I'm totally jealous! While I was making the bus journey to Elizabeth (more on that, later) correspondents from Curbed and Racked were checking out the soon-to-be-completed, more than 300,000-square-feet, IKEA in Red Hook, Brooklyn. While I am most excited that the water front store will be accessible by ferry/water taxi, they've compiled a collection of thoughts and images on the respective sites...
"a free ferry service will be running from to IKEA from Pier 11 every 40 minutes"
For all their pics and information, see the links below:
- CURBED | IKEA Inside & Out: A Racked & Curbed Special
- CURBED | IKEA Inside & Out: Looking Out at Red Hook
- RACKED | IKEA Inside & Out: A Racked & Curbed Special
- RACKED | IKEA Inside & Out: A Store Walkthrough
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Comments (4)
i love the grounds. i was hesitant at first to enjoy ikea coming to red hook, but i think it's pretty sweet. look how nice they treated the grounds and history. not bad for a big store. if walmart moved in there it wouldn't have kept any remnant of the area's former life. i love the beard st. cobblestones peeking through.
Woo hoo! Looks good, and free ferry service, too.
Now I just have to decide whether I want to shlepp a Poang chair from the Port Authority, or from the South Street Seaport.
I'll take the seaport any day.
Yayyyy, can't wait! I can go grab a picture frame without renting a zipcar.