Business
(Photo: m01229 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39908901@N06/7565528342/] / Flickr)Brooklynites love to patronize their homegrown businesses. And indeed, it’s often the mom-and-pop shops that give a neighborhood its character. However, over the last decade, national mega franchises like McDonald’s, Walgreens, and Dunkin Donuts are ramping up
Business
(Photo: m01229 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39908901@N06/7565528342/] / Flickr)Brooklynites love to patronize their homegrown businesses. And indeed, it’s often the mom-and-pop shops that give a neighborhood its character. However, over the last decade, national mega franchises like McDonald’s, Walgreens, and Dunkin Donuts are ramping up
business closings
Photos courtesy of Freeyah-Knycky C. on Yelp [http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=_yOvMEAE7xErdpHrk_sG5Q].The Shack is closed for business. As of today, two Fulton Street Radio Shacks [http://www.radioshack.com/] — at 457 Fulton (near Jay Street) and 1232 Fulton (between Nostrand and Bedford Avenues) — are officially
radio shack
Not sure what it is about this vacant space above Radio Shack (528 5th Avenue, between 13th and 14th Street), but it never fails to catch our attention. Find us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SouthSlopeNews], Twitter [https://twitter.com/SlopeNews], our newsletter [http://southslopenews.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?
micahel taylor
It hasn’t been a good year for Michael Taylor, until now. Mr. Taylor, age 50 with two prior convictions for robbery and grand larceny, had been charged with holding up one of Bensonhurst’s two Radio Shacks. Between his criminal record and the testimony of an eyewitness, his odds