New to the Area
Hi everyone.
My roommate and I just moved to the area.
Just wondering if anyone knows of some cool places to get some in expensive/cool/etc houseware
The good nightlife-other than SODA
Artsy stuff to do
Groups etc.
Thanks!!!
My roommate and I just moved to the area.
Just wondering if anyone knows of some cool places to get some in expensive/cool/etc houseware
The good nightlife-other than SODA
Artsy stuff to do
Groups etc.
Thanks!!!
Comments
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Subject: DeeDee
For inexpensive housewares, your best bet is Target in the Atlantic Terminal mall. Great prices and good selection.
Arts
BAM has a good selection of movies. In the summer, you can see great music, dance and film at the Celebrate Brooklyn Performing Arts Festival in Prospect Park. I've heard that there is great live music at Barbes in Park Slope and if you're an indie rock then I would recommend Union Hall on Union Street in Park Slope.
Welcome to the neighborhood! -
second that
for inexpensive house wares target is your best bet. also tarzain west on 7th ave and 6th street in park slope is nice. tarzian is a little more expensive but you will not have to deal with the craziness of target.
also if your new to the nieghbor hood its pretty much mandatory that you eat one meal at tom's dinner at 782 Washington Ave .
night life is a little slim, soda is nice but if i want to hang out a bar locally i usually walk or take the bus over to 5th ave in park slope or go to fort green -
For housewares, Target at the Atlantic mall is good, but you can get some really cool things at, Pintchik Hardware @ Bergen and Flatbush.
Nightlife isn't that slim... There are a few spots in the area, but they are relaxed and all vary in their own way.
Soda is overrated in this Blog. It used to be a cool spot but the bartenders have changed over the years and it has lost its charm. They even got rid of a pool table because they didn't want to attract people from the hood.
There is Sepia (bar) on Lincoln and Undrehill
There is Ripple (bar) on Washington between St. Johns and Sterling
Its nice to know that you want to hang out in the neighborhood and give it a shot...
Good luck! -
djuoh wrote: For housewares, Target at the Atlantic mall is good, but you can get some really cool things at, Pintchik Hardware @ Bergen and Flatbush.
YES!!
target at atlantic is the worst. they are perennially understocked, the service is unbelievable, and a short line can easily take an hour.
everytime i sucker myself into going there, i end up at pinchiks, wondering why i didn't start there.
besides regular hardware store stuff, they have lots of cool housewares -- a whole wall of fun shower curtains, lots of storage thingys, classy looking hooks, curtain rods, lamps....
and free popcorn. -
Pintchik Hardware, aka "The World's Most Expensive Hardware Store"....is, well, expensive.
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BrookFetish wrote: Pintchik Hardware, aka "The World's Most Expensive Hardware Store"....is, well, expensive.
It isn't that bad. If you want expensive then try the lame hardware store on Washington Ave, between St. Johns and Sterling.
Besides Pintchik has a great selection of paints...
You might pay a bit more than target, but you don't have to deal with compromising for a corporate giant. -
on Washington Ave, between St. Johns and Sterling.
Besides Pintchik has a great selection of paints...
You might pay a bit more than target, but you don't have to deal with compromising for a corporate giant.
ummmm..... Pintchik is owned/franchised by Ace Hardware.
You can get good stuff at stoop sales. There is also a donation store on Flatbush near Bergen Tile that sometimes has decent dishes. I have also bought glasses at the Met. 12 wine glasses for 10 bucks!
Sepia is a great bar! Freddy's (6th Ave and Dean Street) is pretty good when it is not crowded, and cheap.
Good Luck and Welcome! -
"ummmm..... Pintchik is owned/franchised by Ace Hardware."
Maybe you know the owner as being Ace hardware, but Ace offers something called the "cooperative" where the owners of a hardware store benefit from the Ace name but control the look and feel of their business. They gain voting rights throught the purchase of Ace stocks.
I would guess this is the case since it is still called Pintchik, but you obviously have done your research. -
djuoh wrote: Soda is overrated in this Blog. It used to be a cool spot but the bartenders have changed over the years and it has lost its charm. They even got rid of a pool table because they didn't want to attract people from the hood.
Toly actually addressed the issue of the pool table on the board last year after it was removed - one of his bartenders, Robert (who has worked there a long time, btw), was assaulted during one of the MANY fights that broke out around that pool table. That was pretty much the last straw with respect to the pool table.
It has nothing to do with attracting people from the hood - most of the regulars there are people from the hood. and the ones that shot pool at Soda and were any good at it usually went to Brownstone Billiards to play for real.
what is amusing to me about Soda's transformation in the last year or so is the fratboyization of the bar. it seems to be pretty regularly overrun by the under-25 set, which drives off the regulars. and, as one of the bartenders told me recently, while they miss the old crowd that they've known for years, the new group tips better.
in any case, I agree that Sepia is a great bar.
and I think Chocolate Monkey is underrated - it's a really fun place. -
Pintchick is owned by Matt Pintchick and his family, who have been around for ages. He runs the Park Slope Ambulance Service and is involved with lots of local activities. He's also a local landlord. He's in the store sometimes with helpful advice about home repair. Basically, a mench.
I've always found the service to be great. Target is a continual disappointment. I took the time to write them a litter the other day expressing my disappointment with their difficulty with keeping items in stock and got a quasi-form letter back that basically said "sorry you had a bad time. Hope it will be better next time you shop here. " Kind of ignoring the fact that I was saying that I have reached to point where I can't be bothered to shop there since they can't manage to stock their shelves. -
If you go in to a Target in Minnesota, it's an entirely different story. Clean, helpful service, items in stock (ESPECIALLY on weekends).
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djuoh wrote: Soda is overrated in this Blog. It used to be a cool spot but the bartenders have changed over the years and it has lost its charm. They even got rid of a pool table because they didn't want to attract people from the hood.!
Agreed! The service is HORRIBLE and the bartender was downright rude to my friends and I last time we were there--he threw my friend's credit card at him because we asked why we we were waiting so long for a drink (over a half hour--which is absurd given we had already spent over $250 in the backyard on food/drink and were running at least another $200 on that tab). There have been times I've gone and the server in the backyard never brought our drinks--we finally tracked her down 45 minutes later and she admitted she never put in the order. Nice space, okay food but not worth the b.s.--never going back. -
BrookFetish wrote: If you go in to a Target in Minnesota, it's an entirely different story. Clean, helpful service, items in stock (ESPECIALLY on weekends).
this is the way big NYC stores always seem to me. whether you're talking about Target, KMart, H&M, Macy's, Best Buy - whatever. it's like the minute the store gets into the NYC limits, it becomes a 3rd world bombed-out hellpit. well, that's a bit extreme, but they always look post-locust attack. -
alafairnadia wrote: [quote=BrookFetish]If you go in to a Target in Minnesota, it's an entirely different story. Clean, helpful service, items in stock (ESPECIALLY on weekends).
this is the way big NYC stores always seem to me. whether you're talking about Target, KMart, H&M, Macy's, Best Buy - whatever. it's like the minute the store gets into the NYC limits, it becomes a 3rd world bombed-out hellpit. well, that's a bit extreme, but they always look post-locust attack.
Its the same with fastfood. I don't get it either... -
Subject: DeeDee
I found the key to shopping at Target is to go on Sunday mornings. It's empty the store is pretty stocked and there are NO lines at all. I'm usually in and out of there on Sunday mornings (before noon) in 5-10 minutes. -
Subject: Re: DeeDee
DeeDee wrote: I found the key to shopping at Target is to go on Sunday mornings. It's empty the store is pretty stocked and there are NO lines at all. I'm usually in and out of there on Sunday mornings (before noon) in 5-10 minutes.
I agree 100% -
Subject: Re: DeeDee
DeeDee wrote: I found the key to shopping at Target is to go on Sunday mornings. It's empty the store is pretty stocked and there are NO lines at all. I'm usually in and out of there on Sunday mornings (before noon) in 5-10 minutes.
good to know, but i find the service in there so abominable that i don't think i can go back. (of course, every 6 months or so i forget about how angry the place makes me, only to rediscover my reasons.) i've had employees walk away while i am asking questions, refuse to make eye contact or give any sign that they are listening to me, etc. i'm trying to think of a single time anyone has every been of help there, but i'm not coming up with anything.
i've also never had the experience of that target having all the items i'm looking for on a given day in stock. sometimes they haven't had ANY of them.
at pinchiks on the other hand, no problems, great staff. if only they carried 2 gallon ziplock bags, the only thing i can't seem to find except at target.... -
Am I the only person who has seen people beating their children at Target? I'm not talking about a little smack--more like call child protective services holy shit you just smacked your kid in the back of the head. And the minute babies enter the store they start screaming--it's like they can sense the bad energy. Is Atlantic Center one of the upper circles of hell?
It's not even worth it to visit that Target you have a specific item in mind--chances are it isn't there. These days, if I need something I order it online (free shipping if you order more than $50) and take it back to the store if it's not what I wanted. But I mostly buy clothing and shoes--although I have ordered furniture online since they have absolutely nothing in the store--completely bare shelves in the furniture section but really nice stuff listed online. Paying the small delivery fee was worth it just to avoid those sketchy "livery" drivers stationed out front. -
the atlantic center and atlantic terminal are one of the many reasons I can't stand ratner. those are two of the most poorly designed and constructed "malls" I've ever seen.
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I can't help with the hardware but I can say that Sepia is key on a weekend. I live right next door and I've come home from a party in Manhattan, walked in and danced the night away! Love it.
Which reminds me, has anyone seen the new Caribbean place opening next door to Sepia? I think it's called Cheryl's. So far it looks like it's going to be very cute. -
Wow I hate to contradict the flow of the thread, but I've always had good service at Target and, now that I know my way around the store, have found it well worth the hike compared to Pintchik.
Every time I have asked for help at Target, I've received a prompt response (I do not own TGT shares nor am I employed there). And if you know how the lines work, it is not a long wait.
Yes, the shelves are barren on Sunday after 5 p.m. and yes the place can get awfully decrepit fast...but hey, it is the busiest Target in the U.S. and where else can you get a Simple Human trash can for 2/3 the price of Pintchik (and without a load of really silly attitude)?
While I support every other local business I can, I'm tired of giving Pintchik my money (and I have given them a lot) and getting such tacky and condescending service in return. -
Subject: Re: DeeDee
sweet tea wrote: [quote=DeeDee]I found the key to shopping at Target is to go on Sunday mornings. It's empty the store is pretty stocked and there are NO lines at all. I'm usually in and out of there on Sunday mornings (before noon) in 5-10 minutes.
good to know, but i find the service in there so abominable that i don't think i can go back. (of course, every 6 months or so i forget about how angry the place makes me, only to rediscover my reasons.) i've had employees walk away while i am asking questions, refuse to make eye contact or give any sign that they are listening to me, etc. i'm trying to think of a single time anyone has every been of help there, but i'm not coming up with anything.
i've also never had the experience of that target having all the items i'm looking for on a given day in stock. sometimes they haven't had ANY of them.
at pinchiks on the other hand, no problems, great staff. if only they carried 2 gallon ziplock bags, the only thing i can't seem to find except at target....
for anyone seeking these 2 gallon ziplock bags - I noticed that they are on the shelf at the key food on washington ave & lincoln place.
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Chris wrote: Wow I hate to contradict the flow of the thread, but I've always had good service at Target and, now that I know my way around the store, have found it well worth the hike compared to Pintchik.
hunh. well, i'd like to go to your target. cause that's not what my experience has been.
Every time I have asked for help at Target, I've received a prompt response (I do not own TGT shares nor am I employed there). And if you know how the lines work, it is not a long wait.
Yes, the shelves are barren on Sunday after 5 p.m. and yes the place can get awfully decrepit fast...but hey, it is the busiest Target in the U.S. and where else can you get a Simple Human trash can for 2/3 the price of Pintchik (and without a load of really silly attitude)?
While I support every other local business I can, I'm tired of giving Pintchik my money (and I have given them a lot) and getting such tacky and condescending service in return.
on the other hand, i have never been to a less condescending hardware store that pinchiks. i really appreciate that when i ask for something, they tell me where it is, instead of saying "what are you trying to do?"
and there was great community spirit in there during the world cup. i saw the end of the portugal england match with a fabulously international crowd. my favorite was a very tall african man who stopped the charmingly boyish looking white woman who was helping him from going to the shelves so that they could both watch the OT.
plus, target thinks its pharmacists don't have to follow the law. and i do.
Edit: thought better of my language -
Long story short, the Brooklyn Target is a horrible representation for an otherwise wonderful department store chain.
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Hey everyone, this sure is an active forum! I'm mizmargaux's roommate, and wanted to thank you all for your suggestions. I'm anxious to try out Sepia.
I've been to the tavern on dean and Soda (I agree, they need to work on their service) so far and both were nice. Dropped by Beast on a Friday night to find it was packed, and was told by the hostess to call before we come the next time. Never called a bar before...
I dropped by Target and the Atlantic Mall earlier today, and both were disappointing at best. Target didn't even have light bulbs, and the entire "mall" was quite confusing. -
kuehnster wrote: Hey everyone, this sure is an active forum! I'm mizmargaux's roommate, and wanted to thank you all for your suggestions. I'm anxious to try out Sepia.
Target has shelf space for light bulbs. Whether or not they are stocked is a toss up.
I've been to the tavern on dean and Soda (I agree, they need to work on their service) so far and both were nice. Dropped by Beast on a Friday night to find it was packed, and was told by the hostess to call before we come the next time. Never called a bar before...
I dropped by Target and the Atlantic Mall earlier today, and both were disappointing at best. Target didn't even have light bulbs, and the entire "mall" was quite confusing. -
BrookFetish wrote: Long story short, the Brooklyn Target is a horrible representation for an otherwise wonderful department store chain.
well, except for their whole pharmacy telling women to fuck off thing. -
alafairnadia wrote: [quote=BrookFetish]Long story short, the Brooklyn Target is a horrible representation for an otherwise wonderful department store chain.
well, except for their whole pharmacy telling women to fuck off thing.
That does surprise me, given the people that work for their corporate office and the culture that exists there.
Here's hoping that policy will be changed. -
Chris wrote:
Most times the cashier won't even inturrupt her cell phone conversation to acknowledge my presence.
Every time I have asked for help at Target, I've received a prompt response (I do not own TGT shares nor am I employed there). And if you know how the lines work, it is not a long wait.
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something unrelated to housewares:
definitely check out the botanic gardens. so awesome.
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