StreetLevel: Windsor Terrace Getting a Little LES Love
Is quiet Windsor Terrace going to become Brooklyn’s Lower East Side? No, but the owners of two LES shops are joining forces to open a bar and restaurant on 16th Street and Prospect Park West. One of the guys behind Ludlow Street’s bakery/record store/gig space Cake Shop is teaming with the owner of Rivington Street’s…

Is quiet Windsor Terrace going to become Brooklyn’s Lower East Side? No, but the owners of two LES shops are joining forces to open a bar and restaurant on 16th Street and Prospect Park West. One of the guys behind Ludlow Street’s bakery/record store/gig space Cake Shop is teaming with the owner of Rivington Street’s Tiny’s Giant Sandwich Shop to bring a beer bar and eatery to the old Universal Video space. The biz, name TBD, will probably open in the fall, according to Greg Curley, the Cake Shop co-owner behind the Windsor Terrace venture. Curley says he and his partner hope to have “low-key” performances but that it’s not going to be a full-blown venue like Cake Shop. What it will definitely be, we think, is some new-school competition for Farrell’s.
Photo of Universal Video by ickyinbrooklyn; Cake Shop pic by small_device; Tiny’s photo by roboppy .
I agree with oe!
“they don’t even want to be in the same bar or live in the same neighborhood where there might be people who believe that a smaller government is a good idea.”
Yeah, that’s exactly what brownstoners are saying. By that logic, are you saying that all conservatives are racist?
If often seems like the so-called liberals are highly intolerant of those with different political views to them… they don’t even want to be in the same bar or live in the same neighborhood where there might be people who believe that a smaller government is a good idea.
Speaking of Jackie’s Fifth Amendment, for a while there I was noticing a few hipsters trying to colonize the place. Lately though, it seems to be back to the same ever-aging ever-diminishing crowd. Anybody have any first-hand observations to offer?
I live in WT. I’ve seen African Americans hangin’ in Farrell’s (probably NYPD). Also, the nabe is more mixed than people realize, as the Irish and Italians age and move out. Also, I notice Obama ’08 signs on many windows in the neighborhood. However, would I step into Farrell’s and feel welcome? No. But, it’s just one bar in one neighborhood. It’s like judging Park Slope by Jackie’s Fifth Amendment on 5th Avenue.
Name one bar in all of NYC where you can pull up in your car, double park, pick up two beers in to-go cups, and drive off while sipping (all in front of the cops) and not get pulled over!!!!!! On a Sunday no less.
Greenwood Slope: Only assumption I’m making is that the people at Farrells I heard make racist comments were indeed racist.
I agree with Brenda.
I love Farrels and the people that hang out there. I think it would officially be the end of old Brooklyn if it goes.
So 5:00, you’re taking a group of people and making an assumption about them (that they’re racist). Do you find that ironic at all?
Windsor Terrace is FILLED with Rush Limbaugh types.
Another reason why this bar is a welcome change.
Out with the old, in the with the new.