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I GUESS THE RUMORS ARE TRUE... — Brooklynian

I GUESS THE RUMORS ARE TRUE...

bkny68
bkny68
edited November -1 in Greenwood Heights and Sunset Park
Coming out of my building I just noticed the Ikea store in Red Hook... I guess they really are opening the store this Fall or should I dare say it, this Summer. WOO-HOO

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  • amethyst
    amethyst
    Oh, god. I recently went up on the roof of our building for the first time all winter and suddenly on the horizon next to our lovely view of the Statue of Liberty is a giant blue building emblazoned with the unmistakable yellow letters. I consider it an eyesore.

    As for shopping there, can you even imagine how packed it's going to be for the first few years of its existence?
  • bkny68
    bkny68
    True, it could be worse, you could live in Red Hook in the middle of all that madness...
  • stella
    stella
    I am excited about Ikea, as well! Jersey is too far away.
    Re: it being an eyesore, I suppose we shouldn't have any stores then?

    I really want to go when it opens in June, but I don't want to deal with the masses. Maybe I will wait until after the summer?
  • seasidearms
    seasidearms
    Well being the impatient person that I am, I went today. I decided to go after they were already opened around 9:30 but clearly that made no difference. The register line was 1 hr. long!!! I do love IKEA though and so happy I don't have to drive to LI anymore, especially with the price of gas now. It is located in a dead end area not close too much, so I am not sure why all the fuss. You do not need to drive thorugh any neighborhood streets which could cause traffic and it has its own huge lot, so parking is not the issue either. If the whole issue was driving aling hamilton avenue you do not need to take that route either plus hamilton has always had traffic since it leads to BQE, so nothing will change. It has bought jobs into the community which at times like there are greatly needed, so I say You Go IKEA!!!
  • barndorfer
    barndorfer
    For a company that prides itself on its design, they have one of the ugliest buildings I've ever seen. Whether you shop IKEA or not, I don't see how you can argue that its new store is anything but an unwelcome addition to the Sunset Park skyline. New stores are fine. Ugly new stores on the other hand...
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