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Park Slope Starbucks closing, after October unionization

January 14, 2025 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
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PARK SLOPE – A POPULAR PARK Slope Starbucks has announced its upcoming closure, just months after staff at the store voted to unionize, reports the Brooklyn Paper. The 166 7th Avenue location’s last day will be Jan. 30. According to a spokesperson for the company, the store’s lease is expiring, and management declined to renew. Staff say Starbucks has told them it will attempt to transfer them to other locations, but has not offered guarantees; both workers and customers expressed disappointment at the impending loss of a “third place” and of the store’s sense of community.

“I don’t get why it’s happening. Because everybody goes there, it’s a good spot, and the staff are really nice. A lot of people were upset on the neighborhood groups online. I think it’s just gonna be weird without it,” one customer told the Brooklyn Paper.

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