Blimpie, Dunkin' Donuts To Mar Lafayette
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…
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.
Smith St. is so ugly a DunkinDonuts would be welcome and fit right in. And the price of homes/rents around it certainly is no less than FortGreene.
I find the cliched “boo hoo yuppies” comments hilarious. It isn’t just the over worn term “yuppies” that is so lame but the idea that you have to own a $2M brownstone to be against these types of chains. I own nothing but do find the sight of garish DD sad.
I have lived all over the country and found that an awful lot of it looks like because of these types of places. In some areas that’s all there is. Personally I find it depressing. That’s great if you love it but why is it the “yuppies” who should move? I’m genuinely confused as to why someone would live in ny paying 5 times the rent for 1/3 the space and then feel that blimpie is the best they could do for food. Really the suburbs were built for you.
On the other side I’d like to know how many of the people who hate DD go to lease poaching starbucks everyday.
A lot of these mom & pop shops that people prefer to DD/Blimpie go out of business because their prices aren’t competitive. There are only so many people who can afford to do the so-called “right” thing of spending an extra few bucks for something that’s cheaper across the street. e.g. the demise of the local pharmisist.
Dunkin Donuts on the corner of Smith & Bergen!!!??? Call the cops! There must be a dozen empty storefronts between Atlantic and Baltic on Smith. And a dozen more that will never make it. If you want to regulate free enterprise, move to Germany…….12% unemployment and no economic growth.
The bottem line is that rents are high. I recently inquired about the space above the Academy for office space and it was $3900.00 per month for 1250 sq. ft and they wanted us to do the build out. Only franchises are ready for that kind of rent commitment, forget about the romantic panini spot…
Sorry, ‘brainwashed by big evil corporations’? We seem to be lurching from one over-reaction to another. Do people really buy Blimpie sandwiches because of a corporate conspiracy? Maybe they like them!
I’m almost positive a Dunkin Donuts is also going in on the corner of Bergen and Smith, across from the Domino’s Pizza.
The real question is – what else are they gonna do to the building that houses the Dunkin Donuts. I’d like to see its historic character preserved but something tells me thats not gonna happen. They’ll probably stucco it all up to make it look like a Dunkin Donuts in the burbs.
“Develop, Don’t Dunk Brooklyn” anyone? 😉