The team at Brooklyn Atlantic Real Estate Co. is offering for lease a storefront at 2 Stanwix, at the well-trafficked intersection of Bushwick Avenue and Jefferson Street. I think this little area is ripe for development and has the good bones for an attractive retail makeover. It’s also one solitary block to the Myrtle JMZ hub, home to new venue Market Hotel. There is also a large residential loft building on the block.

At $1500 for 500sqft, it does at first seem a bit expensive. However, the landlord is willing to help with build-out, and there is access to a rear yard, which would make a fabulous garden for a small café.

It would be wonderful if whatever might open here could somehow get permission to take over the totally pointless bit of Stanwix between Bushwick Avenue and Jefferson Street, along with the triangle median and have a fenced-off area for outdoor seating. Patrons could sit among plants in the shade of umbrellas, taking in the vistas of St. Mark’s across the street.

If you’re interested, please email agent Morgan Sevigny or call 339-927-2196.

I passed this attractive carriage house today. All it needs is a good scrubbing, and a coat of fresh paint for those doors.