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Apple Retail Store coming to Brooklyn?

Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 09:44 AM EST

"New Yorkers know better, especially these days, than to expect any sympathy from the rest of the country — even though the city, with three Apple Stores for a population of more than 8 million, is conspicuously underserved by the company’s retail outlets," Philip Elmer-DeWitt writes for Fortune. "(San Francisco’s three stores, by contrast, serve a population of fewer than 800,000.)"

"But what about Brooklyn? The most populous of the five boroughs (pop. 2.5 million) would be, as any cabbie can tell you, the fourth largest city in the United States if it weren’t yoked to Manhattan, Queens and the rest. It is home to tens of thousands of Mac users of every stripe — teachers, students, writers, artists, designers, musicians, mobsters — yet it has zero Apple Stores," Elmer-DeWitt writes.

"Which is why Brooklynites get so excited when there is any news, as there was this week, about Apple putting an outlet in their borough," Elmer-DeWitt writes. "At a real estate roundtable on Tuesday, the developer of a huge condominium project on the Brooklyn side of the East River announced that an Apple Store was a 'real possibility' for one of its prime ground floor retail spaces."

Full article here.

Web site Brownstoner.com reports, "'The Edge' developer Jeff Levine revealed this teaser to the audience at the Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable yesterday: An Apple store is still a real possibility for the ground-floor retail at the massive Kent Avenue development. 'There's no deal,' Levine said, 'But we are talking and they are interested.'"

Full article, with map showing potential location, here.

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Feb 15, 09 - 10:37 am Comment from: eMax

Well i guess someone's is going to to this sooner or later:

WHERE Brooklyn @??????

Feb 15, 09 - 11:50 am Comment from: qka

@eMax

Read the F***ING article!!! It discusses a variety of locations in B'lyn, and discusses the pros and cons of those locations. That's why MDN provides those links, ya know???

Personally, F*** NYC!!! The real NY is north and west of Westchester and Rockland counties!!!

Feb 15, 09 - 11:55 am Comment from: Cubert

Overheard in the Brooklyn Apple Store:

"Yo! Yous want a cap in your @$$ wit dat?"

Feb 15, 09 - 11:59 am Comment from: silverhawk

Maybe Brooklyn is getting the store allotted to Georgetown.

Feb 15, 09 - 12:07 pm Comment from: Ampar

Fugeddaboudit.

Feb 15, 09 - 12:21 pm Comment from: HMCIV

@ qka

I don't think he was asking where in Brooklyn the store is going. If he were, he would have said "Where  @?".

Feb 15, 09 - 12:40 pm Comment from: Tommy Boy

Apple should have multiple stores in each borough.

And a store in Washington D.C. not in the clusterf*ck of Georgetown.

Feb 15, 09 - 02:23 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

qka...

If it weren't for the City and all it's Money, you knuckle draggin' hillbillies would be up shits creek.

NYC, Westchester and Long Island should secede from New York State.

As an ex-Brooklynite, I could see an Apple Store in downtown Brooklyn. You've got all the best BKLYN neighborhoods clumped together; the Heights, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, DUMBO. (I've lived in ALL of 'em!) And it's close to BAM, Fort Greene and Park Slope, plus there's overflow from far downtown Manhattan, too. It makes perfect sense, there.

Wiiliamsburg just isn't convenient to public transportation, nor is it even a particularly attractive neighborhood, either. There are some great new bike lanes along the East River, though!

Feb 15, 09 - 04:02 pm Comment from: ABQ Peter

i grew up in ny state; out here in abq i have to be careful to mention the "state" part of that because "the" city and "the" island don't have a very good reputation in the rest of the u.s. nor in the rest of nys for that matter. and "upstate" ny doesn't start until you are north of the mohawk river.

Feb 15, 09 - 04:36 pm Comment from: ron

Will it have armed guards? Can you get a Mac from the welfare office? Us hill-billies can.

Feb 15, 09 - 06:44 pm Comment from: Peter

Brooklyn, huh?

"I always thought that burrough had two names: Brooklyn, YEAH!"

Ah, Sal...

Feb 15, 09 - 06:59 pm Comment from: Matte Screen Lover

Bought a white MacBook for a girlfriend today. First glossy screen as I totally detest them so haven't bought any for friends or family for years now.

Haven't given it the stress test yet, so I will put it through it's paces in all sorts of locations to see how bad the reflections will be.

If she doesn't like it either then back to the Apple Store it goes.

The Brooklyn Apple Store too! LOL!!

"Hey a$$holes, what the F$ck is up wit dat annoying screen? You mess'in wit me, huh?"

Feb 15, 09 - 08:44 pm Comment from: cabbie

Yo! Brooklyn??

Whasamatterwichoo??

Feb 15, 09 - 09:53 pm Comment from: mike

You wanna F****g iPod? F****g Bulls**t. Capice?

Feb 15, 09 - 10:35 pm Comment from: J. Rocker

Mr. Reee - We are in agreement...

NYC, Westchester and Long Island should secede from New York State.

As someone who is from upstate, all I can say is PLEASE GO. We would love for you to be part of NJ. NYC is like a boat anchor to the rest of the state. Look at the geographical similarities - just like an anchor thrown overboard at the bottom of the state. Because of New York City boat anchor, the rest of the state has to revolve around your city. We have power lines that have to transverse our beautiful state from Niagara Falls to that's right NYC. Now NYC wants a third water tunnel! Your city can't even take care of it's own trash - it has send it out to other states. The rest of us in NY state would love for you to secede. Good luck finding your own water and power. Please GO. Join NJ or become your own area. Go swim in the Hudson. Good riddance.

Feb 16, 09 - 04:05 am Comment from: RonMoney

@qka

'Where Brooklyn @? Where Brooklyn @?"

The above line is from a song made famous by one of Brooklyn's favorite sons.

Feb 16, 09 - 08:23 am Comment from: iLuvMyMacs

They're gonna put it right next to the BadaBing. Will also include a VIP room in the back.

Can't wait.

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