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Most of outer boros is real local NYCers who never left unlike Mtown/Dtown Manhattan. That place gentrified, and pushed all the locals away. When pandemic hit, drove the transplants away.
Downtown Flushing seems to be back to normal. Skyview is back open.
Omg. It's worse! Main St. is more crowded now than it was pre-Covid with everybody, and I mean everybody selling their stuff outside. In the early months, all the peddlers were gone except the ones selling PPE stuff. Now, you've got everything from art, paintings, jewelry, food, clothing, carpets, plants, goldfish, hardware, electronics, handbags. It's like an entire street fair parked itself on the sidewalks of Main Street. Good luck trying to maneuver your way through. It was already tough pre-Covid and it's darn near impossible now.
I went to Skyview. Couldn't get into any of the stores because nearly all of them had lines to get in (Nike, Uniqlo, Addidas, Old Navy, Marshalls, Target). But that was the first day of the opening. I hope things have died down since.
I live in Brooklyn and hang in the Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill/Gowanus/Downtown Brooklyn areas.
Things are pretty vibrant in most of these areas, with the exception of downtown. It's a bit quieter there, but still busy.
I'd say foot traffic may be off about 20% if I had to guess.
The area I've noticed most impacted are the boarded up shops on Fifth Ave, and near city hall and downtown pockets. It's a lot quieter and surreal sometimes.
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Omg. It's worse! Main St. is more crowded now than it was pre-Covid with everybody, and I mean everybody selling their stuff outside. In the early months, all the peddlers were gone except the ones selling PPE stuff. Now, you've got everything from art, paintings, jewelry, food, clothing, carpets, plants, goldfish, hardware, electronics, handbags. It's like an entire street fair parked itself on the sidewalks of Main Street. Good luck trying to maneuver your way through. It was already tough pre-Covid and it's darn near impossible now.
I went to Skyview. Couldn't get into any of the stores because nearly all of them had lines to get in (Nike, Uniqlo, Addidas, Old Navy, Marshalls, Target). But that was the first day of the opening. I hope things have died down since.
New World Mall is selling dim sum outside. They have two stalls for it. A lot of restaurants on Prince St, and 40th Rd have set up outside. Fulton Square restaurants are doing great business. I have not walked all the way to Northern Blvd yet.
New World Mall is selling dim sum outside. They have two stalls for it. A lot of restaurants on Prince St, and 40th Rd have set up outside. Fulton Square restaurants are doing great business. I have not walked all the way to Northern Blvd yet.
Yeah. We went there a number of times and it's packed full of outdoor diners. They've set it up really nicely too with a Japanese/Korean fusion restaurant tucked nicely away from pedestrians and sheltered from the rain. The way some of these are set up, it may as well be indoors. It's enclosed enough.
There's also a hot pot restaurant that's set up in the public space area of Flushing Commons. That place is popping with people hanging out, dancing as well as dining. We went a number of times but now it's too popular and there's a wait sometimes. It's a nice place to hang out in an evening. Ditto some of the other smaller restaurants.
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