It’s Finally Happening! Windsor Terrace Key Food Scheduled To Open On Friday, July 17

It looks like it’s really happening, neighbors!

Months after the Key Food, which is named Windsor Farms Market, was expected to open at 589 Prospect Avenue, by 11th Avenue, the shop is scheduled to debut on Friday, July 17, the store wrote on its Facebook page.

The grocery store, which will be located next to the Walgreens that opened last October at 589 Prospect Avenue, replaces another Key Food that unexpectedly closed in 2012. Neighbors were outraged over the closure, and the fact that the property owner signed a long-term lease with Walgreens, with area residents slamming the move that they said “left our neighborhood without any good options for fresh food and forced residents, many of whom are elderly or without cars, to travel to get their groceries.”

Originally, neighbors had pushed for the Walgreens to make room for a much-needed grocery store — but the company gave them the thumbs down. But, after a massive push by neighbors and area elected officials, including the collection of more than 5,000 signature to boycott Walgreens, the national chain agreed to share the building with a Key Food.

The Key Food closure in 2012 also prompted neighbors to launch the Windsor Terrace Food Co-op, which opened at 825 Caton Avenue and has already attracted hundreds of members who say it’s the go-to place for produce in the area.

What do you think of the new store? Are you planning on shopping there or have you already found somewhere else you’d rather go? Let us know in the comments below!