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We hear that the boom in Fort Greene is attracting more than genteel brownstone residents. One concerned homeowner on South Elliott Place has tipped us off to a rumor that her historic block is about to get whacked by a nasty fast food one-two punch. Two shops on opposite corners of Lafayette and South Elliott are in the process of changing hands. According to a workman on site, a Blimpie is going into the Triangular Floor space (top) and a 24-hour Dunkin’ Donuts is taking over the former bodega (bottom). We hope the workman was just having a little fun at a nosy neighbor’s expense. It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that we think that this stretch of Lafayette needs fast food restaurants like a hole in the head. We bet that the owners of the upscale restaurant Gia across the street agree.


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  1. i’m curious to know how many of the “you’re all just a bunch of elitest brownstoners…” actually own property in the neighborhood. because you all seem to be taking way too much joy from the fact that these new stores will negatively impact property values, etc.

    i used to rent in the griffin on so. oxford and lafayette and hated the fact that after 10PM there weren’t any eating options (other than trekking over to dekalb). i welcome all of the new restaurants, but these two options are awful.

    i think a DD and Blimpie’s are out of context on those corners and i’d be pissed if i owned a b’stone (or an apt) on lafayette in the surrounding blocks. why not put these on fulton street?

    i dont think (i hope) people are against having stores at all, but i think there’s a big difference between mark’s video store (RIP, i used to love that spot) and a 24 hr dunkin donuts.

  2. DD is on a mission to wipe out starbucks in NYC so I would be prepared for seeing them pop up around brooklyn, starbucks has park slope etc but hasn’t really bothered itself with other areas of brooklyn- there were rumors of one on the corner of st. james and fulton- which is now a plastic surgeon’s office- go figure. but at any rate, the giant DD coffee cup has the goal of getting itself noticed and brooklyn
    has lots of retail space for rent where starbucks hasn’t gone… but on lafayette?- why not atlantic ave where a giant coffee cup wouldn’t seem so incredibly odd-

  3. Great use of a thesaurus. BRAVO!!!
    Who are you to determine what is, and what isn’t, picayune!? Ever thought about that one?
    Its important to me not to have a tacky corporate outpost outside my brownstone. Dont want the food, dont want the traffic, and I’ll be the first to admit I dont want business that “cater to riffraff” on my block. And last time I checked Dunkin Donuts wasn’t just for the poor. Pretty much an equal opportunity option for those who enjoy crappy food.

  4. What’s pathetic is the picayune nimbyist crap people have chosen to care about. So a couple chain places open up that might actually cater to the tastes (and wallets) of people other than the best-heeled new residents of the neighborhood. Horrors! And what’s doubly pathetic is dressing up this nimbyism as some kind of social activism. Sure, it’s just the fact that DD and Blimpie are corporate entities that bothers you — not that they’re declasse chains that cater to riffraff.

  5. The most pathetic thing of all is that people are actually upset that other people care about something. Of course you can HOPE to have control, it doesn’t always work out but people determine the fates of these things all the time. Just ask Wal Mart or the jets stadium builders.

  6. of course u cant have total control. but u should have an opinion. if u dont care, thats u. what are u arguing about? u have the total freedom not to give a damn, but why does it bother you when some people care? u want a nudie video store on your block or near a school? obviously example, i know- so spare me from pointing it out. but some of u seem to imply communities should close their eyes. and that goes for everything from certain businesses to certain stadiums.

  7. Wake up? LOL. If you want to be able to control all aspects of your neighborhood, move to a gated community in the ‘burbs. You live in a city. You cannot hope to have that kind of control, for better or worse.

  8. you should be able to determine what kind of new businesses are established in your neighborhood. point blank. i dont want thousands of drunk screaming fans at a stadium two yards from my house, or a stinky cheesy dunkin donuts at my stoop. might as well move to manhattan for that kinda crap. ever heard the term “brownstone brooklyn”. WAKE UP.

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