![]() ![]() What are the closest stations to 8000 Utopia Parkway?.What are your local favorites that have closed? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter. The store said it would reopen in Queens, but has not announced a new location yet. The appliance store announced it was closing in October 2014 after being in the neighborhood for 80 years, opening the same year as Zabar's, West Side Rag noted. The store will become the newest location of Pure Barre, the ballet-based exercise technique.Īrea Kids, another local toy store on Amsterdam Avenue at West 81st Street, closed last January and was replaced months later by Blossom du Jour, a vegan fast-food joint. HomBom Toys closed its Columbus Avenue and West 80th location last spring after five years. It was replaced by the trendy jewelry store Alexis Bittar. In June 2013, the girls clothing shop Berkley Girl closed its doors after 11 years. Planet Kids is one of a string of kids clothing and toy stores that have closed in recent years. “They come in to look at the merchandise and ask questions, but then they leave and try find cheaper prices online.” “We’ve become more of a showroom for our customers,” o wner Ariel Tavasi told DNAinfo last year. Planet Kids moved from its West 103rd Street and Broadway location to Amsterdam Avenue in 1999. The baby store - which first opened in the neighborhood in 1991 and later expanded to a second location on the Upper East Side - closed both shops in late February of last year. The pizzeria was known for being family friendly, and for the heaps of kids and caretakers that made it a regular afternoon stop.Ĭommunal Oven & Earth opened in its place last April, serving flatbread pizzas, sandwiches and salads.ġ91 Amsterdam Ave., near West 69th Street It moved to its West 72nd Street spot from West 69th and Columbus Avenues two years before it closed for good. Named after the opera as a nod to the nearby Lincoln Center, the pizzeria was part of the neighborhood for 21 years before closing. The space will next house a Mexican restaurant from the owner of French Roast, Nice Matin, 5 Napkin Burger and Le Monde.Ĭitrus' owners also operate the health food-focused diner Josie's a block south.ġ41 West 72nd St., between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues ![]() The Latin-Asian restaurant closed in late December after 17 years. The 1,300-square-foot space is on the market for $26,000 a month.ģ20 Amsterdam Ave., near West 75th Street The 25-year-old Cuban restaurant announced it will move to East Harlem, citing rising rents as the reason for its leaving Amsterdam Avenue. This old-school diner was a fixture in the neighborhood for at least 30 years until it was shut down by the Health Department last February and never reopened. The space is still on the market.Ī majority of the longtime diners are still humming along, though, including The Manchester Diner, Broadway Restaurant, Metro Diner, Manhattan Diner, City Diner, Utopia Diner and Old John's Luncheonette.Ĥ24 Amsterdam Ave., near West 80th Street T he bar's owners are hoping to attract locals and promised to keep the noise and commotion to a minimum when it opens sometime this spring.Īdditionally, Club 72, t he neighborhood's only other existing club, closed in August after an eight-year run. After about six months of sitting empty, two women have taken over the space to launch a new, more low-key bar at the address called Bob's Your Uncle. Here's a look at some of the more notable businesses that have closed in the past year or will shutter in the coming months.ĩ29 Columbus Ave., near West 105th Streetĭing Dong Lounge closed over the summer after 13 years of late-night parties. While some stores are seeking new locations with cheaper rents elsewhere, many are gone for good. UPPER WEST SIDE - Everything from rent hikes and competition from online retailers to health code violations spelled the downfall of dozens of longtime local businesses in the past year Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook. ![]()
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