New Stuff in the Bushwick Pipeline
Here’s some stuff I have inklings and semi-confirmation on:
*A huge warehouse at Knickerbocker and Flushing is right now under renovation into a Bedford Minimall-like retail and art center. The developer has not yet decided on a final layout. A snippet of one possibility is above.
*Two upscale/organic grocery operators are fighting over space at the Wyckoff Exchange. One wants two “bays” of the five available, the other wants three — the third would be so there is room for a wine shop.
*Also at the Wyckoff Exchange, it’s rumored that a rock-climbing gym was sniffing around looking for space — but they may have settled on an armory in Park Slope. Which is fine with me. Can you just imagine the insufferable frat douchebags invading our sensitive arty hipster hub? (Cuz you know they already are).
*The vacant Scaturro block on Knickerbocker and DeKalb is slated to become lofts and nice ground floor retail.
*A creperie and café is in the pipeline for Bushwick within the year, if all goes to plan.
*Jane’s bar now has its building permits, and serious plumbing work is underway. Scheduled opening is pushed back to September.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Wow! I continue to be impressed by the changes occurring in Bushwick. A creperie would be amazing, as I do love myself a solid crepe (mmm nutella)!
But, I would have enjoyed a rock-climbing gym. There’s nothing like pretending you’re Sly Stallone in the classic, “Cliffhanger.”
JorgeRB
May 14th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
love it. love it. love it. Thanks for keeping up us up to date on the happenings!
May 14th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Awesome. The more food options the less you have to go out of the neighborhood, and it’s great to see the rehabbing going on.
What stores are interested in moving into the Knick/Flushing space?
May 14th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Holy torpedos, Batman! Go Bushwick, go Bushwick, with your bad self, with your bad self!!!
I loves me some life in the Bush.
Thank you Jeremy! You are THE MAN.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Is the “vacant Scaturro block” the block between Knickerbocker and Wilson, Dekalb and Hart? There are all sorts of boarded up buildings and an abandoned grocery store here, but it seems like such a prime space - right by the park, short walks to the L and M trains. Whatever moves in will be better than the complex of closed up buildings there now. These are definitely some exciting developments in the hood.