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whynot_31
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At some point, some woman who has just left the new fancy tea and flower place, and some guy who has just left the new cigar lounge will go the NSA supermarket.

They will meet in line. Complement each other, exchange emails, date for a few months, become fascinated with each others differences and then decide to just share one apartment instead of maintaining two.

Hey, it could happen.

http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/cigar-lounge-opening-saturday-on-washington-near-dean

http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/tea-and-flower-place-for-washington-ave

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 2 mos ago
whynot_31
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Here's more info on this effort from the Wash Ave Merchants Association:

Commercial rents for spaces on Washington and Franklin avenues — which range from 500 to 1,500 square feet and rent for between $2,500 and $5,000, she said — are a tempting opportunity for retail establishments on much more expensive commercial corridors such as Smith and Court streets, where rents for comparably sized spaces can go for almost double those amounts.

And it’s exactly those types of businesses that Oton and other economic movers and shakers in the neighborhood hope to lure.

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/36/10/dtg_prospectheightsbooster_2013_03_01_bk.html

Where's that comic book store Homeowner wanted? Yup.

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 2 mos ago
kc7179
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Butcher
Fish Store

# Posted 2 mos ago
stacey
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KC7179 those are my exact thoughts too!

Plus I have been trying to convince Paisanos on Smith to open up a store up here.

# Posted 2 mos ago
kc7179
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Might as well try to convince Fish Tails on Court to open up here as well! Paisanos willing to open a place here?

# Posted 2 mos ago
stacey
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kc7179 said:
Might as well try to convince Fish Tails on Court to open up here as well! Paisanos willing to open a place here?

Ah KC we are truly kindred souls I absolutely love Fish Tales Paisanos always says "its something we should look in to" but never commits to an answer

# Posted 2 mos ago
whynot_31
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More snazzy vacant store front photos from Wash Ave Merchants Association

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 2 mos ago
BKChickie
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stacey said:
KC7179 those are my exact thoughts too!

Plus I have been trying to convince Paisanos on Smith to open up a store up here.

A Paisanos branch on Washington would be FANTASTIC!

# Posted 2 mos ago
whynot_31
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Now available in survey form!

Make us happy, take the survey!

http://surveymonkey.com/s/washingtonavenue

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 2 mos ago
whynot_31
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Here is how specific spaces are going to be marketed to the larger community.

http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/visions-for-vacancies-820-washington-ave

Goal: Fill storefronts by 2014.

Ready?

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 1 mo ago
whynot_31
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Today (April 3rd), one can also talk to the folks who work for HOB and then literally "stick" what kind of business you would like on Washington Ave to the plywood located at St. Johns and Washington.

I kid you not.

For extra points, tell her whynot_31 sent you

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 1 mo ago
notsayin
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A reliable source tells me a local merchant is looking at 810 Washington (the big grey storefront on the corner of St Johns shown above) for a new Venezuelan restaurant.

Interior shown below...

# Posted 1 mo ago
whynot_31
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That is excellent news! I have taken the liberty of creating a dedicated thread....

http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/810-washington-to-become-venezuelan-restaurant

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 1 mo ago
GOD
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Nice to see all the stickers have come off the wall and are now littering the side walk. Thanks for making a mess of my neighborhood Heart of Brooklyn.

Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.

- Erik Satie

# Posted 1 mo ago
whynot_31
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I do hope businesses buy the pitch.

It would suck to be left with a lot of surveys and a sticker filled sidewalk after all that effort.

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 1 mo ago
whynot_31
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Here are the preliminary results of the survey, complete with percentages:

Hopefully several of these ideas are believed to be profitable, to the degree that someone with the resources and drive to open it ....does!

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 1 mo ago
GOD
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They forgot to put up a "Sticker Removal" store!

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# Posted 4 wks ago
roux42
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I would like to see a butcher/Sahadi's/yummy things/cooking stuff store, like a Zabar's type place. Prime (ha) focus would be butcher, with a few more things to draw in people. I could not find a barding needle in Brooklyn a few years ago!

# Posted 4 wks ago
whynot_31
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God-

Your wish did not appear on the bar graph version either.

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 3 wks ago
stacey
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I am definitely showing this to Paisanos next time I am in there.

# Posted 3 wks ago
GOD
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Great! More stickers that will litter the sidewalk. Thanks Heart of Brooklyn for messing up the hood.

Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.

- Erik Satie

# Posted 2 wks ago
whynot_31
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God-
April 30th was the last day for Heart of Brooklyn.

...they were funded to improve the area around the Brooklyn Museum, the Children's Museum, and the Library.

Thanks to their work, and the gentrification that was swept all of West Brooklyn, they can no longer get funding to attract businesses and throw events for these areas.

The final round of stickers that will come off and litter the sidewalk are a send off...

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 2 wks ago