Danny's on Court Already Done For
We wondered if the space at 117 Court was cursed but even this is hard to believe: As BHB reported last night, Danny’s on Court, the cafe that replaced the short lived F. Martinella, appears to be closed after just two weeks! A tipster pointed they were closed over the holiday weekend, and sure enough,…
We wondered if the space at 117 Court was cursed but even this is hard to believe: As BHB reported last night, Danny’s on Court, the cafe that replaced the short lived F. Martinella, appears to be closed after just two weeks! A tipster pointed they were closed over the holiday weekend, and sure enough, there is a sign up promoting this now debatable ‘prime retail space.’ Anyone know what’s up?
Danny’s on Court Opens Today [Brownstoner]
Court Street Diner = Danny’s [Brownstoner]
New Diner for Old F. Martinella Space [Brownstoner]
F. Martinella Closes After Less Than Nine Months [Brownstoner] GMAP
OK, now back to reality and the topic at hand… so no one knows why it closed so soon?
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then i guess that asian restauranteur should be considered a racist too. I just called it like I saw it. As did MM.
Montrose, it is perfectly clear that what fsrq and bowl are saying is that they are racists who think that a movie house that lets black folks in is nothing but trouble.
They are idiots. We all know it. Their idiotic rhetoric makes it very apparent.
What is the need to prove I’m wrong here? I have said from the beginning that in my experience, I have never seen any of the activity people are talking about. I go to that theatre a lot. I have never said it didn’t exist. It just never happened at any time while I was there, which should lead one to believe that perhaps it is restricted to certain times, or certain kinds of movies, and not the entire theatre complex all the time, which is the implication your posts give. Perhaps my experiences ARE the norm, and the rowdy behavior is not?
As for reviews on yelp? Please, most of the complaints were about the length of time in the ticket line, and the rest were the usual suburban complaints about “ghetto” this and that, which is not so subtle code for above mentioned urbanites. I’ve never seen a drug deal in a bathroom, or smelled urine in a seat, and have always seen staff cleaning the theatre when the movie is over, before the next one starts, and I’m a credit watcher, so I’m usually one of the last people to leave.
I don’t have a dog in this race either way, I just would like some fairness in advertising. A couple of people mumble “ghetto movie theatre”, and everyone assumes it’s a near riot day in, day out, in every one of those twelve theatres. That just is not true.
MM as much as I respect your presence and voice on this blog, I do have to agree with fsrg’s opinion that your personal experiences with that theatre are def not the norm. I suggest you read the yelp reviews, which speak for themselves.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/united-artists-court-street-stadium-12-brooklyn
I am a practicing broker of long standing in the neighborhood. I called Danny right after F. Martinella’s closed as I had a home-run tenant for this site. He abruptly told me to call Boar’s Head corporate in Florida (that is what F. Martinella really is). I reached head corporate counsel who basically said “Why you calling me, call the landlord. We are out of this.”
I called Danny back and while trying to explain why and that I could help him, he hung up on me.
I also brought a very successful Asian restauranteur to the space that is now the Checkers. He had told me he wanted to open a noodle shop somewhere in downtown. He looked across the street and said (paraphrasing) “the people who patronize that movie theater will not buy my food.”
So while many here think they know what would work there, a guy who has four other restaurants seemed to think otherwise (although I must say I do disagree with him).
FWIW…
No, I’m not an authority on the theatre, fsrg, I just go there to watch a movie or two. AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, I never saw rowdy people. Ok? If the theater were that dangerous to life and limb, there is enough political power in Brooklyn Heights to close it. You’d have some coalition of City Council people, church leaders, block associations and God knows who else picketing and carrying on like Carrie Nation at a pub. I’m not saying there haven’t been problems, I’m saying I never saw them, and I can only write about what I’ve seen, in response to a post that made it seem like the Regal was only patronized by us urban folk.
I’ve seen all kinds of people, black, white, Asian, Hispanic, young and old in both the theatre and in Barnes and Noble. At all times of day and evening. All kinds, all day. Just sayin’.