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Streetlevel: Used Kids Store To Take Old Karrot Space

Categories: Clinton Hill, Streetlevel

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After more than a year sitting vacant, the former Karrot space at 283 Grand Avenue (which is controlled by the Pratt Area Community Council ) is getting a new tenant. Two local moms will be opening Still Hip Brooklyn, a store that will feature used children's clothing and toys as well as maternity items. "We agreed that resale was the best way to save money as well as a great way to help our landfills from overflowing," says the store's website. It's going to be a few weeks still before the doors open but even if the merch isn't fully stocked by then, Audra Tsanos is going to be hosting a Music for Aardvarks class on Tuesday's starting July 10. Still Hip Brooklyn furthers the transformation of this block of Grand Avenue between Clifton and Lafayette, joining neighborhood faves Grand 275 and Choice. In addition, the former bodega on the northwest corner of Clifton has been getting gutted over the past two weeks; no word yet (though lots of rumors) about what the space will end up being. GMAP
Know of any store or restaurant openings in your neighborhood? Drop us an email at brownstoner@brownstoner.com with the subject line "Streetlevel".



By Brownstoner at June 4, 2007 9:13 AM | Comments (25)

25 Comments

By Anonymous on June 4, 2007 9:26 AM

Just watch out for those stroller moms!!

By anon on Greene on June 4, 2007 9:44 AM

Great concept. Good location. I wish them the best of luck.

By Anon on June 4, 2007 9:55 AM

Saw they have been clearing out the former laundromat on greene also. Any ideas what is going in?

By Brownstoner on June 4, 2007 10:17 AM

yes, but won't be able to publish anything on it for a few days...suffice it to say, though, it should make everyone very happy.

By Anonymous on June 4, 2007 10:25 AM

Porn on Greene Avenue? Finally!

By Anon on June 4, 2007 10:30 AM

Produce market.

By Dahlia on June 4, 2007 12:26 PM

Back when I was growing up in the Upper West Side, there was a store called West Side Kids and half the store was a consignment shop, selling used kids toys. I loved that place! The store is still there today, but like the nieghborhood, its gotten way more high end over the years and I don't think they've sold used toys in over 20 years. A great way to get people in the store though.

By Mr. Minerva on June 4, 2007 12:56 PM

This is great! I'm glad I no longer will have to go to Vietnam and wait in line behind Angelina to pick up a used kid!

By lp on June 4, 2007 2:14 PM

great idea, and welcome. I hope they do well.

By pooped pop on June 4, 2007 3:14 PM

Mr. Minerva, call me; I've got a couple of used kids you can have cheap.

By anon on June 4, 2007 4:16 PM

i have a tip from my friend at the city planner's office that the bodega space on the corner is going to be a restaurant.

By anon on June 4, 2007 8:16 PM

Awesome! White Mommy's and $500 strollers on Grand St! Hope there's also a another one of those hip new "family" bars in the works somewhere closeby with high chairs and changing tables for all those stressed out baby Daddys like the ones in PS. Brooklyn's so COOL now!

By anonymous on June 4, 2007 8:25 PM

brooklyn isn't cool at all, which is why you are reading (and commenting, i might add) on real estate website devoted to brooklyn.

makes sense.

By anon on June 4, 2007 9:27 PM

Anon 8:16, did you read the description of the store? It's a secondhand shop, not a chichi boutique selling $500 strollers.

Also, that would be "Mommies", not "Mommy's".

By anon on June 4, 2007 10:33 PM

Brownstoner-can you let us know when it opens? I can walk there but don't pass that way often. Will it be a consignment shop? I always have a ton of kids stuff.

By anon on June 4, 2007 10:56 PM

it will open sometime this month—watch their website (linked in the original post) for info. it is a consignment shop, you can drop stuff off for store credit.

By lp on June 5, 2007 10:31 AM

Grand Avenue, not Grand Street anon at 8:16.

This is great and a good idea.

By anon on June 5, 2007 11:56 AM

woo hoo! now i won't have to walk all the way to s. oxford space for audra's classes. i love this area-it's got a nice pratt vibe/w/ laid back young families not as gentrified (yet) as fg...can't wait to see what's in store for greene ave next.

By Waverly on June 5, 2007 12:11 PM

So, 8:16, is your problem with white women in general, or are we ok until we have children? Do you think only white women are interested in getting a good deal on maternity and children's clothes? I think it's a problem that people in this community feel so comfortable condemning mothers-- if you dislike people with a sense of entitlement, fine. But there are plenty of those (many more, in fact) around here who are childless. It starts to sound a lot like misogyny when a new used clothing store for children and mothers comes to the neighborhood and people make comments like those from 9:26 and 8:16.

By Clifton Place on June 5, 2007 2:50 PM

Thanks Waverly. Couldn't have said it better.

By Anonymous on June 5, 2007 3:10 PM

what waverly said

By Cambridge on June 5, 2007 3:32 PM

I just want to know what's going in the old laundry mat AND the spot right next to it. I can't handle the suspense!@!@!

By anon on June 5, 2007 8:41 PM

Nothing at the space next to the laundromat - it still has for rent sign. As for the laundromat we are at Brownstoner's mercy until he lets the cat out of the bag. C'mon man!

By anon on June 5, 2007 10:02 PM

Gee Waverly, you seem to have overlooked the comment about babydaddies. Misogyny to comment on dickless Mommies? And no, my disdain is not limited to only parents with a sense of entitlement, only parents who treat the rest of the world with no regard and think they are entitled because they breed. That's what the suburbs are for, honey.

By anon on June 5, 2007 11:07 PM

Anon 8:16/10:02, I'm curious. I've seen this whole "entitled parents" rant in other comment sections here and on Curbed and etc., and I'd like to know: What are you talking about? Parents have a "sense of entitlement" because they would like some shops in their neighborhoods where they can buy clothes/toys/etc for their kids? Or because they would like some of the restaurants in their neighborhood to be the kind of place where they can bring their kids? So, when you were growing up your parents made all of your clothes and never took you out to eat? Or are you saying that you grew up in the suburbs, and in the suburbs it's okay for things to be kid-friendly, but not here in the city?

P.S. - You may be able to question your misogyny, but your racism is pretty undeniable.

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