Brooklyn Nibbles: Special Ricky’s Flatbush Edition

1) First, Brooklyn Heights. Then, Flatbush Avenue. The Ricky’s invasion of Brooklyn is happening quickly. There was a story about in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle last week. Now, posters over at the Park Slope Forum report:

On Friday I was on my way to work and was getting off the bus at the Bergen subway station and I noticed that they have the sign up for the new Ricky’s now.

It is indeed where I thought it might be, in what used to be Pintchik’s blinds and lighting department. There’s still paper up over the windows and I didn’t cross the street to check to see if they’ve posted an opening date. The sign says it’s going to be a “Ricky’s SuperStore”…

2) Over on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights, that new Zaytoon’s branch, which has been ready to open “in a couple of weeks” since sometime in early August, is actually closing in on opening. Set Speed reports they’re looking for waitstaff.

Brooklyn Back in the Day: Flatbush Avenue Terminal

We bring back our Brooklyn Back in the Day feature for a look at the old Flatbush Avenue Terminal which used to be the Long Island Railroad Station at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenue that stood where Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Terminal Mall is now located. The view, which is from a website called Arrt’s Arrchives, dedicated to the Long Island Railroad, offers a treasure trove of photos of the terminal and the area. The view above is from 1941. The exterior shot below is from 1978 and the interior shot is from the 1980s.

Oro Condo Rising Fast on Flatbush

The quite tall Oro Condo on Flatbush Avenue a few blocks from the Manhattan Bridge is going up fast, and is so tall now that it is poking above other buildings from a distance. This photo was taken a few days ago, so it’s probably added a few floors since this shot was taken. Meantime, there is the Ismael Leyva tower, which had earlier been dubbed the Alien Spawn of the Flatiron. Brownstoner took a look at the status of it this week and found nothing doing except the previously issued demolition permits.