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
So 11:20, you can type well enough to slam the obese, and you can manage to spell cafeteria, but you’re dyxlexic on “the” twice? And we’re supposed to respect your ridiculous postings? Save your classist bs and go to Long Island, and leave Red Hook and its people alone.
I love everybody bashing my Ikea furniture. Ha, ha, I bought stuff from Ikea. Deal with it.
is it true that Bed Bath and Byond is soon to follow??
that would be grrrrreat!
11:21 AM
Red Hook has been okay for you for the past 12 years because you’re obviously a white, college-educated homeowner with a car. I know the folks in NYCHA don’t share your point of view.
If you think Ikea and Fairway are going to close, I recommend you put your Conover Street (or is that Coffey or Beard Street?) house on the market asap. You’ve had a good run for twelve years and your house is probably worth ten times what you paid for it. Get out while you’re ahead.
I think that Marty’s comment wins.
“10:24: I have a bunch of 10-year-old Ikea furniture (dresser, desk, blanket chest, other stuff) that’s held up just fine.”
Very, very sad. You must have been incredibly careful to ensure that crappy, flimsy, pseudo-wood, particleboard-and-bolts garbage didn’t break apart every time you used it! I can imagine the angst. Meanwhile, you could have spent around the same money for some REAL furnishings. Two words: upragde now!
My prediction is that traffic will be so bad that Fairway and all the other business will suffer and Ikea will close. Also they are closing the closest F train stop in a year and there is construction bot in and out of Red Hook. The shoppers will spend as much in gas idling in traffic as they will save buying cheap crap made in China..better check the lead content.
Also it is fine in Red Hook without the Ikea. I have lived here 12 years.
How would one get to this IKEA by public transportation? I’m a fan of IKEA incidentals – napkins, gift boxes, little kids toys…
the ikea shopping experience will be tainted by all the project folk who will clog up hte aisles with their obese bodies, not buy anything other than a frame, and totally hog up hte cafeteria.
so i’ll still drive out to LI