Permits were approved this week for alterations for a “new drug store” at the former Natural Garden (750 Manhattan Ave.) building, according to the NYC DOB website.
The independent market had cleared its final stock quickly after announcing the impending closure in September.
The business was open for approximately 17 years on Manhattan Avenue and declining sales and the rise in internet shopping had contributed to the…
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All the drugstores in Greenpoint are turning into a Walgreens monopoly, and not for the better– except for a few neighborhood Polish customer-based stalwarts that remain.
Be thankful for the independant CVS drugstores on Manhattan Ave
and Kent Ave.