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Retail Chain Stores in Bushwick Are On the Rise, Report Indicates

The 8.2% increase across the three zip codes that include all Bushwick addresses is much higher than the 2.3% borough-wide increase.

Retail Chain Stores in Bushwick Are On the Rise, Report Indicates
The Dunkin’ Donuts and Popeyes on Knickerbocker and Flushing Aves.

Retail Chain Stores in Bushwick Are On the Rise, Report Indicates

The 8.2% increase across the three zip codes that include all Bushwick addresses is much higher than the 2.3% borough-wide increase.

Retail Chain Stores in Bushwick Are On the Rise, Report Indicates

Whether you’re a staunch small business supporter or you’ve occasionally stopped into Bushwick’s new Dunkin’ Donuts on Flushing and Knickerbocker avenues, and are anxiously awaiting the opening of the newest location of Blink Fitness, here’s a way you can make sense of the shifts in the commercial landscape of the neighborhood: for the ninth year in a row, The Center for an Urban Future crunched the numbers to determine exactly how many new retail chain locations have opened their doors in New York City.

In 2015, the three zip codes representing Bushwick and its surrounding areas in Brooklyn contained 85 chain stores. In 2016, those same…

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