NYC's first IKEA - LocalApple

CityGuy · 06-17-2008, 01:02 PM

The store is getting architect John Hobbs to build huge sculptures of local landmarks like the Empire State building and the Brooklyn Bridge out of Ikea cardboard boxes; those will be unveiled outside of the store on Beard Street on opening day.

The 346,000-square-foot IKEA Brooklyn will be the fourth IKEA store in the New York-New Jersey area, 35th in the U.S., and is located on 22 acres along the Erie Basin waterfront in Red Hook, south of the BQE/Gowanus Expressway and southeast of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. The store – with views of lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty – will employ more than 500 coworkers and will feature 10,000 exclusively-designed items, a 450-seat IKEA Restaurant, 6.5 acres of waterfront esplanade, a supervised children’s play area, and approximately 1,400 parking spaces. Other IKEA stores in the area are in: Elizabeth, NJ; Hicksville, NY; and Paramus, NJ.

TheMan · 06-17-2008, 01:09 PM

i heard a bunch of losers are waiting in line for ikea to open

rob · 07-02-2008, 04:48 PM

just what new york needs...

PaullyInNYC · 07-24-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by rob

just what new york needs...

... another traffic jam related to IKEA

PaullyInNYC · 08-09-2008, 09:36 AM

out of curiousity is this ikea bigger then the one in jersey?

06-17-2008, 01:02 PM	#1
CityGuy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Manhatten Posts: 1,049	NYC's first IKEA The store is getting architect John Hobbs to build huge sculptures of local landmarks like the Empire State building and the Brooklyn Bridge out of Ikea cardboard boxes; those will be unveiled outside of the store on Beard Street on opening day. The 346,000-square-foot IKEA Brooklyn will be the fourth IKEA store in the New York-New Jersey area, 35th in the U.S., and is located on 22 acres along the Erie Basin waterfront in Red Hook, south of the BQE/Gowanus Expressway and southeast of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. The store – with views of lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty – will employ more than 500 coworkers and will feature 10,000 exclusively-designed items, a 450-seat IKEA Restaurant, 6.5 acres of waterfront esplanade, a supervised children’s play area, and approximately 1,400 parking spaces. Other IKEA stores in the area are in: Elizabeth, NJ; Hicksville, NY; and Paramus, NJ.

06-17-2008, 01:09 PM	#2
TheMan Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 315	Re: NYC's first IKEA i heard a bunch of losers are waiting in line for ikea to open

07-02-2008, 04:48 PM	#3
rob Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Manhattan Posts: 7	Re: NYC's first IKEA just what new york needs...

08-09-2008, 09:36 AM	#5
PaullyInNYC Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 1,304	Re: NYC's first IKEA out of curiousity is this ikea bigger then the one in jersey?

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