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booboolurker t1_j9qxez0 wrote
That was a sad loss
juniperaza t1_j9rj63e wrote
Oh wow. The Queens Library branches were a big part of my childhood (the 21st st branch was the best). That’s disgusting.
Push-not-pull t1_j9siaqz wrote
I think I remember that from when I went to high-school just down the street.
grandzu t1_j9tm9v8 wrote
Did that relocate or just close?
Past-Passenger9129 t1_j9ute22 wrote
There's a brand new library on the waterfront. It's actually quite beautiful.
azspeedbullet t1_j9qikqi wrote
That area is building up nicely. there is a trader joes a few blocks away too
atyppo t1_j9qo7qq wrote
Wow, what a great neighborhood! Target AND Trader Joe's! The two most important things I look for in a neighborhood, obviously!
azspeedbullet t1_j9qqq7g wrote
Walgreens just open up a location at queens plaza north not that far away
this area used to have nothing back in the day. glad they are stores now
GreenGator t1_j9r20k2 wrote
nah, you have to be mad that locals are getting more options to do their shopping at.
if you don’t let everybody know that you hate brands, how will anybody figure out you’re a real new yorker??
Dave_Labels t1_j9s8vgp wrote
Lol, “locals”.
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danhakimi t1_j9x3ijt wrote
Target doesn't increase people's options. It destroys local businesses and measurably reduces quality of life in multiple ways, just like wal mart and all these other crappy stores. A local businesses opening a location there would have been dramatically better for the community.
P0stNutClarity t1_j9sdxr5 wrote
Wisconsin transplants = locals
Lulz
Oslopa t1_j9r2uku wrote
Yeah, but literally across the street from this location is a hardware store, a drug store, and a grocery store. All of them independent or small chains. This is swapping out a library for a retail chain that might swamp all of that stuff out.
WorthPrudent3028 t1_j9r1dmq wrote
Just needs a CVS. Maybe a 5 Guys too. And if we're lucky, maybe an Applebee's or a Chili's.
TonyzTone t1_j9tun9p wrote
Then it can finally become Times Square!
OverlordXenu t1_ja617hr wrote
or fort greene
SteveOfNYC t1_j9r5tep wrote
Gotta have my Outback Bloomin Onion in the city!
grandzu t1_j9tmczb wrote
Key Food was always there.
lupuscapabilis t1_j9uu3qp wrote
That Key Food is horrendous
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jeffsayno t1_j9u29dk wrote
i honestly can't tell if you're serious. JHer here, and people are dying for that...
ooouroboros t1_j9si0vy wrote
Is it a real target of one of those 'curated' targets like in Manhattan?
doubledipinyou t1_j9sl7qg wrote
Curated small targets.
thisfilmkid t1_j9r6y9z wrote
I miss the cheap apartments. A lot of college friends and freelancers were living in LIC for $600 - $1600.
Ever since Amazon wanted to move in, the pandemic, inflation, and all the new developments, a lot of New Yorkers and immigrants who once called LIC home were replaced by new and wealthy folks, some who it’s their first time in NYC.
My co-worker, who lives in NJ, says all the time, she have a summer home in the Avalon, and how beautiful their two bedroom apartment is!
Damn. This feeling is nostalgic. I’m alive to witness an entire part of Queens changing, drastically, within less than 10 years.
Damn. Stay strong!
Throwdis854 t1_j9thepo wrote
We’re not all wealthy transplants living there.
maximalentropy t1_j9uxvum wrote
You’re delusional. Very few people lived in LIC prior to the expansion. If there were a lot of people there then how would there be space for these new buildings?
oddfuture t1_j9zspll wrote
do you think no one lived in downtown bk before they built those new highrises?
Throwdis854 t1_ja0ku3u wrote
You’re wrong
bklyn1977 t1_j9qdh14 wrote
is this something to celebrate?
mastercheif t1_j9s2gs9 wrote
Yes. There’s nowhere else in the neighborhood to buy clothing basics like shirts, socks, and underwear.
bklyn1977 t1_j9trfmz wrote
I would rather those needs fulfilled by local business and not chains.
mastercheif t1_j9tv3cc wrote
So would most people. That said, LIC has been a residential neighborhood for 15 years now, no business has stepped in to fill that void. Probably because it’s not very profitable unless you do it at scale + have other higher margin products to sell.
booboolurker t1_j9v8weo wrote
It’s been residential for longer than 15 years.
According_Click3992 t1_j9r8r75 wrote
Finally. I didn’t know what to do with my life before.
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ellvoyu t1_j9tu4e3 wrote
I'm sad we had to lose a library for this
Throwdis854 t1_ja0kzey wrote
It’s not going to be like the Rego Park Target
Professional-Foot526 t1_j9sij4a wrote
nice finally!
tyloner t1_j9sf3a4 wrote
Welp the transplants have taken over yet another neighborhood. Goddamn invaders.
see-you-space-cow t1_j9vj72z wrote
A Targé that's finally close :D
No_Throat_7938 t1_j9qeqd0 wrote
Shoplifter’s galore
Candid_Yam_5461 t1_j9rls62 wrote
Absolutely disgusting. A suburban shitchain with a surveillance side business replacing a library.
Oslopa t1_j9qbvs6 wrote
Well, there goes the neighborhood. PE strikes again.
oreosfly t1_j9qy8kd wrote
Boi LIC has been a sterile rich kids playground for a hot minute
Throwdis854 t1_j9thnsn wrote
I live there and I’m not rich. It is sterile AF though, and yet also filled with dog poop on every block.
Double-Ad4986 t1_j9qvbop wrote
what is PE
adk_nlg t1_j9r5hmc wrote
Private equity
onedollar12 t1_j9rufcl wrote
How’s that related to Target
adk_nlg t1_j9sl7f0 wrote
Who do you think owns the properties?
onedollar12 t1_j9tqai6 wrote
Not Target
booboolurker t1_j9qxg8f wrote
The neighborhood has been gone
No1_FlowerDrumHouse t1_j9qcgdx wrote
Used to be the Court Square branch of the Queens Library.