Long Island City Getty Gas station to become bakery; Water Taxi expands

Now what’s the deal with the gas station bakery? Is it actually happening, or is it some sort of conceptual thing? The gas station was on the market last year, and I believe it was sold.
Also, open question: Has anyone heard anything on “The Prism”? I have a bunch of call in to The Developers Group and they don’t call back. Last I heard was that they were going to open in January, and that obviously didn’t happen.

#2 foot traffic is light in that area but if their product is excellent than people will go out of the way to go there. Plus the population is growing in the immediate area of this proposed bakery.

Really, #3? I live a block away from that site (and have since 2003) and walk by it en route to the subway just about every day (I encounter maybe 3-4 people in a typical morning walk on 11th until I get to the corner of Jackson and 11th where the number jumps to 40-50). The slow population growth in that area and the fact that it’s out of the way for anyone to get to on a weekday makes it a poor location. It’s a nice “pie in the sky” idea, but to be frank, a Dunkin Donuts in the Ten63 building, where there’s 20x more foot traffic, would make way more sense.

Don’t get me wrong, it would be nice for those of us that are close, but beyond my selfish desire to have a place close like that, I don’t think the business would be successful.

There are very few locations in LIC, or NYC for that matter, where you won’t get exposed to one environmental hazard or another. Bon apetit.

Smell the printing ink as you walk by, then enjoy the oil smell while inside….

Any clue when dutch kills will open? i’d love a lovely muffin to accompany me with my $15 drink.

Conceptual rendering. Was never meant to be built, nor will it ever be.

I don’t get it. How the hell was the operator of WTB able to open another one of these places on Governor’s Island? Who are they bribing at the state liquor authority? Honestly, someone needs to look into this.

Where on Governors Island would this go?

on a related note. was the bakery desinged by the same crew that gave us the L-haus?

The Getty to Bakery is a concept contrived by a design firm called ODA who may or may not have actual architects on board according to reports I have read. They were not involved in the LHaus development.

it’s 47th AVE, you idiots!

I feel sorry for architects. They need to get their creative rocks off designing “concept” bakeries because nearly all of their clients demand boring designs for their condo buildings and shopping malls.

This place is NEXT to the gas station and used to be a garage – why would it require remediation? Aren’t the petroleum tanks under the space occupied by the gas station?

I agree with #27–the gas station is next to this, and the getty i’s clearly a separate structure. What’s on this site now is a closed down autobody shop.

Both 27 and 30 have valid points. The property next to the getty is curently a parking lot. So not sure why they would need remediation. I’m not sure if it was purchased by the plaxalls, but the 1st building in (1 story), I know is owned by them. Before they bought it it was a topless donut place for about 3 months. NO JOKE. That was 15 years ago. I digress. And 30 has a ponit because only an idealist….I hope that is the case would build a one story bakery. Where does the truth lie? looks like a thesis project to me. a clever one, but I can’t imagine sitting on 11th watching the cars wiz by.

Topless donut shop- now there’s a concept I can get behind.

Apparently there is a topless donut shop in Jersey.

Actually, a successful gas station to bakery conversion is possible. One of the best bakeries in New England is the Seven Stars Bakery in Providence, RI, which took over an old gas station/garage. Now, it’s so popular, it’s spawned two additional bakeries to meet demands for its goods. http://www.sevenstarsbakery.com/