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Outdoor Supply Store Opens on Atlantic

A reader sent in a photo with the info that Hatchet Outdoor Supply Co. opened last week at 77 Atlantic Avenue. The store sells outdoor gear, camping supplies and men’s clothing. It is located on the...

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Furniture Retailer Opens on Fulton Mall

Furniture retailer Raymour & Flanigan is open on the Fulton Mall. The store opened about a month ago, said a spokesman for the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. The 490 Fulton Street location is the...

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Clothing and Skate Shop Opening on Surf Avenue

The Long Island-based clothing company and skate shop Wampum is opening this summer off the Coney Island boardwalk. Wampum picked up a space at 1232 Surf Avenue, right across from Nathan’s Hot Dogs,...

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Hotel Bossert Likely to Spike Rents, Receipts in Heights

The reopening of the Hotel Bossert is at least a year away — it was supposed to open this summer — but real estate execs and nearby merchants are already predicting the influx of overnight tourists...

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Expect Massive Retail Development All Over Brooklyn

Brooklyn retail is about to get a lot more interesting — think Chelsea Market — and there will be a lot more of it — not only in places such as Downtown but pretty much everywhere, including Bushwick,...

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Crest Art Show Opens Next Saturday

Next weekend you will find us at the Crest Fest, opening day of the Crest Hardware Art Show, where every year local and other artists exhibit hardware-themed art among the garden hoses and boxes of...

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Sunglass Store Debuts in Williamsburg

Online sunglasses retailer Monocle Order has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Williamsburg at 5 Devoe Street. The retailer focuses on independent and unusual designer brands as well as...

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Retailers Near Barclays See Mixed Results

Barclays has increased business at nearby restaurants and bars during events nights, but not so much at other shops, The Wall Street Journal found. Concert goers are bigger spenders than sports fans....

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Lululemon Is Open on Smith Street

Lululemon Athletica opened at 166 Smith Street in Boerum Hill this morning, and in celebration will be giving away treats and holding events all weekend long. A candlelit yoga class will take place...

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Nordstrom Rack Is Brooklyn Bound

This week Nordstrom Rack will sign a lease for a 42,000-square-foot space somewhere in Brooklyn, most likely on the Fulton Street Mall. Racked, via Women’s Wear Daily, reported that the expansion is...

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By: cwbuecheler

Alas for High Stakes Cheese Steaks (or, as its sign made it look like: High Cheese Stakes Steaks). I never got a chance to try their food – was curious if it’d come anywhere near the cheese steaks I...

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By: z

i ate there once. the cheese steaks were pretty mediocre.

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By: i disagree

definitely were not as good as philly. sketchy in a place that gets a lot of traffic and a lot of turnover on the grill isn’t necessarily a bad sign. sketchy in a place that is flat empty on a saturday...

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By: cwbuecheler

i disagree — that’s a valid point. Probably for the best that I never got the chance.

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By: tiptoe

I would be thrilled if Ricky’s opened a real store at this location. Why doesn’t he expand into Brooklyn? I mean, Ricky lives in BK, we have a need for this kind of store, it’s a win-win situation!

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By: Biff Champion

tiptoe, there’s a Ricky’s on Montague Street by Hicks. Or does BH no longer count as Brooklyn?

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Where/How to Buy a Treadmill in BK/NYC

Not your typical Brownstoner question I know, but you’d suspect with several million people concentrated into a few boroughs that there would be a bunch of storefronts and showrooms devoted to...

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Reply To: Where/How to Buy a Treadmill in BK/NYC

I bought my treadmill at GymSource in 1996 and it is still going strong.  It was a big investment, but well worth it since I hate the gym but love working out on a treadmill.  I tried a few lower...

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Reply To: Where/How to Buy a Treadmill in BK/NYC

Keep your eye on CL for incredible deals on Treadmills. I just got a gym-quality machine for a fraction of the price.

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Reply To: Where/How to Buy a Treadmill in BK/NYC

As I mentioned, I tested some treadmills at Sears.  

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