Jackson Heights Life

If you're talking about the rumor on a JH Facebook group, the way I saw it was that it was a rumor being floated by one person only. When pressed, she first said she heard it from a clerk at SuperFresh, and then later she claimed she had read it online, but didn't provide a link, and now she's saying she read it in the "local papers." (When I googled "Aldi" + "Jackson Heights" nothing comes up that indicates one is in the works.)

So yeah, sounds like a rumor and nothing more. Of course I'd love it if it were true as it would add something new to the neighborhood instead of the same-old in terms of grocery stores or pharmacies.

there's definitely no hard info out there,  but in theory, Aldi could take over. this is a very small building as supermarkets go -- 10,000 square feet, according to Loop.Net -- but Aldi's specs actually say "a minimum of 10,000 sq ft" is required, with most locations being around 16,000. that's much, much less space than a Whole Foods will even consider and smaller than most Trader Joe's locations.

ABCD... Let's not hate on Northern Blvd. It's a commercial area that a lot of folks love. Some terrific restaurants, bars and food markets. Hope something different to what we already have moves in there as I think there was too much overlap with existing food shopping for the previous occupants to survive.

 You're missing some excellent retail and dining establishments on Northern Blvd. Just a fact!

The ultimate in self-righteousness: People who want to live in a city without living in a city.

Yes, no doubt.

The solution is to turn NORTHERN BOULVARD into an Open Street.

Now that would be truly awesome.

Maybe you'd prefer to shut the entire neighborhood?

This, I'm not going to miss.