Video: A Look at the Red Hook Ikea, 4 Years Later
A new video called “Ikea Brooklyn: 4 Years Post-Controversy” looks at whether local fears about the big-box store coming to the neighborhood—including that it would gobble up too much prime real estate and cause traffic jams—have been proven true. The filmmaker, whose website is here, comes to the conclusion that the gorgeous waterfront park Ikea…
A new video called “Ikea Brooklyn: 4 Years Post-Controversy” looks at whether local fears about the big-box store coming to the neighborhood—including that it would gobble up too much prime real estate and cause traffic jams—have been proven true. The filmmaker, whose website is here, comes to the conclusion that the gorgeous waterfront park Ikea built is sadly underused. Think that’s the case?
Ikea Brooklyn: 4 Years Post-Controversy [theresident/Youtube]
I live in Downtown Brooklyn and have been to Ikea during the week and the weekend. I have never seen the parking lot look that empty. Obviously the person that put this video together has their angle but I bet if they had bothered to film to parking area directly under the building it would have been fairly full.
Also, I have seen many people at the Borough Hall station either asking where the Ikea bus is located or heading back into the city with their Ikea products.
It is a very one-sided video.