Streetlevel: New Realty Office on 7th Avenue?
Brown craft paper covers the windows of the former fabric store on 7th Avenue and Berkeley Place in Park Slope, and a tipster tells us when the paper comes down it will be… a real estate office. Let the growling begin. Can anyone out there confirm?
Brown craft paper covers the windows of the former fabric store on 7th Avenue and Berkeley Place in Park Slope, and a tipster tells us when the paper comes down it will be… a real estate office. Let the growling begin. Can anyone out there confirm?
Yeah, 11217, I kinda know where this place is located, that’s what prompted my question. There are still two empty storefronts on both sides of the block, for a total of four, which is a lot on such a short block. A bit of true blight in the North Slope.
A Trader Joe’s on the east side, where the old Korean market and ZuZu’s Petals were located … THAT would be awesome! (And would probably drive Union Market out of business.)
Goldie,
Yes, I think I heard that also. You’d think though, that if the developer didn’t build anything in the largest housing boom in U.S. history, he/she may not have plans to do so in the foreseeable future.
I wish they’d do something with it though. My dream (and no offense to Ace Supermarket) would be to take over their space and this one and make it a Gourmet Garage, Garden of Eatin’ or a Trader Joe’s. It would be a goldmine in this area for those of us who do not belong to the Food Co-op and hate Key Food (of which I think there are many)…
Park Sloper / 11217, I actually had a convo with a guy last night while standing on Berkeley & 7th, about that place, and he said that its zoned for something like a 6story building, and is not within the landmarked zone, so possibly a future eyesore developement(?)
This storefront IS on 7th between Berkeley and Union!!
There is one more next door where Diane Kane was…a very tiny space.
Then the building two doors down is being renovated, but the building still needs some work.
That’s it on that side.
The the other side is all filled except for the space next to Ace Supermarket, but that space is not for rent. As I understand it, the owner has just been sitting on the property since a fire.
So there are TWO vacant storefronts on 7th between Berkeley and Union if you include the one that still isn’t completed.
What about all of those empty storefronts on Seventh Avenue between Berkeley and Union? Anyone know why they’re just sitting there? If the owners were holding out for higher rents, they really missed the boat!
Missed the block party, but glad to know so many of my neighbors are on this blog!
There’s a Bank of America on this block already. I highly doubt we’ll be getting another.
Thanks Biff, but please make purchases at all those businesses, because when they go down, we get another Bank of America
The character is not eroding. It’s changing. It’s what makes New York special. None of these changes are permanent. Bank branches are going to start closing soon (after a few years of people shouting that all the opening were the end of the world).
You people don’t seem to understand what the next few years are going to bring…it’s going to get REALLY BAD.
I’d rather see this place than an empty storefront, and I think the days of many, MANY empty storefronts is around the corner.
I’m curious what it is you find lacking that you would have liked to have seen on this corner? Are the 500 bars/restaurants/delis/kids stores/boutiques/dry cleaners in a 1 mile radius not enough for you?
You have no idea how lucky we are to live in a neighborhood where you never need to leave to find anything you could ever want to find without getting in a car.
11217, I’m going to sit on the sidelines during this tumultuous time and wait until at least some of the dust settles. I’m fortunate enough to own a good sized place in BH and am hoping it continues to hold value (not absolutely but in comparison to other areas like PS) so I can at least get something of equal size/quality.
jimmyhaha, I hear you, but on my trips to PS, I find so many unique shops, bars and restaurants (and of course the Park) that, while perhaps losing some of its original character, still seems a far cry from the blandness of many other neighborhoods.