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In 2018, the company filed for bankruptcy protection, [6] and the store would become the final open Sears location in New York City. [7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the parking lot served as a drive-thru testing area. [7] In November 2021, the Sears closed.
The structure was originally built for the 23rd Regiment of the New York State Militia. Since the 1980s, it has been in use as a men's homeless shelter, though in the 2010s, there were plans to redevelop the armory. The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1977, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
On February 26, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, City Council Majority Leader Laurie A. Cumbo, and BFC Partners announced the renaming of the Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights for Major Robert Odell Owens (1936–2013) who represented Crown Heights in ...
Bedford–Stuyvesant (/ ˌ b ɛ d f ər d ˈ s t aɪ v ə s ən t / BED-fərd STY-və-sənt), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, [3] is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bedford–Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg), Classon Avenue to the west (bordering ...
South end at Sheepshead Bay. Bedford Avenue is the longest [2] street in Brooklyn, New York City, stretching 10.2 miles (16.4 km) and 132 blocks, from Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint south to Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, and passing through the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, and Sheepshead Bay.
Anton Coppola (1917–2020), opera conductor and composer [18] Steve Cuozzo (born 1950), writer/editor for the New York Post [citation needed] Meade Esposito (1907–1993), politician who was a Brooklyn Democratic Party leader and political boss [19] Walter R. Hart (1894–1969), judge for the Second Judicial District [20]
In 2008, Bedford Avenue was used by more than 6 million people, making it the 53rd most-used subway station in New York City and one of the busiest in Brooklyn. [25] In 2023, 8,399,477 riders used this station. [3] Between 1998 and 2011, passenger numbers on the L increased three times as much as ridership on the subway system as a whole.
The Utica Avenue station is an express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Utica Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn , it is served by the A train at all times and the C train at all times except late nights.