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Bling Bling Nails — Brooklynian

Bling Bling Nails

clayfilms
clayfilms
edited October 2014 in Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Is coming to Nostrand...HAHAHAHA!!

I was really hoping for a revamped Chinese food spot, but oh well.

Lovely sign though :D 

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Comments

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    768 Nostrand

    Very interesting. This may mean that a landlord realizes that some rent is better than no rent.

    Nothing wrong with settling :)
  • clayfilms
    clayfilms
    And you know...there's also a market.

    Lots of women who live near Nostrand Ave get their nails done REGULARLY. And have a feeling that this place will be a lot shinier and newer than the heavily trafficked nail place on Nostrand bet St. Johns & Lincoln. 
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    Oh goody! I was looking at my nails earlier and I was concerned about my lack of bling on em.  
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Yup.

    One data point does not make a trend, but that landlord could be perceiving what I am: Some folks are headed to the South, not to the East.

    http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/43814/are-you-ready-plg-flatbush-and-ditmas-park-here-she-comes/p1

    ....the landlord might have decided to serve those already on Nostrand, as opposed to those he anticipated would arrive.

    The LL can always change their mind when the lease expires.
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    Disappointing. But maybe if it is shinier and newer, I might actually want to get a pedicure on nostrand.
  • sunnyfriday
    sunnyfriday
    edited October 2014
    Another vote of disappointment. Only because we definitely weren't lacking hair/nail salons on this avenue.

    Just like we needed another beauty supply store (I'm looking at you, Ooh La La Beauty http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44440/another-beauty-supply-store-for-nostrand/p1)
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Remember, it isn't about what "we" need, it is about what "we" will support.

    Means and preferences vary, and they don't always correlate to the parameters we might expect....
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    I'm sure there is a demand for a cleaner less sketchy looking nail place. I'm just surprised that landlords continue to see the demand for beauty stores and nails places yet don't see the demand for bars and restaurants.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    New restaurants and bars watch the trends I am describing very closely.

    If they are lucky, they cause a self fulfilling prophesy.
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    Well, when you cause prophesy to be fulfilled do you think you could bring a noodle shop and a craft beer store to nostrand? And maybe a sports bar and grill?
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Over the last 8 years, I have been accused by people opposed to gentrification of being more than a prophet.   

    They believe I have contributed to (and perhaps even caused) things that are both good and bad: sports bars, crime, displacement, men with handlebar mustaches, higher rents, 20 coffee shops, DJ lessons for Toddlers, Artisan Mayonnaise, harassment of black people by police, soaring property values, 12 mexican places etc.

    I tell them "just because I often write things down before others do so, I did not actually cause said things to happen."

    I tell them that "just because you do not know something, does not mean it is a secret."


  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    When I walked by the new Bling Bling nails today, it was open! It looks nice, bright, clean. There is a Bling Bling Nails across the street between Sterling and Park -- competition, a 2nd location, or a move?
  • homeowner
    homeowner
    Landlords rent to people who come with rent and security. Most on Nostrand are not trying to engage in urban planning but in commerce. Trust that they are not turning down successful restauranteurs to rent to untested nail mavens. They are renting to whomever comes with a plan, a budget, and the ability to strike a deal. 
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    Homeowner, you are so right. I wonder if we can recruit more restauranteurs and bar owners...wait, Mike deZayas and Two Saints might kind of do that for us...
  • goldemi1
    goldemi1
    And then Mike can declare himself the renaissance king of Nostrand too!
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    And those that understand economics and macro trends will just shake their heads.

    http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44634/links-to-the-big-16-developments-in-western-crown-heights#Item_1
  • clayfilms
    clayfilms
    Bling Bling Nails is packed tonight. Not one empty pedicure chair in closed toe shoe weather. I think theyre gonna make it. And they have chandliers!! Lol
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    Great! And I was able to confirm that this bling bling nails is a new location for the old bling bling nails on nostrand (between sterling and park) that was just next door to tinto. The old bling bling is now closed. They moved up to a bigger and better space, and people seem pretty happy!
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