Market Fresh Of Windsor Terrace Reopens, Quelling Concerns Of Yet Another Supermarket Closure

The unannounced shuttering of Windsor Terrace’s Market Fresh last Thursday caused further concerns from the community that area supermarkets were disappearing from the neighborhood landscape.

Market Fresh (282 Prospect Park West between Windsor Place and Prospect Avenue) reopened again today, and a manager told us there are no plans for the supermarket to close.

“We needed a week to change around the inventory,” said the manager when Park Slope Stoop asked why the nearly one-week hiatus took place. “We didn’t renovate. We just moved a lot of things around.”

According to DNAinfo, Market Fresh expanded to a full-service supermarket roughly six years ago. The store was originally a deli.

While the supermarket plans to be a continued presence in the area, community members are still concerned about the trend of disappearing affordable grocery options.

Curbed NY created a map showing the cemetery of closed stores, highlighting the problem. Residents are also rousing community awareness to this unsettling trend.

Some area residents believe it is the increase of commercial rents, as well as the rise of large residential developments that make the Brooklyn supermarket trade a difficult one to navigate.

“I use a cane, and it’s hard to get to several stores to get my supplies, instead of the one store that’s been in our neighborhood for decades,” long-time Brooklyn resident Martha Savingi says. “Let’s hope the grocery store business turns around.”  That attitude has been echoing across many area residents left stranded from purchasing generic staples at reasonable rates.