Slice pizza place coming to Franklin and EP

Good news. I'm not always willing to spend 17 dollars for a pizza

Cheap pizza is cool, but we already have a good amount of those in the near area (latest being Rosco's). I'm much more excited for Hummus Station. The only thing similar I can think of on the west side of Crown Heights proper is the Pasha Pizza Pita place on Classon and Bergen, and their Mediterranean offerings aren't really anything to write home about.

I'll order from this pizza place. Roscoes hasnt learned how to make a decent slice IMO. Always so floppy

The sad/scary thing about the upcoming hummus place is that it's being opened by the owners of MySpaceNYC Realty. It's not MySpaceNYC renting the space to someone who will open the restaurant, it is MySpaceNYC opening a restaurant of their own. Their greed knows no bounds.

If you do ever consider eating there, please realize you would be fueling MySpaceNYC's efforts as they continue to exorbitantly raise rents in this neighborhood. Here's one small example of the rapid rent hikes they are responsible for, and there are MANY more instances of the same with their residential properties: http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/starbucks-on-franklin-ave

Surely you can satisfy your hunger elsewhere - somewhere that wouldn't require you to swallow your own conscience with every bite.

MySpace owner is renting the storefront from the building owner and opening the hummus place. Will own the business, not the building.

earthfromspace said:

I shudder to think what his cleanliness standards would be for something non-residential. No way would I ever purchase food from such a place. His vermin friendly stance forced us to break our lease with him 2 years ago.

The health department can be quite strict on vermin infestation on restaurants when they want to.

earthfromspace said:

I'm shocked there's not a thread about him on here somewhere - he's a slumlord. He was even featured in the most recent article about Crown Heights/Gentrification.

Thanks, whynot, for pointing out he owns the space. Given that he allows mice, roaches and bedbugs to populate the apartments he owns, I shudder to think what his cleanliness standards would be for something non-residential. No way would I ever purchase food from such a place. His vermin friendly stance forced us to break our lease with him 2 years ago.

He is, indeed, a slumlord. My apartment was full of roaches as long as my fingers, TONS of mice, no heat, no running water...pigeons in the bathroom! It was disgusting. I loved my first NYC apartment for the reasons everyone loves their first living-on-their-own NYC apartment, but it was a hell hole. And complaints did nothing. Calling in inspectors did nothing. 311 did nothing.

I once paid my rent through his bullet proof glass standing in 2 inches of standing water that had leaked through his own office's ceiling. So at least he worked in a place as shitty as I lived.