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New Businesses You Want to See on Nostrand Ave - Page 2 — Brooklynian

New Businesses You Want to See on Nostrand Ave

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  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    I am updating this to include a new type of restaurant I desperately want on Nostrand...I figure it can't hurt to post dreams. And some of them have come true! We now have a new hair salon (Deck), some boutiques, a new cafe (Meme's), and a new bar coming soon!

    I'd love...

    -- A Vietnamese restaurant, a bahn mi and pho joint

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I would open a version of Manna's on Nostrand.

    Salads and prepared food by the pound. It caters to all audiences, and thrived in the old Harlem as well as the current one.

    http://www.soulfood.com/msfr/home.html
  • Dawndew
    Dawndew
    I would like a friendlier Pharmacy than the bullet proof ones here now. I have to walk all the way to Fulton for one.
     Also wish Garvey's Hardware would get a clue and focus that store so i would not have to walk to Franklin to get practical supplies for repair. Half the time i go in there they don't have the item.
    Fresh salad bar restaurant.
    Stationary and copy center .
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    My great hope is perhaps that Triple S and Crown Friend Chicken on Nostrand between Lincoln and EP will be merged into a Walgreens or Duane Reade or CVS.
  • southeast
    southeast
    edited June 2014
    A Citibank would be nice.

    @crownheightster There is a 24hr. Rite Aid on St Johns between Brooklyn and Kingston which I found very convenient.
  • clayfilms
    clayfilms
    edited June 2014
    no duane reade, cvs, or walgreens please. the 24 hour rite aid (with a parking lot) is one of the best in brooklyn. cheapest detergent and organic milk in brooklyn.

    a large sit down restaurant (open on sundays) would be nice in that space. 
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    @Clayfilms

    I would watch the former location of IMOTEP. They may be working on your wish.
  • homeowner
    homeowner
    Citibank has looked at sites for years, but never seen fit to pull the trigger. If a Citibank shows up anywhere it would most likely be on an Eastern Parkway or Empire Blvd corner location. This is not yet the type of neighborhood, where they would set up a branch in a mid-block site outside of a significant retail strip (like the Fulton Street location).
  • Bicycle_Roots
    Bicycle_Roots
    I love this thread! 

    Here are businesses that I would patronize if they existed on Nostrand Ave between Atlantic & Eastern:

    - A well stocked pet store. (Paw in the City II carries certain pet supplies, but they are tiny and have a very small selection.)
    - A falafel joint/Middle Eastern food.
    - A vintage clothing store
    - A place to buy Office Supplies, other than the dollar store
    - A shipping/postal/Fedex/UPS store (I think someone else mentioned this)
    - A butcher (right now I use the Carneceria on Fulton/Nostrand)
    - A place to get a GOOD wax job done. (Does Damselfly do waxing? Or only mani/pedi's? Right now I go all the way to Mirai in Fort Greene to get waxed.)
  • Bicycle_Roots
    Bicycle_Roots
     Also wish Garvey's Hardware would get a clue and focus that store so i would not have to walk to Franklin to get practical supplies for repair. Half the time i go in there they don't have the item.
    I do not believe the focus of Garvey's Hardware is on hardware. 
  • tateinbk
    tateinbk
    In my house we want:
    -An excellent hardware store.  The one on Franklin by Union was baffled when I asked if they sold yard sticks for example.  
    -Vietnamese restaurant or if we can't have that, excellent Thai.
    -Comprehensive pet food and supply store with the fancy brands of food like Natural Balance, Blue Buffalo etc. that also sell good quality treats, chews, harnesses etc. 

    I would also like a better pharmacy.  I hate that I want the big chain place, but I would get really excited by a Duane Reade.   We also would love a gym like Planet Fitness, or other simplified place.  But I don't think there is any location big enough for either these two.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Re: the gym
    Have you tried the gym in the new building at Lincoln and Utica?

    Re: The pet food
    I think Acme on Vanderbilt delivers to the Nostrand area.
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    re: the gym -- Utica is too far away for me to consider going there as part of my weekly routine. So is the Acme on Vanderbilt. I'd rather have options that I can walk to in my neighborhood. A less than 10 minute walk at that! :)

    I'd kill for a good hardware store...every time I have to put the kid in a car seat to go to Home Depot in Bed Stuy or Acme on Vanderbilt, I die a little inside and feel so suburban.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Some of the dialysis clinics and social service programs in the area may relocate in the next few years.

    They would free up some large spaces.
  • tateinbk
    tateinbk
    I don't want a full service, full cost gym, but even so, Utica is too far for me as well.  I like Acme, and they'll deliver here for free as long as you're spending $70.  I would really like somewhere that I could easily walk to.  
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    It would not surprise me if the area around Nostrand at Atlantic received a lot of mid size stores.

    Atlantic is zoned mixed use, and a lot of those auto repair shops and other blue collar places are cashing in.

    http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/06/clinton-hill-development-site-wants-12-million/#comments
  • tsarina
    tsarina
    Well hold on to your hats, that low cost gym is being built on Fulton between Nostrand and Bedford. And those duane reades are on St. Johns, renaissance Plaze and the fulton off Nostrand.  We dont need one one every corner especially since they are on every corner in the city.  
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    Here is another request -- a community garden!
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    I nearly had a heart attack yesterday when I was walking past Trinidad Golden Place and I saw a dumpster in front of it and workers carrying sheetrock in and rubble out. I asked what was going on, and one of the owners came out and said "Don't be scared, we're not closing! Just a remodel. We're not going anywhere"

    Yay!


  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    The Carib place that upgrades to the level of table service may have the best chance of surviving.

    ...there is very little money to be made in $12 take out jerk chicken. The money is made from eating in: alcohol and tips.
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    Whynot, what I really think should happen is that the designers of Gladys's on Franklin, and the chefs of Gloria's on Nostrand, need to join forces and open the end-all-be-all of delicious, aesthetically pleasing Carribbean sit-down restaurants. And they should open it on Nostrand.

    I'll check in again today with Trinidad Golden Place to see what is happening! I'd be very happy if I could eat their goat curry at a little table at their place.

    Also, I saw that the Chinese restaurant that was next to Masago Japanese now has a new gate and the building looks like it is ready for rentals to resume. I wonder if the Chinese restaurant is coming back, or if something new is going in. I'll take a picture later today and see if I can post it.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I don't know that they need to spend as much $ on decor as Gladys did.

    If they merely took it to the level of the average Indian restaurant, they would probably do fine.

    Note, they should not go with the decor and service of Janelle's on Washington. This decor (combined with poor service) is not paying off for them.
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    True that.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    For many diners, sit down service is not compatible with BET on big screens. http://www.bet.com/

    Diners of all hues.
  • BryceTC
    BryceTC
    Whynot, what I really think should happen is that the designers of Gladys's on Franklin, and the chefs of Gloria's on Nostrand, need to join forces and open the end-all-be-all of delicious, aesthetically pleasing Carribbean sit-down restaurants. And they should open it on Nostrand.
    I second this!
  • wbm
    wbm
    Definitely need a pharmacy with realistic open hours. A Duane Reade or CVS would be fine with me. A gym would be also be a great addition to the area. 
  • clayfilms
    clayfilms
    I nearly had a heart attack yesterday when I was walking past Trinidad Golden Place and I saw a dumpster in front of it and workers carrying sheetrock in and rubble out. I asked what was going on, and one of the owners came out and said "Don't be scared, we're not closing! Just a remodel. We're not going anywhere"

    Yay!


    Oh thank God. 

    A sit down west indian spot would be great...but not if it ends with my beloved trini golden palace or gloria's having to close b/c it ended up being a financial mistake...

    That said, it'd be great to sit down in trini golden place with a cup of tea and their yummy pastries. 

    In short, dine in (done right) would be great...but for now I'm fine with take out it it keeps overhead down and prices cheap and food yummy.


  • newguy88
    newguy88
    edited August 2014
    It just dawned on me that with the closing of Syd's we lost one of the best Seamless delivery places on Nostrand. So I'd say any reasonably priced delivery place that is open late and makes use of Seamless. Actually it doesn't have to even use Seamless just take credit card and don't an absurdly high delivery minimum. 
  • sunnyfriday
    sunnyfriday
    @newguy88 YES I would like some place that delivers, that is open late (past 10 or 11, at least on weekends). Last Friday my roommates and I were absolutely dismayed to find that the only place that is open/delivers past 11 is Papa John's Pizza.
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    @sunnyfriday You know something is wrong with a neighborhood in NYC when the best pizza you can get delivered is Papajohns. You should, depending where you are in Crown Heights, try Mikes and Bona II. However Bona has been keeping some weird hours lately. 
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