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Special Report: Foodtown - Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY

Foodtown of Brooklyn Heights Opened: June 7, 2024 Owner:  Nasri & Joe Mujalli Previous Tenants:  Rite Aid Cooperative:  Allegiance Retail Services Location:  101 Clinton St, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY Photographed:  July 11, 2024 Drugstore-to-supermarket conversions are the theme of the day, apparently, so let's add to the list. A Rite Aid from 2014 to 2021 or 2022, 101 Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights is now the latest Foodtown in New York City. Opened on June 7 , the store takes about 7500 square feet of retail. In that linked article, owner Nasri Mujalli -- who owns, along with his family, several other supermarkets in the city -- says that his Foodtown is the first new grocer in 15 years to open in Brooklyn Heights. A cursory fact-check suggests that's true -- but that's not to say there isn't a lot of competition. Within five blocks, there are two Key Foods, a Trader Joe's, an independent called Fresh Start, a natural food store called Perelandr...