The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District is looking for new businesses to join our community of outstanding retailers. Our growing population of residents and shoppers are young, culturally diverse and family-oriented, and we are looking for retailers to meet their needs.
Ridgewood is a dynamic neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens. It offers a beautiful and affordable housing stock in a historic landmarked district. With a balanced mix of retail and services, it is a destination for families, artists, and recent immigrants, coming together to create a culturally rich and vibrant community.
Ridgewood is a bustling neighborhood, rich with clusters of art spaces, local nightlife, community resources, and other cultural sites. Ridgewood is home to three historic districts, where tree-lined blocks and a solid building stock give Myrtle Avenue a unique look and feel.
The Myrtle-Wyckoff station, a significant NYC transportation hub, brings riders to and from Union Square in 20 minutes on the L Train, and to Lower Manhattan and Midtown in 30 minutes on the newly improved M Train. It is the second most used station along the L Train outside of Manhattan, second only to Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. As of 2012 Myrtle-Wyckoff is the 20th busiest station of the outer boroughs, and its usage is increasing by 4% every year. There are also seven popular bus lines that serve the corridor.
Retailers along Myrtle Avenue benefit from Ridgewood’s residential density, with nearly 60,000 residents per square mile. 71% of residents live in family households, higher than the borough average. It is no surprise that 26% of our residents are kids and teens.
Crime has gone down 35% since 2001. Because our community is historically very safe and continues to get safer people come to Ridgewood to live, shop, start a business and raise a family.
A community-oriented shopping district, Myrtle Avenue’s retailers are a balanced mix of traditional and contemporary apparel, services, food and beverage stores, dining establishments, and general and specialty merchandise at a moderate price point. Tree-lined blocks and a solid building stock give Myrtle Avenue the look and feel of Brownstone Brooklyn, with retail spaces ranging from 800 to 20,000 square feet along the corridor. We are home to independent, as well as national chain retailers.
Our residents and retailers enrich the community with a diverse mix of cultures. Puerto Rican, Polish, Italian, Thai, Nepalese, German, and Mexican restaurants, are just a few examples of businesses that call Myrtle Avenue home. In addition, there are numerous art galleries and studios springing up all over the neighborhood, bringing new faces, ideas and creativity into the area.
Williamsburg when rents started
getting too high. My neighbors and
I are all first time homebuyers. My
office is in Union Square and I go to
shows on the weekends downtown
and at BAM, so living in Ridgewood
makes it easy to get where I need
to go by public transit.
shopping in the local craft stores and
European markets, and eating food
from all over the world, right in my
neighborhood. There is also a great
artist resources center down the
street and lots of galleries nearby.
• Cafés
• Specialty, organic food market
• Performance space
family and I are originally from Poland
and we first moved to Greenpoint
when we arrived in New York, but
when it started to get more expensive
there, we decided that Ridgewood
would be a better place to raise our family.
large Polish community I can buy the foods
and products that remind me of home. I
love buying new clothes for my kids so I can
find everything I need on Myrtle Avenue.
• Housewares store
• Gardening store
• Casual sit down restaurant
years. I raised my kids here and
can’t imagine living anywhere else.
It’s like I live in Park Slope, but for
half the price.
go on during the day, like the greenmarket,
flea market and street concerts, and nice
places to eat in the evening. I’ve been
shopping here all my life and would call
myself a loyal Myrtle Avenue customer. I
hope new stores continue to come to the
neighborhood.
• Department store with clothes and shoes for the family
• Sit-down restaurant for special occasions
• Health food store
diverse. There are also a number of Spanish
speaking stores, restaurants and services on
Myrtle Avenue, which is a plus for us. We
love having stores like The Children’s Place
close to home, and hope that more stores
for kids and families come to the Avenue.
• Quality home goods
• Casual, kid-friendly restaurant
• Children’s play spaces
in 2000. I have two young kids who
go shopping for often. We don’t own
a car, so it is nice living in a community
that offers everything I need close by,
and with great public transit.
Are you looking to open a new business along Myrtle Avenue? The Myrtle Avenue BID wants to help. Our real estate directory shows all the commercial spaces that are available for lease or sale.
If you are a building owner and want to advertise your new listing, please call the Myrtle Avenue BID office at (718) 381-7974 or email us at myrtlebid@gmail.com.
