Apple Bank opens on 86th St

Happy Monday!  Apple Bank for Savings [426 86th St], as anticipated and talked about (via Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Daily, Bay Ridge Journal) opens today to residents and shoppers of 86th St BID.

Apple Bank For Savings Coming to 86th St

Apple Bank For Savings [471 86th St] will occupy later this year, the former Amalgamated Bank which shuttered earlier in the Spring.

Amalgamated Bank shuttered Spring'15 following their Dec announcement

Following a consolidation strategy to "refocus on its core constituents" the Bay Ridge branch was among one of six they chose to close. Perhaps in a telling sign, it is an indication that the once high density of union members that once existed in the neighborhood has dwindled to the point of being unsustainable.

Empire State Bank Opens on 3rd Ave

Empire State Bank [8701 3rd Ave] opened it's fourth branch earlier last week along 3rd Ave, in a nod to the growing number of small businesses opening in the communities along Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.

Victoria's Secret Coming to 86th St

Credit: Google Maps

This is one secret Victoria wasn't meant to keep. The largest American retailer of lingerie, Victoria's Secret [447 86th St.] has plans to occupy the storefront of the former HSBC Bank branch that closed in June 29, 2012.