What's on Tap for Cortelyou Road?
Cortelyou Road’s shopping scene may soon get a lot more hopping. Sander Hicks, the man behind neighborhood anchor/coffee shop Vox Pop and Cortelyou’s unofficial mayor, is trying to lure a microbrewery to the spot that housed the recently shuttered Cornerstone bar. Sander reports that a couple breweries are nibbling at the prospect. Vox Pop itself…
Cortelyou Road’s shopping scene may soon get a lot more hopping. Sander Hicks, the man behind neighborhood anchor/coffee shop Vox Pop and Cortelyou’s unofficial mayor, is trying to lure a microbrewery to the spot that housed the recently shuttered Cornerstone bar. Sander reports that a couple breweries are nibbling at the prospect. Vox Pop itself is about to expand with a new media services center in the empty storefront around the corner from the coffee shop; in keeping with the spirit of Cortelyou’s homegrown ethos, the store is conducting an online survey so residents can weigh in about what services they’d like to see the center offer. In non-Vox Pop-related happenings, the long-in-the-works Connecticut Muffin is set to open soon in the storefront next to the Farm on Adderley. And all this is in addition to the Flatbush Food Co-op’s pending jump across the street, to the old Associated space. Anything we missed? Anything the strip particularly needs?
Survey [Vox Pop]
CT Muffin Opening in Ditmas Park [Forum]
Streetlevel: Organic Boom on Cortelyou [Brownstoner]
where is kensington?
No 5:23, I didn’t say Kensington is horrible, and I don’t feel like a victim. And for the record, I don’t think Kensington is horrible. It just may not be for me. There’s a difference.
Phantom – why don’t you at least register as Phantom?
“can’t walk the walk” is a victim of horrible Kennsington. boo hoo.
I’m from the Bronx, actually, but I get your point.
dumb middle class white people want dumb middle class white conveniences. spoiled, spoiled, spolied. go back to connecticut and leave our neighborhood alone.
yrs,
the phantom
Hi 4:37 — it’s me who can’t “walk the walk.” Thanks for the support. Yes, we were limited by financial constraints. Currently we are living on one normal person regular income (my spouse stays home with our 2-year-old and I work in advertising as a creative) and we were essentially forced out of our Carroll Gardens rental apartment (where we lived for many years). We needed to move quickly, and Kensington offered a relatively affordable, reputably safe option for us in a hurry. We decided to rent to see how it felt, and I have to admit that I’m having trouble adjusting. I will say that the parent community here is very welcoming and I love watching my girl play in a literal rainbow of kids. We’re very torn. My spouse is adjusting much better than I am. We’ve agreed to see what our situation (and what the housing market looks like) as our lease comes up in 2009. I don’t know what we’ll do next, honestly. We’ve considered moving upstate, moving out-of-state, and now of course I have the helpful suggestion of the MacMurdo weather station in Antarctica. And you know, I DO sweep the litter in front of my building, and pick up cigarette butts, and put litter in cans when I walk on Ocean Parkway, and I would gladly take part in any organized clean-up effort (organizing one is a little beyond me right now). So there you have it. I will say that living here is absolutely helping us to determine what matters to us and what we’re willing to sacrifice, and it seems that safe, clean and great schools are topping the list (with coffee bars and yoga studios a close second). And I do hear the folks telling me to make my neighborhood a better place, and I respectfully say that it feels like an uphill battle. Not impossible, but daunting. That doesn’t mean I won’t do my part, but I think it’s unfair and disingenuous not to acknowledge how difficult this all can be sometimes.
I love and support the firefighters who work at “Da Pride of Flatbush” but I do not appreciate them double parking and parking on the sidewalk. It is dangerous at the corner where children cross from the Tot Lot and Library. This is not done at the fire houses in the city or in Brooklyn Heights. I understand why they did this 15 years ago when car vandalism may have been a problem but the occurrences of vandalism are minimal these days. Perhaps spaces could be designated for them by the DOT on Argyle off of Cortelyou, on the East side of the street by the library. This location is in front of anyone’s home and there would still be plenty of parking. In addition, to cars not parked on the sidewalk, I would like to see a bank somewhere on Cortelyou Road.
I’m with you 4:37. Anxious to see what “can’t walk the walk” has to say too.