Modell's Sporting Goods Is Coming To Kings Highway

The building at 1601 Kings Highway will house a location of the iconic New York sporting goods store (Rendering by Murdock Solon Architects)

MIDWOOD – Long-running New York sporting goods retailer Modell’s will be opening a location in Southern Brooklyn this spring.

The Modell family, which has run the store since 1889, has signed a 10-year lease at 1601 Kings Highway, reports the Commerical Observer.

Located between East 16th and 17th Streets in Midwood, the new location will have a 555 square foot space on the ground floor, with an elevator up to the 13,350 square foot second floor.

Modell’s has eight locations throughout Brooklyn, but this store will be their first foray into the southern half of the borough. The new store is just a block away from the Kings Highway B/Q station.

“Sporting goods-wise, it’s an underserved area in Sheepshead Bay,” realtor Josh Augenbaum told Commercial Observer.

The store is expected to open by the end of March.