Burg Wants Cinema and Pharmacy—Not Galleries, Clubs
Greenstone Realty did a survey of 200 people roaming the streets of Williamsburg and published the results in its marketing brochure for The Edge’s retail space. The following is a sample of their retail wish list, in descending order: 177 respondents said they want a cinema, 140 want a pharmacy, slightly fewer want more clothing…
Greenstone Realty did a survey of 200 people roaming the streets of Williamsburg and published the results in its marketing brochure for The Edge’s retail space. The following is a sample of their retail wish list, in descending order: 177 respondents said they want a cinema, 140 want a pharmacy, slightly fewer want more clothing stores (129 described themselves as fashion freaks), and 129 want more food and gourmet markets. Clubs came in last, with only 29 respondents saying the neighborhood needs more places to get drunk and boogie. Second to last was (surprise!) galleries—39 people said they want more places to view and buy art. Other interesting tidbits: 82 people said they dislike the warehouses and manufacturing, and 101 said they dislike the neighborhood’s gentrification. Almost everyone felt there needs to be more retail. While 181 people said Williamsburg is “the coolest place in Brooklyn,” only 101 said it’s cooler than Manhattan. See the full results after the jump…
Burg Throwdown! The Edge vs. Northside Piers [Brownstoner]
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I’m a pharmacist ….looking for a place to open up. Sounds like a good idea to open in the area. I’ll have to look into it 🙂
i agree, 10:50. VERY telling indeed. as if the fashion freaks wasn’t enough already…
i wonder what the case would be if you asked how many of those in brownstone brooklyn wish they were in manhattan.
my guess is a LOT lower.
i wouldn’t move to manhattan if you PAID ME.
Half of people in Williamsburg wish they were living in Manhattan. So reavealing.
So they want cinema and pharmacy? Isn’t that the very “gentrification” they claim to distaste? I wonder whether these youngster simply do not possess any sense of self-awareness or are just downright hypocritical.
i can’t stand williamsburg.
i have 4 friends who have left in the past year alone.
all to prospect heights, clinton hill and park slope.
the burg was cool 10 years ago.
it’s absurd now to pay those prices to live in, what looks like a 1980’s beirut.
10:36 you can’t recognize soul and creativity even if it hits you with a brick. Burg is for posers and wannabes.
10:36
Please by all means…stay there then.
was this a multiple-choice survey? these responses (“I AM A FASHION FREAK”) sound a little odd to me. one of the choices should have been “I want free hookers and ice cream”?
I was walking around the burg the other day and it just has so much more soul and creativity than brownstone brooklyn.