Latest BBP Brouhaha: A Supermarket in the Park
The most recent controversy over Brooklyn Bridge Park has to do with plans to put a grocery store in the base of the public-private development’s anchoring condo, One Brooklyn Bridge Park, according to an article in this week’s Brooklyn Paper. Judy Stanton, the executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, says it’s “not the most…
The most recent controversy over Brooklyn Bridge Park has to do with plans to put a grocery store in the base of the public-private development’s anchoring condo, One Brooklyn Bridge Park, according to an article in this week’s Brooklyn Paper. Judy Stanton, the executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, says it’s “not the most complimentary business for the park,” while Ken Baer, chair of the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club, argues that “all the land within the park should be devoted to recreational space.” One Brooklyn Bridge Park’s developer says he wants to put a (what else?) high-end market into the building as well as two restaurants and smaller shops. The taxes collected from the condo’s retail would help cover the park’s maintenance costs. Do you like the idea of a high-end market here?
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#10:44am You are spot on. She is not an elected official yet she acts as if she is!
A market the size of a Garden of Eden, Dean and Deluca or D’agostinos would work here. It would not really compete with a Trader Joe’s they are not that close. It would serve people in the new building as well as the neighborhood as it is a long walk uphill to the food stores on Montague or Atlantic.
“A market by a park (i.e lots of pedestrians, kids, strollers, dogs) that will be accessible only by car?â€
Most likely after the park is built there will be public transportation routes created such as shuttle buses or a bus route extention.
The picnic comment is spot on. If there is a market that has a large amount of prepared foods then this is a useful amenity for all park goers. Much better than the crap at concessions in city parks.
Whether or not they have parking for shoppers (and I cant imagine they could survive on building tenants and walk-ins alone, A market will bring trucks, big trucks, just look at the backside of any supermarket.
Picnic!
Judy Stanton speaks only for herself and usually forms a committee of one on such things. Her thoughts and comments when delivered off the cuff are usually remarkably unsophisticated and do not reflect the diverse community she supposedly represents.
As a Brooklyn Heights resident I would be THRILLED to see a supermarket at the bottom of Joralemon Street.
“Do you like the idea of a high-end market here?”
Yes. I live three blocks from here and welcome it.
Sheep’s meadow in Central Park would be a good place for a supermarket too. Maybe an Ikea as well.
By defination it’s not a park if it’s got stores and high risies in it.
All I can think of is Whole Foods Gowanus needing a place to relocate. See thread below. Hmmmmmnnnnn…