Special Report: Foodtown - Brooklyn, NY (Bay Ridge/North)

Foodtown

Opened: July 2026

Owner: Abed and/or Elayyan families

Previous Tenants: Rite Aid

Cooperative: Allegiance Retail

Location: 6900 9th Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Photographed: July 15, 2026

A new Foodtown! Even though the Allegiance Retail cooperative doesn't seem to be in the greatest shape lately (you can read more of my musings here, if you're so inclined), they've still had a couple of notable store openings lately. That includes those two in Philadelphia but also a couple of Foodtown locations in New York. Most recently, Brooklyn Harvest Markets has opened a Foodtown in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

This 9,000 square foot supermarket was previously a Rite Aid and underwent an extensive renovation to transform it into a Foodtown affiliated with Brooklyn Harvest Markets (which also has a location in Bay Ridge, formerly The Food Emporium). As that group has expanded, under the ownership of the Abed and Elayyan families, execution in their stores has really varied. Some are run quite well, while others are unremarkable at best. This particular one struck me as somewhere in the middle. But even their other Bay Ridge location has become significantly less upscale in its current incarnation as Brooklyn harvest compared to its Food Emporium days.

Produce is in the front-right corner right inside the entrance, with deli behind it. Meat lines the back wall, with dairy/frozen on the left side and beer in the front-left corner.

Let's address another thing here: This is one of two Foodtowns in Bay Ridge, the other being on the opposite side of the neighborhood, much larger, and under different ownership.

While I wouldn't say the Brooklyn Harvest here in Bay Ridge is bad after the switch from Food Emporium, it's definitely become more pedestrian, losing some of its higher-end offerings and departments. That's what I would say about this Foodtown, too. Not bad, but pretty straightforward. There's a big difference between this store and a super-deluxe one like the ones run by the Widdi family across Brooklyn.