Despite lovely businesses like Olivino, Autour du Monde and ‘Cure nearby, Fulton Street remains a real hole. Like this place for example, which is completely hollowed out:
(between Vanderbilt and Clinton)
Bizarre.
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True, it has a long way to go, but damn if Fulton doesn’t have the best little hair house in all of Brooklyn.
And Kush rules!
those bombed out buildings always make me sad. but it looks like something may be going in next to fish and crustaceans – there’s been workmen there over the past year and when i passed by it the other day, it looked like it got a new paint job inside. and the bar next to best little hair house in brooklyn looks like its reopening as well. there’s a new sign out in front. maybe this one won’t turn into a crime scene.
as far as some workers said this hole is soon going to be for rent!
The bar that used to be BKNY has some corny name and is sure to be closed in a year as well. That place is cursed.
How dare you criticize Fulton Street. You racist gentrifier, you. I suppose you have a trust fund and live in a million dollar brownstone.
I bought a condo at 936 Fulton and I hope the street doesn’t stay as decrepit as it is now. Were there more active and kept-up businesses before the street construction started?
I think Fulton will come back soon. I also bought at 936 Fulton. Still waiting for closing. ARGH!
That sad stretch of Fulton St is bound to get better with time. The completion of roadwork on Fulton – which has been ongoing for ages – will enable the freer flow of traffic, and also might entice pedestrians to return (let’s face it, it’s not very enticing right now, is it, people?) Car and foot traffic will hopefully stimulate existing local businesses, and encourage new ones. Together with the completion of a few more condo conversions nearby or on Fulton itself, and greater demand for more services, Fulton’s sure to bloom. As I see it, streets like Myrtle have come a very long way, so there’s no reason for Fulton not to make the transition, too…in time. (Note to disgruntled merchants closing shop on 7th Ave in Park Slope: how about setting up shop in Clinton Hill? We would love to have you!)
welcome SH and Alex! any idea what’s going in on the ground floor at 936?
The BKNY space is going to be another clothing store. Just what we need two doors down from a clothing store.
Still no idea what is going on the bottom floor of 936 Fulton. I was told they wanted something like a coffee shop, yoga studio but who knows. I hope it’s a fast food joint.
#6– there were not more active businesses on Fulton, but the street was much less desolate and war zone looking. Also that laundromat that is in the bottom of your building was in operation– I miss them. Those ladies kept that place spotless!
Hey now, easy on the name calling. True, Fulton is sometimes portrayed in this blog as Myrtle & DeKalb’s red-headed step-sibling, but no more! Fulton pride, like number five, is alive. We’re gonna get through this street construction debacle (you have no idea how bad it has hurt businesses here) and we’re gonna come back stronger than ever…starting with my wife’s store, which now may not open until next year, but mark my words: Fulton’s gonna bloom with nary a hollowed out storefront in sight.
and if you want progress, alex and SH – we didn’t even have a blog when i moved here 1.5 years ago! baby steps.
tom, begin the promotion now! do tell, what will your wife’s store be selling us? i will tell my friends, and they’ll tell their friends, and they’ll tell their friends, and…
The streetwork will not improve traffic flow. At least I have not heard anything about it, rather it is an infrastructure upgrade for water/telcomm/utilities. This is supposed to bring in big business by bringing fulton into the 21st century. Although I think real reasonthe upgrade is being done so they can feed it over to Ratnerville and support all those new offices and homes. This is where the electrical and telecom upgrades will really be needed.
st jameson, I really want to tell you, but my wife is superstitious and doesn’t want to jinx anything. I can say it’ll bring some welcome, thoughtful, tasty and local food choices to our street, and will work to not just be a shop in the neighborhood, but become a neighborhood shop.
Speaking of tasty food choices (hopefully) I saw some folks stocking the shelves at Green Planet with vitamins the other day. Looks like it’s about ready to open, assuming its not this mystery store Tom mentioned. I just hope it has some decent, reasonably priced produce as well as vitamins and such.
Nope. We’re not Green Planet. Looking forward to seeing what they have in store though. When the money comes in and the hurdles are cleared, I’ll definitely toot my wife’s horn for her shop on this blog.
Just an FYI, I am ALL for Fulton’s revival! I just like to point out the strangeness that it hasn’t happened yet. Tom – make sure to email me when your wife’s place is about to open! I’ll do some posts and an interview and stuff.
May I suggest that the real armpit of the neighborhood is now to be found at 266 Adelphi at DeKalb where, according to the Sunday Times Style section, a model has opened an exclusive bar with bottle service and a doorman -The Hideout. Bottle service and a doorman? In Fort Greene? Just the thought of it makes me want to jump out the window of my second-floor, rent-stabilized home of over 12 years and end it all. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/fashion/03boite.html
Actually the hideout is a pretty nice place, with excellent cocktails. Not sure about bottle service considering I’ve never seen a server and there are hardly any tables. The prices need to come down a little ($14 for a cocktail is ridiculous, I only pay $12 at Blue Owl and they have twice the selection.) but it’s pretty unpretentious for a cocktail bar. Despite the doorman they don’t turn people away. Just don’t wear a knit cap.
And for the record as I understand it the owners or at least the guy I talked to are from the neighborhood or at least have lived here for a long time.
Just because its not your scene doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world.
I concur with Weedies. If something is in the NYT style section then yes, unquestionably, it is contributing to the end of the world. That section is more dehumanizing and soulless than a year’s worth of People magazines. A “cocktail bar” with no sign and a doorman in Ft. Greene – how can that be considered pretentious????
The Hideout sucks!!! Went there with 2 friends of mine had a beer and 2 other cocktails. total…$55. OUTRAGEOUS indeed!!!!
I pray for Fulton Ave. We all want to see it thrive, but…um, I’ll go back to praying now…
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