Bed Bugs Shut Down Niketown

Just when you thought summer was winding down and the bloodsucking critters would start dying off in the cold, bed bugs strike again. This time, they're hitting the city's athletes. Nike's flagship store Niketown has been "proactively closed" after bed bugs were discovered there.

Nike said in a statement, "Our primary concern is the well being of our consumers and sales associates. We are taking all proper steps to eradicate the problem and we expect the store to reopen shortly." We're not actually sure how they'll go about doing that, but we guess some local laundromat is about to get paaaaaid.

Niketown now joins the ranks of Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret, Google, AMC Empire 25, the Manhattan DA's office and the Roosevelt Houses for bed bug infestations. Who's next? That Old Navy on 6th Avenue has been looking kind of shabby...

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By Jaya Saxena in News on September 18, 2010 4:12 PM

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Devonshire

I sure wish they would visit Bloomberg's house, at 17 E. 79th Street.

jaycjay

"Just when you thought summer was winding down and the bloodsucking critters would start dying off in the cold"

Bed bugs don't die off in the cold months. In fact, they are every bit as active in the winter as in the summer. Prolonged exposure to extreme cold (or extreme heat) can kill them, but they rarely experience it since they live in peoples' homes and when they "travel" even in the winter they're rarely exposed to sub-freezing temperatures more than briefly.

John L

NY's #1 public health concern and Bloomberg says and does nothing.

He's too busy looking for smokers in parks.

Gothamist_Cynic

I bet some dirty bed bug colonizing bum, hipster, or ghetto fabulous thug is going around to these stores and infesting them.

The Guardrail

Maybe it's the terrorists. A new kind of attack...

SonnyBobiche

Well, as long as the knife-penis wielding little vampires don't smoke Bloomberg thinks that they are OK. A public health hazard? A threat to tourism? Heck no! I mean, they don't even use salt or trans fats in their diet! That would bring out Bloomie's wrath.

Guest

That Old Navy on 6th Avenue has been looking kind of shabby...

when these bedbugs are stylin' at hollister, a&f, and victoria's secret, they probably won't downgrade to old navy.