Walk The West Closing Franklin Street Shop, Relocating to Hudson Valley

Local fashion destination Walk The West (150 Franklin St.) have announced their planned closure for next month ahead of a move to the Hudson Valley. The vintage shop will close up their Greenpoint brick-and-mortar operation on September 27th, which is also Walk The Wests’ 5th anniversary, and will continue to sell clothing and accessories online and through Instagram.

“Covid kicked us into gear with setting up an online shop and we’ve come to realize it’s the way forward,” a note posted Sunday on social media states. “Online isn’t perfect, we’ll miss the community we’ve built but with this pandemic its time for a different business model that doesn’t come with the growing overhead costs of rent, staffing, insurance, etc.”

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🌔 BIG NEWS 🌘 After almost a decade in Greenpoint, and with Walk the West turning 5 this month, it’s time for a very welcomed change. At the end of September we will be closing our brick and mortar in Greenpoint and moving to Hudson. If you’re wondering what you can do to fill the Walk the West hole in your life (hehe), worry not. Covid kicked us into gear with setting up an online shop and we’ve come to realize it’s the way forward. Our Instagram is shoppable and we have a website wtwvintage.com, which will have new things added daily. All of this also means I’ll get to spend all my weekends with this little man and not have to work the shop and miss out on so much; cause when I showed up to the shop, I. SHOWED. UP. Online isn’t perfect, we’ll miss the community we’ve built but with this pandemic its time for a different business model that doesn’t come with the growing overhead costs of rent, staffing, insurance, etc. That said, we will be doing pop ups in BK and Hudson through 2021 with our friends Fly by Night, BKMC, and We Who Prey. If you purchased a gift card, these do not expire and can be used towards Instagram sales and on our site. We will be here in our current space until the 27th of September (our 5th birthday). Come celebrate the space with us and everything it allowed us to do over the years. From the bottom of our hurrying hearts, thank YOU Greenpoint for also showing up. Oh, you will be missed.

A post shared by Walk the West Vintage (@walkthewest) on Aug 30, 2020 at 7:01am PDT

Closures of small businesses in Greenpoint and Williamsburg are nearing the 100 mark since last winter, when the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe and non-essential businesses in New York paused.

Fans of Walk The West’s curated styles can lookout for pop-ups in Brooklyn and Husdon, NY in the near future.