Go close-up and you'll find their "Walk-ins Welcome" signs feature different flavors of doughnuts.
They look artisanal, of course, because it's Williamsburg. (Does the neighborhood still hawk hundred-dollar doughnuts dipped in 24-karat gold?)
They're also square, like the building, and no doubt are meant to appeal to the foodies who have claimed Brooklyn in the 2000s.
Anyway, I walked in, but didn't feel especially welcome and walked right back out.
As Curbed reported: "market-rate apartments in the building will start at $2,495 for studios, $3,250 for one-bedrooms, and $5,195 for two bedrooms." And "The first retail tenant will be a 4,000-square-foot outpost of Clinton Hill craft beer bar Mekelburg’s, known for serving 'epicurean baked potatoes,' apparently."
On Saturday, August 19, you can see The Domino Effect, a documentary on the rezoning and subsequent hyper-gentrification of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. It's playing at 2:00 at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave in Queens. A "talk back" with the filmmakers will follow the screening.
The Domino Effect (Trailer) from The Domino Effect on Vimeo.
3 comments:
NYC is rental. Less people own here than anywhere else in US. So people will be displaced. Even with rent stabilization and public housing. People have less $$ invested in their communites.
There is a obvious reason for that
You know that, right?
Mekelbergs is actually great
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