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February 16, 2006

220,000 Feet of Targety Goodness for Flatbush

yardsCommercial Property News reports today on Brooklyn's third Target store, a 300,000-square-foot structure to be built across the street from Brooklyn College at the intersection of Flatbush, Nostrand and Avenue H. In addition to 220,000 square feet for Target, the development will also include 80,000 square feet of mixed retail space and a five-level parking garage. The developer, Triangle Equities, had to get the LIRR and MTA's blessing before the project could go ahead.
A Third Target Store for Brooklyn [CPN Online]




Posted by Brownstoner at 9:19 AM | Comments (26)
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Target rules.

Posted by: Anon at February 16, 2006 9:40 AM

I second that statement! Nothing beats a 36-roll of double-ply toilet paper (and that's from the heart).

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 9:44 AM

I heart this store!

Posted by: arli*girl at February 16, 2006 9:58 AM

Word! Enjoy the "induced demand" that five levels of free parking will bring to the neighborhood and surrounding road network. It's gonna be fantastic.

In twenty years our kids are going to be like, "So, wait, Dad, in 2006 you guys thought that the future of Brooklyn was cheap plastic crap from China and bountiful parking? WTF were you guys thinking?"

Posted by: adn at February 16, 2006 10:26 AM

Plastic rules! Nothing less than the future of Brooklyn depends on it.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 10:28 AM

As a Ditmas Park resident and mother of young children, I rely on Target for many basics,and shop their frequently. I will LOVE not having to schlepp to the Atlantic Center and battle that nightmare traffic. In fact, I won't even have to drive on a major thoroughfare to get to this new Target - I could even walk. A store like Target is perfect for the neighborhood that, according to US News and World Reports, has the most diverse demographic in the entire country. ALL kinds of people shop at Target, and the Victorian Flatbush community will support this store and benefit form its presence in the nabe.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 10:32 AM

midwood is the most diverse? i thought it was elmhurst, queens.

Posted by: ltjbukem at February 16, 2006 10:35 AM

Ugh, another big box in Brooklyn. What is this city coming to! I can handle one, but a third? Not to mention all the home depots, with another to come on 8th ave. Bad, bad trend

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 11:03 AM

It is going to be on the borders of South Midwood, Fiske Terrace and Manhattan Terrace. Manhattan Terrace is part of Midwood. South Midwood and Fiske Terrace are Victorian Flatbush.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 11:14 AM

And yes, Courtelyou Road in the heart of Vic Flatbush is the most ethnically diverse community in the entire U.S. (according to US News and World Reports - this thread was explored on Browstoner.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 11:15 AM

The junction desperately needs a business like Target. The strip is already ugly, so who cares if it's a big box. It will stimulate much needed economic growth in the neighborhood. People who don't live here are clueless about a) the fact that the stretch is already an eyesore and no real hope of changing that and b) there are lots of people out here who really need the convenience of shopping closer to home. THere is very little nearby.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 11:18 AM

adn,

Thank you for your elitist input on the topic. You have managed to both snub one of the 20th century's greatest inventions, and about 2 billion real, breathing human beings living on the other side of the earth.

Thanks to the cost savings introduced with plastics, the quality of human life on earth has significantly improved allowing people to spend that saved income on even more goods and services, like medical care and business investment. Plastics alone have thus contributed much to our welfare, lifespans and overall satisfaction.

Secondly, why do you degrade human beings just because their mother's water broke in a different geographic setting? Does it make you feel superior?

Posted by: iceberg at February 16, 2006 12:12 PM

I read somewhere that the Target in downtown Brooklyn has the largest retail sales in all North America. I think this was also true about the Home Depot when it first opened in Gowanus. Thats why Walmart is foaming at the mouth to get into Brooklyn.

Posted by: biggest box at February 16, 2006 2:04 PM

if wallmart comes then it's all over

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 3:21 PM

Funny how we all love Target but would scream bloody murder if it were a Walmart, and I include myself in that. I shop at Atlantic Center a lot but Walmart gives me a raging headache. 20 years from now, let's just hope Target is still appealling because we don't seem to have much tolerance for other big box retailers.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 4:26 PM

There's already a Cosco or whatever it's called...

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 5:02 PM

Ha! Start at Target at the Atlantic Terminal, hop on the 2 train to Brooklyn College, and get out at another Target.

Any idea of the size of the new one as compared the the one at the Atlantic Terminal?

Posted by: dalton at February 16, 2006 7:41 PM

walmart vs. target.

I count myself as one American who's never been to a Walmart. Were you just kidding, or are people really more opposed to Walmart than Target. Is there really a difference?

Posted by: escap at February 16, 2006 11:00 PM

"Is there really a difference?"

Yes, mainly in thw way they ttreat their employess. Target isn't the best, Costco takes that crown, but Walmart's ttreatments and policy are just horrrendous. I have finally gotten my Texas relatives to see hte light and to drive by Walmart and head to Target.

Posted by: walter at February 17, 2006 1:00 AM

iceberg, first, you need to google "plastics and cancer" or "plastics and pollution." second you need to stop thinking about where my mom was when her water broke.

Posted by: adn at February 17, 2006 10:51 AM

Walter, I'm sure you're right that Target treats its employees better than Walmart. That being said, I wonder if Walmart's employees would really appreciate your "help" in taking your business elsewhere.

Posted by: escap at February 17, 2006 6:24 PM

agree on the point that walmart is public enemy #1 when it comes to employee treatment. but truth be told, all except the most affluent liberals can't afford to not shop at walmart.

their prices are THAT much cheaper! i recall a relative buying up several cases of similac advance for their newborn at an upstate walmart because it was almost $1 less a bottle.

plus walmart tried to enter the rego park, queens market, but the community succeeded in shooting them down. there was already a target and queens center mall there, along with a sears, marshall's and bed bath beyond and walmart was deemed something that would break the camel's back in terms of overcrowding of cars, etc.

Posted by: ltjbukem at February 17, 2006 10:14 PM

props to the architect. it's a handsome design.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 19, 2006 10:33 PM

maybe the new target will be better stocked, the one on atlantic is always half empty, and maybe the new one will have more helpful employees, and maybe it will be a little more organized and neat.
maybe, just maybe

Posted by: anon at February 20, 2006 10:28 PM

that's funny ... we're moving from the most ethnically diverse US neighborhood (elmhurst) to also the most ethnically diverse US neighborhood (manhattan terrace) ... let the debate go on ... we're satisfied with either winner and feeling awfully ethinically diverse right now!

Posted by: newlybrklyn at March 29, 2006 3:05 AM

Target will be great, but we need more restaurants on Flatbush Ave. We need more outdoor cafes. More of a Montague or Parkslope vibe to create a more sophisticated and social setting for dining in the Flatbush-Kings Plaza area

Posted by: Liza Garnier at June 17, 2006 11:25 AM

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