Comments on: We’ll Always Have Broadway

By: annulla

annulla — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:21:33 +0000

The post office on Cadman Plaza is showing the same propaganda films. The solution? Buy a TV-B-Gone!

Keep a TV-B-Gone on your keyring, and you can stealthily switch off those annoying post office films (as well as those blaring TVs that have become ubiquitous in airports, emergency rooms and just about everywhere else we are forced to cool our heels and wait).

No, I don’t work for them, but I sure appreciate their product.

TV-B-GoneÂ®

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:15:56 +0000

There’s never going to be another Brooklyn bargain shopping mecca with the subway/bus access of the Fulton Mall. Maybe places like Flatbush and Church, Broadway, Knickerbocker, etc. will see an increase in shoppers as the Fulton Mall slowly disappears, but I’m a bit doubtful that any one commercial strip will become THE center of it all.

And J-Legs–you’re a vegan surviving in Bushwick? God bless you. I thought most vegetarians and vegans died within months of moving to Bed-Stuy and Bushwick due to the lack of food.

By: Jimmy Legs

Jimmy Legs — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:04:14 +0000

at broadway & halsey there is Lucy’s Fruit Market, which actually has some good stuff if you don’t mind cooking. the produce is pretty good and they have a lot of odd asian foodstuffs. it’s not exactly Whole Foods but this vegan is surviving on it!

meanwhile, it will be interesting to see who Fulton Mall’s successor is. if nto Broadway then perhaps Knickerbocker in Bushwick? but then, none of these spots have the subways access of FM.

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:14:23 +0000

Hey krista, you can email me at thechangeling@bedstuyblog.com

By: krista

krista — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:07:31 +0000

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By: anon

anon — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:09:49 +0000

I think it’s worth a good trip. Check it out sometime. If anyone has been to the food court in the Associated Supermarket with Subway, Nathan’s etc, it’s an experience, and odd to have a food court with a supermarket.

A space gallery looks cool from the outside can’t wait to get there. It is near Kossuth Place and Broadway I think.

By: babs

babs — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:41:53 +0000

I prefer Flatbush Ave around Church — similar to Broadway, but with a decidedly Caribbean flair. Jamaican-Chinese restaurants (gotta love that jerk chicken lo mein), Haitian bakeries (there is a distinct French influence in their patties — made with flaky pate feuillete, much lighter than the usual variety), Trinnie roti — yum! Not to mention cheap clothes of all sorts and lots of veggies.

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:36:27 +0000

I think that gallery is called A Space Gallery. I’ve got to get over there and see it. I’ve never been near the Broadway/Halsey area. If it’s all hair products and 99 cent stores, then I’ve seen that already at Broadway and Debevoise.

So the place is called Pollo Tropical. I thought there was something non-NY about it, and I mean that in a good way. The day I passed by there were a lot of people in the restaurant. I have to go pick up another package at the post office this week unfortunately, so maybe I’ll grab at bite at the Pollo Tropical.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:46:00 +0000

The Pollo Tropical is actually a fantastic restaurant Cuban/Caribbean fast food chain recently to enter the NY market from Miami. The Broadway location is their first of many to come, according to the cashier who served me two weeks ago. The food is actually very good, though arguably not to the standard of the originals in Miami.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:45:55 +0000

Don’t forget about the art gallery near Kosciuszko street – Studio A I think. Lots of hair places and 99 cent stores abound. I wish there was a place to get a good salad, or healthy food, especially near the Halsey Street and Broadway.

I wonder what it’s like to live above one of those stores, and hear the roar of the train constantly. Anyone have any clues.

Yes, Fulton Mall is scheduled to become the next Soho, and bargain will still be on Broadway, despite the noise.