currently underway about the future of Admiral’s Row, the row of 10 historic but deteriorating houses at the southwest corner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In the article, a member of the Winick Realty team responsible for leasing the massive commercial component of the Red Apple development on Myrtle between Ashland and Prince Streets is quoted as saying that the firm is currently “talking with [a supermarket] now” about leasing space. As we’ve discussed before, regardless of whether or not the Admiral’s Row buildings can be preserved, the spectre for a large supermarket on Myrtle (which could never have been considered a possibility when the idea for a market at the Navy Yard was originally hatched) needs to be taken into consideration when analyzing whether, and what kind of, a supermarket on Flushing, just two blocks (albeit long ones) away, makes sense.
Massive Retail Space Being Assembled on Myrtle Avenue [Brooklyn Eagle]
Admiral’s Row: Feds Must ‘Consider’ Preservation [Brownstoner]
Admiral’s Row: The Projected Costs of Preservation [Brownstoner]
Admiral’s Row: “Extremely High Level of Historic Integrity” [Brownstoner]
The Gristedes planned is just going to replace the crappy Associated that was there before. Like 4:11 said, a large, quality supermarket would do very well in this area.
The more supermarkets there are in these areas, the better choices for the community. Flushing and Myrtle need one big supermarket for each at least. People will come from all over just like Fairway if you offer competitively priced and quality food. Dumbo, Vinegar Hill, Clinton Hill and Downtown Bklyn will all benefit from it. Lots of space in Brooklyn for parking, too.
Admiral’s Row Supermarket is going to be car-based. A supermarket for pedesterians and neighbors (say the C-Town on 9th & 5th Ave) is not 65,000 sq. feet and does not require 300 parking spots. Think Costco.
Actually, the former brig site is getting nothing any time soon. I hear that, after choosing a developer, the city went back and told them to change their plans. Kind of like that play, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.”
Based upon the planned size of the two supermarkets for the neighborhood, I feel its too much. I keep reading about these markets coming in with thousands upon thousands of sq ft.
The ‘old brig’ site on Flushing Ave. is getting middle income housing, no room for a market there.
I think that the old Brig site on Flushing between Clermont & Vanderbilt would be perfect for a large, higher-end supermarket such as Whole Foods. Leave Admiral’s Row alone and put a Gristedes on Myrtle. This area is chronically underserved with both supermarkets and pharmacies.
Will most of the customers go to these markets on foot or by public transit? I think that might make a difference if people are coming by foot, naturally shrinking the markets’, well, potential market. Without knowing the neighborhood very well, I think that there’s room for at least two supermarkets up that way.
What is this – ‘Supermarket’ Day on Brownstoner? You obsessed with food ?- is it the NewYear diet getting to you?
As I have pointed out previously, if a Gristedes is built on Myrtle and a Foodtown at Admirals Row, we’re probably talking different clienteles.