“New renderings produced by local officials show a glass-walled store on the first two floors of the building on Joralemon St. across from Borough Hall,” Durkin reports. “‘It’s got the foot traffic. The building is iconic. The building’s gorgeous, and I think it would make for a beautiful location,’ said Borough President Marty Markowitz.”
Durkin reports, “Apple – which has four stores in Manhattan and one on Staten Island – has scoped out sites in downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg, but hasn’t bitten. Markowitz even made a video of himself writing an email to Apple CEO Steve Jobs on his new iPad this spring – but Jobs never wrote back. ‘They haven’t made it until they’ve made it in Brooklyn,’ he said.”
Full article, with rendering of proposed Apple Store, here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Citymark” for the heads up.]
Can I please get a store here in south Texas? Driving 135 miles to the nearest store in San Antonio is ridiculous.
I lived near Boro Hall , n Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill for a total of 15 years and know the area extremely well.
Boro Hall has nowhere near the sheer volume of foot traffic that there is at the Manhattan Apple Stores… I’d exclude the Fifth Avenue flagship store.
At lunch time lawyers mill around, but after 5 or 6 not much happens there.
I t see it happening.
@Tommy Boy,
We have about a 60 mile drive to the La Cantera AS. I agree – there are many Apple customers in the valley who could use a brand spanking new Apple Store.
I just walked past the 5th Ave. store. The place is a mob scene. There is a three hour line for iPhones and they have capped the line because it got too long. Two months after a product launch people are still lining up. Amazing. Simply amazing.
They should put one in Williamsburg.
@Tommy boy: you think you have it bad, try Minot, North Dakota.
http://minotnd.org/
And we are talking about the 4th largest city in North Dakota!
Tells you about the level of urbanisation in the state of North Dakota… The total population of that 4th largest city of North Dakota is equal to the total population of my apartment block in Manhattan (Stuyvesant Town, located between 1st Ave and Avenue C, 14th and 20th streets). Or, if we put it another way: the Paramount Tower (just one of many residential buildings in the neighbourhood) has about 4,000 tenants. Just ten such buildings could comfortably house the entire city of Minot, ND…
why not Minot? ….freezin’s the reason.
Forest Hills, Steve, FOREST HILLS!!!
Borough President Marty Markowitz.”
“I read the article and some of the links, the guys sounds like a pretty good guy! Seems like he’s really try’s to work for his people! Of course i don’t live there, and don’t know the whole story
It would be better to have more than one in places like Washington DC. There is only one in Georgetown that maybe good for the university and the government aids that come from there. But, with all the international and military traffic in Washington DC, the halo would be much bigger with more store locations.
Agree with Hank.
Having to drive to Norfolk or Richmond is kind of a pain. With the influx of retirees, there is a built in audience of people who want a computer that just works.
Cheers.
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There’s an Apple Store at Mac Arthur Mall. Not that far from Norfolk or VA Beach.
@predrag. I’ll have you know there is in excess of 37,000 good God fearin’ souls in Minot! So make that 9+ apartment buildings and you better smile when you say that stranger!
That location Brooklyn is touting is just a few minutes’ walk from some of the highest-end real estate in the country (Brooklyn Heights). I’d kill for a house in Brooklyn Heights. An Apple store within walking distance would be a nice cherry on top.
Of course, Manhattan is within walking distance of Brooklyn Heights too (and a damn nice walk if the weather cooperates and you have the time), but hey.
‘They haven’t made it until they’ve made it in Brooklyn,’ he said.”
The Dodgers are doing just fine in L.A.
Oh, the ones that play that game from the 19th Century in the town with no NFL team. STFU
@grwisher
You better move to Minneapolis/St. Paul area. We have five Apple Stores. Just as many as New York!
Well, you’re only a few hours drive from the Twin Cities where you’ve got 5 stores to choose from! Maybe you should just move here.
@Really: Actually the Dodgers are for shit in LA, with the f-ing white trash McCourts arguing over whether the B*tch wife should be spending $100K/year on her hair, and whether the a-hole husband really needs 3 houses in Malibu. They’re too busy with their divorce, caused by Jamie shtupping her help (dumb b!tch), to pay any attention to the team.
Frankly, Brooklyn would be a helluva lot better for the Dodgers than the f-ing McCourts are. Talk about trailer trash who won the lottery. More dollars than sense.
I live in LA. I love the Dodgers, and I love that our Stadium is still called Dodger Stadium, and that it is in Dodgertown, 90090, and that it is not named after some stupid asswipe bank or insurance company. Wells Fargo Field – f*** that sh!t. Dodger Stadium!
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_3_results.jsp?zip5=90090
Frank and Jamie McCourt, go back to f-ing Boston and leave our baseball team alone!
I’d rather one of our own fatcats like Eli Broad owned the Team. He came up in Detroit, but at least he’s an avid LA guy now.
And I’m not even a sports fan… But those two assbags from Boston trying to muscle in on my town just piss me off. Jamie McCourt calling herself the “face of the Dodgers.” Please. Trailer Park Hag with the $100K/year spa habit: Go Home. And Frank, Mr. Parking Lot King in Boston, raising our parking rates to 15 f-ing dollars. Fuck him and his fucking horse.
That’s how a non-sports-fan feels… Imagine how rabid baseball fans feel
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I live in Brooklyn, NY 14th avenue. Anyone know a store where I can buy a CyberNetic Revolution booster box that’s cheap and within 10 avenues of walking distance? I want the address of the store please,
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@ Tommy Boy:
Living in the middle of nowhere is not a bad thing, but it does have it’s drawbacks…like having to drive 135 miles yo the nearest Apple store.
So, don’t gripe, either turn the middle of nowhere into somewhere or move to a place that is already a somewhere (with an Apple store).
@Tommy Boy – “Can I please get a store here in south Texas? Driving 135 miles to the nearest store in San Antonio is ridiculous.”
You think you’ve got it bad? Since last weekend’s opening I now have to walk an extra 5 minutes to get to the world’s largest Apple Store!! That’s a whole 50% up on the previous journey.
I tell you, life is tough.
Personally, I’m surprised that of the five Apple stores in NYC, four of them are in Manhattan. I’m wondering why Brooklyn and Queens don’t have Apple stores already. And this is coming from someone who lives in Manhattan.
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