Shopping: October 2007 Archives

I went shopping in Park Slope on Saturday as I hadn't been over there in forever and wanted to check out a different shopping scene. Walking 5th Avenue, I was reminded that a lot of stores in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill also exist in Park Slope: Soula, Flirt, Lucia. And today, I found out that Flight 001, new to Smith Street, will be opened a store on 5th Avenue in November. Brownstone Brooklyn can now travel with ease. (Now how about bringing a Bierkraft to our side of the neighborhood?)

New Flight 001 location:
58 Fifth Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718.789.1001

Oh how happy I was to see that the East Village's Exit 9 had finally opened a store at 129 Smith Street between Pacific and Dean streets. Exit 9 is one of those stores I discovered in my early days of living in New York (now more than four years ago) and always return to when I need a gift for others (or myself). I once asked the owner why he didn't have a store in Brooklyn, and he replied that rent on Smith Street was more than the rent he was paying to be on Avenue A. Either he got a good deal or decided to get in before the rent shoots even higher. Regardless, now two of my favorite Manhattan gift stores, the other being Flight 001, are now within walking distance. That makes me happy, if my wallet a bit lighter.