The Market Report

Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: 2018 Owner: Spencer An Previous Tenants: Pathmark (1981-2015) Cooperative: none Location: 111-10 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, NY Photographed: April 24, 2026 Before we begin, just a heads up: this was originally posted in April 2020, but was rewritten with new photos in July 2026. Now for the post! We've seen this store before! Kind of . I've returned for a full store tour, and it was worth it! This 50,000 square foot former Pathmark opened in late 2018 after extensive renovations -- extensive enough that I don't really know how the Pathmark was set up. Limited pictures online show that it was a pretty standard, old-school looking Pathmark. There was a significant delay in this store's opening compared to the other acquired locations because of a legal dispute here. (Another bidder was a broker representing independent grocer Francisco Jin, who wanted both this store and the North Bergen location. Though that one was quickly sorted ...

Heading not far from the East New York Food Bazaar (not West New York Food Bazaar ) to Starrett City , Brooklyn. The City Fresh Market here on Pennsylvania Ave is the only supermarket in  Starrett City proper, although the Food Bazaar borders the development and there is an enormous 93,000-square-foot ShopRite just east in the Gateway Center. This City Fresh Market started life as a Waldbaums, and was later taken over by Associated Supermarkets, which in turn switched to City Fresh Market under the same ownership over the course of 2013-2015, including a major remodel. To my surprise, the store is under major renovations once again only five years later, although this is likely in response to Food Bazaar's entrance to the East New York market. The portion just to the right, where the word supermarket  is, was an expansion before the 2013 remodel. And to the left, over the white van, there was an Associated logo until very recently -- well after the store switched its nam...