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There used to be a gas station on this corner, next to the carpet store. It stopped being a gas station and only served as a car servic place. It closed down over a year ago and something else has been built there. It seems like it's retail, but I can't tell what it's going to be. Does anyone have any idea?
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There's been a thread about this on the PLG list-serve; competing rumors are a 7-Eleven or a multi-store strip mall. n any case, something very suburban.
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A 7-Eleven would probably cut into the business of the gas station store across the street. Then again, I saw somewhere that the property was for sale.
Now I'm intrigued. I'd like a supermarket to go there. I can't imagine what else could go there and actually turn a profit.
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One block east (on the corner of Bedford and Rogers) there is essentially the exact same type of building. One story commercial with stores and parking. Different stores come and go but it's been mostly vacant for a while now. The only store that has been steady for a few years is the liquor store. And maybe a medical office, not sure if that is still open.
I kinda don't see this new location doing anything different. Maybe a liquor store... Or mobile phone store.
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Also, on a side note. 7-11 has been pretty public about wanting to "replace" the typical NYC bodega with their franchise.
The Big Gulp
How 7-Eleven plans to put the bodega out of business
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I read the article a while ago...and I think 7-11 is good. Am I wrong in this? I get that they make the neighborhood have less charm or whatever, but I think that they are good overall for customers and bodega owners...
bodega owners get to buy into a franchise that will make them more money and will be able to use data tracking to see what sells well to do better. I wish my local bodega did that. Even talking to them in person about their lack of even decent beer and buying every non macro brewed six pack in the place when we visit, you'd tahini they'd change their purchasing.
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xlizellx said:
I read the article a while ago...and I think 7-11 is good. Am I wrong in this? I get that they make the neighborhood have less charm or whatever, but I think that they are good overall for customers and bodega owners...I think 7-Eleven would be good too. New construction of anything is a good sign. There isn't a bodega on Empire between there and the Prospect Park train station. So much for bodegas being ubiquitous.
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One of these stores will be a 7Eleven. Their sign is on the marquee already. They will have big gulps until Bloomy shuts them down. Actually, if they are a grocery store then maybe they get a pass. It's not a gas station on this corner anymore.
it's a nice addition to the area, along with the new bank. Especially if they are open 24 hours. My only complaint is how they added parking in front, it's out of character and ugly. Hope they decide to put tables out there instead.
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IMO, Red Slurpees are the best part of 7-11, not Big Gulps.
For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor. -
I wouldn't mind the bodegas buying into the 7-11 franchise. As a consumer I can't recall how many times I've seen dusty outdated items in the shelf. Wouldn't be so bad to have some regulation there.
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