Brooklyn Gets Luxurious, Also Gets Trader Joe's

This weekend the Daily News explored the idea of Brooklyn as a luxury destination, with one area resident saying it's "a little difficult for people to live like they used to" in the borough—what with all the pricey places popping up. However, the paper also takes a look at the opening of Brooklyn's Trader Joe's, opening on Friday. One Carroll Gardens local says of the Court Street store, "This is going to be cool. The people here are lucky to have something like this, especially since they take food stamps, because a lot of fancy stores don't take them." The shop's shelves are stocked with healthy, and many organic, choices—and prepared meals will go for $3 or less...while one can pick up a six-pack of beer for only $4.99! But don't even think about drinking them on your stoop.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on September 22, 2008 12:30 PM

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NannyState

Wait until these yuppies get sick on that shit that Trader Joe's sells. "Organic" my ass, most of it was grown in a pesticide cloud in Mexico.

TN

Brooklyn will only get as "luxurious" as the economy dictates. If the party ends in this city and some say it has, it will end first in Brooklyn.

Now, I know three couples who moved back to Manhattan recently from Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill because they found a cheaper rental in Manhattan (2 on the UES, 1 on the UWS, one block from Central Park). That says something, doesn't it? Well, maybe it just says some landlords here in Brooklyn are just too greedy.

chris

Brooklyn's real crime

Yes, because Brooklyn was such a crime ridden hell hole that no one ever lived in before... and what crime there is now is fake.

everyAframe

If Wall Street continues like this, get ready for every friend who moved to Brooklyn because "Manhattan is dead" to come back the second prices adjust and Brooklyn's real crime is back.

schizofriendly

a little difficult for people to live like they used to

It's over; has been for a while. Let's move on or move out, folks.

I'll belly-up to Trader Joe's if Sahadi's doesn't have what I need first.

As for the "public drinking"?

Please. My family used to drink Dago Red on the stoops of Flatbush. They made it themselves for three generations in their own little cement backyards. Trust me; this caused less trouble than the current legitimate Smith Street bar scene.