Man on the Street: How're You Feeling About IKEA?
As the under-construction IKEA looms ever larger over the Red Hook waterfront, we asked a few folks how they’re feeling about the store opening in the neighborhood. “Anything different is going to be good for the neighborhood. It’s a small community and you usually need to go out of it to get stuff. So any…
As the under-construction IKEA looms ever larger over the Red Hook waterfront, we asked a few folks how they’re feeling about the store opening in the neighborhood.
“Anything different is going to be good for the neighborhood. It’s a small community and you usually need to go out of it to get stuff. So any time things come to us, like Fine Fare or Fairway, it’s great.” Annmarie; has lived in Red Hook for 10 years
“It’s going to be crazy from a congestion point of view. I used to go to the IKEA on Long Island, and out there they’re equipped for all the traffic going in. But I just don’t see where the traffic arteries are going to come from here.” Jerry; has had a business in neighborhood for 15 years
“I think it’s sad but inevitable. I’m from England so I’m not really privy to the history of gentrification or development here, but it’s sad to me to go and see the blue and yellow where the sugar factory used to be.” Jenny; has lived in Red Hook for 3 years
“It’s going to be a terrific help for this neighborhood. Anyone who’s against the IKEA hasn’t been here long enough to remember the bad old days.” Marty; has lived in the neighborhood for 42 years
To 11:36…if you think your transportation woes are bad now, then wait until Ikea opens. Public transportation (e.g THE BUS) will be halted due to the influx of cars and all the kiddies in the Red Hook houses will triple their cases of asthma.
Ikea is a bad employer, it is aprivate company that does not need to answer to anyone. All its papers are private. Tt does not offer real benefits as it keeps everyone on part time. If you think Ikea is the solution to poverty in Red Hook then you have drank way too much Koolaid. How much have the Hall brothers paid you?
Dear Sam (Cardboard box in Prospect Park dweller),
“Zach” and “thwarted” can help you out.
I would love some Ikea furniture.
Sam
– Cardboard box in Prospect Park dweller
FSRG is right man. And as for:
> The furniture is great if you’re a college
> student, on a budget, or looking to save some
> $$. Otherwise, it’s flimsy crap that will
> never last.
Good thing nobody in Brooklyn is on a budget! Oh, right, actually, most people here are still wicked poor. I, for one, am going to have a lovely time transporting bookshelves on the B61. And the traffic won’t be that nightmarish. Fairway’s isn’t.
11:19 – here is my prediction…this Ikea will follow the recent history of all other big box retailers in Brooklyn like Home Depot, Lowes, COSTCO and Target – within a short time it will be one of (if not THE) highest grossing Ikea in the country.
FSRG
If nobody has burned the Fairway to the ground yet, then IKEA will thrive and KMART, Duane Reade and Starbucks are not far behind.
The only way to correct the NYC real estate market is re-elect Dinkins and hope for wide spread crime and make this city the edgy and dangerous place most people feared for years throughout 70s and 80s!
“people who jump all over typos really need to pull their boyfriend’s d*ck out of their ass”
No, you first!
Bashing Thwarted’s IKEA furniture is time well-spent.
Go Team Brownstoner!
people who jump all over typos really need to pull their boyfriend’s d*ck out of their ass