While Manhattan struggles, Brooklynâs indie shops are doing fine
Retail chains have failed all over New York City. Is it a surprise that smaller stores can finally breathe in the boroughs?
Ginia Bellafante
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New York | With the exception of November 1929, there has probably been no moment less conducive to opening a jewellery store in New York than at any point during the past 11 months. So it was a hopeful and norm-defying sign, like a heat wave in a Finnish noir, to find Page Sargisson Jewelry arriving on the corner of Hoyt Street and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn right after Thanksgiving.
Why SoHo Struggles and Indie Shops in Brooklyn Are Doing Fine
Retail chains have failed all over New York City. Is it a surprise that smaller stores can finally breathe?
How are the boutiques of Boerum Hill making it? Owners invested in the neighborhood and local landlords are rooting for their success.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
Feb. 12, 2021
With the exception of November 1929, there has probably been no moment less conducive to opening a jewelry store in New York than at any point during the past 11 months. So it was a hopeful and norm-defying sign, like a heat wave in a Finnish noir, to find Page Sargisson Jewelry arriving on the corner of Hoyt Street and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn right after Thanksgiving.