Comments on: Nostrand Avenue – You Thought You Knew, But You Had No Idea…

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:20:44 +0000

The thugs on the corners need to go first. Cameras will take care of that. Look at the corner of franklin and Lincoln. The dozens of men who used to hang out in front of buildings all day even as early as 8 am are now gone. I used to hate the daily walk to work, now I feel much safer. Hopefully one day I won’t fear walking to the closer station on nostrand avenue.

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By: sandy

sandy — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:07:51 +0000

People with money but black, instead of BK’s black thugs … it’s a new Nostrand Ave … it’s the same old story

By: Mindboggling Reveals: Funky Pop-Up Businesses Coming to Nostrand Ave. - The Broker Buddy

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:15:58 +0000

[...] been spectators of the slow gentrification process in Crown Heights for a while now, but Nostrand Park has a plan to jump start the neighborhood’s commercial life with some pop-up bars, galleries [...]

By: LaurelB

LaurelB — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:19:38 +0000

@Laurence – you are 100% on point. The “Be Local” tag line was for another concept that we had, that we were not able to deploy. Unfortunately, we have not had a chance to update all of the marketing materials with the “Experience the Renaissance” tagline.

By: Laurence

Laurence — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:53:57 +0000

A couple of thoughts.

1) Consider switching the catch phrase to “Think International. Be Local”

2) Lights strung across Nostrand not likely to happen due to the buses (unless they are more structured like the Christmas lights placed btwn Atlantic and Fulton.

I love virtually all of the concepts. It would be much better for new businesses (and old) to make use of a uniform and professional-looking marketing scheme for the neighborhood/business district than to invest money on misspelled or poorly designed awnings and other signage.

By: BK

BK — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:24:18 +0000

Great start, they just need to get the riff raff to move off the block now. Nobody wants to go shopping with thugs creeping on them as they walk down Nostrand Ave.
This is really good for the hood though and I hope it makes a difference. Go Bed Stuy!!

By: Mikef

Mikef — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:50:00 +0000

…nothing makes me happier than seeing a vacant storefront turned into something that brings jobs, (ahem) legal merchandise and local control to the ‘hood.

Nice job building a team and getting the NYC block grant, you deserved it NP!